Feb
22
Duke Ellington. Charles Mingus. Max Roach. Could you ask for a better trio, not at all. In 1962, Duke Ellington’s period with Columbia Records was at an end and this allowed Duke to work with musicians on a multitude of labels. This includes great sessions with John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins, both which were released [...]
Feb
18
Review: No New York (1978)
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Two years after the year punk rock broke into the public consciousness (1976) with the release of the Ramones’ self-titled album, musicians were taking the then young genre to many different places. In England, many artists like Public Image Ltd., Bauhaus. Wire, and Joy Division, were taking punk towards darker, more atmospheric areas whereas in [...]