The Selected Ballads
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Masabumi Kikuchi / Ornette Coleman
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I was saddened to hear of the passing of Masabumi Kikuchi this week. Seeing him on piano at the Village Vanguard with Paul Motian truly expa...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Owls, Etc
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I've been checking out drummer Jeff Cosgrove's new trio record of improvised pieces and standards, Conversations With Owls . The mos...
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Listening to Early Fusion
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After mostly ignoring the genre for years, I’ve recently, and I suppose belatedly, been getting into fusion. For decades now, fusion has bee...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Kaiser at The Stone, Frisell at The Vanguard
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Henry Kaiser-Melvin Gibbs-Weasel Walter at The Stone World-class guitarist and Antarctic diver, associate of the Grateful Dead and Wern...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Best of 2014 - Live!
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Here are The Selected Ballads' choices for the Best Live Shows of 2014, loosely categorized and presented in chronological order: Bes...
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Threadgill Quintets: Zooid @ Roulette
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I attended the first of two nights of new quintet works by Henry Threadgill at Roulette. Each of the two nights was to feature a short piece...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Ian McLagan
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The Guardian has the best piece I've seen so far on the legacy of Ian McLagan, the Faces and Small Faces keyboardist who died today at ...
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