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November 13, 2008 · 1 comment
Weekend Track Review Roundup
A few days ago, jazz.com published its 3,500th track review. It's hard to believe that we only started publishing them less than 12 months ago. But nowadays the Intel Quad-core XEON Processor 7300 Series unit (conveniently located right next to my bed) is working so hard that my lights flicker every few seconds and my electricity bill has more numbers than a Lotto card.
But this doesn't slow down our team of almost 50 reviewers, who cover a wide range of music and contribute around 50 new reviews every week. Their incisive track reviews cover not only current releases, but also a very wide range of jazz recordings from the past.
As regular visitors know, our web site is the only member of the jazz media that reviews individual tracks, not entire CDs. This has a number of advantages. Reviewing a single performance allows us to make more detailed and less generalized assessments, and it is also serves as a useful aid to listeners in this day of downloading and iPod-ding. All reviews come with a score on our proprietary hundred point scale, and whenever possible a link for (legal) downloading.
Below are links to a few of the track reviews published in the last few weeks.
Adriano Adewale: Comboio
Reviewed by Walter Kolosky
Steve Bernstein: All You Need is Love
Reviewed by Ralph A. Miriello
Gene Bertoncini & Roni Ben-Hur: Smile
Reviewed by Mark Saleski
Paul Bley: Walking Woman
Reviewed by Mark Saleski
John Coltrane: Harmonique
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey
Bill Connors: Long Distance
Reviewed by Walter Kolosky
Miles Davis: Ife
Reviewed by Marcus Singletary
Fred Frith: No Birds
Reviewed by Ted Gioia
Dave Holland Big Band: Blues for C.M.
Reviewed by Eric Novod
Freddie Hubbard: Hub-Tones
Reviewed by Eric Novod
Jazz Arts Trio: Freeway
Reviewed by Mark Saleski
Warne Marsh: Ive Got You Under My Skin
Reviewed by Eric Novod
Dave McKenna: Theodore The Thumper
Reviewed by Scott Albin
John McLaughlin: The Translators
Reviewed by Walter Kolosky
Ben Monder: The Third Eyebrow
Reviewed by Eric Novod
Milton Nascimento: Anima
Reviewed by Ted Gioia
Carl Orr: Unstoppable
Reviewed by Walter Kolosky
Ben Pollack: Cryin for the Carolines
Reviewed by Jeff Sultanof
Chris Potter: Yesterday
Reviewed by Matt Leskovic
Alan Sondheim: 776
Reviewed by Mark Saleski
Terrell Stafford: Berdas Bounce
Reviewed by Greg Marchand
Weather Report: American Tango
Reviewed by Walter Kolosky
This blog entry posted by Ted Gioia
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Congratulations on your 3,500th review - and on the huge coup of grabbing the URL jazz.com Why didn't I think of that?