January 2009

  • Arista/Mosaic: Anthony Braxton's Ever Expanding Discography

    By cobwebsandstrange on 1/19/09 10:19pm
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    A fair – and common - complaint about the music of Anthony Braxton is that it’s overtly academic. But whether or not you agree with that, this musician and educator has amassed an impressive, influential and intriguing discography since coming onto the jazz scene during the 1960s.

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  • Bernard Stollman and ESP Disc

    By cobwebsandstrange on 1/7/09 7:41pm
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    The rights and property of musicians has been disputed since money started changing hands. Jazz is really no different than any other musical idiom in this regard and perhaps the travails that jazz players endured – partially due to race – seem almost beyond belief. Oddly enough, the one person who has the ability to help players maintain their property is a lawyer. And there is probably no other person beyond Bernard Stollman that can be credited with helping some of the most important players in the last fifty years.

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