Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N Roll Mike Greenblatt December 4, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll A Man Named Fima Based in Brooklyn, Fima Chupakhin, after adding keyboards to the projects of others, has now self-released his Water debut and it’s positively stunning. Over and above what he does to Monk’...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt November 27, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Real Raw Rockabilly One In A Million (Rhythm Bomb Records), by Twisted Rod, is a compact punk take on fifties Southern rock ‘n’ roll, wherein the primitive/primal nascent roots of rockabilly are compounded ...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt November 13, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll J. Howard Duff… Rock Star In 1973, 18-year-olds could legally drink in New Jersey. Bars all across the state catered to those 18 and over by employing live rock ‘n’ roll bands. It was a glorious time to be ...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt November 6, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Voices Of Experience She’s the seventies punk pioneer from the Bowery who spearheaded Comateens before becoming a studio whiz with Brian Eno, Talking Heads and Ramones. He’s the singer/songwriter who worked...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt October 30, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll If You Buy But One Jazz CD All Year…. In 2014, Trilogy, by pianist Chick Corea’s trio with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, was a sprawling three-disc affair. Supporting it with an interna...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt October 23, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Spiritual Sustenance The restorative power of music can make one whole again. Given the proper set and setting, with just the right artist, and just the right room, there’s a spirituality at work. When a hi...
Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt October 16, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Meet Ghalia She’s a total rock star, carrying around a hip flask of whiskey which she can be seen offering the listener on the cover of her down ‘n’ dirty Mississippi Blend (Ruf Records). If her 2017 Let Th...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt October 9, 2019 Albums, Rant 'N' Roll, Reviews Jazz Album Of The Year? Long Waves (Unit Records), by the Franco Ambrosetti Quintet, has it all. It has the legendary Jack DeJohnette on drums who interacts, pushes, pokes, and prods his bandmates into rhyt...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt August 21, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Bad-Ass Piano-Playing Hipster The 11 originals that constitute the free-flowing multi-genre solo piano of Baltimore hipster Lafayette Gilchrist’s self-released Dark Matter range from jazz, go-go, blues, pop...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt August 14, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Stranger Things One of the more entertaining aspects about the first two seasons of Stranger Things is the music. The soundtrack for season three is a mixed bag that interlocks into a mesmerizing 16-track w...
