Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N Roll Mike Greenblatt January 8, 2020 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Ow! Leave it to the “Jazz Detective” Zev Feldman to uncover this treasure trove of hard bebopping from two masters, Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, at the height of their powers in 1962, live from... Read More...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N Roll Mike Greenblatt December 18, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Glenn Alexander is a renaissance man. He runs the jazz department at Sarah Lawrence College. He’s played guitar with the biggest and the best including Levon Helm, Elvis Costello, and Allen Toussaint. He has t... Read More...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N Roll Mike Greenblatt December 11, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Not Your Father’s Big Band Listen Up! (Onyx Productions) is different from what you might expect of a big band. Sure, there’s five trumpets, four trombones, seven saxophones, two drummers, two bassists, key... Read More...
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 ... Read More...
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 ... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
Rant ‘N’ Roll–Svetlana Superstar Mike Greenblatt October 2, 2019 Albums, Reviews There is a scene in the 2015 movie Brooklyn wherein an immigrant named Ellis Lacey (played by Saoirse Ronan) steps off the boat from Ireland in her new world of New York City. Her eyes are filled with wonder a... Read More...
