Holdovers: Belated January additions to my best of 2023.

Somewhat belated happy New Year!  At the end of 2023, as usual, I posted about my best movies, music, etc, of that year. I mentioned there my uncertainty about whether Nitai Herszhkovits’ Call on the old wise should have made my top five jazz/folk/other CDs. For what it's worth, I’m still undecided about that (should … Continue reading Holdovers: Belated January additions to my best of 2023.

But Is It Jazz? (Five recent examples of suite sounds.)

I haven’t written much recently about jazz, for many reasons, one of which was the illness and passing of David Fraser, a music publicist – also, in time, a friend – who introduced me to a great deal of marvellous music (and not just jazz). David’s speciality, as far as I was concerned, was ECM … Continue reading But Is It Jazz? (Five recent examples of suite sounds.)