July 2025 Jazz Record Reviews
Harvey Diamond/John Lentz: how strange the road should be so easy; Frank Kimbrough: The Call; Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio: Armageddon Flower; Dan Weiss: Unclassified Affections.
Music and Recording Reviews
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July 2025 Classical Record Reviews
Black Oak Ensemble: Dance Of The Night Sky; Dvořák Piano Quintet 2, Price: Piano Quintet, Marc-André Hamelin, piano; Takács Quartet; Mendelssohn: Symphony 3 (Scottish), Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Three Lieder ohne Worte, Rotterdam Philharmonic/Lahav Shani; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: A Centenary Tribute.
June 2025 Jazz Record Reviews
Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live from the Blue Morocco; Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco; Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton; Adrian Galante: Introducing Adrian Galante; Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life; Simón Willson: Bet.
June 2025 Classical Record Reviews
György Ligeti: Violin, Piano & Românesc Concertos, Isabelle Faust, violin; Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano; Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, cond.; Tcherepnin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky: Prelude to La Princesse Lointaine; Capriccio Espagnol; Orchestral Suite, NDR Radiophilharmonie/Stanislav Kochanovsky.
June 2025 Rock/Pop Record Reviews
My Morning Jacket: Is; Mike Farris: The Sound of Muscle Shoals; Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow; Sam Fender: People Watching; Drew And Ellie Holcomb: Memory Bank; Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women).
May 2025 Jazz Record Reviews
Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells; Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging; François Couturier and Dominique Pifarély: Preludes and Songs; Noah Preminger: Ballads; Jim Snidero: Bird Feathers.
May 2025 Classical Record Reviews
Bryce Dessner, David Chalmin: Electric Fields; John Field: Complete Nocturnes; Mahler: Symphony No.3; Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Le baiser de la féeDivertimento,
K.-M. Murphy: Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark.
May 2025 Rock/Pop Record Reviews
Peter Perrett: The Cleansing; The Blasters: Over There: Live at the Venue, London The Complete Concert; Inhaler: Open Wide; Ray Charles: Best of Country & Western; Teddy Swims: I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2).
April 2025 Jazz Record Reviews
Larry Goldings: I Will; The Fury: Live in Brooklyn; Joachim Kühn: Échappée.
April 2025 Classical Record Reviews
John Zorn: The Complete String Quartets, JACK Quartet; Lassus: Penitential Psalms, Cappella Amsterdam/Daniel Reuss; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, London Symphony Orchestra, Tenebrae/Sir Antonio Pappano.