The same old thing wasn’t going to cut it in the early 1970s. And just about anything recorded before Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, in other words before 1969, was the same old thing. That wasn’t going to grab the ears of the hip new audience Miles had attracted with his…
When Jazz Went Bad
A new collection recalls the satisfying aspects of the music's early-'70s struggle for identity
January 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
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He’s No Keith Jarrett
...or Bill Evans either.
May 12th, 2008 · No Comments
I once had a minor tiff with Brad Mehldau, an exchange of words in the pages of the L.A. Weekly that, I hope, ended up serving us both well. It started when I wrote up a plug for a rare Keith Jarrett appearance, saying that Jarrett had influenced a generation of young musicians. For proof one needed to look no further than Mehldau’s recorded rendition of “Blame It on My Youth”
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