Gary Bartz is 80 and doing Jazz fine
Gary Bartz announces first new studio album In eight Years
THE SHADOW that Gary Bartz casts over the last six decades of progressive Black music, and his continued dedication to the cause, makes him a logical contributor to the Jazz Is Dead label.
Working with Gary Bartz epitomises the ethos behind Jazz Is Dead. He’s a luminary that has contributed so much to music culture.
Adrian Younge.
An alto saxophonist steeped in the history and tradition of his instrument who is also restlessly experimental and not prone to purism of any kind, he enjoys both the respect and admiration of his peers and the hero worship of several generations after him – including Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, which inevitably led to
Well, it seems this number keeps jumping higher and higher. There was a clearer method of listening this year, with more time at home to set a practice around all things, listening was no different. On Friday mornings, I would set aside a couple of hours for discovery â something Iâd neglected to do consistently last year with my travel schedule. Iâd forgotten about the excitement of it. Iâd scour Bandcamp, search for blogs, text my pals who listen even more adventurously than I do and ask them to send me things. Iâd compile a list (by hand, foolishly) of any new release that got my interest. Ones I was expecting, ones from artists I knew well. But also ones from artists I was barely familiar with. Iâd go into the weekend with anywhere from 10â30 new albums to spin through while cleaning my house or doing laundry or playing a video game or (if youâre like me and pretty indifferent to most NBA announcers) watching a basketball game. What this me
Best Albums of 2020 By S&C Team | 18 December, 2020
What a year!? It’s certainly been like no other. Well… except for the amount of music that’s been released, which appears to be as abundant as usual, if not more so. While some releases have certainly been delayed until 2021, their absence has been filled by other quarantine-recorded albums or some dropped early to bring a little bit of joy. All in all, the year left us with a list of 125 albums for consideration and that all of our writers voted on, to result in this final list, our
Best Latin American Albums of 2020.
David Bixler –
Inside The Grief (Red Piano): “Living through the trifecta of 2020: COVID-19, systemic racism, and the presidential election. Inside The Grief is a product of these strange times in which we are living:The pandemic has changed all aspects of our lives; family, education, and work; society has been upended by an invisible virus.The murder of George Floyd was both violent and polarizing. His murder functioned as the tipping point where American society was forced to deal with the systemic racism entrenched in this country. From my perspective, it seemed that certain attitudes that had been ignored or buried in various societal groups exploded into the forefront of our national consciousness. For the positive, this convinced a large portion of our society of the necessity for change. However, there remains a large portion of our society who clings to lies and hate. This reality affects all of us whatever each personal view may be. The election of 2020 has been the m