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All That Jazz

All That Jazz

My friend, venerable music critic Michaelangelo Matos, has a good piece in Good magazine, titled, “Who’s A Dilettante?” It’s about how, despite the fact that he likes jazz, and listens to it, he’ll never be an expert on it. Which, for a critic, is sort of like admitting total defeat, because critics are supposed to [...]

Reverb: Ulrich Schnauss

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Ulrich Schnauss: checks email on stage. Max Roach: best drummer ever.

reverb: music from los angeles & beyond

The problem with music geeks (and yes, I am speaking as one) is that we tend to formulate these hard, fast rules about what makes a good artist or band. Many times, these rules hold up. There’s so much music out there, you have to be discriminating and if you’ve been around it long enough, [...]

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