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June 10

Week 474: “Solfeggio in C Minor” by CPE Bach (Eugen Cicero cover)

Summing up Bach’s legacy and influence on following generations of composers, Mozart once said, “Bach…

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March 25

Week 463: “When It’s Time To Go” by Buddy Fo and His Group

Plenty of countries around the world have separatist movements within them. Would-be breakaway states like…

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March 18

Week 462: “Forever Spring” by Kris Bowers

Where I live, this has been an unrelenting monster of a winter. Snow. Ice. Eyeball-freezing…

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January 14

Week 453: “Chopinesque” by Jon Batiste

For a musician, it must be a mixed blessing to get a gig as a…

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November 26

Week 446: “The Midnight Sun Will Never Set” by Quincy Jones

If there is a chain that connects the music of this century and last century,…

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October 29

Week 442: “Ferris Wheel” by Gábor Szabó

If you’re the kind of person who feels weighed down by unreasonable expectations, then you…

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October 1

Week 438: “Going Home” by Charlie Haden and Hank Jones

Although they may not have the name recognition of jazz legends like Herbie Hancock or…

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September 3

Week 434: “She’s Alive” by OutKast (Bremer/McCoy cover)

It’s about time we talked about the Netherlands. For many people (well, North American people)…

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August 20

Week 432: “Sunshine on Fish Skin” by Girls in Airports

The multi-coloured shimmer given off by fish skin is called iridescence, and it’s pretty fascinating.…

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July 2

Week 425: “Beautiful Love” by Nels Cline

“Beautiful Love” is another one of those 1930s standards that every jazz great has recorded…

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June 11

Week 422: “Homesickness, part 2” by Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Gebrou

Emahoy Tseque-Maryam Gebrou has led quite a life. To be fair, most people who live…

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May 7

Week 417: “Night Song” by Steve Davit

The spring before I turned 21, I worked the night shift in a bank mailing…

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April 23

Week 415: “Dirty Old Bossa Nova” by The Howard Roberts Quartet

Quick quiz: It’s Friday night. You’re getting ready to go out. What song do you…

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April 2

Week 412: “Lament” by Neil Cowley Trio

It’s rare that we are lucky enough, or aware enough, or perceptive enough, to recognize…

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February 19

Week 406: “It Ain’t Necessarily So” by Mary Lou Williams

A few weeks ago, I walked past a screen that was showing footage of that…

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January 15

Week 401: “Between The Bars” by Elliott Smith (Madeleine Peyroux cover)

On February 2, 1997, an article ran in the Hartford Courant about a young jazz…

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January 1

Week 399: “Epilogue” by Anomalie

A popular strategy for breaking writer’s block is to ‘write the end first.’ In other…

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December 25

Week 398: “A Nearer Sun” by The Westerlies

A quick and slightly random Christmas thought sparked by the title of this week’s song:…

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November 13

Week 392: “Sculpture” by Skalpel

Back when DVDs were considered legitimate gifts, I was given a really interesting DVD as…

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October 30

Week 390: “It’s Only a Paper Moon” by Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney

Hollywood marriages aren’t known for their longevity. But occasionally, platonic Hollywood friendships bear incredible fruit.…

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