Wheels within Wheels

An older post, Contemporary Classical Music for the Traditional Venue, has been updated with responses from several qualified listeners.  Especially interesting is the response from Gabe Kahane, the gentleman who I picked for  Steve Smith's first "Who's Got Next."  Gabe's first proper album drops Tuesday.

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Ben Ratliff did an excellent piece on Metallica and their new album recently.  Some Kind of Monster is vitally important to The Bad Plus.

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Destination: Out! has an excerpt from Nonaah, a current reissue of one of the greatest AACM records.  I bought two copies:  one for myself, and one for the next DTM interviewee.  Stay tuned...