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Radioville: Van Morrison, “Born to Sing: No Plan B” (Exile/Blue Note); Anat...
Direct from the powerful signal of WDCB, stream to your heart’s content the latest reviews from our crack two-minute staff here. Chicago-areans take note, Cohen will appear Nov. 11 at SPACE in Evanston...
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Radioville: Frank Kimbrough Trio, “Live at Kitano” (Palmetto); Klang,...
Frank Kimbrough, meet Klang. Klang, meet Frank Kimbrough. Reviews transcribed from for-some-reason-not-in-the-podcast-posting-mood WDCB: Even if you’re a fan of piano trios, there’s a chance you’ve...
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Radioville: Scott Robinson Doctette, “Bronze Nemesis” (Doc-Tone)
Listen, up in the sky, it’s a really big guy in a plane with a dangerous tan, it’s…Doc Savage! I must confess I’m not all that up on Doc Savage, the pulp novel hero of the ’30s and ’40s. But plenty of...
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Radioville: Bill McHenry, “Le Peur du Vide” (Sunnyside); Paul Winter Sextet,...
In our ongoing mission to report on jazz recordings that wouldn’t fall in the forest if you didn’t hear them, we present here reviews of two new live CDs directly from WDCB: Since his arrival on the...
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Radioville: Joe Lovano and Us Five, “Cross Culture” (Blue Note)
The return of the Midwest’s favorite Wednesday public radio jazz album reviews – and, of course, the only ones available in the great tri-state area but heard ’round the world! This week, it’s Joe...
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Radioville: “Jack DeJohnette Special Edition” (ECM)
To quote my FB post from Sunday: “I want to personally thank Jack DeJohnette, the astounding Arthur Blythe and company. for getting me through a state and a half of mind-sapping, brain- goggling rain...
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Radioville: Wayne Shorter Quartet, “Without a Net” (Blue Note); Miles Davis...
My two-minute (or so) WDCB review on a perfectly timed pair of live albums can be heard here. For the next time capsule, here is a rollable transcript: For some jazz fans, Wayne Shorter stopped...
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Radioville: John Hollenbeck, “Songs I Like a Lot” (Sunnyside)
Did I tell you how terrific John Hollenbeck’s new album is, and how happy it will make Jimmy Webb? Oh yeah, I did, on the radio, here. The review went a little something like this: With his love of...
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Radioville: Chris Potter, “The Sirens” (ECM); Jack Mouse Group, “Range of...
Public Radio WDCB, 90.9 FM, the beacon of beautiful Glen Ellyn, Il., served up yet two more reviews of happening albums by artists you know or need to know. If you missed them live, you can hear them...
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Radioville: Remembering Donald Byrd and “A New Perspective”
On the 50th anniversary of “A New Perspective,” an appreciation for Donald Byrd’s one-of-a-kind masterpiece. For many of the people who wrote his obit, Donald Byrd made his deepest mark in the ’70s, as...
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