List: Music Articles | Curated by Allen Michie

Jan 2, 2025
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Music Articles
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An Appreciation of Isaac Hayes: “Shaft”: Music from the SoundtrackThe carelessly easy soulfulness of this album shouldn’t distract you from the genius of its compositions and arrangements. Hayes’…
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
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An Introduction to Stella ColeIt’s fun to write about singer Stella Cole because it makes me feel like a copy writer for Variety circa 1940, with a pencil behind my ear…
Dec 24, 2024
Dec 24, 2024
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Review of the App RadioooooLast week’s update to version 3.0 is as good excuse as any to recommend the app Radiooooo, available for free on the web or in the Android…
Jan 2
Jan 2
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Jazz Album Review/Commentary: “Don Quixote’s Adventures in the World of Jazz” — Is Jazz…“Don Quixote’s Adventures in the World of Jazz: 200 Examples and a Few Remarks” by Hans Christian Hagedorn [Anales Cervantinos, Vol. 54…
Aug 6, 2023
Aug 6, 2023
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Jazz Remembrance: A Tribute to Wayne ShorterOne of the true masters of jazz, Wayne Shorter, passed away during the early hours of March 2. The magazine’s writers quickly gathered to…
Aug 6, 2023
Aug 6, 2023
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An Appreciation of Eric Burdon and Jimmy Witherspoon, “Guilty!”You’ve probably never heard of this record, but if I had to take just one blues album to a desert island (where I would most certainly have…
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
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An Appreciation of Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On”Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is a great album. Like Kind of Blue, Sgt. Pepper’s, Dark Side of the Moon, Songs in the Key of Life–level…
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
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Jazz Album Review: What “Data Lords” Says About the Remarkable Career of Maria Schneider“The sun and everything in this world is there waiting for us — patiently and loyally. To feel its power, we just need to make the choice…
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
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Appreciation of The Temptations, “Just My Imagination”The Temptations, “Just My Imagination” (Tamla Motown)
May 17, 2023
May 17, 2023
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Jazz Special Feature: Chick Corea (1941–2021) — Memories and ImpressionsArts Fuse critics pay homage to Chick Corea performances and recordings that they found memorable.
May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023
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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year In Music (February Entry)Here’s yet one more fantastic thing about it no longer being 2020: it’s now the 50th anniversary of the excellent music that premiered in…
May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023
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Jazz Appreciation: A Celebration of Charlie Parker on His 100th BirthdayCharlie “Bird” Parker was one of the greatest improvisers in any genre from any period on any instrument. Today, August 29, would have been…
May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023
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Arts Remembrance: Why Jazz Needed Richie Cole2020 has been a horrible year for losing jazz musicians. It’s only April, but so far the grim toll already includes Manu Dibangu, Andy…
Apr 30, 2023
Apr 30, 2023
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Arts Remembrance: The Three Funkiest Handclaps in Music History — An Appreciation of Bill WithersBill Withers died today at age 81. It’s a sad statement on our times that it comes as a relief that he died from something other than…
Apr 30, 2023
Apr 30, 2023
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Music Commentary: Why You Should Buy 45sIf in the course of your lifetime you have upgraded from singles to 8-tracks to cassettes to LPs to CDs, here’s why you should join me in…
Apr 30, 2023
Apr 30, 2023
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Unchained Melody: Postmodernism and Twentieth-Century MusicThere is traditionally no such thing as postmodern music. Chapters with that heading will rarely be found in books of music history. In…
Feb 18, 2023
Feb 18, 2023
Allen Michie
The Day Miles Davis Looked Me in the Eye and Played the Blues
Dec 18, 2013
Dec 18, 2013
Allen Michie
Sweet as a Magnolia Blossom and Funky as Three Dead Dogs: Toward a Metaphysics of the Groove
Sep 14, 2014
Sep 14, 2014