Record Rack: The Michael Treni Big Band, Hadiza Dockeray

Summer at the Ocean and a Box of Chocolates By Brian Arsenault The Michael Treni Big Band Pop-Culture Blues My favorite piece on Pop-Culture Blues is “Summer Blues.” Maybe because it’s still summer, the very heart of it. The tune begins on a languorous afternoon with a beverage — perhaps several — looking at the… Read More Record Rack: The Michael Treni Big Band, Hadiza Dockeray

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CD Review: The Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra

Bloom (Nineteen Eight Records) By Brian Arsenault In the wake of the pre-Christmas horror in Connecticut that I shall not name, I needed to be reassured that all beauty has not left the world. Wonderfully, shortly after the holiday the pre-release copy of Bloom arrived. Music to sooth the savage beast that so often afflicts… Read More CD Review: The Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra

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Record Rack: The Michael Treni Big Band, Hadiza Dockeray

CD Review: The Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra