Author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane (Spring 2026) Pre-order it here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-beta/cosmic-music/9780306836169/
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Blue Note famously didn't do "vocal jazz" but when they did, it was one-part church gospel, one-part acid trip wooziness: theshfl.com/collection/B...
Raising funds to buy Trump a ticket to G4
Invasion of the Body Snatchers reboot but where everyone turns into asshole Knicks fans in never been worn Knicks gear
One oppressively humid summer day back in '06, I saw James Blood Ulmer play a solo acoustic show at Brooklyn Metrotech. I mostly knew his jazz, free-funk stuff, but this was an incredible set of lowkey blues drawn from his Birthright album. Rest in Power
Some Thursday thoughts from the Sunday Review of Filles de Kilimanjaro:
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