Britt Robson has written about jazz for Jazz Times, downbeat, the Washington Post and many other publications over the past 30 years. He currently writes regular jazz features for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and does the jazz picks and a weekly jazz review for eMusic. His Holy Trinity of Jazz includes Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife Robbie, his son Mingus and his English bulldog Elroy.
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Whether he is providing the lone accompaniment to idiosyncratic vocalist … more »
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Union Square is like that shy, cute guy or girl who was easy to overlook … more »
It’s almost a shame Eric Revis is still best known as the longstand… more »
Afro Straight demonstrates once more the rousing creativity that can ensu… more »
First off, the band is phenomenal and deserves its own roll call. On bass… more »
Jon Irabagon is a relentlessly original, genre-defying saxophonist and co… more »
On Joe Fiedler’s Big Sackbut, the titular trombonist-composer manag… more »
Meshell Ndegeocello paying tribute to the late Nina Simone makes perfect … more »
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Connoisseurs of bold, long-form jazz improvisation are gifted this first-… more »
This third installment of Harris Eisenstadt’s Canada Day recordings… more »
As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »
