Volume 26 Issue 8 - July and August 2021
Last print issue for Volume 26. Back mid-September with Vol 27 no 1. And what a sixteen-month year it's been. Thanks for sticking around. Inside: looking back at what we are hoping is behind us, and ahead to what the summer has to offer; also inside, DISCoveries: 100 reviews to read, and a bunch of new tracks uploaded to the listening room. On stands, commencing Wednesday June 30.
Last print issue for Volume 26. Back mid-September with Vol 27 no 1. And what a sixteen-month year it's been. Thanks for sticking around. Inside: looking back at what we are hoping is behind us, and ahead to what the summer has to offer; also inside, DISCoveries: 100 reviews to read, and a bunch of new tracks uploaded to the listening room. On stands, commencing Wednesday June 30.
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18 FEATURE | Existential dread<br />
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20 TURNING POINTS | Looking<br />
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22 JAZZ NOTES | From move one<br />
to checkmate |<br />
MEGHAN GILHESPY<br />
24 SUMMER <strong>2021</strong> | Worth the<br />
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DAVID PERLMAN<br />
58 REARVIEW MIRROR |<br />
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RECORDINGS REVIEWED<br />
33 Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS<br />
35 Strings Attached |<br />
TERRY ROBBINS<br />
38 Vocal<br />
40 Classical <strong>and</strong> Beyond<br />
45 Modern <strong>and</strong> Contemporary<br />
48 Jazz <strong>and</strong> Improvised Music<br />
52 Pot Pourri<br />
54 All Things in Flux |<br />
STUART BROOMER<br />
55 Something in the Air |<br />
KEN WAXMAN<br />
56 Old Wine, New Bottles |<br />
BRUCE SURTEES<br />
57 Other Fine Vintages<br />
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