Chip Taylor: a Country’s hidden gem
I stumbled upon Chip Taylor more than 10 years ago. I was trying to discover Bill Frisell‘s country side after listening to his Good
Author: Massimo Scaccaglia
Obsessive compulsive musical classifier, underground artisan feeding in the 90s/00s pot, ex-indie and freejazzman.
Interstellar Space: the last, prophetic album by John Coltrane
There is something frenetic in the last year of John Coltrane‘s life. The two-year renewal with Impulse!, the birth of his third
Chick Corea Elektric Band: light years away
The Elektric Band has been a five-headed mythological animal. Its interpreters have been the talk of the town for years,
The best songs to (re)discover Alice Coltrane
It was 1966 when McCoy Tyner left Coltrane. He left slamming the door, saturated with the “free drift” that the leader had hopelessly
Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi: the historical rivalry of Opera music
What is the point of talking about these two extraordinary interpreters nowadays? Of a rivalry that attracted worldwide attention on
From This Place: Metheny’s American naturalism and his gaze on the world
Thesis: almost regardless the long career Pat Metheny continues to “grind” jazz and make it evolve, while never betraying his