Articles Written by:    J.D. CONSIDINE     

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J. D. Considine (born 1957) is a well-known music critic. He has been writing about music professionally since 1977. His work has been published in numerous newspapers and music magazines, and he has contributed to several books. Over the years, he has put over three million words into print. From 1979 to 1996, he wrote for Rolling Stone. He appeared regularly on the VH1 show Four on the Floor, which was a sort of rock critic equivalent to The McLaughlin Group. It aired from 1994–96, and earned a Cable Ace nomination (Politically Incorrect took the award). He was on the staff of the Baltimore Sun from 1986 to the end of 2000, leaving to become managing editor of Revolver Magazine. He later became jazz critic at The Globe and Mail.

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Michel Legrand: Out of disparate styles, an original showcase

F or the final concerts of his Canadian tour, singer and pianist Michel Legrand had to make a few adjustments. It wasn't a matter of changing the songs – “In any concert I do, I play only my music and nothing else,” he said in a phone interview a few ...

From J.D. CONSIDINE, Globe and Mail,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Michel Legrand,  Johnny Mercer,  Marilyn Bergman,  Johnny Mathis,  Oscar Peterson

One player's secret to longevity: Keep up with Oscar

I f you've spent any time at all listening to Canadian jazz, odds are you've heard Dave Young. You may not have known it, of course, because Young - like many bassists - is seldom in the driver's seat. Indeed, his just-released album, Mean What You Say , ...

From J.D. CONSIDINE, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Dave Young,  Oliver Jones (musician),  Oscar Peterson,  Isaac Newton,  Joe Pass

Carly Simon

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From J.D. CONSIDINE, Globe and Mail,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Carly Simon

NEW RELEASES

J AZZ Keith Jarrett Testament ECM **** Jarrett's solo concerts are a kind of piano roulette, a gamble in which the artist bets that he can not only create something from nothing, but that the results will be epic and incandescent. According to his liner ...

From J.D. CONSIDINE, ELISSA POOLE AND BRAD WHEELER, Globe and Mail,  20 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Keith Jarrett,  Joss Stone,  Claude Debussy,  Igor Stravinsky,  Elissa (musician)

Keith Jarrett

T estament Keith Jarrett ECM Jarrett’s solo concerts are a kind of piano roulette, a gamble in which the artist bets that he can not only create something from nothing, but that the results will be epic and incandescent. According to his liner notes, ...

From J.D. CONSIDINE, Globe and Mail,  19 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Keith Jarrett

Quintessential Arden

A s talented, funny and engaging as Jann Arden can be, perhaps the most impressive thing about the eight-time Juno Award winner is her modesty. She's sitting in a small, private lounge off the lobby of her Toronto hotel, where she has spent much of the ...

From J.D. CONSIDINE, Globe and Mail,  5 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Jann Arden

Streisand, as you haven't heard her in decades

L ove Is the Answer Barbra Streisand Columbia Think Barbra Streisand, and the term “jazz singer” is not the first thing that comes to mind. Or the second. Or the 23rd. Having made her name on Broadway, in the roles of Miss Marmelstein and Fanny Brice, ...

From J.D. CONSIDINE, Globe and Mail,  28 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barbra Streisand,  Diana Krall,  Frank Sinatra,  Fanny Brice,  Ethel Merman

Sparks fly in the temple of tone

C hick Corea Trio At Koerner Hall In Toronto on Saturday The jazz fans who packed the Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall on Saturday weren't the only ones eager to gawk at Toronto's newest temple of tone. When Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and ...

From J.D. CONSIDINE, Globe and Mail,  28 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Stanley Clarke,  Chick Corea,  Bill Evans,  Bud Powell,  McCoy Tyner

GUELPH GETS ALL JAZZED UP

T here are two things to remember about the Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium, which started yesterday on the campus of the University of Guelph and will have spread across town by Sunday. One is that they're serious about the "colloquium" part, and ...

From J.D. CONSIDINE, Globe and Mail,  10 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Marilyn Crispell

The Terence Blanchard Group

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From J.D. CONSIDINE, Globe and Mail,  31 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Terence Blanchard,  Anita Baker,  Cornel West

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