Jazz Archives - Plutonic

16 Sep

Celebrating South African Jazz – Review by Ray Hogan

September 24, 2019
Posted by Ray Hogan
Jazz, Lincoln Center Orchestra, Music, Plutonic, South Africa, Wynton Marsalis

“The South African Songbook: Celebrating 25 Years of Democracy” Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: On September 12, the day after the most emotionally heavy day in New York City history, the Jazz at Lincoln Center...

23 Jun

Culture High Low Palate

BOLDEN-Bad Movie, Much Better Music

June 23, 2019
Posted by Chela Star
Bolden, Film, Jazz, Marsalis, Music, New Orleans, The Funky Butt

Reviewed & Written by Ray Hogan “Bolden: Music from the Original Soundtrack,” Wynton Marsalis This space was originally meant to review my most anticipated movie of the spring, “Bolden,” the story of one of jazz music’s...

10 Jun

Music That Still Matters

An Elegy for Dr. John

June 10, 2019
Posted by Chela Star
2019 Deaths, Blues, Dr.John, Gumbo, Icons of Music, Jazz, Legends, New Orleans, Scorpio Celebrities

A musician as unique and authentic as his hometown New Orleans By: Ray Hogan “There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird...

06 Jun

Culture High Low Palate

John Coltrane ’58 The Prestige Recordings By: Ray Hogan

September 24, 2019
Posted by Ray Hogan
Arts, Box Sets, Culture, Features, Horns, Icons, Jazz, John Coltrane, Kind of Blue, Kunst, Legends, Mastery, Miles Davis, Music, Musique, Plutonic, Ray Hogan, Sanat, Saxophone, Thelonious Monk

John Coltrane ‘58: The Prestige Recordings Contributed by Ray Hogan for Plutonic Magazine I live in a world where there can never be enough John Coltrane music. So instead of yawning when collections like this one...

08 Mar

Music That Still Matters

The Crescent City. The Big Easy. NOLA MUSIC

March 8, 2019
Posted by Chela Star
Brass Bands, Funk, Gumbo, Jazz, New Orleans, NOLA Music

The City That Care Forgot. NOLA. - By: Ray Hogan. New Orleans has its share of nicknames. But one describes the city's unique place in the country, and for that matter, the world. Many musicians have told me they...