Archive - Listening Sessions

May 2025

April 2025

March 2025

Eight New Pieces of the Musical Good Stuff

Also: what I've been reading and listening to recently, and a check on how my newsletter is doing

Mar 31 •

Robert C. Gilbert

Judy Collins, Chi Coltrane & the Art of Singing

Two albums that exemplify the power of the female voice

Mar 27 •

Robert C. Gilbert

Of Don Ellis, Gene Hackman & 'The French Connection'

Great things come in threes

Mar 17 •

Robert C. Gilbert

Miles Davis, Philharmonic Hall, February 12, 1964

On the peak of the trumpeter live caught on record

Mar 7 •

Robert C. Gilbert

February 2025

January 2025

A Visit to the Never-Ending Musical Archive

Talking three recent archive releases plus what I've been listening to recently and a check on how my Substack is doing

Jan 31 •

Robert C. Gilbert

The Rambunctious CTI of 1970: Freddie Hubbard, Joe Farrell & Stanley Turrentine

Highlighting three albums from 1970 when CTI's jazz was red hot

Jan 26 •

Robert C. Gilbert

A Complete Unknown and Baez Goes Baroque

Thoughts on the Dylan biopic and two classic Joan Baez albums from the late sixties

Jan 16 •

Robert C. Gilbert

Isaac Hayes' Soul Symphony

Considering the size and scale of 'Hot Buttered Soul'

Jan 6 •

Robert C. Gilbert

December 2024

November 2024

Echoes of Laura Nyro

Some thoughts on Nyro's influence during her golden era of the late sixties and early seventies

Nov 23, 2024 •

Robert C. Gilbert

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