John Coltrane

Tomorrow Night: Tim Hagans at DiverseWorks

Press Picks

Jazz Warrior

Malcolm Pinson fights for bebop values

Joe McPhee's Trio X

Friday, June 28

All Rise

Friday, June 28

Piano Man

Houston's Dave Catney releases the classy Reality Road

Rotation

Houston's Dave Catney releases the classy Reality Road

Press Picks

Houston's Dave Catney releases the classy Reality Road

Classic Rock Corner: Kind of Blue is 50

According to a recent appreciation in Newsweek, if an American household has just one jazz record on the shelf, chances are it's Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. And we were thinking it was Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream & Other Delights. Kind of Blue contains only five trac ... More >>

Uncommon Cause

According to a recent appreciation in Newsweek, if an American household has just one jazz record on the shelf, chances are it's Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. And we were thinking it was Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream & Other Delights. Kind of Blue contains only five trac ... More >>

Exceptional Bass

According to a recent appreciation in Newsweek, if an American household has just one jazz record on the shelf, chances are it's Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. And we were thinking it was Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream & Other Delights. Kind of Blue contains only five trac ... More >>

Change Is Good

According to a recent appreciation in Newsweek, if an American household has just one jazz record on the shelf, chances are it's Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. And we were thinking it was Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream & Other Delights. Kind of Blue contains only five trac ... More >>

Hitting the Blue Notes

According to a recent appreciation in Newsweek, if an American household has just one jazz record on the shelf, chances are it's Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. And we were thinking it was Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream & Other Delights. Kind of Blue contains only five trac ... More >>

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Heavy Lifting

Cocky Cocktails at Anvil Bar & Refuge

Truth Be Told

Lee Roy Parnell finds his roots everywhere but Nashville

Dr. Roger Wood's Matagorda Island Discs

Lee Roy Parnell finds his roots everywhere but Nashville

McCoy Tyner Trio

Lee Roy Parnell finds his roots everywhere but Nashville

Turtle Island Quartet

Lee Roy Parnell finds his roots everywhere but Nashville

Various Artists

Healing Force: The Songs of Albert Ayler

Ben Ratliff and the Greg Osby Five

The New York Times jazz critic opens the Greg Osby Five concert with a talk

Art Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Rotation

Miles Davis and John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Records 1955-1961

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, with Drop Trio

Thursday, December 1, at the Engine Room, 1515 Pease, 713-654-7846.

Rogue Bosoms, Bouncing Booties and Pac-Man Raps

Looking back on the '04

Salad Barre

A buffet of dance troupes comes to town

Heard It Through the Grapevine

Notes toward new and better criticism and marketing of wine and song

Art Partners

Microcinema International and Infernal Bridegroom Productions hook up

Karrin Allyson

February 18 and 19

Playbill

John Greiner

Heart Attack

The source of Billy Harper's aggressive tenor style lies in a power greater than himself

Key Ingredient

Pianist Ahmad Jamal may have had a bigger impact on jazz than you think

Boogie Nights

The Groove Collective

Devil May Care

Matthew Shipp

The "It" Guy

It's hard not to dig local saxophonist David Caceres

Aftermath: The First Lost In Space Festival at Khon's

Photos by Adam P. NewtonB L A C K I E​ Suffice to say, it's been a great year for live music festivals in Houston this year. Between the Spring and Fall editions of the Westheimer Block Party, the Free Press Summer Fest, the International Festival, our own Houston Press Music Awards and other ... More >>

Inquiring Minds: Golden Cities' Marcus Gausepohl on Krautrock, Space-Rock and His Ambient-Drone Buddies

Houston's own Golden Cities headline the Mink tonight with Boston droners Great Hopes and St. Louis post-punk duo Spelling Bee. Rocks Off sat down with GC guitarist, Esotype Records staffer and fellow Pearland expat Marcus Gausepohl to talk about his band, his record label, and some of the groups t ... More >>

Straight, No Chaser

The most underground music in Houston right now isn't rap or indie rock...it's jazz.

What About Bob?

Patti Smith's new book makes good on her 20-year-old promise to Robert Mapplethorpe.

Musical Theology With John Coltrane, Robert Johnson

​Naxos continues to release episodes from the Masters of American Music documentary series from the '90s, and here are two from the latest releases (the two others profiling Sarah Vaughan and Count Basie). Not a straight biographical doc or even a chronological one about his album releases, The Wo ... More >>

How About Some More HPMA Nominee MP3s?

Monica Fuentes​Rocks Off would like to thank this year's music award nominees who sent us a couple of MP3s like we asked you to a couple of days ago. By our count, about 11 nominees have now sent us some music, which leaves... well, a lot. We're still a little afraid to count. Please help us ... More >>

Tracy Nelson, Victim Of The Blues, Embraces Muddy & Lightnin'

Robert Hakins​Long acclaimed as one of the truly great singers of the modern era, at 66 Tracy Nelson still has the fire for performing great songs. Her latest project, Victim of the Blues, is a loving caress to her original passion: Old-school blues, particularly the Chicago variety. Nelson's ... More >>

Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder: The Cliff's Notes Version

​Today pop legend Stevie Wonder turns 61 years old, and to this day he continues to thrill audiences around the world with his pop prowess and ear for a hook. And damn, 61 is pretty young, but consider he's been in music since he was all of 12, back when he released The Jazz Soul of Little Ste ... More >>

Scott Stapp The Astros = Evacuation-Level Suck

Ed. Note: Unlike the Astros' season (darnit), Stapp's concert appears to have been canceled. Groovehouse​A few weeks ago, Rocks Off wondered if the real reason our hometown baseball club is having such a woeful season is because the music most of the players use to pump themselves up as they' ... More >>

Uncovering Peter Case: The Rocks Off Interview

Julie EnsmingerPeter Case at Cactus Music last year​"I was always sort of not interested in what my generation was doing," Peter Case told Rocks Off 10 years ago after flipping through Louvin Bros. compact discs at a now-defunct bookstore in Sugar Land, surrounded by car dealerships, business ... More >>

30 Seconds With Miles Zuniga

Rocks Off interrogated Miles Zuniga, who just released his solo debut These Ghosts Have Bones, to see what we could find out about the Fastball singer/guitarist and Austin's own acolyte of the Church of John Coltrane 30 seconds.​ Rocks Off: What is the worst song in the world? Miles Zuniga ... More >>

No Surprises: Rock Hall Set To Induct Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys

Photo By Marco TorresGuns N' Roses are Rock Hall bound, but which version of GNR will show up? ​This morning (well, it leaked last night) the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland announced their 2012 class of inductees. Included on the list are Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Bo ... More >>

The Roots Of Lionize: From Miles Davis To Led Zeppelin

​It's hard to find a band that reps Miles Davis in the same breath as much as they do Led Zeppelin, but Lionize are that band. Recording in Jamaica with Steel Pulse's Sidney Mills, supporting beardos like Kylesa, Clutch, and cKy? Yes, that's Lionize for you. Opening for Maylene & The Sons Of D ... More >>

Ravi Coltrane Quartet

​It's hard to find a band that reps Miles Davis in the same breath as much as they do Led Zeppelin, but Lionize are that band. Recording in Jamaica with Steel Pulse's Sidney Mills, supporting beardos like Kylesa, Clutch, and cKy? Yes, that's Lionize for you. Opening for Maylene & The Sons Of D ... More >>