Mr. Stu's Record Room

Stuart Kremsky was the San Francisco “Short Takes” correspondent for Cadence magazine from 1979-2007. His reviews have appeared in Option, Sound Choice, Cadence, and the IAJRC Journal. He was a sound man at the fabled Keystone Korner and for over ten years was the tape archivist for Fantasy Records, where his production credits include boxed sets of Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gordon, the Modern Jazz Quartet and the Grammy-nominated Sam Cooke With the Soul Stirrers. Email skremsky1 (at) gmail.com

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Zack Lober: So We Could Live

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     Catchy melodies and a profound sense of creative joy infuse So We Could Live , the second release by bassist Zack Lober and his NO FIL...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Horace Silver Quintet: Silver In Seattle: Live At The Penthouse

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     It may be hard to believe, but there was a time when live jazz was broadcast on the radio from clubs across the country. Zev Feldman, w...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Linda May Han Oh: Strange Heavena

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      There are times in the life of any music fan when a promised collaboration of favorite musicians will be wildly anticipated, only to ...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

PlainsPeak: Someone To Someone

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     Multi-instrumentalist Jon Irabagon has been an extremely busy performer since his debut on record with the Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Or...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Denny Zeitlin: With A Song In My Heart

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     Pianist Denny Zeitlin was in grade school when his parents took him to see Oklahoma! and he was “electrified” by the music of Richard ...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Andy Biskin: Reed Basket

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     I’ll admit that when Reed Basket arrived in my inbox, I was a bit apprehensively about the virtues of a clarinet quartet. But I needn’...

A pair of guitar duos: Joe Morris & Elliott Sharp/Eyal Maoz & Eugene Chadbourne

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     Two of modern music’s most outré guitarists, Joe Morris & Elliott Sharp , unite for an absolutely wild session they’ve dubbed Real...
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