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, June 17, 2026

Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, & Ben Riley: So Many Lovely Things: Live In Brecon

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     Yusef Lateef, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Booker Ervin, Stan Getz: just a small sampling of the illustrious jazz ...

Charles Downs Quartet: Inner

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          The music of the Charles Downs Quartet on Inner is precisely what you’d expect from the storied ESP-Disk label: unfettered free...
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Rob Garcia: Sizzle Ensemble

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     I’ve always appreciated truth in advertising, so I’m happy to report that the Sizzle Ensemble  helmed by drummer Rob Garcia makes good...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

Tribute Albums From Bobby Broom, Richard Baratta, & Gregory Hutchinson

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     The tribute album is a format that’s likely to never go out of style, especially since there are so many major figures to pay homage to...
Friday, May 22, 2026

Timely Music From Civil Disobedience & Tyshawn Sorey

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     Jazz has always reflected the social situation in which it is created. In these troubled times, that engagement with the world is inesc...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Joseph Branciforte & Jozef Dumoulin: ITERAE

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      Most of the time, minimalist electronic music leaves me cold. And yet every once in a while, for a totally inexplicable reason, I find...

Joe Fiedler's Big Sackbut: Journey To Bowerbird

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      If a line-up of three trombones, tuba and drums appeals to you, then Joe Fiedler's Big Sackbut is just what you’ve been waiting f...
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