Walt Mundkowsky was born 1944 in San Antonio, TX. As a teenager, he had a dachshund named after Hugo Wolf. Extensive writings on film (cf. his “Cinema Obscura” column in Home Theater, 1995-2001). He favors the mine-shaft approach to music listening — in-depth exploration of tiny, unrelated areas. A resident of Beverly Hills, he has lived in basements in Denver, London and Stockholm, and may very well do so again.
Walt Mundkowsky
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Lying down with Stax phones 4.
April is Jazz Appreciation Month.
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Lying down with Stax phones 3.
This set of 27 Passion Week Responsoria was the third and last Lumen Valo release for Alba, before forming their own label.
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Lying down with Stax phones 3.
This set of 27 Passion Week Responsoria was the third and last Lumen Valo release for Alba, before forming their own label.
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Narrow-Minded Opinionism 2.
It’s like a cable series that improves at midpoint.
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Narrow-Minded Opinionism 1.
Programs where viols accompany singing may allow a few instrumentals to break up the prevailing routine. This superb 2010 disc does the opposite, with Julianne Baird on only eight of the 22 tracks and none of them overexposed.
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Narrow-Minded Opinionism 1.
Programs where viols accompany singing may allow a few instrumentals to break up the prevailing routine. This superb 2010 disc does the opposite, with Julianne Baird on only eight of the 22 tracks and none of them overexposed.
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Paul Bley’s singular Ballads
Reissues in Japan often exhibit a short life. This influential album hit CD 15 years ago, but only on the Japanese market, and will now appear there (briefly!) in SHM-CD attire.
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Paul Bley’s singular Ballads
Reissues in Japan often exhibit a short life. This influential album hit CD 15 years ago, but only on the Japanese market, and will now appear there (briefly!) in SHM-CD attire.
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Four Centuries Apart 4.
Get this disc by Josie and the Emeralds, an enterprising soprano and quartet of viols in Australia, for the two-thirds that’s new to us.
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Four Centuries Apart 4.
Get this disc by Josie and the Emeralds, an enterprising soprano and quartet of viols in Australia, for the two-thirds that’s new to us.
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Dowland’s Lachrimæ 1604: Update
Savall’s disc last appeared a decade ago in a five-CD Astrée brick called pieces for the viols.
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Dowland’s Lachrimæ 1604: Update
Savall’s disc last appeared a decade ago in a five-CD Astrée brick called pieces for the viols.
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Charlie Haden
Bassist Charlie Haden passed away in Los Angeles on July 11, 2014, aged 76.
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Charlie Haden
Bassist Charlie Haden passed away in Los Angeles on July 11, 2014, aged 76.
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James Erber’s The “Traces” Cycle
My entry into this rewarding series came via a scenario I always enjoy – a highly evolved structure is interrogated, at first through hesitations and “mistakes,” and eventually falls apart.
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James Erber’s The “Traces” Cycle
My entry into this rewarding series came via a scenario I always enjoy – a highly evolved structure is interrogated, at first through hesitations and “mistakes,” and eventually falls apart.
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Lying down with Stax phones 2.
Stephen Whittington’s title must refer to Satie’s musique d’ameublement and Eno’s Music for Airports, but he turns them inside out – an exploration of inner states.
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Lying down with Stax phones 2.
Stephen Whittington’s title must refer to Satie’s musique d’ameublement and Eno’s Music for Airports, but he turns them inside out – an exploration of inner states.
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Lying down with Stax phones 1.
“Already in bed, lying on my back and wearing headphones” is my standard listening mode, hence my interest.
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Lying down with Stax phones 1.
“Already in bed, lying on my back and wearing headphones” is my standard listening mode, hence my interest.
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Jürgen Jürgens’ Trauer-Ode
Another important reissue (out 6-25-13) involves Bach’s powerful Trauer-Ode.
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Jürgen Jürgens’ Trauer-Ode
Another important reissue (out 6-25-13) involves Bach’s powerful Trauer-Ode.