Epinions Recent Reviews for Adamjazz

Rockers on Rocking Chairs -- A Mature, Versatile Tull

Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:33:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Adamjazz - Jethro Tull and I go way back (though they were famous years before I was born). When I was sixteen, pulsating with hormones, I wanted to learn an instrument real bad. Two things swayed me into plunking down $235 for a flute. 1) Everyone played...

Blankets of Groove, Soul, and Clouds - Jazz Masters at their Best

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 00:44:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Adamjazz - I started getting into jazz a few years ago, and I went up to this guy I knew, his name was Steve, a trumpet player who won all sorts of awards but you'd never know by talking to him. I told him "I want to learn jazz." Well, he being a veteran...

Some Nausea for the Reader - Sometimes Depressing, Sometimes Beautiful

Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:05:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Adamjazz - Anton Roquentin is a middle-aged historian with a lock of flaming red hair who resides in Bouville, France. He is here to complete a study on an obscure figure in 17th century European politics. He has travelled extensively throughout his adult life,...

Instruction Manual for the Human Universe -- Brilliant, Original -- A Must-Read for the Curious

Sun, 12 Aug 2001 02:29:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Adamjazz - This will be a difficult review to write satisfactorily, since I am deeply in love with this book...

As a teenager in the 1920s, J. Krishnamurti was dubbed to be the new leader of a group of "neo-Buddhists" called the Order of the Star. So,...

Defining a New Era in Jazz...Beautifully

Sun, 8 Apr 2001 22:57:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Adamjazz - Jazz has been known for being a genre that's impossible to pin down to any one sound, which is most recently due to its obsessive fusions with rock, folk, and world music styles. These fusions keep jazz anchored in a listenable, popular realm...

Sinks Sharp Teeth into the Mystery of Life

Thu, 29 Mar 2001 00:15:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Adamjazz - Anyone who is familiar with Siddhartha will find "Narcissus and Goldmund" to be a fine accompaniment to Herman Hesse's search for what is valuable--what is REAL--in human existence. It is as straight as straightforward can be, at times so straight...

Here is the "Art" in "Martial Arts"--A Moving, Inspiring Epic

Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:56:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Adamjazz - The opening ten minutes are deceptively peaceful and ordinary. An swordmaster visits a long-time woman friend, sits with a cup of tea, and explains that his fighting days are over. He is fed up with the bloodshed that his expert hands are...

Hold your breath but know the limits

Mon, 8 Jan 2001 00:40:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Adamjazz - "Vertical Limit" succeeds at keeping the viewer on the edge of his seat, but only because one's skepticism lags behind the rapid sequence of the monster explosions, death-defying jumps, and melodrama that form the plot.

As with any...