Reviews on Amazon

[Dan Gould]

I came across a Phil Woods-Brian Lynch CD just out this year on the new Kind of Blue label but rather than grabbing it I decided to come home and check Amazon. And what do I find? A very informative and highly descriptive review by who I presume is our own John Tapscott.

Check out John's Amazon reviews.

Does anyone else actively contribute reviews on that site?

The only time I was moved to write a review was after seing Jennifer Love Hewitt in Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber.

[Guy Berger]

I do -- so do Jazz Kat, Nate Dorward, Ron Lyles and kh1958.

Guy

[Dan Gould]

I do -- so do Jazz Kat, Nate Dorward, Ron Lyles and kh1958.

Guy

So how about some links?

[JSngry]

Me in 2001, drunk, high, or possible both: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-...174&s=music

[JSngry]

5/21/99: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-...eviews.start=91

Maybe I need a new hobby...

[Dan Gould]

Me in 2001, drunk, high, or possible both: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-...174&s=music

And the title you chose for your review perfectly sums up how so many of us feel about you:

A Charmingly Goofy Treat

[JSngry]

Geez, if we could make that "A Chamingly Gooey Treat" I could go on sale at 7-11s worldwide...

[John Tapscott]

I came across a Phil Woods-Brian Lynch CD just out this year on the new Kind of Blue label but rather than grabbing it I decided to come home and check Amazon. And what do I find? A very informative and highly descriptive review by who I presume is our own John Tapscott.

Check out John's Amazon reviews.

Yes, Dan, that's me. Thanks for the kind words. I don't mind being "outed", but in front of this hip crowd, I'm a little nervous about it. My reviews are not that technical. They're more for the average jazz listener, rather than the knowledgeable folk on this Board. You'll notice that I stick to bop, hardbop, big bands and mainstream, stuff I feel a little bit qualified to review. I enjoy much of Andrew Hill's music, but would find his recordings hard to review.

In any case, it's something I enjoy doing when I have the time. I often find that if I listen to a CD several times, especially before I go to bed, I wake up the next morning and the review almost writes itself. That happened with the new Phil Kelly CD.

Edited December 28, 2006 by John Tapscott

[Big Al]

Have only done one, and here it is!

[DTMX]

I did about 100 reviews and then I ran out of words. This is one I always liked: Pepper Adams: Conjuration

[Guy Berger]

Here's one of mine.

[DTMX]

This is one of the weirder ones that I saw fit to submit: Various Frogs: Sounds Of North American Frogs

[Nate Dorward]

Yeah I used to do a fair number of them before I was doing any "serious reviewing" (I use the quote marks because there are some people on Amazon who turn in good stuff that makes some of the so-called professional reviewers I know look pretty damn lazy--check out Samuel Chell or Richard Hutchinson/autonomeous for instance, very passionate & musically knowledgeable guys). Actually it kind of got me my first gigs as Stuart Broomer told me "you should be writing for magazines--at least you'd get some free CDs", & later I ended up at Coda when he was editor. -- In the past 2-3 years I haven't contributed much to Amazon; just too much writing to do already...!