Brad Webber

Gerry Mulligan Quartet Dream a Little Dream (Telarc Jazz)(STAR) (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) That Gerry Mulligan can power up a baritone sax--a humongous piece of machinery with a mile-long air passage--speaks...

Ned's Atomic Dustbin Brainbloodvolume (Columbia) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) With their third recording, Ned's Atomic Dustbin reinvent themselves without losing the brashness that made the British quintet so endearing on previous outings "Godfodder"...

Peter Murphy Cascade (Atlantic) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) How can a musician who crafts such lush and haunting songs with such utterly cool hooks fail to write lyrics with a semblance of common...

Poster Children Junior Citizen (Sire) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Poster Children is to rock what a Pop Tart is to an already overactive child: a sugar-jolt binge of frenetic guitars and slap-happy drumming....

Kathy Troccoli Kathy Troccoli (RCA) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) RCA Records hopes Kathy Troccoli will be the next Amy Grant. Troccoli's vocals can't quite pour on the honey-sweet flair of Grant. Yet, she's...

Roberto Perera Seduction (Heads Up) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Uruguayan harpist Roberto Perera weaves an enchanting pattern of Latin jazz and rhythmic folklore into "Seduction," a captivating collection that digs into African, Caribbean...

Lords of Acid Voodoo-U (American) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Lords of Acid join Front 242 at the fore of Belgium's electronic dance music. Thematically, "Voodoo-U" is in-the-gutter stuff (as if the cover art...

The The Hanky Panky (Sony 550) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Seems like everybody's got a tribute album these days, from punkers with tacky covers of the Carpenters to indie rockers paying homage to...

Simple Minds Good News from the Next World (Virgin) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 In the second half of the last decade this power pop Scottish outfit was selling out coliseums on the...

Stanley Clarke & Friends Live at the Greek (Epic) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 This ensemble of leading figures in fusion and contemporary jazz, dubbed the Jazz Explosion Superband, sadly proves the whole...