Steve YipIn Appreciation of David ChenI’m offering a short appreciative memorial of David Chen, who passed away suddenly in February 2024. He was the longest serving Executive…2 min read·Mar 20, 2024----
Steve YipThe Carnegie Hall Concert by Alice Coltrane — Album ReviewA single has already been released — “Shiva-Loka” is from Alice Coltrane’s historic February 21, 1971 live performance at New York’s…2 min read·Mar 20, 2024----
Steve YipNina’s Back by Nina Simone — Album ReviewEven though she left us so many years ago, we are treated to a reissue of jazz pianist, songwriter, and social activist Nina Simone’s…3 min read·Feb 27, 2024----
Steve YipGasms by Smokey Robinson — Album ReviewGasms is Smokey Robinson’s latest release! And at 83 years young! It’s so amazing to find that Smokey Robinson released this album almost…3 min read·Jan 21, 2024----
Steve Yip“Promises” by Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders — Album ReviewWhen the great tenor saxophonist and spiritual jazz giant Pharoah Sanders died on September 24, 2022, that jolt forced a discovery that he…3 min read·Dec 21, 2023----
Steve YipTight (single) by Samara Joy — Album Review“Tight” is the self-produced single by Samara Joy, the fabulously young vocal sensation who specializes in jazz and show standards from…2 min read·Dec 2, 2023----
Steve YipJourney to TopazThis is dedicated to the memory of my brother-in-law Dean Hedani. He may have been a founding partner of the San Francisco law firm Hedani…15 min read·Nov 21, 2023----
Steve YipRemembering Rodriguez (July 10, 1942 — August 8, 2023), August 29, 2023Sixto Rodriguez (aka “Rodriguez” and anointed as “Sugarman” by fans) passed on August 8, 2023. He was 81. His amazing story is captured in…4 min read·Sep 7, 2023----
Steve YipA Non-Deadhead’s Take Upon Attending a Dead & Company Concert, June 22, 2023I’m not a Deadhead, nor am I a born-again hippie, but I did attend a Dead & Company concert in New York on June 22nd and was thrilled.5 min read·Jul 21, 2023----
Steve YipMississippi Goddam (single) by Nina Simone — Album ReviewThe late jazz vocalist Nina Simone’s historic, earthshaking “Mississippi Goddam” has made a reappearance as a lyric video single on…3 min read·Jun 26, 2023----
