Bruce Malamut
Bruce Malamut was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on October 1, 1952. He moved with his mother to the Upper East Side of New York City in the late 1950s, where he spent the rest of his life. Over the years, he taught several courses at local colleges, and finished his career on the faculty at the Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, specializing in international trade.
Starting in college, he wrote reviews for magazines such as Crawdaddy, the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Circus, Penthouse, and Creem. He also served as a talent scout, at home and abroad. As a musician, he was known for his work with brass instruments (especially French Horn) and on the drums. He was seen trading solos with Paul Butterfield in New York. When Bruce was not kept busy with the music scene, he was avidly following local and national politics.
Bruce died in February 2024.
23 articles
List of articles in the library
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, October 1975
Young and Coyne En Route to Martyrdom ...
Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark (Asylum)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, April 1974
Red Roses for a Blue Canyon Lady ...
Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac (Reprise MS 2225)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, November 1975
1972'S BARE Trees marked a turning point for drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie (the rhythm section that backed Mayall when Clapton was with ...
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, October 1976
BECK HAMMERS OUT JAZZ-OLA ...
Nils Lofgren: Nils Lofgren (A&M Sp-4509)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, May 1975
THE GOFFIN-King classic, 'Goin' Back', has got to be one of the great melancholy rock/drama tunes of all time. The Byrds once did it proud, ...
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, February 1976
the last record review ...
Steve Miller: Fly Like An Eagle (Capitol ST 11497)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, August 1976
MAURICE AND THE JOKER TAKE ALL THE MONEY AND RUN ...
Doobie Brothers: Takin' It To The Streets (Warner Bros. BS 2899)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, July 1976
THESE GUYS were always a little too boogie-static for my taste, playing everybody's perfect AM riff. That was the old Doobies, however, under the leadership ...
ZZ Top: Tres Hombres (London XPS 631)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Zoo World, 25 October 1973
THE TOTAL Tank. ...
The Eagles: On The Border (Asylum 7E-1004)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, July 1974
DON FELDER is one mutha guitar player. Swooped up by Eagles from a stint with David Blue, his Joe Walsh-type flash is a welcome addition ...
Wings: Venus And Mars (Capitol SMAS 11419)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, September 1975
McCartney: Looking Glass Hero ...
Stanley Clarke: School Days (Nemperor NE 439)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, December 1976
STANLEY CLARKE is a great bass player even if he is a Scientologist; his involvement in defining Fusion (so-called) Music as a genre has been ...
Earth, Wind & Fire: Earth Wind & Fire: All 'n All (Columbia JC 34905)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, February 1978
EARTH WIND & Fire have come a long way from the jazzed-out horns, elasticized rhythms and coolness (unique for avant-soul) of their first album. ...
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, December 1977
EVIL MINDS, DIRTY HABITS ...
Review by Bruce Malamut, Circus, 12 May 1977
The Band Relax on Untroubled Islands ...
Atlanta Rhythm Section: Third Annual Pipe Dream (Polydor PD 6027)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, November 1974
A COMBINATION of inventive writing and consummate musicianship like this hasn't been heard from out of the South since the Allman's Idlewild South (still unsurpassed ...
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, March 1977
GENESIS REACHES WUTHERING HEIGHTS ...
Led Zeppelin: Presence (Swan Song SS 8416)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, July 1976
MEAT-EATERS' REVENGE ...
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti (Swan Song SS 2200)
Review by Bruce Malamut, John Swenson, Crawdaddy!, June 1975
The Zeps Runneth Over ...
Kraftwerk: The Man Machine (Capitol)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Circus, 17 August 1978
THE MAIN thing that separates Kraftwerk from the rest of its electronic German contemporaries is the band's sense of melody and rhythm. ...
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, February 1977
FRANK ZAPPA GREETS THE MOTHERSHIP ...
Captain Beefheart: Bluejeans and Moonbeams (Mercury SRM-1-1018)
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, January 1975
VAN VLIET stepped through the black hole and never quite looked or saw the same again. Eventually taking to earth as the Spotlight Kid, he ...
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, November 1976
HERBIE & TONY: THEY CAN SEE FOR MILES... ...
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