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Brandon Ross, Vinnie Sperrazza & Gordon Grdina
by Maurice Hogue
It's deep, it's different, it's unique and definitely original--the music of guitarist Brandon Ross & Phantom Station. Off The End is the feature album in this episode. Also new, drummer Vinnie Sperrazza & Apocryphal, the very creative guitar/oud player Gordon Grdina with two different albums, and a bunch of interesting music from Europe: saxophonist Signe Emmeluth Friends & Neighbors and the Scheen Jazzorkester with Cortex from Norway, Italian groups Looty Trio & Circles 44, Bulliphan} from Belgium, and Portugal's Old ...
Continue ReadingKen Vandermark’s Edition Redux at BOP STOP at The Music Settlement
by John Chacona
Ken Vandermark's Edition Redux BOP STOP at The Music Settlement Cleveland, OH February 27, 2024 Every jazz concert brings an experience that you've never had before and likely weren't expecting. In the case of the Cleveland concert by protean saxophonist Ken Vandermark's Edition Redux, the source was a new Apple Watch that helpfully issued a dangerous sound level warning when the volume inside BOP STOP hit 97 decibels. The concert was the band's ...
Continue ReadingJohn Esposito: Blues For Outlaw Hearts
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist John Esposito, the head honcho at Sunjump Records, has made part of his life's mission to feature underappreciated musicians. Guitarist Sangeeta Michael Berardi, who passed in 2024, was one of them. Berardi owed a big debt to saxophonist John Coltrane. This can be heard--leaving no doubt--on his Sunjump outing Earthship, released in 2008. In the mode of Coltrane, the music was soaring, seemingly divinely inspired. John Esposito held down the piano chair. No easy task considering the relentless uplift ...
Continue ReadingTony Monaco Trio: Over and Over
by Nicholas F. Mondello
B-3. The organ model resonates with jazz fans as something musically profound which fundamentally hits in the soul. Perhaps it is the Gospel and church roots or the list of greats in the jazz organ pantheon--Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Shirley Scott, et al. Now that Joey DeFrancesco has left us, there is a handful of great jazz B-3 organists still pumping jazz air--Mike LeDonne, for one, and Tony Monaco. With Over and Over, the Columbus, Ohio-based Monaco, ...
Continue ReadingSteve Coleman Five Elements Sala degli Arazzi-Piacenza Jazz Festival 2024
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the Steve Coleman Five Elements concert at Piacenza Jazz Festival 2024 in Piacenza on March 2, 2024 featuring Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, Rich Brown and Sean Rickman. ...
Continue ReadingGordon Grdina & Christian Lillinger: Duo Work
by Glenn Astarita
This album features a collaboration between Gordon Grdina on guitar and MIDI-guitar, and Christian Lillinger on drums. The project highlights their combined efforts in composition and improvisation, with most pieces jointly composed by Grdina and Lillinger, except for tracks 1, 5, 8, and 12, credited to Grdina alone. This is an enthralling exploration of sound and collaboration. It opens with the cacophonous track “Song One" setting the tone for the entire recording. Grdina's use of MIDI guitar adds ...
Continue ReadingRolling Stones: Live At The Wiltern (2CD/DVD)
by Doug Collette
Cowed as the Rolling Stones may have been by the tragedy that was Altamont in December 1969, 'the greatest rock and roll band in the world' nevertheless came to take some risks as their career evolved in the wake of the Mick Jagger/Keith Richards rapprochement in the late Eighties. Machine-like as the operation became circa Steel Wheels (Rolling Stones Records, 1989), ensuing years saw the iconic British group take great pains to avoid just cranking out the hits. ...
Continue ReadingA look back at 1975 with Miles Davis, John Abercrombie and Billy Cobham
by Len Davis
Some hard-edged music from Miles Davis's Agharta, John Abercrombie and Jan Hammer's Timeless and Lenny White's Venusian Summer. Billy Cobham's Shabazz and the funky sounds from Herbie Hancock's Manchild. The powerful sounds of The Mahavishnu Orchestra's Visions Of The Emerald Beyond, Return To Forever's No Mystery and Stanley Clarke's Journey To Love. Playlist Miles Davis “Prelude 2" from Agharta (CBS) 00:00 John Abercrombie “Lungs" from Timeless (ECM)08:09 Lenny White “Mating Drive" from Venusian Summer (Nemperor) 16:21 Billy Cobham ...
Continue ReadingCecil McBee, James Zollar & Eddie Henderson
by Joe Dimino
We start the 845th Episode of Neon Jazz with master musician, doctor and figure skater Eddie Henderson with music from his 2023 release Witness to History. Eddie is featured on this episode to celebrate the PBS documentary Uncommon Genius. From there, we hear music from his teacher Louis Armstrong then motor our way into another quality hour of jazz. You'll also hear James Zollar, Cecil McBee and Mike Holober. There's music from newcomers including Hiury Tire and Jill McCarron. Finally, ...
Continue ReadingGeorgia White: I'll Keep Sittin' On It
by Ian Patterson
The dirty blues? Georgia White had 'em. “If I can't sell it, I'll keep sittin' on it, before I give it away," the blues singer sang in 1937. The full lyrics paint a picture of a furniture shop, a chair and a would-be buyer, but the innuendo is thinly disguised. They don't write blues tunes like this one anymore. Bawdy mama! ...
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