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Matthews Southern Comfort: The New Mine
by Doug Collette
In hindsight, Matthews Southern Comfort's Like A Radio (MIG Music, 2018) seems to have foretold the gloom and doom of the 2020 pandemic. But the fifth album under that moniker (not counting numerous anthologies and live LPs) also spoke to the positivism of change, i.e., streaming music is 'like a radio,' but also decidedly not the same. Perhaps it's not too much of a stretch to apply a similar interpretation to the follow-up and, if so, it may well be ...
read moreAndreas Vollenweider: Quiet Places
by Robin B James
Music for the heart and mind, bliss and joy for the ears and spirit. It has been 10 years since the last album from Andreas Vollenweider and now he emerges with new music--three new albums, the first is Quiet Places. The new album has 10 tracks and features several homages to ancient arts as well as more contemporary studies, secret doors into worlds of respite and relaxation. “Pygmalion" was in Greek mythology the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance, ...
read moreJack Bruce: Live at Rockpalast 1980, 1983 and 1990
by Roger Farbey
It is no exaggeration to state that Jack Bruce was probably the most inventive bassist of the twentieth century. He straddled the worlds of jazz, blues and rock seamlessly, and his bass guitar playing was unprecedented in its sheer imaginative breadth and power. Crucially, he was also a vocalist of incredible range and dynamism. His contribution to Cream surely needs no elaboration. As a rock star he was a veritable human dynamo, but as a jazz musician he was extraordinary ...
read moreWeather Report: The Best Of Weather Report
by Jim Santella
Selected from seven albums that were recorded between 1973 and 1980, Columbia's “best of" collection of Weather Report hits makes a memorable impression. The band will never be forgotten. Throughout its 15-year existence, the jazz-rock fusion band regularly stirred a large body of emotions through its unique sound. No one else had that particular combination, which was born from tradition, full of innovation, and far from being too smooth. Wayne Shorter's natural saxophone tone casually rubbed elbows with Joe Zawinul's ...
read moreWeather Report: The Best of Weather Report
by Todd S. Jenkins
A long-overdue homage to perhaps the greatest fusion ensemble of all time. Centered around the molten core of Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, Weather Report transcended category and gave shape to a fresh, vital form of improvised music during their decade-plus of prominence. Putting together a best-of from such a chameleonic entity had to be a daunting task, and no doubt some fans will scream foul over the exclusion of personal favorites. So it goes. The present compilation is more ...
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