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Jimi Hendrix: Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
by Doug Collette
Dyed-in-the-wool cynics, Jimi Hendrix fans or not, may well perceive Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision as a thinly-veiled means to camouflage the reality that the late guitar hero's vault may have been archived to its fullest possible extent. But the film at the heart of the collection acts as a prism of sorts, shedding so different a light on the multi-faced music of Hendrix music, the (over) familiarity of the content allows for new perspectives on the creative ...
Continue ReadingWayne Shorter, Wayne Escoffery, Gordon Louis & Tracy Yang
by Joe Dimino
In this 874th episode of Neon Jazz, we dive deep into the musical mastery of young bandleader Tracy Yang, whose talent takes center stage with a track from her upcoming 2024 album, Or, alongside her dynamic jazz orchestra. Then, we uncover new material from the late, legendary Wayne Shorter, keeping the spirit of his genius alive. Midway through the hour, Kansas City's powerhouse ensemble, OJT, brings the heat with a cut from their fresh 2024 release, Getting It Going.
Continue ReadingThe Sound of the Fender Rhodes, Part 1
by Len Davis
Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul and Freddie Hubbard. Classics from the '70s featuring the Fender Rhodes. This show was inspired by Chris Mays' outstanding article, Ten Supreme Fender Rhodes Albums. Playlist The Cannonball Adderly Quintet “Mini Mamma" from Why Am I treated So Bad (Blue Note) 00:00 Miles Davis “Splash" from The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions (Columbia) 10:33 Miles Davis “John McLaughlin" from Bitches Brew (Columbia) 21:06 Joe Zawinul “In A Silent Way" from Zawinul ...
Continue ReadingStanley Clarke-Hiromi Duo at SFJAZZ
by Roy Strassman
Stanley Clarke-Hiromi Duo SFJAZZ CenterSan Francisco, CA September 6, 2024 Oh, the expectation for such an incredible bill--two musical giants--consummate bassist Stanley Clarke and pianist extraordinaire Hiromi (Uehara). It is one thing to hear them together on YouTube. It is quite another to catch them live, but there they were: performing live and together at SFJAZZ. Clad in a white shirt, black vest, and matching black pants, Clarke appeared whimsically professorial in bearing, ...
Continue ReadingCamila Nebbia: Una ofrenda a la ausencia
by Mark Corroto
One might be tempted to say something like, “introducing a new voice in jazz and improvised music: Camila Nebbia," except she has been quite a prolific artist for the past decade. Maybe her birthplace Buenos Aires kept the listening world's ears from recognizing this amazing talent. Her move to Berlin may rectify this error: that, and the release of two new discs on Relative Pitch Records. In Another Land, Another Dream (2024) finds the saxophonist in a duo with American ...
Continue ReadingEight Sinatra Surprises
by David Bittinger
Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald were mutual fans who joined up for superb duets and had similar repertoires. Is it possible to call one of them primarily a “jazz singer" and one not? Yeah, it's possible. Listen to Ella scat on How High The Moon and you hear a genius singer who came from jazz territory and could riff like an instrumentalist. Frank really wasn't a jazz singer and had just one little joke scat, “dooby dooby doo," ...
Continue ReadingJohn Ambrosini: Songs for You
by Richard J Salvucci
John Ambrosini is a New York City-based pianist, composer and arranger. He has a number of recordings to his credit and this one, strictly speaking, is a bit of a departure. Ambrosini's band is populated by a number of well-known jazz professionals in and around the city. So the music swings and the solos--including piano--are all worth hearing. It may be that Ambrosini is a stronger player than singer, something not unusual among instrumentalists who sing. ...
Continue ReadingAaron Parks: Little Big III
by Chris May
After debuting with a clutch of albums on Keynote around the start of the millennium, and then spending five years with Terence Blanchard, Aaron Parks emerged as a fully-fledged bandleader with his album Invisible Cinema on Blue Note in 2008. On it, Parks fronted a quartet completed by guitarist Mike Moreno, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Eric Harland. The group's bag was the capacious one known as post-genre, but the music was indisputably jazz for all that. After spells on ...
Continue ReadingTake Five With Saxophonist / Composer Wataru Uchida
by AAJ Staff
About Wataru Uchida Wataru Uchida is a saxophonist and composer who has been leading jazz projects in New York City since 2003. He studied saxophone performance and composition with Chico Freeman. In 2001, Wataru worked as a teaching assistant of Rory Stuart's rhythm analysis class at New School University Jazz & Contemporary Music program. In 2010, Wataru released his first CD Blue Morpho, recorded with NY-based Brazilian jazz artists, Romero Lubambo, Helio Alves, Nilson Matta. The ...
Continue ReadingBuilding Music Communities: Thinking Global & Acting Local
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight is going to shine a little differently. Instead of a single guest, we will have three segments dealing with the importance of local music scenes. Our first guest is Shain Shapiro. Shain is a thought leader working at the intersection of music, culture, and urban policy. His book, This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better (Repeater Books) sold out its first printing in 2023. Shain has defined a new way ...
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