Jazz Articles about Adrian Belew

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BEAT at Tener-a-mente Festival del Vittoriale

by Gabriele Guala
July 11, 2026

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Beat at Uber Eats Music Hall

by Maciej Stasiowski
July 1, 2026

Beat: Performing the Music of 80s King Crimson Featuring Adrian Belew, Steve Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey Uber Eats Music Hall Berlin, Germany June 15, 2026 How do you form a supergroup if half your dream team is already in the band? While the codename for the touring incarnation of the 1980s King Crimson line-up, Beat, seems like a piece of fan fiction from the depths of ...

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Diana Ross & Frank Zappa: Soul Freak Symphony

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 2025

When Diana Ross, the glittering soul siren of Motown, and Frank Zappa, the madcap maestro of musical anarchy, unveiled Soul Freak Symphony in March 1985 but was put in limbo due to contractual issues. Hence, it was not just an album--it was a cosmic detonation of sound and sanity. This 12-track hallucination melds Ross's velvety charisma with Zappa's unhinged genius, resulting in a creation so far outside the box it might as well be orbiting Saturn. The opener ...

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Heaven & Earth: Live and in the Studio 1997-2008

by John Kelman
June 8, 2019

Yet another year, yet another characteristically detailed and chronologically contextualized King Crimson mega-box set. Except that 2019 is no typical year. And Heaven & Earth is no typical King Crimson box set. While Heaven & Earth: Live and in the Studio 1997-2008 completes (well, almost) the series of box sets documenting King Crimson's original commercial recordings (and so much more), it's far from the group's first (or only) release to go along with the current three-drummer ...

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Adrian Belew Power Trio at Ardmore Music Hall

by Geno Thackara
May 10, 2017

The Adrian Belew Power Trio Ardmore Music Hall Ardmore, PA May 6, 2017 Like so much of life, music is really a work in progress that never stops changing. Adrian Belew has always been one to live by the idea rather than follow it--he's best known for an extended tenure in the always-inventive King Crimson, spins smart and often convoluted songs that still grab the ears effortlessly, and can wring sounds out of a guitar ...

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Adrian Belew: Power Trios and Crimson Heads

by Justin M. Smith
November 10, 2008

Since 1977, Adrian Belew has been a guitar and songwriting innovator in the cutting edge rock field. Spending time in bands with Frank Zappa, David Bowie and Talking Heads, he's also clocked serious studio time with other artists including Paul Simon, Nine Inch Nails, Tom Tom Club, Tori Amos and Herbie Hancock. He's fronted the various incarnations of perennial art rockers King Crimson since 1981, as well as putting together several of his own solo projects.Belew has continued ...

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Park West, Chicago, Illinois August 7, 2008

by John Kelman
September 4, 2008

When it was announced, in late 2003, that touch guitarist Trey Gunn was leaving perennial art rockers King Crimson, to be replaced by returning bassist/stickman Tony Levin—a member of the group during its 1980s and 1990s runs—anticipation was high. Gunn's strength was as a virtuosic melodic foil for guitarists Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew as well as holding down the bottom end, but Levin has always been considered Crimson's ultimate groove-meister. When Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison was recruited in ...