Jazz Articles about Alex Milella

About Alex Milella

Radio & Podcasts

Mike Stern, Jeff Ray, Alex Milella, Andy Summers and Chick Corea

by Len Davis
May 26, 2024

Mike Stern These Times, Jeff Ray, Italian guitarist Alex Milella, Bad Dog U, and Andy Summers Earth And Sky. Greg Howe, Victor Wooten, Dennis Chambers and Chick Corea.Playlist Ring “Que Buen Pantelon" from Ring (Self Produced) 00:00 Mike Stern “Last One Down" from These Times (ESC) 07:32 Jeff Ray “Cinnamon Lenses" from The Walkup (Hipnotic) 15:08 Alex Milella “Oversteppin'" from Light Shades (NBM) 22:42Bad Dog U “Fancy Mixed Nuts" from Bad Dog U (Blu Jazz) 30:18 Andy Summers ...

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Album Review

Alex Milella: Light Shades

Read "Light Shades" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 10, 2004

One often has to wonder at an artist's musical choices, where they might have gone had they taken a different path. Fusion guitarist Scott Henderson, following his landmark record, Tribal Tech , turned his back on more complex composition, going instead for a more improvised concept where tunes evolved out of lengthy jams. Likewise, guitarist Allan Holdsworth, while as harmonically unique as always, has in recent years eschewed the more overtly lyrical compositions of albums including Wardencliffe Tower and Secrets ...