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Tom Kennedy: New Start
by Jim Worsley
When thinking of bassist Tom Kennedy, it can be instinctive to think of drummer Dave Weckl. Or vice versa. The two became friends and musical colleagues in their early teens. That is roughly a half century of playing, recording, touring, and much more together. Kennedy is known around the world as a premier, elite jazz and fusion electric bassist. Weckl has the same notoriety and brilliant skill set behind his drum kit. One could go on at length about their ...
Continue ReadingBill Evans Sax, Greg Howe, Niacin and Joe Zawinul
by Len Davis
From the Netherlands drummer, Sebastiaan Cornelissen with Gary Willis, Saxophonist Bill Evans, and guitarist's John Scofield and Greg Howe. Power Trio Niacin, Joe Zawinul, Scott Kinsey. Melbourne guitarist Brett Garsed with Mojo, and bassist Benny Rietveld from Mystery Of Faith. Playlist Sebastian Cornelissen-Gary Willis-Lalle Larson “ON" from Timeline (Munich Records) 00:00 Bill Evans “Midnight Creeper" from Big Fun (ESC) 07:15 John Scofield Band “Watch Out for PO Po" from Up All Night (Verve) 14:36 Greg Howe “Hyperacuity" from ...
Continue ReadingFunkwrench Blues: Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures
by Chris May
Once upon a time it was hard to walk into an arthouse cinema without bumping into a jazz soundtrack. Miles Davis' for Louis Malle's Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud (1958), Charles Mingus' for John Cassavetes' Shadows (1959), Krzysztof Komeda's for Roman Polanski's Knife In The Water (1962) were among a legion of similarly inclined endeavours. But all that was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. In the 2020s, if you want to hear a freshly ...
Continue ReadingDino Betti van der Noot: A Chance For A Dance
by Neil Tesser
"I love the rhythm—one of the reasons I love jazz is the rhythm—but I have spent some years to free myself from the rhythm." Dino Betti van der Noot sits over breakfast rolls at the Rosetta Hotel in Perugia, Italy. “I experimented with different time signatures and finally found out that the simplest ones are perfect, as long as you make use of them as, oh, railways, rail tracks." In other words, the time-feel must be a guide, a phisical, ...
Continue ReadingNew Music From Spain, Brazil And France, Plus Robert Walter, Robben Ford & Bill Evans
by Len Davis
Scott McGill , Cosmic Farm Bill Connors and Steve Kimock. Plus new releases from Robben Ford & Bill Evans and Robert Walter. Playlist Shob “Charpie" from Voraces (Self Produced) 00:00 Commodore “Arriba y Abajo-en Vivo" from Commodore-En Vivo (Brabacam) 06:03 Neural Code “For All" from Neural Code (Self Produced) 12:08 {Scott McGill “Bamboo Acrobats" from Symptom Imperative (Unilab) 18:10 Cosmic Farm “Space Rooster" from Cosmic Farm (Tone Centre) 24:15 Robert Walter “Franklin" from Better Feathers (Royal Potato) ...
Continue ReadingRobben Ford: Pure
by Doug Collette
It's only fitting guitarist Robben Ford assigns a closeup of his chosen instrument to the cover of Pure. His devotion to the axe is at least equal to, if not greater than, the ardor he elicits from fretboard fanatics. But then that's a deserved devotion as the man demonstrates in less than two minutes at the very outset of his first instrumental studio album since Tiger Walk ( Blue Thumb,1997): the one-time member of Tom Scott's L.A. Express and Miles ...
Continue ReadingTom Kennedy: Stories
by Jim Worsley
It's commonplace that an artist will have a concept or theme in mind when starting a record project. To build from the ground up without any preconceptions could be a recipe for a disaster. However, if it didn't crash and burn and, in fact, went the other direction, the possibilities then become infinite. With no boundaries and nothing to be tethered to, the sky's the limit. Tom Kennedy boldly took that approach to his new record. He took flight with ...
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