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Submitted for your approval: one Alex Harlan, a bassist whose fingers once held promise but now grasp only routine. In a city of forgotten things, he will cross the threshold of a pawnshop where bargains are not struck with money alone. What he carries home is no ordinary instrument--it's a whisper from the past that promises brilliance... and exacts its toll in the Blue Note Portal. Alex Harlan pushed open the door to the pawnshop on a drizzly ...

Album Review

Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life

Read "Bright Size Life" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
July 27, 2024

Reissued as part of ECM's 180gm-vinyl audiophile Luminessence series, Bright Size Life was originally released in 1976 and features Pat Metheny leading his then regular touring trio completed by bassist Jaco Pastorius and drummer Bob Moses. It is a lively and lovely album and rediscovering it should be a delightful experience for anyone who has perhaps left it on the shelf for a few years, particularly delightful given the latest edition's sonic splendor. Metheny himself has long ...

Radio & Podcasts

We Revisit This Month Last Year With John Mclaughlin, Jaco Pastorius And Jeremy Green

by Len Davis
April 9, 2023

Revisiting this week last year with John McLaughlin from The Montreaux Years, Jaco Pastorius from Live At Montreal, guitarist Mike Miller, The Trackers, bassist Lee Puckett and Spherical Agenda. Canadian guitarist Jeremy Green, Tim Miller and Kazumi Watanabe and his Electric Trio. Playlist John McLaughlin “El Hombre Que Sabia" from The Montreaux Years (BMG) 00:00 Jaco Pastorius “Bass Solo" from Live at Montreal Jazz Festival 1982 (Jazz Door) 06:11 Mike Miller “Bipolar Bear" from Trust (Blue Canoe) 12:22 ...

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Jaco Pastorius, Hiromi Uehara, Per Mathisen and Kazumi Watanabe

by Len Davis
December 2, 2022

Jaco Pastorius with a medley from Broadway Blues, Hiromi from Beyond Standard, Spherical Agenda, from Arcane Wisdom Bassist's Lee Puckett and Federico Malaman and a new release from Per Mathisen, plus Japanese fusion from Kazumi Watanabe. Playlist {Jaco Pastorius “Medley+ Donna Lee “ from Broadway Blues & Teresa (Jazz Point) 00:00 Hiromi “Caravan “ from Beyond Standard (Telarc) 05:51 Spherical Agenda “Guts" from Arcane Wisdom (Lunar Signal) 11:41 Lee Puckett “Master of Naan" from Lost Horizon (Self Produced) ...

Album Review

Charles Mingus & Joni Mitchell: Jivin' with Joni: The Lost Recordings 1978-1979

Read "Jivin' with Joni: The Lost Recordings 1978-1979" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
April 1, 2022

Looks like a bumper month of archival releases awaits the ever ready Mingus aficionado. First, in late April, 2022, Resonance Records unleashes The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's. Just in time for Record Store Day (April 23) Candid Records releases a sweetly remastered Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus. Now, in a joint announcement from Jazz Workshop Inc. and Rhino Records to celebrate the big man's centennial (April 22) comes Jivin' with Joni: The Lost Recordings, 1978-1979. Recorded just ...

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John McLaughlin, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea

by Len Davis
March 25, 2022

Live recordings from John McLaughlin The Montreaux Years , Miles Davis Live At Vienne, Jaco Pastorius Live in Montreal, Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy-Live and More, Chick Corea Live Under The Sky, Soft Machine Live at Baked Potato and Weather ReportLive in Offenbach. John McLaughlin “Sing Me Softly Of the Blues" from The Montreux YearsBMG) 00:00 Miles Davis “Amandla" from Live At Vienne (Warner) 07:18 Jaco Pastorius “Bass Solo" from Live in Montreal (Jazz Door) 14:54 Al ...

Radio & Podcasts

The Montreux Years with John McLaughlin, Gary Husband with The Trackers

by Len Davis
March 18, 2022

Jaco Pastorius Live at Montreal, Stick Men, Jan Gunnar Hoff, and Mike Stern. Playlist Mahavishnu Orchestra “Radio Activity" from The Montreaux Years ( BMG) 00:00 Jaco Pastorius “Donna Lee" from Live at Montreal (Timeline) 07:19 Yang “Words" from Designed For Disaster (Cuneiform) 14:48 Gary Husband -Alf Terje Hana “All I Need" from The Trackers (Abstract Logix) 22:05 Stick Men “Leonardo" from Prog Magazine Sampler (Moonjune) 29:28 Jan Gunnar Hoff “City Z" from Jan Gunnar Hoff Group (Losen)36:48 Mike ...