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Roy Ayers, John Ellis, Ben Markley & Jazz Sabbath
by Joe Dimino
Welcome to the 898th episode of Neon Jazz, where we dive deep into the heartbeat of jazz--past, present, and future. We kick things off with the legendary Jazz Sabbath, helmed by the seasoned Adam Wakeman, bringing their signature blend of jazz-infused reinvention. Then, we take a moment of reverence for the late, great Roy Ayers, a jazz-funk pioneer whose influence will forever echo in the genre. From there, we set our sights on the cutting edge of jazz, spinning brand-new ...
Continue ReadingJazz Sabbath: The 1968 Tapes
by Geno Thackara
The story continues: Jazz Sabbath's eponymous debut (Blacklake, 2020) introduced the premise of a progressive-minded late-'60s piano trio whose unreleased material was plagiarized and adapted in heavy blues style by those young upstarts Black Sabbath. The catalog got an even more fun horn-drenched expansion with 2022's Vol. 2 (Blacklake). The mysterious pianist Milton Keanes (da-dum) and friends commit to the mythology more than ever with The 1968 Tapes, complete with cover in classic Blue Note Records style and a mini-documentary ...
Continue ReadingJazz Sabbath: Vol. 2
by Geno Thackara
The story is almost worthy of the Onion: it turns out that Black Sabbath, the legendary outfit which practically invented heavy metal, was really a bunch of impostors who stole their early material. Iconic pieces such as “Iron Man" really came from a brilliant forward-thinking jazz combo which disappeared in the late '60s before they could make their stamp on the world, and the first of their long-lost albums only surfaced with the release of Jazz Sabbath (Blacklake) in 2020. ...
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