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Eclectic music from Hungarian band Djabe and Intense fusion from Bob Berg and Mike Stern

by Len Davis
March 13, 2022

Eclectic music from Hungarian band Djabe, the late Victor Bailey with Lenny White with Drum & Bass. Plus Ray Russell, the late Bob Berg and Mike Stern.Playlist Djabe"Free Fallin'" from Flow (GR1913) 00:00 Coryell -Bailey-White “Drum & Bass" from Traffic (Chesky) 07:11 MSM Schmidt"ESP" from Evolution (Laika) 14:17 Ray Russell “The Island" from Now More Than Ever (Abstract Logix) 21:27 Bob Berg-Mike Stern Group “After All" from Games (Jazzworks) 28:37 Donny McCaslin “Says Who" from Casting For Gravity ...

Album Review

Lukasz Pawlik: Long Distance Connections

Read "Long Distance Connections" reviewed by Jim Worsley

by Jim Worsley
October 9, 2021

This is fusion of the highest order, the type of project that is easy to get excited about. The complexities of Polish composer, pianist, cellist and arranger Lukasz Pawlik's compositions soar to new heights on his second album as a leader. Enlisting gold-star talent from both home and abroad, this amounts to about a fifty-fifty configuration of prominent musicians from the United States and Poland. Fusion legends trumpeter Randy Brecker and electric guitarist Mike Stern unite with Polish heavyweights tenor ...

Radio & Podcasts

The 55 Bar Mixtape

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 27, 2021

All About Jazz celebrates the iconic 55 Bar and the essential role it plays as an establishment where bands are born and sounds shaped over time thanks to its longstanding commitment to jazz. Adored by patrons and musicians since the '80s, the 55 Bar has faced difficult economic challenges during the pandemic and as a result, need our support to continue operations (learn more). If you have the means, please make a donation and help 55 Bar reach its financial ...

Radio & Podcasts

Bob Berg Mike Stern Group-Live, Bob Belden, Jeff Beck-Jan Hammer Group and Miles Davis

by Len Davis
May 28, 2021

Music mainly from there '90s featuring,Bob Berg, Mike Stern, Jan Hammer, Miles Davis and {{Terri Lyne Carrington. Playlist Bob Berg Mike Stern Group “After All" from Games (Jazz Door) 00:00 Bob Belden “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Women" from Tapestry (Blue Note)08:16 Jeff Beck-Jan Hammer Group “Blue Wind" from Jeff Beck-Jan Hammer -Live (Epic) 16:35 Paradox “Subwayer" from The First Second (Tip Toe) 24:52 Terri Lyne Carrington “Hobo's Flat" from Real Life Story (Polygram) 32:58 Miles ...

Album Review

Miles Donahue: Just Passing Thru

Read "Just Passing Thru" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 9, 2021

Miles Donahue is a versatile musician, a talent that serves him well on Just Passing Thru, an album wherein he not only plays soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, trumpet and keyboards but also wrote all but one of the session's nine selections. This is basically a quintet with guitarist Mike Stern added on the last three tracks, guitarist Sal Difusco and accordionist Joey Barbato on one each. Barbato is an especially welcome addition on the closer, “Ireland," a nod to ...

Album Review

EHA: Paris Rio New York

Read "Paris Rio New York" reviewed by Jim Worsley

by Jim Worsley
July 18, 2020

French guitarist's Philippe Coignet's new ensemble recording is like that of a well-rooted tree with many powerful branches reaching out uniquely, but collectively connecting back to its inner core. EHA (pronounced as a long A-ha) is comprised of a five-part nucleus with several worldly guest stars. In addition to Coignet, the quintet features fellow Frenchman Damien Schmitt on drums, bassist Michel Alibo from Martinique, pianist Leandro Aconcha from Switzerland, and Brazilian saxophonist Cacau de Queiroz. Eleven distinctly original ...

Album Review

Tom Kennedy: Stories

by Jim Worsley
March 25, 2020

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 ...