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Jimi Hendrix: Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

Read "Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
October 6, 2024

Dyed-in-the-wool cynics, Jimi Hendrix fans or not, may well perceive Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision as a thinly-veiled means to camouflage the reality that the late guitar hero's vault may have been archived to its fullest possible extent. But the film at the heart of the collection acts as a prism of sorts, shedding so different a light on the multi-faced music of Hendrix music, the (over) familiarity of the content allows for new perspectives on the creative ...

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Stomu Yamash'ta: Seasons: The Island Albums (1972-1976)

Read "Seasons: The Island Albums (1972-1976)" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini

by Maurizio Comandini
October 12, 2022

Stomu Yamash'ta è un celebre percussionista giapponese, nato a Kyoto, in Giappone nel 1947. Figlio del direttore della Filarmonica di Kyoto, ha studiato musica all'Università di Kyoto e al Berklee College of Music. Ancora giovanissimo venne notato dal grande direttore d'orchestra Seiji Ozawa e si mise in evidenza come performer di assoluto valore in contesti legati alla musica giapponese tradizionale e di avanguardia, incorporando suggestioni provenienti dalla musica elettronica. Nel 1969 si esibisce con la Chicago Symphony Orchestra diretta dal ...

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Steve Winwood: Greatest Hits Live

Read "Greatest Hits Live" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
September 2, 2017

Greatest Hits Live is something of a misnomer as applied to Steve Winwood's expansive in- concert collection. Not that the title doesn't contain his most well-known numbers, because it does, ranging all the way from his days as a teenage wunderkind ("Gimme Some Lovin'") to his most mainstream commercial success ("Roll With It"). But over the course of two compact discs-or alternately, four vinyl LP's-this iconic British musician and songwriter offers a penetrating exploration of his days with the legendary ...

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Steve Winwood at the Space at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
May 6, 2017

Steve Winwood The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY April 20, 2017 Fifty-one years after a teenaged Steve Winwood sang “Gimme Some Lovin'" with the Spencer Davis Group, the rock, pop and rhythm and blues legend can still nail the vocal and hit all the notes on the '60s anthem. On a cool, late April Thursday evening in Westbury, NY, Winwood and his stellar band served up a tasty collection of tunes that touched on ...

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Steve Winwood: About Time

Read "About Time" reviewed by Farrell Lowe

by Farrell Lowe
December 7, 2003

Steve Winwood first appeared on the musical radar screen in the mid-'60s when he joined the Spencer Davis Group at the tender age of fifteen. In 1967 he left the group and helped form Traffic, an association that brought him worldwide fame. In the '80s he took a creative turn with the release of Arc Of A Diver, a style much more concerned with pop sensibilities, revolving less around the soulful vocal and organ style that had given him such ...