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Attarian's Dozen: Twelve Superb Releases That Made 2021 Tolerable
by Hrayr Attarian
The year 2021 started full of hope yet it did not live up to its promises. Musically, however, it saw the release of several outstanding recordings. Below are a dozen that helped kept me sane and grounded throughout the year. Featured are the two mammoth and stimulating boxsets from saxophonist and improviser par excellence ...
Matthew Stevens: Pittsburgh
by Chris May
Good things were promised by New York-based guitarist Matthew Stevens' fusionesque sophomore album, Preverbal (Ropeadope, 2017). It was made with a kicking trio comprising the exceptional bassist Vicente Archer, a longstanding associate of Robert Glasper, and drummer Eric Doob, whose credits include organist Dr Lonnie Smith and, alongside Stevens, trumpeter Christian Scott. In the normal course ...
Funky Chemist: Groove Generator
by Chris May
You know where you are with organ / guitar / drums trios. The genre is among the most rigorously codified in jazz and has remained fundamentally unchanged since Jimmy Smith erupted on the US scene in the mid 1950s. In large part this is because the tonalities and textures of the Hammond B3 are finite and ...
Blue Note At Sea '18 Special Double Offer: Two Can Sail For The Price Of One On Veranda Staterooms And Inside Staterooms Are Now Only $700 Per Person
Blue Note at Sea '18, which will sail from January 27 to February 3, 2018, continues to add to its initial slate of artists and activities to create a truly one of a kind experience for its guests, unlike anything that might be experienced at a single land- locked concert or festival. The second-year sailing of ...
Josh Maxey: Celebration of Soul
by Angelo Leonardi
È un nome da tenere a mente quello di Josh Maxey. Non è solo un chitarrista tecnicamente esuberante ma si dimostra un leader fantasioso e un ottimo autore. Celebration of Soul è l'ultimo di dieci dischi autoprodotti nell'arco di tre anni (questo in versione compact disc, gli altri sono scaricabili in formato MP3 o FLAC dal ...
Dr Lonnie Smith: Evolution
by Angelo Leonardi
Inizia col contagioso groove di Play It Back" il nuovo disco di Lonnie Smith, tornato a incidere con la Blue Note dopo 45 anni d'assenza. L'organista lo scrisse negli anni d'oro dell'hammond B-3, alla fine dei sessanta, ha sempre tenuto il brano in repertorio e oggi lo ripropone nel nuovo gruppo con due batteristi e Robert ...
Kevin Coelho: Funkengruven: The Joy of Driving a B3
by Hrayr Attarian
Kevin Coelho's debut, Funkengruven: The Joy of Driving a B3, is a tight trio affair that showcases the young organist's versatility as he successfully cooks his way through originals, R&B songs and fusion and bop standards. Coelho brings a religious celebratory feel to teacher Randy Master's Take A Stand," as his Hammond B3 ...
Jammin' Jazz: Jazz for the New Generation Podcast
"Jammin' Jazz: Jazz For The New Generation" hosted by former XM Satellite Radio and MOJA Radio DJ Michelle Sammartino is a long running hour long program featuring all that is cool and groovy, and happenin' in Modern Jazz right this minute. I feature the marriage of Jazz and Funk, Jazz and Rock, Jazz and Fusion, Jazz ...