Results for "Adam Holzman"

Adam Holzman

Five From Four

by Mike Jacobs
February 3, 2021

Welcome to the inaugural edition of BackTracks, where we look back at some notable albums that were somehow absent from All About Jazz's extensive 50,000 plus review archive (or are just plain worthy of another look). For the first installment we have five guitar-led projects from four artists that somehow got by us (but needn't get ...

Identity Crisis

By Marcelo Paganini

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020

No-Man: Love You to Bits

by Geno Thackara
February 3, 2020

Sometimes a new album is what happens when you're busy making other plans. Fittingly enough, plans for this duo have always been something of a joke anyway; No-Man's career has criss-crossed the whole spectrum of styles precisely because they've always been willing to follow unexpected ideas as the mood hits. It's also the reason the band ...

Joey DeFrancesco: From Musical Prodigy to Jazz Icon

by Victor L. Schermer
June 2, 2019

Joey DeFrancesco is a true master of the jazz organ, the one others look up to as the standard bearer, as was his inspirational hero, Jimmy Smith. Arguably, he could be dubbed the Mozart of the jazz organ, since like Mozart, he seemed to have been born with all the music already in him. By four, ...

Most Read Album Reviews: 2018

by Michael Ricci
January 1, 2019

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our most popular in 2018. After The Fall Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette by Karl Ackermann Published: February 13, 2018 Music IS ...

Truth Decay

By Adam Holzman

Label: Big Fun Productions
Released: 2018
Track listing: Ectoplasm; Bella Capri; A House is Not a Motel; Phobia; Good Luck With Your Music; Are You High?; Truth Decay; I Told You So; Morphine Lollipop; You Knew; Picking Through the Wreckage.

Steven Wilson: Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

by Glenn Astarita
December 30, 2018

One component of progressive rock composer/vocalist/guitarist/ Steve Wilson's widespread appeal pertains to his rather boyish charm and heartfelt vocal delivery. A strong composer and supreme melody-maker, the artist seduces the audience with the notions of living and breathing the experiences and implications of a song's lyrics. And he helped pave the way for post progressive rock ...

Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (2CD/Blu Ray)

by John Kelman
December 22, 2018

Steven Wilson Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall Eagle Records 2018 In a career now early in its fourth decade, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson has bucked almost every trend in the new millennium music industry. After spending over twenty years as the driving force behind Porcupine Tree, he made ...

John Kelman's Best Releases of 2018

by John Kelman
December 19, 2018

Once again, the chronic health problem that has reduced my writing pace to a crawl continues without any respite. My best of the year lists have traditionally been predicated upon having reviewed the releases chosen, but with only a relative handful of reviews to choose from this year (and with those choices, more than ever now, ...