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A Bu: Butterflies Fly in Pairs
by Karl Ackermann
Dai Liang (aka, A Bu) is a Beijing-based prodigy with remarkable potential and virtuosic piano skills. Marc Vincent, President of China's division of Sennheiser took note of the then thirteen year old pianist performing at a Beijing festival in 2012. A Bu, who began playing at the age of four, quickly found himself matched up with ...
Cosmopolitan Life
By Alex Sino
Label: Ole Records, Pier 5
Released: 2015
Track listing: "Cuba Africa" – 5:34
"Cosmopolitan Life" – 4:09
"Nobody" – 4:47
"Price to Learn" – 5:27
"Tango" – 3:54
"Smile" – 4:19
"Portofino" – 3:37
"If I'll Get a Chance" – 4:07
"Blue River" – 4:44
"Shade of Your World" – 6:16
Elysium
By Al Di Meola
Label: Inakustik
Released: 2015
Track listing: Adour; Cascade; Babylon; Purple and Gold; Esmeralda; Elysium; Amanjena; Sierra; Etcetera in E-major Intro; Etcetera in E-minor; Tangier; Stephanie; Monsters; Lluvia, La.
Guitarist Maciek Pysz Releases New CD "A Journey" on Dot Time Records
Often compared to Pat Metheny and Al Di Meola, London/Paris-based guitarist Maciek Pysz released his new album A Journey, on October 15, 2015 (Dot Time Records). Recorded in December 2014 at the famous Artesuono studio in Italy, the album features the celebrated Daniele Di Bonaventura on piano and bandoneon along with bassist Yuri Goloubev and drummer ...
Al Di Meola: Elysium
by Doug Collette
Virtually all of guitarist Al DiMeola's recordings since the days of Return to Forever are listenable to a greater or lesser degree, but his last couple have been truly exceptional. A genuine affection for the Beatles permeates All Your Life (In-Akustik, 2013) and the comparably deep, lush textures of the ever-so-appropriately titled Elysium are rooted in ...
Al Di Meola at the Soiled Dove Underground, Denver
by Geoff Anderson
Al Di Meola Soiled Dove Underground Denver, CO October 19, 2015 Jazz and rock began their courtship in the late 1960s. For a while, it seemed like they would never get together. From the beginning of rock 'n' roll in the '50s, the two genres had kept their distance from one ...
Brazilians Spice Up Annual Montana Guitar Festival
by Mark Holston
Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival Flathead Lake Lodge Bigfork, Montana August 30-September 5, 2015 Forget for a moment the stellar roster of international guitar greats at Bigfork, Montana's annual Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival, their inspired performances and enthusiastic, SRO crowds. This annual weeklong mixture of master ...
North Sea Jazz Festival Recap: A Moveable, Musical Feast
by Joan Gannij
North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands July 10-12, 2015 Three days immersed in sounds and sensations. Followed by two days at home in zombie mode, zen silence. Rather than do an exhausting commute from Amsterdam to Rotterdam each day (by train or auto (50 miles / 75 kilometers each way), I ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Al Di Meola
All About Jazz is celebrating Al Di Meola's birthday today! Al Di Meola holds the most prestigious guitar awards (of any guitarist in the world) from the highest rated guitar poll in the world, Guitar Player Magazine. He has been known throughout the world for the past two and a half decades as one of the ...
Steve Smith: Drummer For All Seasons
by R.J. DeLuke
Drummer Steve Smith has traced the history of jazz drumming--pretty much most of American music drumming--in his storied career that has seen him drive big bands, small jazz combos, and fiery fusion groups, including tenures with Jean Luc Ponty and the rock band Journey. Though sometimes--as in the case of jazz-rock fusion--he was thrown ...
