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The Bo-Keys: Heartaches By The Number
by James Nadal
There is an ongoing resurgence in retro-soul music, as contemporary artists emulate the style and sound from the golden age of soul and rhythm and blues. But there are still many of the original musicians from that era out there doing it, of which The Bo-Keys are a primary example. Delving deep into the sub-genre of ...
Groove Legacy: Groove Legacy
by Chris M. Slawecki
Built around the core of saxophonist Paulie Cerra, keyboardist Bill Steinway and bassist Travis Carlton (son of legendary guitarist Larry Carlton), Groove Legacy is just as much a sound and feel as it is this band and the title of their eponymous debut. Although they've collectively played with everyone from Al Green through Stevie Wonder to ...
India to Italy, Brazil to Slovenia–Where WON'T Jazz Go?
by Chris M. Slawecki
Avataar Petal Self-Produced 2016 While growing up in the Northern Ontario mining town of Sunbury, he was known as “Sam." But in his early twenties, Sundar Viswanathan reconnected with his Indian name and heritage, and, through several conservatory courses spanning North Indian classical to Turkish maquam music, dove ...
Rick Braun: can you feel it
by Walter Atkins
Celebrated trumpeter Rick Braun's release can you feel it is aptly titled. The veteran purveyor of the smooth jazz sound does not disappoint on his latest offering. Some of Braun's musical friends on this eleven song collection include: Brian Culbertson-piano, Euge Goove-tenor sax, Jeff Lorber-keyboards and guitar, Dave Koz-tenor sax, and Nate Phillips-bass.
Jose James: While You Were Sleeping
by Mark F. Turner
Jazz has always had a soft spot for pop music. Icons like trumpeter Louis Armstrong blessed the masses with his positivity and raspy voice in 1967's “What a Wonderful World" and saxophonist John Coltrane transformed Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1960 musical smash “My Favorite Things" into a swinging affair. Fast forward to 2014 as singer, songwriter and ...
Jose James at Dazzle
by Geoff Anderson
Jose James Dazzle Denver, CO April 23, 2014 Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Gil Scott-Heron. Mix them together, bring them into the 21st Century and you end up with something that sounds a lot like Jose James. Wednesday night at Dazzle, 36-year-old James brought his band and updated soul ...
Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, and Crazy Little Things
by Belinda Ware
Television Actress Lynda Carter introduced herself to national audiences with a spectacular debut in one of the most successful superhero television shows to date, starring in dual roles as Wonder Woman and her alter ego of Diana Prince on The New Adventures of Wonder Woman. As the series became a hit, Carter became one of America's ...
Boz Scaggs: Memphis
by Doug Collette
Boz Scaggs made a household name for himself with the ultra-slick Silk Degrees (Columbia, 1975), but he had already established a solo career for himself in the wake of departing The Steve Miller Band in 1968. Memphis further reaffirms the selective approach the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter has brought to his career in recent years, at ...
Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar's hit album good kid, m.A.A.d city is subtitled “a short film." Lamar's ambition mirrors that of saxophonist Bob Belden, who derided the narrow conceptual vision of too many musicians in a recent All About Jazz interview, saying: “Modeling music along the lines of film narrative ... should be a logical evolution of ...
Soul Singer / Songwriter / Guitarist Jesse Dee Celebrates New Release in Philadelphia
Boston-based soul singer/songwriter/guitarist Jesse Dee will celebrate the release of his Alligator Records debut CD, On My Mind / In My Heart, with a live performance at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia on Thursday, February 28, 2013. With his warm and honest sound, his instantly memorable melodies and positive, slice-of-life lyrics (evoking the heyday of the ...
