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In the summer of 97, millions of people were beguiled by an Andy Summers guitar lick, just as they were regularly in the decade previous. A single by a certain rap impresario copped the Police's "Every Breath You Take," and the song's arresting power once again held sway at the top of the charts. Sure Sting wrote the sampled tune, but it was that tolling Andy riff that set it into enduring motion. Since 1986, when the Police left the stage as the biggest rock band in the world, Andy Summers has followed his own muse, cultivating the ambient and improvisatory streaks always evident in his distinctive soundprint
Nubya Garcia, Ches Smith, The Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Nubya Garcia returns; Impulse! Records further syncs itself to today's scene; Ches Smith finds catharsis in laughter; Ken Stubbs pays tribute to Sonny Rollins... These are a few of the interesting things you'll find in this episode of Mondo Jazz.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" ...
New Music from Markus Reuter and Stephan Thelen, plus Andy Summers and Erik Escobar
by Len Davis
New releases from Markus Reuter, Stephan Thelen and Andy Summers plus Brazilian keyboardist Erik Escobar and from Bolivia, guitarist Carlos Fischer.Playlist Markus Reuter-Tim Motzer-Kenny Growhowski Bleed" from Bleed (Moonjunel) 00:00 Stephan Thelen Glitch" from Fractal Guitar 3 (Moonjune) 08:27 Andy Summers Bring On the Night" from Bring On the Night (Very serious Comedy) 17:06 ...
Dave Weckl, Mike Prigodich, Yellow Jackets and Cindy Blackman Santana
by Len Davis
Music from Dave Weckl and Jay Oliver, Yellow Jackets, Mike Prigodich, and Cindy Blackman. Playlist Dave Weckl-Jay Oliver Apocalypso" from Convergence (Self Produced) 00:00 Jazz Pistols Three On The Floor" from 3 On The Floor-Live (Lipstick) 08:23 Yellow Jackets Aha" from Altered State (Heads Up) 16:38 Mike Prigodich Spanish Swordfight" from A Stitch In ...
A Quasi-Centennial Mingus Festivus: The Charles Mingus Songbook, Part 2
by Ludovico Granvassu
We continue our focus on the compositions of Charles Mingus, on the eve of what would have been his 99th birthday. Today's jazz would sound very different if Mingus had not been around and for this show we focus on his best renditions of his most beautiful compositions.PlaylistBen Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted ...
Stephan Thelen's Fractal Guitar, Percy Jones, Tribal Tech and More
by Len Davis
Stephan Thelen represents some of the best Progressive, Ambient Rock Fusion today, be ready to immerse yourself in his music. Playlist Stephan Thelen Briefing for a descent into hell" from Fractal Guitar (Moonjune) 00:00 Tunnels with Percy Jones Bad American dream part 24" from Tunnels with Percy Jones (Buckyball) 24:27 Tribal Tech Bo Fat" ...
The (Jazz) Police
by Ludovico Granvassu
September 2019 will mark the 40th anniversary of Message in a Bottle," an auspicious opportunity to look back at the seminal work of The Police, through a jazz lens. With both Sting and Andy Summers coming to The Police with jazz in their background and Stewart Copeland being a master of polyrhythmic drumming it's ...
Soft Machine: Hidden Details
by Chris M. Slawecki
Hidden Details celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Soft Machine's 1968 eponymous debut, a seismic event in the British psychedelic, jazz and rock music landscapes that still reverbates as the Canterbury scene/sound. This anniversary studio celebration also brought about Soft Machine's first tour of North America since 1974, with several 2018 shows featuring Gary Husband as guest ...
Big Bands, Orchestras and Soft Machines
by Chris M. Slawecki
Randy Brecker & NDR Bigband Rocks Piloo Records & Productions LLC 2019 The easiest answer isn't always the best answer, but sometimes it is. So it's both easy and proper to point out that trumpet and flugelhorn master, composer, and bandleader Randy Brecker was kind enough ...
Soft Machine: Hidden Details
by John Kelman
Following a series of releases for Moonjune Records under the moniker Soft Machine Legacy, beginning with 2005's Live in Zaandam and concluding, most recently, with 2013's Burden of Proof, this quartet consisting largely of members from the classic Canterbury group Soft Machine has finally decided to drop the Legacy" and go it with the original name ...