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{{Barry Miles = 9381}} was considered a child prodigy: he began playing drums when he was three, piano at five and joined the Musicians Union when he was nine. Miles played drums professionally from the age of ten, including sitting in with the {{Woody Herman = 7596}} Orchestra. At age 12, he recorded his first album as a leader on drums, leading a sextet that included pianist {{Duke Jordan = 8209}}. As a teenager, he studied classical piano and soon switched instruments. Originally a bop-oriented player, Miles leaned towards fusion by the late 1960s, often playing electric piano and synthesizer

Album

The Montreux Years

By Roberta Flack

Label: BMG
Released: 2026
Track listing: Side A: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; I’d Like To Be Baby To You; More Than You’ll Ever Know; Always. Side B: Soft And Gentle Rain; Sweet Georgia Brown; Killing Me Softly With His Song. Side C: Suzanne; Mercy Mercy Me; Somewhere. Side D: To Love Somebody; Feel Like Makin’ Love; Feelin’ That Glow.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

End Of Month Keyboard Special including Chick Corea, Charles Earland, and Nina Simone Among Others

by David W. Daniels
March 31, 2026

End Of March 2026 Keyboard Special. Music from those named in the title plus Makoto Ozone, Hiromi, Doug Carn, and lots more!Playlist Chick Corea and Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian “Hot House" from Further Explorations (Concord Jazz) 00:00 Renee Rosnes “Amor Ate O Fim" from Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions) 8:30 Cecil Taylor “Port Of ...

Album

Sing You a Brand New Song

By Coleman Mellett

Label: Mirror Image Distribution
Released: 2025
Track listing: Everymornin'; Life Goes On; Rainy Days; Honeykiss; Morning Line; Oh Kayo; Digibob; What You Are To Me; You Got Me Too; Come On Home; Fire And Rain; Island Home.

Song of the Day

Digibob

July 23, 2025

Album: Sing You a Brand New Song
By Coleman Mellett
Label: Mirror Image Distribution
Released: 2025
Duration: 03:32

Article: Album Review

Coleman Mellett: Sing You a Brand New Song

by Fran Kursztejn
February 19, 2025

If guitarist & singer-songwriter Coleman Mellett was “known" at all, it's for his brief yet exciting contributions to Chuck Mangione's ensemble. He played in Mangione's band between 1999 and the eve of his shocking death in 2009, along with 49 other passengers and crew members on the Colgan Flight 3047. His sensitive, versatile strumming challenged bandmates ...

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Article: Interview

Vic Juris: Tension and Release

by Victor L. Schermer
January 2, 2020

This article was first published at All About Jazz on July 28, 2009. Vic Juris is one of the premier jazz guitarists in the business today. Perhaps less known than some of his peers, he is nevertheless admired by all of them and has accumulated, since his emergence on the scene in the 1970s, ...

Article: Rediscovery

John Abercrombie: Characters

by John Kelman
March 24, 2015

John Abercrombie CharactersECM Records1978 Guitarist John Abercrombie's emergence as a guitarist of singularity seems, in retrospect to have happened very quickly. A band member in the horn-driven jazz-rock band Dreams alongside drummer Billy Cobham and the Brecker Brothers, as well as stints with fusion keyboardist Barry Miles, saxophonist Gato Barbieri and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Third Annual All-Star Jazz Jam With Jazz Bridge in Somers Point (NJ) On Sunday June 10th!

May 24, 2012

Jazz Bridge fans and supporters are presenting their last fundraiser of the spring at the Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro, 908 Shore Road, Somers Point, New Jersey. Appearing at our Third Annual All-Star Jazz Jam with Jazz Bridge Down the Shore on June 10th from 4 - 7:30 pm will be some of the shore's most esteemed ...

News: Recording

Free Label Sampler MP3 Album from Net Dot Music, Inc.

November 17, 2011

Net Dot Music, an indie record label specializing in instrumental fusion—all-instrumental music that blends several styles and genres—has released a free mp3 album, with over eighty minutes of music, encompassing fourteen different releases from their artist roster, which includes: Massimo—Percussionist and keyboardist who composes and plays in various styles and genres, favoring high-energy improvisational jazz fusion. ...