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Article: Book Review

Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of An American Guitar Hero

by Doug Collette
August 27, 2016

Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of An American Guitar Hero Ed Ward 224 Pages ISBN: # 1613733283 Chicago Review Press 2016 Whether he meant to or not, in writing Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero, Ed Ward mirrors his subject's style of guitar-playing. ...

Article: Album Review

Chris Cain: King of the Blues

Read "King of the Blues" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 27, 2016

Presumably, the title of singer / guitarist Chris Cain's new CD, King of the Blues, refers not to Cain himself but to one of his idols, the legendary bluesman B.B. King, who passed away in May 2015. Cain, who was born and raised in San Jose, CA, attended his first B.B. King concert at age three, ...

Article: Live Review

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival 2016

by John Kelman
July 3, 2016

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 22 -July 3, 2016 It's hard to believe, with seasons that move quickly from spring into summer, that it was time, once again, for the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival. Now in its 36th year, the festival has grown from a weekend event into a full-blown, ...

Article: Profile

Claude Nobs: We All Came Out To Montreux...

by Ian Patterson
June 30, 2016

Montreux Jazz Festival is fifty. It's a significant milestone and cause for celebration. No doubt there will be an added festive element to this year's edition of the festival, founded by Claude Nobs--along with pianist Géo Voumard and writer René Langel--in 1967. Yet for many, the celebrations will be tinged with sadness due to the absence ...

Article: Album Review

John Blues Boyd: The Real Deal

Read "The Real Deal" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
June 12, 2016

For those who love the blues, the thrill of discovering a new artist is still special. Blues singer John “Blues" Boyd just released The Real Deal--at 71 years young--as a testament that the blues continues to be a vital American art form that will never die. Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, Boyd picked cotton as a youngster, ...

Article: Book Review

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day By Day, Night After Night

by Budd Kopman
May 7, 2016

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day By Day, Night After Night Craig Hopkins 424 Pages ISBN: 978-0-9654927-2-0 Self Published 2008 Blues/rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan had “IT." What this is has little directly to do with his tone, monster technique, clothing choices or even stage presence. This ...

Article: New York Beat

Steve Miller and Jimmie Vaughan at Jazz at Lincoln Center

by Nick Catalano
April 9, 2016

No matter what the style where African-American influences and developments upon the modern music scene have been pervasive--work songs, ragtime, jazz, stride, and boogie-woogie, the most important contribution has been the Blues. The country Blues as heard by pioneers such as Robert Johnson, The City Blues epitomized by Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, Rhythm n' Blues ...

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Article: Top Ten List

Top Ten Guitarists Who Left Us Too Soon

by Alan Bryson
December 3, 2015

Ranking musicians is a hopelessly flawed endeavor. It's about as meaningful as having a list of the top ten best tasting foods. Taste is highly individualized, influenced by mood, familiarity, and the way in which multiple variables interact. One person's escargot is someone else's slice of Chicago style pizza. I just took a break and searched ...

Article: Film Review

JACO (The Film)

by John Kelman
November 22, 2015

Jaco Pastorius JACO (The Film) Slang East/West 2015With author Bill Milkowksi's extraordinarily detailed and honest accounting of Pastorius' life in his biography--first published in 1996 but reissued nearly a decade later as Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius: Deluxe Edition (Backbeat Books, 2005), with a hundred pages of ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Three Views of Jaco: Weather Report: The Legendary Live Tapes 1978-1981 / JACO: The Film & Original Soundtrack

by John Kelman
November 18, 2015

It's hard to believe that, despite being gone for 28 years, bassist/composer Jaco Pastorius remains not just an important figure in the world of jazz, but beyond its broadest purview as well. His seemingly sudden appearance on a series of four albums in 1976 demonstrated that this was an artist with virtually no restrictions. In addition ...