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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 ...

News: Obituary

Larry Rosen Legendary Jazz Music Visionary & Entrepreneur Dies At 75

October 10, 2015

LARRY ROSEN, LEGENDARY JAZZ MUSIC VISIONARY & ENTREPRENEUR, PIONEERED THE MERGE OF MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY It is with great sadness we announce the passing of beloved jazz music visionary and entrepreneur, Larry Rosen, who passed away at his New Jersey home surrounded by family, Oct. 9, 2015 at the age of 75 after a valiant battle ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Wayne Eagles of trio \ DEF

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by AAJ Staff
September 28, 2015

Meet Wayne Eagles: Wayne Eagles is Canadian guitarist/educator known for his unique guitar style, which incorporates diverse influences from textural soundscapes and free jazz to old school fusion and progressive rock. Wayne has played live and in the studio with a long list of local and internationally known musicians including Adam Nussbaum, Ken Rosser, ...

Article: Live Review

Live From Chicago: Matthew Skoller, Dengue Fever & Christian Scott

by Martin Longley
September 20, 2015

Matthew Skoller Buddy Guy's Legends September 6, 2015 Perhaps the B.B. King Blues Club in NYC was modelled on Buddy Guy's Chicago joint, which opened way back in 1989. It certainly has a similar feel and concept, although Buddy's is more intimate than B.B.'s and noticeably more devoted to ...

News: Music Industry

Alfi Records US Label Launch: Sandoval, Turcio, Orozco, Chindamo/Black, Albare

September 17, 2015

ALFI Records Celebrates International Label with Diverse Releases Featuring Arturo Sandoval, Joe Chindamo/Zoe Black, Phil Turcio, César Orozco and the Company’s Own Founder, Albare ALFI Records, the new international, multicultural record label founded by virtuoso jazz guitarist Albert Dadon (aka Albare) celebrates its worldwide launch with five releases by a roster of lauded musicians, including 10-time ...

Article: Live Review

Peter Frampton & Cheap Trick at The Paramount

by Mike Perciaccante
August 9, 2015

Peter Frampton & Cheap Trick The Paramount Huntington, NY July 29, 2015 Frampton Comes Alive! (A&M, 1976) and Live At Budukan (Epic, 1978) are two of the most iconic live recordings of the past 40-or-so years. As such, it's only fitting (and inevitable) that Peter Frampton and Cheap Trick would eventually ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

B.B. King: Live in Cook County Jail and More…

by C. Michael Bailey
May 26, 2015

In his ALLMUSIC artist's biography of B.B. King, Bill Dahl states, “Universally hailed as the king of the blues, the legendary B.B. King was without a doubt the single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th century." That is hyperbole of the order of Stephen Thomas Erlewine's introduction in the same publication ...

Article: Live Review

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2015, Part 2

by Mike Chamberlain
May 21, 2015

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 16-17, 2015 Part 1 | Part 2 The site of the Pavilion Arthabaska, a chalet on a hill above the town, is a popular spot in Victoriaville (think lookout and make out), not a place that is obvious ...

News: Obituary

B.B. King (1925-2015)

May 16, 2015

It was bitter cold in 2011 as I waited for B.B. King's two tour buses to arrive at the Independence Events Center just outside of Kansas City. It was early January and one of those florescent late afternoons where everything seems to be in black and white and the sun takes a slide at 3:30. When ...

Article: Live Review

Live From Birmingham: Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, Mark Holub, George Clinton & Polar Bear

by Martin Longley
May 5, 2015

Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club Symphony Hall April 13, 2015 Rarely does a gig prompt such an ambivalent response as this 'adiós' show by the very veteran Buena Vista posse. Musical vibrations were typically very positive within their extensive set-list of Cuban songs, covering all moods, from up-tempo near-salsa ...