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John Scofield: This Meets That And More
by R.J. DeLuke
Guitarist John Scofield is an unassuming chap, seemingly at ease with himself and most things around him. He's ever congenial. Clever and well-grounded. Catch him wearing spectacles, and his look is professorial.But don't, for a minute, think Scofield isn't serious about music. The status he's achieved in the music world was accomplished with hard ...
James Blackshaw Catalogue Released Digitally
Tompkins Square Label has released three catalog albums by 25 year old experimental 12-string guitarist and composer James Blackshaw, from the UK. The albums, “Sunshrine". “Celeste" and “Lost Prayers & Motionless Dances" have previously only been available as tiny private press editions. All are available via itunes, eMusic and all digital platforms. AllAboutJazz.com says of Blackshaw's ...
John Scofield: This Meets That
by John Kelman
It was inevitable. Guitarist John Scofield has, for the past decade, alternated regularly between albums aimed at the groove-centric (and broader) demographic he first captured with A Go Go (Verve, 1998) and discs appealing to a more committed jazz audience. Scofield has always represented a unique combination of advanced harmony, allowing him to seamlessly migrate between ...
Steven Bernstein: Big Four Live & The Harlem Experiment
by Kurt Gottschalk
Big Four (Nagl, Bernstein, Akchote, Jones) Big Four Live hatHUT 2007 Various Artists The Harlem Experiment Ropeadope 2007 Retro playing is always a bit of a gambit. ...
Mule on the Water: Warren Haynes & Co. in Boston
by Doug Collette
Gov't Mule Bank of America Pavilion Boston, Massachusetts September 7, 2007 The element of surprise is crucial in gauging reaction to a Gov't Mule performance. On occasion, as with the quartet's most recent appearance in Boston, the cumulative impact of the concert can sneak up from behind... Warren Haynes ...
Warren Haynes & Friends: Jamming For Charity
by Doug Collette
Guitarist Warren Haynes' prolific nature as a musician is matched by his great generosity of spirit. Since joining the Allman Brothers in 1989, and forming Gov't Mule in 1994, the North Carolina native has become a warrior of the road and the studio with both bands, while also serving as a lynchpin of the Phil Lesh ...
The Bad Plus: Drama, Joy, Humor, But Not Irony
by Paul Olson
If you had the remotest interest in contemporary jazz music in 2003, the chances were very, very high that you had heard of The Bad Plus. The odds were just as good that you had an opinion, positive or negative, about the merits of the collective trio of bassist Reid Anderson, drummer David King and pianist ...
North Mississippi Allstars: Keep On Marchin'
by Doug Collette
The simplicity and passion at the heart of the blues become all the more impressive as successive generations (re)discover those virtues. The North Mississippi Allstars recorded their DVD, the inaugural title on their new label, in November of 2005 at the fan- and performer-friendly Vermont venue Higher Ground, and Keep on Marchin' documents an evening of ...
John Scofield's Emarcy Debut Recording This Meets That Available September 18
New York, NY -- A principal innovator of modern jazz guitar, John Scofield has expressed himself in the vernacular of bebop, blues, jazz-funk, organ jazz, acoustic chamber jazz, electronically tinged groove music and orchestral ensembles with ease and enthusiasm. From early on, his versatility and technical mastery won him sideman gigs with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, ...
James Blackshaw: The Cloud Of Unknowing
by Chris May
Music of such shimmering, unalloyed, heavenly beauty as this doesn't come along very often. Maybe once or twice a decade. Guitarist Johnny Smith's early masterpiece Moonlight In Vermont (reissued Roulette, 2004) and harmonica player Hendrik Meurkens' Amazon River (Blue Toucan, 2005) are amongst recent releases of comparable loveliness. British 12-string acoustic guitarist James Blackshaw's ...
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