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Cliff Hines: Wanderlust

Read "Wanderlust" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 31, 2013

The melting pot mentality of New Orleans is responsible, in some part, for the existence and evolution of jazz in the first place, so it should come as no shock that it still serves a central hub for creativity and experimentation through combinatorial musical means. Guitarist/vocalist/composer Cliff Hines is a product of this environment, but he's ...

Article: Jazz in the Aquarian Age

Herbie Hancock: The Chameleon Shows His Colors

by Bob Kenselaar
March 6, 2012

[Herbie Hancock has a long history of mixing it up--from jazz to funk, pop, and everything in between. At the time I did this interview with him in the summer of 1979, he'd been making ventures away from straight-ahead jazz for some time, but they were still fresh enough to have some fans up in arms. ...

News: Recording

Tony Adamo's "What is Hip?" CD

September 26, 2011

Strokeland Jazz is proud to welcome Tony Adamo's new CD, What is Hip?. On this follow-up to his 2007 release, Straight Up Deal, Adamo shows a maturity and depth that puts him firmly at the top in his trademark cool-jazz style. Recorded and mixed at some of the finest studios in the world, including Capitol Records ...

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News: Video / DVD

One Track Mind: Bill Summers on "God Make Me Funky," "Watermelon Man," Others

June 10, 2011

On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews' One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to percussionist Bill Summers. As he and the rest of the Headhunters are set for the June 14 release of Platinum—a multi-faceted new release that blends jazz, funk, hip hop and Afro-Cuban sounds—Summers remembers a previous Headhunters reunion, then looks ...

News: Interview

Something Else! Interview: Percussionist Bill Summers, of the Headhunters

June 9, 2011

The Headhunters, who with Herbie Hancock crafted jazz music's first platinum release, return this month with an aptly titled new project—Platinum. In 2003, their million-selling 1973 debut Head Hunters was ranked No. 498 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Led by longtime drummer Mike Clark and percussionist Bill Summers, the ...

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News: Recording

Tony Adamo's "What Is Hip"

March 21, 2011

The recording of the song “What is Hip" on singer/songwriter, Tony Adamo's new CD What is Hip came from a suggestion made by the legendary horn player and Tower of Power co-founder, Stephen “Doc" Kupka. During a recording session with Adamo and producer/guitarist, Jerry Stucker, “Doc" suggested several T.O.P. songs Adamo might want to cover. Adamo ...

Song of the Day

Chameleon

May 16, 2007

Album: Wade In The Water
By Bill Summers
Label: Kufala Recordings
Released: 0
Duration: 4:32

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Article: Megaphone

Mark Samuels: Basin Street In and Out of New Orleans

by AAJ Staff
October 4, 2005

By Mark SamuelsWhen I was invited to have one of our many artists write for All About Jazz's Megaphone column, I envisioned sitting down on the phone with one of them and typing as they talked. What has happened in the two or three weeks since has been amazing and has kept us from ...

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Volume 4: Vodou Dance

By Bill Summers

Label: Basin Street Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Vodou Hoodoo Babalu; Obini Baila Oshun; Latin Tinge; Aguere Oshossi, pt 1; Brazilian Sugar; Wepa; Haitian Bamboo; Creole Groove; Timba Clave Con Bata; Ye Ye O, Ye Ye A; Trinidad Nocturne; Pa Sango; Old Time Indians; Wild Tchoupitoulas; Haitian Cornets; Vodou Love Call; Negro, Pancho Quinto Y Bill; Yo Soy El Malo Te; Aguere Oshossi, pt 2; Mulher Bahiana; Ghetto Get Up; Oshun Bewele Mio; I'll Fly Away; Jocimo; Onile; I Wouldn't Have Religion; Yayti Kongo, Petwo et Nago

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