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Article: Live Review

Gov't Mule with John Scofield at the Ogden Theatre

by Geoff Anderson
March 2, 2015

Gov't Mule with John Scofield Ogden Theatre Denver, CO February 24, 2015 A jazz guy plays with a heavy rock band? That would be the superficial description of Sco-Mule. A deeper examination shows that John Scofield and Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes are twin brothers of different mothers. Each possesses a yearning, ...

News: Event

Billy Cobham's Spectrum 40 Spring USA Tour And CD Release, Spectrum 40 Live

February 27, 2015

JAZZ FUSION VIRTUOSO BILLY COBHAM ANNOUNCES SPRING 2015 TOUR OF SPECTRUM 40 SHOW AND RELEASE OF LIVE CD World-class jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham announces his Spring 2015 USA Spectrum 40 Tour, in conjunction with the release of the double CD recording, Spectrum 40 Live. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Cobham’s breakthrough album, Spectrum—widely regarded as ...

Article: Interview

Marshall Gilkes: Relishing Big Band Success

by R.J. DeLuke
February 23, 2015

Marshall Gilkes is a trombonist of monster chops and great taste whenever he puts the brass to his lips in any performance. He's seen sitting in the trombone section of the Maria Schneider Orchestra in recent years, and has associations with other big bands, either subbing in, or as a member of the WDR Big Band ...

News: Recording

Billy Cobham To Release Two Live Albums From 1992 Tokyo Concert

February 21, 2015

Los Angeles, CA – Much to the excitement of drummers and jazz aficionados worldwide, drum legend Billy Cobham will be releasing two live albums on Cleopatra Records. The first is Mirror's Image on February 17 (CD & VINYL), followed by Reflected Journey on April 28 (CD). The albums are two parts of the same show recorded ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

The Art of the Guitar: Samo Salamon, Christer Fredriksen, Rez Abbasi & Juan Pablo Hernández

by Jakob Baekgaard
February 5, 2015

The guitar is an instrument that continues to inspire musicians around the world and since early pioneers like Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian showed the endless possibilities of the instrument, the guitar has also been an important part of the evolution of jazz. One can certainly speak of a genre called jazz guitar, with characteristic chord ...

Article: Interview

Warren Haynes: The Timeline of Sco-Mule and Beyond

by Doug Collette
January 30, 2015

By all accounts, Warren Haynes is known to be an upbeat forward-thinking individual. In this recent conversation however, he is borderline ebullient. And why not? Last October he aided immeasurably in bringing the forty-five year career of the Allman Brothers Band to a spectacular close. By the time of that historic appearance at New York's Beacon ...

Article: Rediscovery

The Brecker Brothers: Heavy Metal Bebop

by John Kelman
January 20, 2015

The Brecker BrothersHeavy Metal BebopArista1978 While artists more often than not look for an album title that in some way reflects the music contained within, few have come up with a name that, in three simple words, says it all as much as today's Rediscovery: The Brecker Brothers' Heavy Metal Bebop. ...

News: Recording

Jazz Of "Many Colors" By Joyce Spencer New CD Pre-Order

December 19, 2014

Dallas/Ft Worth entertainer and independent recording artist, Joyce Spencer, is back with her much anticipated second CD release entitled Many Colors, bringing the many colors of jazz from traditional to contemporary and smooth to funk/fusion, along with three covers (John Coltrane, Billy Cobham and Billie Holiday) and seven original tracks. The original music, including lyrics, were ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jeff Beck Soldiers On!

September 1, 2014

Jeff Beck is 70 years old. Most people that age are in a nursing home... Jeff is center stage with a white Stratocaster ripping through yet another tour de force of rock royalty. Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut (August 31, 2014) provided the battleground for perhaps the greatest living rock guitarist on this planet. The tour ...

Article: In the Studio

Jazz on the Screen: A Jazz and Blues Filmography

by AAJ Staff
August 25, 2014

This article appears courtesy of David Meeker and the Library of Congress. Learn more about Jazz on Screen. Overview of Jazz on the Screen By David Meeker The cultural, sociological and technical histories of jazz and motion pictures have run in parallel, sometimes intersecting, lines ever since both forms emerged ...