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Art Pepper: Geneva 1980
by Jack Kenny
"Do not go gentle into the good night," Dylan Thomas wrote that; Art Pepper did it. He did not go gentle. He raged with his horn across continents: Asia, Europe, the Americas. There was gentleness too at times. He raged against his own wasted times. It all fuelled his playing and he was able to deliver ...
Billy Cobham's Time Machine Live At The Blue Note
by Chris DeRosa
Billy CobhamThe Blue Note New York, NY March 23, 2025 Hello, my name is Chris DeRosa and this is what I heard... What can be said about Billy Cobham to describe the powerhouse he is and the musical force he has been over the last six decades? ...
Billy Cobham's Time Machine at Blue Note Jazz Club
by Dan Bilawsky
Science has yet to crack the space-time continuum. Music, however, can manage to do the trick. Billy Cobham, proving that point during his six-night stand at New York's Blue Note, transported listeners to another era. The octogenarian drumming icon used this platform as an opportunity to revisit and update the sounds of the '70s (and beyond), ...
A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 2
by Ian Patterson
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The second installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces five more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. In addition, we profile the jazz festivals and jazz clubs that are keeping ...
The Musical Evolution of Billie Davies
by La-Faithia White
Drummer Billie Davies' journey began in the north of Europe in coastal Belgium where she was born and raised. Davies was involved with two bands while living in Holland, in Terneuzen, a semi coastal port town. One band scored a lot of gigs with festivals and parties versus the other, who only played a few times ...
The '90s with Steve Coleman, Tunnels, Percy Jones, and Miles Davis
by Len Davis
A visit to the '90s with Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Paradox with Billy Cobham,Tunnels with Percy Jones and power trio Niacin. John McLaughlin, Brecker Brothers, Miles Davis, Chick Corea and Mahavishnu Orchestra. Playlist Steve Coleman and Five Elements “Alt-Shift-Return-Live" from The Tao Of Mad Phat (RCA) 00:00 Paradox “Myohmyohyeoye" from Paradox (TipToe) 07:16 ...
Mere Noisemakers
by Troy Hoffman
Drummers used to be predominantly known as mere noisemakers (not musicians) coming out of the Vaudeville-era, where percussionists were seen as background tools. They often carried out sound effect cues, sent from studios to theaters, for silent films. This left drummers with the responsible task of mimicking the sounds of hurricanes, car crashes and thunderstorms from ...
The '70s with Miles Davis, Billy Cobham, Jean-Luc Ponty and Weather report
by Len Davis
A visit to the '70s honouring those amazing musicians who paved the way. Miles Davis Live at Filmore East, Return To Forever, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Stanley Clarke. Jean-Luc Ponty, Weather Report and Michel Colombier.Playlist Miles Davis “Spanish Key" from Live At Filmore (Sony Legacy) 00:00 Return To Forever “Theme To The Mothership" from Hymn ...
Jazz Is Dead at Nectar's
by Doug Collette
Jazz Is Dead Nectar's Burlington, Vermont June 4, 2024 Originally spearheaded in 1998 by drummer extraordinaire Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis), Jazz Is Dead has incorporated more than a few different personnel configurations over the course of its quarter-century plus existence. Having coalesced most recently to feature guitarists Steve Kimock ...
Didier Lockwood, Jan Hammer, Jeff Beck, Alan Holdsworth and Piere Moerlens Gong
by Len Davis
Didier Lockwood, Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer, Brian Bromberg plays Jimi Hendrix and drummer {Bill Bruford}} David Sancious, Pier Moerlens' Gong, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Grossman and Billy Cobham.Playlist Didier Lockwood “Fast Travel" from Live at Montreaux (MPS) 00:00 Jeff Beck Group “You Never Know" from Live at Hollywood Bowl (Eagle Vision) 09:58 Jan Hammer-Jeff ...
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