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Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker by Bill Milkowski
After John Coltrane, there was no more revered and profoundly influential saxophonist on the planet than Michael Brecker. For those coming of age in the 1970s, during that transitional decade when the boundaries between rock and jazz had begun to blur, Brecker stood as a transcendent figure. He was their Trane. Ode to a Tenor Titan ...
Gary Husband, Hadrien Feraud, Victor Wooten, Victor Bailey, Billy Cobham, Tony Williams and Eddie Henderson
by Len Davis
Part 2 of the program features electric bass players, Hadrien Feraud, Victor Wooten and Victor Bailey. Plus more of our '70s classics including Tony Williams.Playlist Gary Husband “Avatar" from To the Power of Three (RSJ Groove) 00:00 Hadrien Feraud “Rumeurs" from Hadrien Feraud (Dreyfus) 05:34 Graffiti “In The Pocket" from Good Groove (Lipstick) 11:06 ...
Billy Cobham Quartet and the Gustav Brom Radio Big Band at Symphony of Art in Bratislava
by Peter Hladký
Legendary fusion drummer Billy Cobham and his quartet performed at the multi-genre festival the Symphony of Art in Bratislava together with the Gustav Brom Radio Big Band on September 11, 2021. Cobham's quartet—comprised of Steve Hamilton, Ulf Wakenius, and Fifi Chayeb (bass)—along with the Gustav Brom Radio Big Band dazzled with compositions including “Panama," “A Days ...
Zakir Hussain: Making Music, Part 2-2
by Ian Patterson
Part 1 | Part 2 It seemed inevitable that Zakir Hussain would collaborate with jazz musicians as the '70s unfolded. Jazz had been sidling up to Indian classical music gradually since the early '60s. In 1962, Gary Peacock and Bud Shank played on Ravi Shankar's album Improvisations (World Pacific), although this was ...
Billy Cobham, Larry Coryell, John Scofield, Gary Boyle and much more
by Len Davis
On today's program we dial it back to the '70s, with Billy Cobham, Jean-Luc Ponty and a feature on British jazz-rock from Gary Boyle and Isotope. Playlist Billy Cobham “Nickels and Dimes" from Inner Conflicts (Atlantic) 00:00 Larry Coryell “The Last Peavey" from Larry Coryell's Last swing with Ireland (Angel Air) 07:18 Jean-Luc Ponty ...
Record Store Day 2021 Jazz Releases
Since its inception in 2007, Record Store Day has become an important event for record collectors around the world. Every year, limited edition runs of albums from a variety of different genres hit the shelves, and jazz is no exception. There are two 2021 Record Store Day drops planned: one on June 12 and the other ...
Top Jazz-Rock Fusion Recordings
by Douglas Groothuis
The emergence of jazz-rock fusion in American music in the late 1960s was controversial. To some, those who played it were traitors to the cause of jazz. Others thought it has saved jazz from extinction. Sometime in the 1960s, rock had eclipsed jazz in popularity in America, and many jazz aficionados were none too happy about ...
Recent releases, Jazz Funk and much more
by Len Davis
Music from Turkish pianist Fahir Atakoglu from his album If, Italian bassist Alberto Rigoni, Billy Cobham, and a jazz funk section featuring Phat Funktion, Tower Of Power and Otis McDonald. We finish with Return To Forever. Playlist Fahir Atakoglu “If" from If (Far & Here Music) 00:00 Daisuke Kunita “Flat Line" from In My ...
Gergo Borlai: Talkin' Drummers and Drumming
by Jim Worsley
Most kids have heroes. Whether they be athletes, astronauts, artists, astrophysicists, (and that's just the “A's") or any of the many asundered possibilities. Gergo Borlai needn't go passed the “D's" to find his calling. Drumming came early, incredibly early, and he has never looked back. Determination and commitment can be a powerful force. Before long the ...
Stefan Braun & Mateusz Smoczynski: Keep On Turnin'
by Ian Patterson
A violin and cello duo might spark thoughts of chamber music, but Polish violinist Mateusz Smoczynski and German cellist Stefan Braun, classically trained though they are, are improvising musicians at heart; with Keep on Turnin' they revisit the jazz, fusion and funk songs that provided the soundtrack in their formative years. Though this is Smoczynski and ...
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