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Blake Mills was born in Santa Monica, California, United States,[1] and grew up in Malibu, where he attended Malibu High School with Taylor Goldsmith. Mills and Goldsmith began their musical careers in a band they co-founded called Simon Dawes. Simon Dawes released its debut EP What No One Hears in 2005, and its first LP Carnivore in September 2006 via Record Collection.[3][4] After the band broke up in 2007, Goldsmith and his younger brother, Griffin, formed the band Dawes with Simon Dawes bassist, Wylie Gelber, and Mills went on to serve as a touring guitarist for Jenny Lewis.[5] He went on to tour with Band of Horses,[6] Cass McCombs,[7] Julian Casablancas[8][9] and Lucinda Williams.[10][11] As a session musician, Mills has collaborated with Conor Oberst, Kid Rock,[12] Weezer, The Avett Brothers, Paulo Nutini,[13] Norah Jones, Carlene Carter, Jesca Hoop, Dixie Chicks, Zucchero, Pink, Lana Del Rey, Dangermouse, Vulfpeck and more. In 2010, Mills released his first solo LP, Break Mirrors, via Record Collection
Joey Waronker & Pete Min: Parrots
by Ludovico Granvassu
King King (Colorfield Records) was recorded at LA's Lucy's Meat Market studio by drummer Joey Waronker and bassist/engineer Pete Min--the creative force behind both that sonic laboratory and the Colorfield Records label. For these sessions, Waronker and Min played a multitude of instruments with a multitude of guests, including Mark Guiliana, Larry Goldings, Josh ...
Ella Feingold, Charlie Hunter, Majid Bekkas, Jasper Høiby & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
After spending a couple of weeks basking in the sound of our favorite tracks of the year, it's time to catch up with the tidal wave of new releases we've been saving up. This week's episode is packed with global grooves--join us as we dive back into the pulse of now.Happy listening!Playlist ...
Pino Palladino & Blake Mills: Taka
by Ludovico Granvassu
Believe it or not, it has already been four years since Pino Palladino and Blake Mills released Notes with Attachments. The good knews for those, like me, who have been eagerly waiting for a follow up to that sonic flying carpet, is that the wait is over. Almost. Impulse! Records is about to release Palladino and ...
Nicole Glover, James Brandon Lewis, Sarah Wilson and Myra Melford with Michael Formanek and Ches Smith
by Hobart Taylor
Nicole Glover's “Memories, Dreams, Reflections" James Brandon Lewis's “Abstraction is Deliverance" and Myra Melford with Michael Formanek and Ches Smith make a “Splash." Playlist Angelika Niescier Tomeka Reid Savannah Harris “Hic Svnt Dracones" from Beyond Dragons (Intakt) 00:00 Host Speaks 11:12 Akira Kosemura “ The Walking Man" from Mirai (Schole) 12:15 Nicole Glover “No. ...
Big Ears Festival 2023
by Mark Sullivan
Big Ears Festival Knoxville, Tennesse March 30-April 2, 2023 The second full edition after the pandemic found the Big Ears Festival still growing in attendance. Organizers responded by increasing the number of venues, including new ones like the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and ones that had not been used for some time, ...
Jamie Krents: Hardcore Jazz Fan And New President Of Impulse!
by Chris May
For jazz lovers in general, and Impulse! devotees in particular, the future just got brighter, more orange and more black. Jamie Krents, a longtime Impulse! aficionado, has been appointed the label's president. In his previous role as executive vice president, Krents played a determining role in recent signings such as The Comet Is Coming (pictured), The ...
Notes with Attachments
Label: Impulse! Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Just Wrong; Soundwalk; Ekuté; Notes With Attachments; Djurkel; Chris Dave; Man From Molise; Off The Cuff.
Ludovico Granvassu's 2021 Sonic Delights
by Ludovico Granvassu
Jazz is not a competitive sport and “Best Ofs" are misnomers. End of the year listicles have no bearing on the artistic standing of the albums they include, or on those they neglect, just like a five star review doesn't make the album it graces any better than it already is. But, apparently, humans ...
A Selection Of New Releases
by Bob Osborne
2021 is proving to be the gift that keeps giving for new jazz releases. Curtis Andrews returns after a long break from releasing music to deliver an album which is rich in rhythmic exploration, modal and raga-based melodies, and some truly virtuosic performances. There's also the debut from Martin Frieberg, Dennis González Ataraxia Trio's second offering, ...
