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Marcus Miller: Renaissance
by John Kelman
Some things change, other things stay the same. Marcus Miller--producer and performer with everyone from soul singer Luther Vandross and pianist Herbie Hancock to guitarist George Benson and Miles Davis, composing and producing the trumpeter's late period classic Tutu (Warner Bros., 1986)--has been releasing solo albums since 1983, but it was with The Sun Don't Lie ...
Marcus Miller: Renaissance Man
by Pheralyn Dove
[Editor's Note: On Sunday, November 25, 2012, All About Jazz learned that Marcus Miller sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a bus crash on the A2 highway in central Switzerland. Unfortunately, the driver was killed in the accident. Online sources report that the bus was carrying 13 people, including two drivers and the 11 members Miller's band. The ...
Orquesta Aragon: San Francisco, CA, November 4, 2012
by Harry S. Pariser
Orquesta Aragon Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, CANovember 4, 2012Although the group is celebrating its 73rd anniversary this year, any performance by the legendary Cuban conjunto band Orquesta Aragon remains a very special occasion. For many decades of its existence the orchestra had been prohibited to tour in the United States; ...
Barry Cleveland Reissues Critically Acclaimed 1986 "Mythos" Album
Originally released on Larry “Synergy" Fast's legendary Audion Recording Company label in 1986, Mythos combined Barry Cleveland's processed, layered, and looped guitars with Michael Masley's otherworldly bowhammer cymbalom, and Bob Stohl and Kat Epple's woodwinds, synths, and light percussion. “Mythos was, and remains, a great album." —Larry Fast The 2012 reissue of Mythos makes the entire ...
Scott Healy Ensemble "Hudson City Suite" Is Released
Los Angeles composer and pianist Scott Healy announces the release of “Hudson City Suite" by the Scott Healy Ensemble. Featuring Tim Hagans on trumpet, Healy on piano, and an all-star band, this fifty-six minute work was recorded April 30th and May 1st, 2012, at The Bridge in Glendale, CA. Nine original tracks are thematically linked, the ...
For Americana Recording Artist, Julie Christensen, Cathartic Journey Prompts Album -- Weeds Like Us -- While New Leonard Cohen Biography Marks Her Role In Legendary Career
Julie Christensen'S “WEEDS LIKE US” CD Candidly Reveals a Cathartic Journey of Loss and Survival Bringing “Great Plains Soul” to Acclaimed Career of Americana Singer-Songwriter While Release of New Leonard Cohen Biography Documents Christensen's Pivotal, Musical Role in Legendary Career Los Angeles, CA: It is a busy season for Julie Christensen, whose critically-acclaimed recordings, and longtime ...
Sonoma Valley Jazz Society 25th Annivesary 2013 Jazzalicious Calendar Concert
Some of you may have seen the 2003 comedy film, Calendar Girls, based on the true story of a group of middle-aged British women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for leukemia research. I thought it would be a fantastic idea to create a calendar of semi-clad jazz musicians – we think it might ...
Drum! Gets Down To The Odd Time Sound Of Matt Cameron With Reunited Soundgarden
San Jose, Calif., — As 2012 rolls to an end, Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines, is groovin’ full-speed ahead. So, it’s no surprise that DRUM! Magazine’s December Issue features Matt Cameron, discussing his odd time grooves with the reunited Sound Garden on King Animal. No Stranger To Odd Time From Soundgarden’s hit “Black ...
Trevor Rabin: All Colors Considered
by Ian Patterson
It wouldn't be the norm, that's for sure, but 23 years between solo albums is just one unusual facet of guitarist/composer Trevor Rabin's career to date. Whether taking a stance against apartheid in the early '70s in his native South Africa or turning down the opportunity to play in super group Asia for artistic reasons, Rabin ...
Modern Jazz Guitarist Hristo Vitchev's New Video Masterclass "Harmonic Expansions" - Now Available
Bulgarian modern jazz guitarist/composer Hristo Vitchev demonstrates material from his book on chordal theory and construction: “Between the Voicings" in a comprehensive video lesson exclusively available through JazzGuitarSociety.com In this video masterclass, Hristo Vitchev demonstrates how to expand your chordal vocabulary by breaking away from the traditional “Drop 2" and “Drop 2 & 4" voicings and ...
