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Chasin' Charlie's Ghost: Modern Guitar
by Chris M. Slawecki
Charlie Christian may or may not have been the first musician to master the electric guitar, but one thing is certain: the first guitarist who plugged in, whoever it was, forever changed the course of modern music. Guitar styles through the decades since passed seem to have multiplied until they outnumber guitarists! But since there always ...
Esteban: Best of Esteban
by Chris M. Slawecki
Born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Stephen Paul apprenticed in Spain for four years under Andres Segovia, who bequeathed upon this protégé the professional name Esteban. Esteban's first new release since 2003 is not a convenient repackaging of previously recorded music; he recorded new versions of favorites from his repertoire, from Spanish dances to familiar ABBA and Beatles ...
Joyce Cooling: Revolving Door
by Chris M. Slawecki
Gibson Guitars' 1999 Jazz Guitarist of the Year, Joyce Cooling, paints a bright and colorful picture on Revolving Door with loving strokes. You might be surprised to learn that this is her portrait of an often dark subject. Says Cooling, “'Revolving Door' is a metaphor for a situation we humans often find ourselves in where there ...
Stax Profiles: Hearts Full Of Soul, Part 2: Otis Redding, The Staples Singers, Johnnie Taylor, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas
by Chris M. Slawecki
(For an introduction to Stax Records, read Stax Profiles Part 1.) Otis Redding Stax Profiles Stax Records 2006 The most beautiful flowers of Otis Redding's music blossomed from his faithful, country gospel roots. When he sang soul music, he was at worship--not at the altar of any ...
Stax Profiles: Hearts Full Of Soul, Part 1: Rance Allen, Booker T & The MGs, Eddie Floyd, Albert King, Little Milton
by Chris M. Slawecki
By now, the history of Stax Records has become more than just a story. The history of this haven for southern soul music--steeped in gospel and the blues, blues tempered with rhythm or served straight up blue--has grown into something closer to legend, a legend that the recent series of ten Stax Profiles, compilations from seminal ...
Groovin in the Summer of Oh Six
by Chris M. Slawecki
We all do it. Some of us do it with a bit of a bounce, while others sort of coolly glide, feet barely touching down. But everyone grooves, and everyone has music that just get 'em to grooving. Here are some different ways to get your groove on for the summer of 2006. Lou ...
Skerik: Husky
by Chris M. Slawecki
Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet is unusual in several ways. First, there's the leader, a tenor saxophonist who goes only by his surname and who also performs in such genteel ensembles as The Dead Kenny Gs and Crack Sabbath. There's that band name, which Skerik copped from the “syncopated taint phrase first used by the US's first ...
Charlie Hunter Trio: Copperopolis
by Chris M. Slawecki
Charlie Hunter's first trio record since 2003's Friends Seen and Unseen balances his talents as a composer (he wrote or co-wrote every track except for the set-ending take of Monk's “Think of One ), as a bandleader, as a band member interplaying with drummer Derrek Phillips and John Ellis (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, Wurlitzer organ and ...
Paul : HeadBoppin
by Chris M. Slawecki
Paul “Shilts Weimar is usually found blowing alto and tenor sax for UK's contemporary jazz masters Down to the Bone; he was also a member of the UK's acid-jazz/neo-soul collective The Brand New Heavies. HeadBoppin', a collection of nine new originals plus a romp through Stevie Wonder's little-known “Tuesday Heartbreak, is Weimar's debut for a new ...
NOMO: New Tones
by Chris M. Slawecki
A band unlike most others, Detroit's NOMO consists of eight multi-instrumentalists led by Elliott Bergman, who plays tenor sax, bass clarinet, synthesizer, Rhodes keyboard, electric kalimba and more. New Tones is a CD unlike most others, too. Captured in the studio by Warren Defever, the renowned yet enigmatic producer for Detroit's electronic/pastiche collective His ...
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