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Dan Weiss: The Creative Absence of Egotism
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
The first time drummer/composer Dan Weiss is heard, there can be a perception of something inherently wrong with the music. It slowly creeps up--like a chill on a cool morning, just as the sun is rising over a misty ridge. Waves of lush pastel colors pass over and around in impassioned washes of rhythm and elements ...
Part 10 - Knitting Factory hits Fela Kuti purple patch
by Chris May
Knitting Factory's comprehensive, multi-format, Fela Kuti reissue program hits a new high with its second salvo, the “Na Poi" batch, released in May 2010. The seven discs span 1974-77, a remarkably prolific and creative time even by the Afrobeat originator's own standards. As with the first “Chop 'n' Quench" batch--reviewed in Part 7 ...
Free: Free Forever
by Doug Collette
Free Free Forever Eagle Vision 2010 (2006) Free was one of the most distinctive bands to emerge from the British blues-rock boom of the late 1960s, albeit a one-hit wonder to the audience that enjoyed its biggest mainstream success, “All Right Now." The full-length version of that single appeared on ...
Part 7 - Knitting Factory rolls out Fela Kuti reissue program
by Chris May
Following the release of its The Best Of The Black President sampler in November 2009, New York's Knitting Factory has cut to the main event in its Fela Kuti reissue program. The label, which is scheduled to release all of Kuti's albums during 2010, put out the first batch of six discs in February. Titled the ...
Jay Epstein: Easy Company
by Bruce Lindsay
One or two jazz standards, a handful of intriguing left-field choices, some interesting originals and one truly exceptional re-working of a classic love song-- Easy Company is an album of pleasing surprises, performed by three extremely talented musicians. Drummer Jay Epstein leads the trio and contributes all five original compositions, but this is a genuine group ...
Robben Ford: From the Soul
by Matthew Warnock
Few guitarists on the scene today can boast a longer, more diverse and accomplished career than that of perennial blues-jazz great Robben Ford. Having toured and recorded as a sideman with such legendary performers as Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt and Miles Davis, Ford has also made a name for himself as a bandleader, instrumental ...
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden
by Doug Collette
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Live From Madison Square Garden Reprise Records 2009 The garish pseudo psychedelic cover graphics of guitarist Eric Clapton and keyboard player and guitarist Steve Winwood's Live From Madison Square Garden package mislead. These recordings taken from a three night run at the hallowed venue in ...
The Allman Brothers Band: 40 Years Out
by Alan Bryson
So what do Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White have in common with Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top? All were part of the Allman Brothers Band's three-week musical extravaganza at New York City's Beacon Theater celebrating the band's 40th anniversary. This year's list of surprise guests also included ...
George Kahn: Cover Up!
by Edward Blanco
West Coast jazz pianist George Kahn presents fresh new arrangements to pop and rock tunes associated with such groups as Cream, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bill Withers and John Mayer, in a sense redefining or adding to the controversy, or, as the title of his album would suggest, the Cover Up! of what truly defines the ...
Cream: Disraeli Gears
by Glenn Astarita
> Cream Disraeli Gears Eagle Rock 2006 This black & white footage of the first rock supergroup features vintage clips of Cream's performances, complete with guitar god Eric Clapton's puffed up hairdo and other tidbits. The band's 1967 classic Disraeli Gears is analyzed, along with the group's rise to ...
