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Dominic Miller: Don't Give Up Your Day Gig!
by David Bixler
Vagabond is the latest release from guitarist Dominic Miller on ECM and features Jacob Karlzon on piano, Nicolas Fiszman on bass, and percussionist Ziv Ravitz. In this episode of LINER NOTES Dominic shares the story behind this music that was conceived during the lockdown and talks about how his own projects fit into the demands of ...
Dominic Miller
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On guitarist Dominic Miller, a musician unique in his ability to fit in and contribute as a sideman, but also to step up as a band leader.Dominic may be best known as guitarist--and in his own words, “Lieutenant"--for Sting, a position he has filled for over 30 years, but he ...
Samara Joy On Her 'Fast Authentic' Success
by Leo Sidran
Accepting her Grammy award for Best New Artist last month, Samara Joy looked out at a sea of faces that she had grown up admiring and said, “I've been watching y'all on TV for so long... I'm born and raised in the Bronx." It was almost as though she was reminding herself of just ...
Jane Ira Bloom & Mark Helias
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On New York-based jazz innovators Jane Ira Bloom and Mark Helias, who join us to discuss their latest collaboration with drummer Bobby Previte, 2.3.23 (Radio Legs Music). The recordings on 2.3.23 completely challenge any preconceived notions the listener might have about any “right way" to collaborate or create improvisational music. ...
Antonio Sanchez Hits Back as Bad Hombre
by David Bixler
In SHIFT -Bad Hombre Vol. II drummer and composer Antonio Sanchez takes ownership of the pejorative remark made by the former president about Mexicans coming to the United States and hits back with a stunning musical counter-punch that features Dave Matthews, Trent Reznor, Pat Metheny, and many others. In this episode of LINER NOTES Antonio shares ...
Antonio Sanchez is The Bad Hombre
by Leo Sidran
When drummer Antonio Sanchez released his album Bad Hombre back in 2017, he was responding to a few events that took place in his world at the same time.On a political level, the music was a response to the racism of the Trump campaign against Mexicans. In fact the title of the record Bad ...
Trio Xolo: In Flower, In Song
by Mike Jurkovic
There is always a concerted effort for something more than just music when Brooklyn's 577 Records releases its many substantial efforts. There is a sense of the unknown, the quixotic, the daring, the maddening, but never the mundane. So this debut release from Trio Xolo--Mexican-American bassist Zachary Swanson, Baltimore-based saxophonist Derrick Michaels and Lithuanian ...
Craig Taborn: Playing in the Shadows
by David Bixler
Pianist Craig Taborn's new recording Shadow Plays was recorded in 2020 in Vienna while on a solo piano tour in Europe just as the pandemic was blowing up. In this episode of LINER NOTES Craig reflects on the process of improvisation as well as recounting the uncertainty that surrounded getting back home and his transition to ...
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme - Live In Seattle
by Mike Jurkovic
John Coltrane was moving faster than the speed of sound in 1965. Besides divining his place within the music, the world, his God, he was touring; a two week gig with Thelonious Monk at the Village Gate led to Newport then into a frenetic week in Europe. With the classic quartet plus Archie Shepp, Art Davis ...
