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June Means Jazz as Festivals Flourish
by Jack Bowers
June, as always, is a harbinger of exciting things to come as the jazz festival season springs forth in earnest, causing even the most ardent couch potatoes to bestir themselves and start perusing the calendar to locate interesting events in their neck of the woods. Here in New Mexico, the outdoor" season comes to life with ...
Earl Klugh's Renowned Weekend Of Jazz Returns To Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Earl Klugh’s 3rd Annual Weekend of Jazz at Kiawah Island Golf Resort November 15-17, 2012! Kiawah Island, SC: Since 2004, GRAMMY®-winning guitarist Earl Klugh has been bringing world-renowned artists together with jazz enthusiasts for his one-of-a-kind weekend getaways at two Forbes Five-Star, AAA Five-Diamond properties; The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, and The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, ...
Rippingtons Bassist Rico Belled To Release Sophomore Album "XR7" On May 9th 2012

Multi-instrumentalist Rico Belled will release his follow-up to The Pursuit Of Comfort", called XR7, on May 9th 2012. Consisting of ten brand new originals, the record is an homage to his beloved 1973 Mercury Cougar XR7 and machines in general, featuring musical adventures in many different genres; from Funk to Electronica, from Latin to Pop, but ...
Michael Lington: Pure

by Jeff Winbush
Here is a disclaimer: Michael Lington plays alto and tenor saxophone, and the saxophone is the dominant instrument of the smooth jazz genre, every bit as much the electric guitar is the dominant instrument of rock 'n' roll. This means Lington is trying to stand out in an extremely crowded field.So what is it ...
Jeff Lorber: Galaxy

by Jeff Winbush
Don't call it a comeback. Call it a throwback. In a time when many of the major players of the fusion era have unplugged, keyboardist Jeff Lorber not only keeps grinding away, he's doubling down. Not by coincidence is Galaxy billed as a Jeff Lorber Fusion project rather than a Lorber solo project. This is clearly ...
Jeff Lorber Fusion - Galaxy (2012)

Keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger and bandleader Jeff Lorber has been propagating fusion jazz for so long, the term Jeff Lorber Fusion" seems almost redundant. Long dismissed by jazz purists and heavier" fusion fans alike, Lorber has actually provided a bridge from so-called lite" jazz to more serious, improvisational forms of jazz, as his Berklee-bred chops are ...
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band / Gerald Wilson Orchestra / Knoxville Jazz Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat BandThat's How We RollTelarc2010 After more than a decade of making beautiful music at home, on the road and in the studio, Gordon Goodwin's irrepressible Big Phat Band keeps rolling merrily along, burning rubber on its sixth free-wheeling recording (and first for Telarc Records). ...
A Memorable Evening with Andy Martin
by Jack Bowers
After several months of inactivity, big-band jazz in Albuquerque sprang vibrantly to life for one memorable evening February 19 as Andy Martin, one of the world's most accomplished trombonists, flew in from Los Angeles to team with the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra for an electrifying concert at the Eldorado High School Performing Arts Center, crowning the city's ...
Bob Mamet: Impromptu

by Woodrow Wilkins
No gimmicks. No trends. All business. The Bob Mamet Trio gets straight to the point with Impromptu.Chicago-born Mamet studied at Peabody Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles, where he has worked a composer and session musician, showing his versatility in television, film, advertising and performance. Associations include Alex Acuna, Larry Carlton, Eric Marienthal, Gerald ...
Jeff Lorber Fusion: Now is the Time

by Eugene Holley, Jr.
An accepted kernel of jazz historiography states that cats who play what has ultimately become smooth jazz play it because they can't play the real music. But even back in the day--specifically the seventies--this wasn't true across the board, as evidenced by the undeniable chops of Ramsey Lewis, Grover Washington, Jr., Joe Sample, and Philly-born keyboardist ...