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Abbey Rader: Reach For The Skies
by Hrayr Attarian
Drummer Abbey Rader's compelling Reach for the Skies is a set of entirely improvised music that, nevertheless, follows an intricate and stimulating progression along certain unique motifs and ideas. The spontaneous orchestration flows freely and seamlessly thanks to the superlative musicianship of the quartet and the intuitive camaraderie among its members.Rader's haunting cymbal vibrations ...
Allen Weber Signs Digital Distribution Agreement With The Jazz Box
Jacksonville FL — Hot of the heels of the Allen Weber Hot Shock album making it’s 88.5 fm radio debut on a jazz show hosted by Kenny MacKenzie, local Jacksonville musician and leader of Hot Shock Band, Allen Weber has just signed a digital distribution agreement with Canadian distributor TheJazzBox.ca who specializes in all genres of ...
Guitarist Allen Weber Making Jazz Fusion Accessible
Jacksonville FL – Sine the early 1970's when Miles Davis put out his album Bitch's Brew, John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra released their hard fusion, Chick Corea released his jazz fusion saying the word “Jazz” makes most people shiver in fright. They have been afraid of the term “Jazz”. Their eyes glaze over, and they think ...
Sons Of Hippies: Griffons At The Gates Of Heaven
by Glenn Astarita
This trio merges remembrances of black-light rooms, bong pipes, and cries for peace with a modern psychedelic vibe, leaning heavily toward Indie-rock as a catalyst for its overall game-plan. They craft a massive but fluid sound via crunching chord developments, weighty backbeats and Kathleen Kelley's willowy vocal delivery, tinted with beatific overtones. Indeed, it's a transcendental ...
Tiempo Libre: Back in Havana
by Luellen Smiley
Sometimes an interview with a musician goes deeper than a narrative history of recordings, concert calendar and early training. That happened when I met Jorge Gómez; founder, keyboardist and musical director of Tiempo Libre, an all Cuban born Timba band. We met in a modest hotel room in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he and his ...
Allen Weber And His Band Hot Shock Finalizing Debut Album
Jacksonville, FL: After months of planing, writing, and rehearsal, jazz fusion guitarist Allen Weber and his band Hot Shock have just finished recording the debut album. The recording was done in the storied Jacksonville FL studio Warehouse Studios—Ryan Turk engineered the recording. It is being mixed at“TrueTone Studios with Andrew Perlowich engineering the mixing. When asked ...
Seraphic Fire: Ave Maria: Gregorian Chant
by C. Michael Bailey
The mid-1990s witness a renewed interest in Gregorian Chant with the release, twenty years after its recording, of Chant (Angel, 1973/1994) by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos. The public greeted this music, much between 500 and 1500 years old, as the greatest thing since the Edison cylinder. Early Music practitioners each released their ...
The New Gary Burton Quartet: Guided Tour
by John Kelman
For some, retirement means winding down and enjoying what life has to offer, after a lifetime spent with the daily grind of making a living. With most musicians, however, while making a living has been a not insignificant challenge, making music can hardly be called a daily grind; it's work, to be sure, but it's also ...
Jazz With Dominican Accents and Flavours Back in South Florida
In October 2012, Landestoy Enterprises presented a completely new and exiting concept from the Dominican Republic: The South Florida Dominican Jazz Fest. A multicultural event that brought to Florida the best Jazz currently being made by musicians in the Dominican Republic as well as Dominicans living abroad. At this event, Miami witnessed the Jazz proposals from ...
All About Sonny
by Dom Minasi
I bet you thought I meant Sonny Rollins. When you hear the name Sonny, it's usually synonymous with Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Fortune or even Sonny Sharrock; all of them jazz heroes. But there is a Sonny you probably have never heard of before who is a super hero.Who is he? His name ...
