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Marguerite Mariama: Wild Women Never Get The Blues: Well, Not Anymore!
by Michael P. Gladstone
Marguerite Mariama is a new voice in the world of jazz/R&B vocalists. She covers music, dance and theatre as artistic pursuits, as well as being a PhD-trained educator in African American Musical Culture. In her vocal career, Marguerite Mariama displays a polished style that deserves broader attention. She begins with a rather downtempo version ...
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 ...
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 ...
Music from India, Spain, Italy, Tunisia and Other International Beats
by Chris M. Slawecki
If your ears grow bigger to accommodate more and more of the world's different musical styles and sounds, does the global village seem to grow smaller? Gecko Turner Guapapasea! Quango 2006 Maybe it's because I grew up around Philadelphia through the 1970s, but I always remember soul music ...
Jazz for Kids? "Teach Your Children Well..."
by Chris M. Slawecki
Most jazz fans would probably accept the notion that the jazz industry could do a better job of making the music seem more relevant and enjoyable to young people. As the inevitable passing of time reduces the number of fans who can recall “the halcyon days of the late 1940s through the 1970s (or who know ...
Jazz Played for Lovers
by Chris M. Slawecki
Isn't it romantic, Music in the night - A dream that can be heard? Isn't it romantic, Moving shadows write the oldest magic word... Love and music must have been linked together in human hearts at the beginning of time. The trappings of fashion will ebb ...
Nina Simone Speaks Like a River
by Chris M. Slawecki
“Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. It's infinite. It's like God, you know?" ~ Nina Simone, DownBeat interview, 1969 With the January 17 unveiling of several titles from her back catalog, re-mastered and re-annotated ...
Jazz by Many Other Names?
by Chris M. Slawecki
The Ripple Effect Hybrids Kindred Rhythm 2005 Hybrids is a jazz album in name only - specifically the names of multi-instrumentalist John Surman and drummer Jack DeJohnette, who leads this collaborative ensemble. One of the few musicians to have recorded or performed with Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, John ...
