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Brad Mehldau Trio: Denver, CO, May 11, 2012
by Geoff Anderson
Brad Mehldau TrioNewman CenterDenver, COMay 11, 2012Pianist Brad Mehldau takes jazz seriously. He named his second album as a leader The Art of the Trio (Warner Bros., 1997). But wait, he didn't use that name for just one album; he released five albums, as a series, under that name. Those albums ...
Tierney Sutton Band at Dazzle
by Geoff Anderson
Tierney Sutton BandDazzleDenverMay 6, 2012Most attractive female singers with long blonde hair simply market themselves under their own name. Not so Tierney Sutton. She's not a solo act. She's part of the Tierney Sutton Band. Sure, she's the focal point onstage (a long blonde mane will do that), but the band ...
Kenny Garrett Quartet: Denver, CO, May 4, 2012
by Geoff Anderson
Kenny Garrett Quartet Soiled Dove Underground Denver, CO May 4, 2012The last couple times Kenny Garrett came through Denver, he was a sideman. In 2010 he toured with Chick Corea's Freedom Band that also featured Christian McBride on bass and 85-year-old Roy Haynes on drums. The year before, Garrett was a ...
Sophie Milman, Denver, CO, November 27, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Sophie MilmanDazzleDenver, CONovember 27, 2011Jazz is and always has been an amalgam of styles and influences. In fact, that's what keeps it interesting and vital and always moving forward. Musicians from different backgrounds and cultures bring different sensibilities to the music and add new sounds and attitudes. Like the search for ...
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Denver, CO, November 18, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Tedeschi Trucks BandFillmore AuditoriumDenver, CONovember 18, 2011 Fate demanded the Tedeschi Trucks Band. It's been an inexorable march over the last decade and now it's paid off. Susan Tedeschi released her first album, Just Won't Burn (Tone Cool, 1998) 13 years ago. She sported girl-next-door good looks and ...
Warren Haynes Band: Denver, CO, October 31, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Warren Haynes BandOgden TheaterDenver, COOctober 31, 2011 At this point in his career, Warren Haynes can to do whatever he wants--at least musically, anyway. And, apparently, Haynes felt like being James Brown for an evening. And so it was that the Warren Haynes Band played nearly an hour-and-a-half of James Brown's ...
Alison Krauss and Union Station: Denver, CO, September 2, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Alison Krauss and Union StationRed Rocks AmphitheaterDenver, CoSeptember 2, 2011 Alison Krauss and Union Station often get lumped into the “country" music category, but occasionally, they end up in the more accurate “bluegrass" classification. Modern country music seems to be little more than run-of-the-mill pop music with an occasional steel ...
Return to Forever IV / Zappa Plays Zappa: Denver, August 27, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays ZappaParamount TheaterDenver, COAugust 27, 2011 With Return to Forever IV and Zappa Plays Zappa on the same bill, the Paramount Theater heard more notes per cubic inch than ever before. To say that these two bands play fast is like saying the Yankees ...
John Butler Trio: Denver, CO, August 12, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
John Butler TrioRed RocksDenverAugust 12, 2011John Butler's favorite guitar has 11 strings. Friday night he also played banjo, ukulele, some sort of lap acoustic guitar using a metal bar on the frets like a steel guitar, a standard issue 6-string acoustic guitar, a Les Paul and a Stratocaster. But mainly he ...
Jeff Beck: Denver, April 15, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Jeff BeckParamount TheatreDenver, ColoradoApril 15, 2011 Jazz-rock fusion originally came from the jazz side,Miles Davis and his sidemen-turned-leaders--Weather Report, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra--but a few practitioners came at it from the rock side, emphasizing the rock angle a little more than the jazz guys. Jeff Beck is one of ...
