Results for "Grateful Dead"

Phil Lesh

Born: March 15, 1940

Phil Lesh was an American musician best known as the bassist for the Grateful Dead, a band that became iconic in the rock and jam band scenes. Born on March 15, 1940, in Berkeley, California, Lesh played a crucial role in the band's experimental and improvisational approach to music, blending rock, jazz, and classical influences.

Lesh's innovative bass playing and harmony vocals contributed significantly to the Grateful Dead's signature sound. After the band dissolved in 1995, he continued to perform with various projects, including Phil Lesh & Friends, and participated in numerous tribute concerts and festivals celebrating the band's legacy

The Blues According To Rory Block

by C. Michael Bailey
October 20, 2024

Being a household name depends as much on the household as it does the name. Not all reading this will know who Rory Block is, but in the households with fans of the rural blues, slide guitar and innovative women in music, to not know would be criminal. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Block grew up ...

At Monterey Jazz Festival 67, Jazz Gospel According to a New Head

by Josef Woodard
October 11, 2024

Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA September 27-29, 2024 Getting a semblance of a summarizing angle on a densely-programmed jazz festival, which the 67th Monterey Jazz Festival most certainly was, can be tricky business. The equation gets more complex with a festival geared towards covering many genre and sub-genre bases within ...

Jazz Mafia's Grateful Brass Jerry Garcia Birthday Celebration

by Steven Roby
July 29, 2024

In this enlightening interview, host Steve Roby speaks with Adam Theis, the trombonist, bassist, composer, and co-founder of Jazz Mafia. Throughout their conversation, Adam shares the origin story of Jazz Mafia, which began in the late 1990s in San Francisco's North Beach at a venue called Black Cat. Adam describes how the venue's manager encouraged musicians ...

Jazz Is Dead at Nectar's

by Doug Collette
June 11, 2024

Jazz Is Dead Nectar's Burlington, Vermont June 4, 2024 Originally spearheaded in 1998 by drummer extraordinaire Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis), Jazz Is Dead has incorporated more than a few different personnel configurations over the course of its quarter-century plus existence. Having coalesced most recently to feature guitarists Steve Kimock ...

Moving Music: The Memoirs Of Rikki Stein

by Chris May
May 11, 2024

Moving Music: The Memoirs Of Rikki Stein Rikki Stein 304 Pages ISBN: 9781739103095 Wordville Press2024 The autobiography of Rikki Stein--longtime friend and manager of Afrobeat creator Fela Kuti, and a key player in the historic meeting between Ornette Coleman and the Master Musicians of Joujouka, among much, much ...

Bob Weir and Others at the Jazz Foundation of America Gala Concert at the Apollo Theater

by Paul Reynolds
April 3, 2024

Bob Weir, Marshall Allen, Jazzmeia Horn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, et al.The Apollo Theater Jazz Federation of America Gala New York, NY March 28, 2024 At gala concerts for worthy groups, it's understandably easy for the music to play second fiddle to the organization itself--and the desire to support it. ...

A Conversation with Brad Mehldau

by AAJ Staff
March 19, 2024

This article was first published at All About Jazz in 2002. All About Jazz: Do you recall your first jazz record? Brad Mehldau: I think the first real jazz record I listened to was an Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass duo album, one of those Pablo things. A friend of my father's ...

Dolomiti Ski Jazz - Edizione 2024

by Paolo Peviani
March 19, 2024

Dolomiti Ski Jazz--Edizione 2024 Val di Fiemme, Val di Fassa, Val di Cembra 8-17.3.2024 Concerti nei teatri e nelle terrazze dei rifugi, jam session nei pub, street parade nelle vie dei paesi a fondo valle. Il tutto contornato da paesaggi, montagne e piste da sci di rara bellezza. Da ventisei anni ...

Jonathan Shank of Terrapin Station Entertainment: From Mickey Hart to Peppa Pig

by Lawrence Peryer
February 10, 2024

Today, the Spotlight shines On music impresario Jonathan Shank, the CEO and Founder of Terrapin Station Entertainment.Jonathan is known for his instincts and successes in sniffing out unique opportunities in under-served spaces in the live entertainment industry, creating business successes in categories and markets often overlooked by the large corporations that dominate so much ...