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Yellowjackets: Altered State
by Woodrow Wilkins
There's something distinctive about Yellowjackets' sound. It's contemporary in that the music is fresh and employs some modern conveniences--such as the electric bass and the EWI. Still, the way it's put together is old school--like the free-flowing style and the manipulation of time. And if that's not enough, there's a color or flavor to Bob Mintzer's ...
Yellowjackets: Altered State
by John Kelman
Sometimes the best move a band can make is to go indie. Consider Yellowjackets, who have been imbued with unquestionable instrumental credibility since emerging in the early '80s. Over their 25-year career Yellowjackets have veered from torch carriers of the latter-day, more structured incarnations of Weather Report to a group in dangerous proximity to smooth jazz ...
Sakesho: We Want You to Say...
by Woodrow Wilkins
Andy Narell is a man of the world--in the kindest, most musical sense. Having performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz--such as Dave Samuels, Marcus Miller, Chucho Valdez, Hugh Masekela, and Spyro Gyra--he always brings an international element to the table, whether it's his trademark Caribbean sound on the steel drums ...
Yellowjackets: Altered State
by C. Michael Bailey
Yellowjackets' music is steeped in the R&B/jazz tradition of the Jazz Crusaders, Junior Mance, Weather Report, and, of course Miles. Russell Ferrante always manages to slip a bit of church into his piano playing, a trend quickly picked up and absconded with by Bob Mintzer. Jimmy Haslip plays the most elastic bass since Victor Bailey, and ...
Two Siberians: Out of Nowhere
by Jim Santella
Guitar and violin virtuosity lends itself to the music of Yuri Matveyev and Artyom Yakushenko. They work with a jazz celebrity guest list on Out of Nowhere to create a sensational storm of ethnic and popular music. Both artists contribute startling instrumental counterpoint. The violin and guitar are so well known to the public that you ...
Two Siberians: Out of Nowhere
by John Kelman
Out of Nowhere and from the unlikeliest of origins, violinist Artyom Yakushenko and guitarist Yuri Matveyev, the musicians who comprise Two Siberians, prove that music is universal and transcends artificial borders. Not only that, but stylistic limitations only exist in the mind and can be overcome. Yakushenko and Matveyev were trained at the Irkutsk Academy but ...
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: No Boundaries
by Woodrow Wilkins
Musicians are known to have a “voice"?--a distinctive sound or style of playing that sets them apart from others. Even if you haven't heard the song or been given any kind of heads up about a new recording, it doesn't take long for you to figure out who is performing. That is especially true of Ladysmith ...
Two Siberians: Out of Nowhere
by Woodrow Wilkins
Never let it be said that jazz is only a Western form of expression. Also never let it be said that Russians don't have a sense of humor. Out of Nowhere is the aptly titled debut album by the innovative electric string duo known as Two Siberians. Yuri Matveyev (guitar) and Artyom Yakushenko (violin, mandolin) present ...
Two Siberians: Out of Nowhere
by Michael A. Edwards
One of the great wonders of modern music is how seemingly disparate genres be assimilated into and reflect each other, with the artist oftentimes unaware. Out of Nowhere , the brisk and largely high-spirited album from from electric violinist Artyom Yakushenko and Yuri Matveyev, billed as Two Siberians, is a fusion record in the truest--and best--sense. ...
Two Siberians: Out of Nowhere
by Franz A. Matzner
Featuring the virtuosi talents of Siberian schoolmates Yuri Matveyev on electric violin and Artyom Yakushenko on electric guitar, the recent Heads Up International release Out of Nowhere from Two Siberians weaves a forceful tapestry of folk traditions executed with the spontaneity of youthful experimentation and the exactitude of deep artistic commitment. Hailing from ...
