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Eddie Henderson: Everything Changes

by Ian Patterson
February 8, 2024

Eddie Henderson made his name in Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band in the early 1970s, at the dawn of jazz-fusion--a new frontier. It was undoubtedly a launching pad that saw the New York-born trumpeter go on to play with Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Elvin Jones, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and McCoy Tyner. Yet ...

Article: Interview

Eddie Henderson: Polishing The Mirror of Truth

by Steven Roby
February 8, 2024

When a jazz musician rolls into Denver for a performance, it's not often that a documentary film and immersive art exhibition await them. But jazz great Eddie Henderson is no ordinary musician, nor has he led an ordinary life. A few hours before Henderson played a two-show set at Denver's premier jazz venue, Dazzle, ...

Article: SoCal Jazz

Dean Brown: Global Fusion on Acid

by Jim Worsley
February 3, 2024

In memory of Dean Brown. This interview was first published at All About Jazz on April 23, 2021. From the outset, the equation was simple enough. Jazz + rock = fusion. However, whether it was Miles Davis, Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin, or any of the pioneers of fusion, the music has always been far ...

Article: Album Review

Bob Gluck: And every fleck of russet

Read "And every fleck of russet" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
January 20, 2024

Julliard-trained Bob Gluck is an accomplished composer, religious leader, and academician. He is the author of two books published by the University of Chicago Press, You'll Know When You Get There: Herbie Hancock and the Mwandishi Band (2012) and The Miles Davis 'Lost' Quintet and Other Revolutionary Ensembles (2016). Gluck has also written an e-book, The ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

1974: King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham and Miles Davis

by Len Davis
January 19, 2024

1974, fifty years ago with King Crimson, Isotope, Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Billy Cobham, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Return To Forever, Joe Farrell, Jerry Goodman with Jan Hammer, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jaco Pastorius with Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas and Paul Bley. Playlist King Crimson “Red" from Red (Island Records) 00:00 Isotope “Rangoon Creeper" ...

Article: Album Review

Kinga Glyk: Real Life

Read "Real Life" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
January 15, 2024

Throughout daredevil bassist Kinga Głyk's Real Life there are several moments which border menacingly on mainstream Euro-pop and wanna-be fusion. Fortunately those (intentional or unintentional?) moments are heavily outweighed and outnumbered by thrillingly incandescent moments which lend themselves to that old catch-all street phrase of the '60s, '70s, and '80s: “Man this is some really high ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Electric Jazz with Joe Zawinul, Courtney Pine and Others

by Jerome Wilson
January 3, 2024

This is a special vintage show from December 2021 on the role of electricity in jazz, and the resulting fusions with other genres like ambient music, jazz-rock, and trip-hop. Musicians heard on the show include Joe Zawinul, Sun Ra, Courtney Pine, John Zorn, Massive Attack, and Terje Rypdal. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't ...

Article: Profile

Lilian Terry: Forever Sisters Of The Soul - Renaissance Jazzwomen

by Kerilie McDowall
December 31, 2023

I was warmly accepted by a giant such as Duke Ellington during his last seven years. He chose to be my friend, demanding my annual presence during his concert tours in Europe as his “good luck charm," and as his sounding board for all the phrases he would dictate to me, to be used later in ...

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Modern Jazz Quartet, Julius Hemphill & Xaver Hellmeier

by Joe Dimino
December 31, 2023

Neon Jazz's New Year's Eve show kicks off with drummer Xaver Hellmeier and is followed by music from his mentor, Joe Farnsworth. We also spin new music from the likes of Hiromi, David Lopato, Jim Piela and Dylan Jazz. In between, we hear from masters including Erroll Garner, Julius Hemphill, Herbie Hancock and The Modern Jazz ...

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