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Article: Highly Opinionated

Jazz Inside And Out: Select Posts from 2013-2015

by John Goodman
October 10, 2021

Here's a selection of posts from my now-discontinued blog, Jazz Inside and Out. I started writing it in summer 2013 and persisted for about six years. As 2016 rolled around, like many others I got quite taken over by politics, and my posts reflected that. Readership went up, jazz took a sabbatical. Politics and ...

Article: Live Review

Monterey Jazz Festival 2021: Returning to the Scene of the Legacy

by Josef Woodard
October 4, 2021

Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey County Fairgrounds Monterey, CA September 24-26, 2021 Hastily and heroically assembled, the 64th annual Monterey Jazz Festival took over the Monterey County Fairgrounds, with an added, unusual emotional power. After losing a year to COVID's live music-slashing sword, this great American institution--which rightly touts its legacy ...

Article: In Tribute To...

Miles Davis: How 9 Jazz Icons Remember His Genius

by Rob Garratt
September 28, 2021

Like nearly every other jazz fan on the planet, I've long held an unshakeable fascination with the music of Miles Davis. Thirty years after his death, Miles's legacy, innovations and iconography continue to shape contemporary conceptions of the art form more than any other figure--his life and lessons simultaneously a road map, Holy Grail and high ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Herbie Hancock, Hilary Kole & Dave Miller

by Joe Dimino
September 26, 2021

From a musician who has been at it for decades, though a relative newcomer to the jazz scene—we start the 718th Episode of Neon Jazz with pianist and attorney Dave Miller with a song off his new ode to the pandemic with “The Mask-erade is Over." We also profile the impressive New York City singer Hilary ...

Article: Live Review

The 2021 Detroit Jazz Festival: A World Community, Day 3

by Paul Rauch
September 15, 2021

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 This is the third of four pieces covering the 2021 Detroit International Jazz Festival. Two weeks before the festival, a decision was made to go to a virtual format due to the surge provided by the Delta variant of Covid-19. Three outdoor stages ...

Article: Live Review

The 2021 Detroit Jazz Festival: A Commitment to the Music, Day 1

by Paul Rauch
September 13, 2021

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 This is the first of four pieces covering the 2021 Detroit International Jazz Festival. Two weeks before the festival, a decision was made to go to a virtual format due to the surge provided by the Delta variant of Covid-19. Three outdoor stages ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Brad Shepik, Carles Benavent, New York Gypsy All Stars, Herbie Hancock, Soft Machine, Larry Coryell

by Len Davis
September 12, 2021

Part 2 of our special segment featuring Ethnic Embraces taken from a series of articles from Mike Jacobs on all About Jazz called Backtracks featuring New York Gypsies, Carles Benavent and Brad Shepik. We then visit the seventies with music from Herbie Hancock, Brand X, Soft Machine, and Larry Coryel. Playlist New York Gypsy ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Mike Clark: The Drummer Gets (And Gives) Some!

by Doug Collette
September 10, 2021

Drummer Mike Clark must've already had some estimable pedigree in the first place to be invited to join Herbie Hancock's seminal funk/fusion ensemble Headhunters back in the Seventies. But the man at the kit only built upon his existing prestige during his tenure with that group and then went on to expand upon his rep with ...

Article: Catching Up With

Bobby West: 30 years performing abroad, but Leimert Park still home

by Doug Hall
September 9, 2021

Bobby West, jazz pianist, international performer, and composer, has split his professional career between Los Angeles, California and since 1993, living and performing abroad. He has successfully managed a transition to have residence and perform in Asia, the Middle East and Europe over the last 30 years. He is currently residing in Taiwan and playing in ...

Article: Interview

Christian Pabst: Il momento del cambiamento

by Paolo Marra
September 3, 2021

Con il disco Balbec (etichetta Jazz Sick) il musicista e compositore Christian Pabst di origini tedesche ci trasporta nel luogo immaginario dove il protagonista de “Alla ricerca del tempo perduto" di Marcel Proust fugge per ritrovare un senso allo scorrere del tempo al di fuori del disordine urbano. Come nel libro, i sette brani originali contenuti ...