Results for "Hiram Bullock"

Take Five With Mike Mainieri

by AAJ Staff
July 30, 2009

Meet Mike Mainieri: Primarily recognized as an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri's equally remarkable talents as producer, performer, arranger, and composer have contributed to shaping the cutting edge in music. During '50s and early '60s, he performed with such legendary artists as Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, and Wes Montgomery. ...

Chuck Loeb: Between 2 Worlds

by Martin Gladu
May 19, 2009

As its title suggests, Between 2 Worlds finds guitarist Chuck Loeb's sublimated split personality at last openly revealed. A household name in smooth jazz circles, the former Steps Ahead luminary this time throws the dice with a program heavier on the straight-ahead jazz component that composes the core of his musical upbringing. Does this project mark ...

Chuck Loeb: Between 2 Worlds

by Jeff Winbush
April 13, 2009

While no one was looking, Chuck Loeb was quietly becoming one of the most interesting guitarists making music today. Loeb kept working as a sideman, composer and arranger, making his own solo albums in a low-key way until he reached the point where any serious conversation about who's among the best in the business that doesn't ...

Chuck Loeb: Between 2 Worlds

by Woodrow Wilkins
March 26, 2009

A knock on smooth jazz is that it's too bland--safe for those who don't fully appreciate instrumental music, but boring to those who do. Once in a while an artist whose music fits within the format breaks from the pack. Enter guitarist Chuck Loeb. Over the years, Loeb has associated with many across ...

David Sanborn Live at Montreux 1984 - On DVD February 17

February 4, 2009

A frequent visitor to the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival, master-of-the-sax David Sanborn has wooed crowds with his smooth cool jazz, swinging bebop, wild rock fusion, and mesmerizing solos. Whether a sideman or solo artist, he knows how to keep that Swiss crowd salivating for more. On a very special night in 1984, he headlined the festival, ...

Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix

By Hiram Bullock

Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 2008

Live at Madrid's Instituto de Musica & Tecnologia

Featuring the music of Hiram Bullock
Duration: 9:53
December 27, 2008

Hiram Bullock NY Times Obituary

August 2, 2008

Hiram Bullock, 52, Soulful Guitarist, Dies Hiram Bullock, a soulful and adaptable jazz and rock guitarist who was a member of the original band for Late Night with David Letterman, died last Friday in Manhattan. He was 52. The cause is pending, said Jennifer Armstrong, his partner of 16 years. Mr. Bullock was found to have ...

Hiram Bullock Charismatic Jazz-Rock Guitarist

July 28, 2008

Hiram Bullock was a talented and charismatic guitarist, a rock'n'roller with a jazz head who bridged the world of sophisticated pop and the avant-garde New York jazz scene. A super-session player, Bullock was mentored by the producer Phil Ramone, and his work can be heard on Steely Dan's Gaucho (1980), Paul Simon's One Trick Pony (1980), ...

Hiram Bullock Late Night with David Letterman Guitarist Dies

July 26, 2008

Hiram Bullock, onetime barefoot guitarist for Paul Shaffer's World's Most Dangerous Band, dead at the age of 52. Bullock had been fighting a tumor in his throat since January. Bullock played guitar behind Shaffer from the debut of Late Night With David Letterman in 1982 until 1984; rumor had it that he suffered from an attendance ...