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Jazz Guitarist Howard Alden Reflects on the Life of Les Paul
Today, in New York, at White Plains Hospital, guitar legend, Les Paul died of complications from pneumonia. He was 94 years old. Aside from having what any of us would consider to be a good run in the longevity department, Les Paul also realized great quality of life achievements within the quantity of his years. Since ...
Dusty Rhodes: Winning You Over
By: Mike Bookey Getting hit by a pickup truck is a categorically bad thing. That's just a rule of life, physics and motor vehicle safety. However, if it weren't for an absent-minded driver that smashed into a scooter-riding young man earlier this decade, there's a good chance that the planet would never get to know, and ...
Jack McDuff and Jimmy Forrest
I love organ combos, especially when a take-charge tenor sax is in the mix. Groovy pairings that come to mind include Stanley Turrentine and Shirley Scott, Sonny Stitt and Don Patterson, and Charles Earland and Grover Washington Jr. One of the very best “stops 'n' reed" albums is organist Jack McDuff's The Honeydripper with Jimmy Forrest ...
Catching up with John Stowell
John Stowell, Solitary Tales (Origin). The CD's title suits the guitarist, a peripatetic performer who roams the world. I recently heard a musician say, “You never know where he'll show up." Although Stowell often plays with others, some of his most stunning work, as here, is unaccompanied. He alternates acoustic and electric guitars, but when he ...
John Pizzarelli: Thanks to Bucky
Listen Guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli wanted to be a rock and roll star when he was a teenager. Luckily for the world of jazz, his father, Bucky Pizzarelli, introduced his son to the music of the 40s and 50s. Today John is one of the great upholders of that tradition, whether performing the songs of ...
Woodstock Jazz Memories: Blood, Sweat & Tears
With all the media attention focused this week on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, its worth noting that, while there was no jazz at the festival, there were some fine jazz musicians. Weve already looked at David Sanborns Woodstock memories; heres what some of the players in Blood, Sweat & Tears have said about the event. ...
Saxophonist Paul Taylor Interviewed at AAJ
One of the knocks on smooth jazz has been that it's too commercial. Being commercial isn't necessarily a bad thing. There's nothing wrong with creating a product with the primary objective being to appeal to as many potential customers as possible. However, when it comes to music, too often the drive for sales, radio play and ...
Paul Taylor: Creating a Signature
by Woodrow Wilkins
One of the knocks on smooth jazz has been that it's too commercial. Being commercial isn't necessarily a bad thing. There's nothing wrong with creating a product with the primary objective being to appeal to as many potential customers as possible. However, when it comes to music, too often the drive for sales, radio play and ...
Steely Dan Alive and Well Again
One could make a case that Steely Dan is the most well known and popular jazz/rock fusion band of all time. I have had the privilege of seeing them three times in concert. Originally consisting of Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, and whomever they chose to invite into the studio, they were primarily a studio band. However, ...
Ramsey Lewis: Still in the 'In' Crowd
Remember a tune called “The 'In' Crowd"? Recorded live at the Bohemian Caverns in Washington, D.C., by Ramsey Lewis and his trio at the time, it was (and is) irresistible: upbeat, swinging, punctuated by approval from the audience ("Play that song!"). “The 'In' Crowd" reached #2 on the Billboard pop albums chart in 1965, the height ...
