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Billy Cobham Announces Online Drum School
California-based music education company ArtistWorks will premiere the ArtistWorks Drum Academy (ADA) with the debut of online schools from three of the world's most accomplished, respected and talented drummers: world-renowned jazz and drumming legend Billy Cobham, drumming superstar/producer Thomas Lang, and latin percussion Icon Luis Conte. Launching on December 8th, both the Billy Cobham Drum School ...
Confessional romantic laments on Kit Holmes' new album wrapped in '70s pop sensibilities
The piano-based melodies of singer/songwriter Kit Holmes may suggest Norah Jones, but the confessional, introspective romantic laments on her new record Return to Love are wrapped in an unmistakable '70s pop sensibility that actually echoes more Carole King's Tapestry. Nearly every track on Return to Love could have been played on AM radio back in the ...
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (1970; 2011 Audio Fidelity Remaster)
Recorded in the waning days of the 60's, James Taylor's second album became one of a handful of albums that defined the pop and rock landscape in the immediate wake of the Beatles' breakup. Sweet Baby James needs no introduction to just about anyone over the age of 45, but over four decades later, the album ...
Erin Dickins: Rediscovering Repertoire
by Nick Catalano
One of the great challenges for any established recording vocalist is finding material. Often, even the best arrangements fall short if the composition is a tired standard that has been recorded to death. Success in this area is rare, so when a debut CD contains one thoughtfully performed obscure gem after another, it is time to ...
Jen Shyu and Theo Bleckmann: Breaking the Song Barrier
by Daniel Lehner
Before Robert Moog came out with the first synthesizer, before Adolphe Sax invented his famous reed instrument, before the trumpets sounded at Jericho, even before the world's ancient tribes tightened their animal skins to make drums, humanity's first instrument was the voice. Not that this is of particular consequence to Theo Bleckmann. “To me, that argument ...
James Taylor and His Legendary Band
by C. Michael Bailey
James Taylor and His Legendary BandVerizon Arena TheaterNorth Little Rock, ArkansasApril 29, 2001 Sentiment and nostalgia are potent motivators for the Baby Boom generation. This explains why musical acts like the Rolling Stones and Eagles remain not only viable, but certain moneymakers--bands which came of age with the post-World War ...
Rusty Taylor: Jazz + Country = Southern Comfort
by Guy Zinger
Rusty Allen Taylor is an engaging example of a new a new country-jazz, male vocalist. With his touch of country zing, he creates a mix of sweetness and mellowness, on the one hand, and speckles it with dirt, on the other. This bittersweet mix is a parallel to his life and generates a truly unique sound. ...
David Caceres: Double Threat Coming Forward
by R.J. DeLuke
The singer/instrumentalist in jazz has a long and honorable tradition. Many of those, though certainly not all, are more known for their singing than playing, especially in the last 20 years or so. But almost universally, they're enjoyed for what they can do, breathing a certain joie de vivre into songs by expressing the lyrics, then ...
Jazz Song for Japan by Martin Taylor
The massive earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan on March 11th has caused widespread destruction and suffering, relayed on television screens around the world. Jazz guitarist Martin Taylor regularly tours Japan and is due to play in Tokyo on the 4th and 5th April with fellow guitarist Ulf Wakenius. In order to help raise money ...
Shawn Costantino: Waltz for Anne
by C. Michael Bailey
Finally! A collection of Adult Contemporary jazz that has something to say and knows how to say it. Nothing signals oncoming Muzak more than jazz propelled by electric bass, guitar, and piano. Fortunately, multi-reedist Shawn Costantino slays those dragons of jazz prejudice early in his self-produced Waltz for Anne, with an incendiary cover of The Beatles' ...
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