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Chunks And Chairknobs

Label: Jazzline Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Chunks And Chairknobs; Double Blind; Baubles, Bangles And Beads; Loose Blues; Hope and Woe; Hand To Hand; Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man; Gaucho.

Article: Interview

For Ada Rovatti, a saxophonist whose musical journey took her from her homeland of Italy, then inevitably to the United States, the road taken has not always been easy. A bright and sensitive artist, she can have misgivings about her work at times. But that work, with other bands or the leading voice on ...

Article: Live Review

Doobie Brothers/Steely Dan at Blossom Music Center

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 1, 2018

The Doobie Brothers & Steely Dan-The Summer of Living Dangerously Tour Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio June 23, 2018 If there is one tried and true adage that is applicable to the arts, it is the one that goes “everything old is new again." Be it a need for monetary ...

Article: Album Review

Mike Stern: Trip

by James Nadal
August 1, 2017

Having established himself as an imaginative technical wizard in the forefront of the fusion movement during the 1980's, guitarist Mike Stern has left an indelible mark on the way the instrument is utilized in the jazz idiom. But there would be an unforeseen event that would test his physical and emotional will to overcome adversity. In ...

Article: Live Review

Jim Beard And Jon Herington At The Kennett Flash

by Mike Jacobs
June 29, 2017

The Herington / Beard Duo The Kennett Flash Kennett Square, PA June 15, 2017 Nestled in the small town of Kennett Square Pennsylvania, the Kennett Flash is a bit of an anomaly these days-- and a welcome one at that. It's a small non-profit venue for the arts, able to hold ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 Cd nel CD-Player di... Miho Hazama

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 20, 2016

01. Jack Garratt -Phase (Interscope -2016). Mi sono innamorata subito di questo sound quando ho ascoltato per la prima volta l'album da un mio amico. Meravigliosi colori strumentali, mixing e mastering! 02. David Linx -Follow the Songlines (Naïve -2011). Adoro il suono sinfonico. Album scritto ed eseguito benissimo con una brillante ...

Article: Album Review

Peter Davenport: Bolide

by Dave Wayne
April 12, 2015

Peter Davenport's Bolide is the sort of album that often flies completely under the radar. It's what record collectors call a private issue; completely self-produced, self-distributed and available on a very small scale; generally only through the artist. Nevertheless, Bolide is a worthwhile listening experience. While not a familiar name to me prior to hearing this ...

Article: Rediscovery

Vince Mendoza: Start Here

by John Kelman
December 30, 2014

Vince Mendoza Start Here World Pacific1990 In the fall of 1990, I was visiting Amsterdam for four days between business engagements in other European countries and, as usual, the first order of the day was to scope out a good music store. Luckily, there was one within walking distance of the ...

Article: Album Review

Seamus Blake and Chris Cheek: Reeds Ramble

Read "Reeds Ramble" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
May 5, 2014

As leader of the 1995 funky, alternative/electronic music group The Bloomdaddies, saxophonist Seamus Blake released the band's debut album Bloomdaddies (Criss Cross 1110, 1996) that included fellow reed man Chris Cheek among the personnel. Twenty-years later, after forging independent careers as sidemen, big band soloists and leaders of their own groups, on Reeds Ramble, Blake and ...

Article: Interview

Jim Beard: Serving The Music

by George Colligan
January 21, 2014

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth ] Joe Zawinul said, “Jim Beard is my favorite keyboard player besides myself." I think that's a pretty high compliment, don't you? Jim Beard has been on the scene since the 1980s with a resume that reads like a sideman's dream: ...