Results for "Jimmy Johnson"

Five From Four

by Mike Jacobs
February 3, 2021

Welcome to the inaugural edition of BackTracks, where we look back at some notable albums that were somehow absent from All About Jazz's extensive 50,000 plus review archive (or are just plain worthy of another look). For the first installment we have five guitar-led projects from four artists that somehow got by us (but needn't get ...

More Guitar Stories

By Kimo West

Label: Westernmost Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Mele Ahiahi-Evening Song; Windward; Birimintingo; Paniolo Starlight; Tin Roof Shing-A-Ling; Moonbow; Green Islands; The Lydian Sea; Sugar Cane Blues; Soul Motion.

Jim Kimo West: More Guitar Stories

by Mark Sullivan
September 10, 2020

Guitarist Jim Kimo West (aka Jim West) is probably best known as the guitarist in musical satirist “Weird Al" Yankovic's band. Anyone familiar with Yankovic's music knows that is an eclectic gig, but West is even more eclectic on his own. He jokingly describes this album--a sequel to Guitar Stories: Slack Key & Beyond (Westernmost Records, ...

Jimmy Haslip: Amperes Beyond the BASSics, Part 2

by Jim Worsley
February 24, 2020

In case you missed it, Part One of my conversation with Jimmy Haslip covered a lot of ground and had a few good laughs along the way. Although we talked about the Yellowjackets, we delved more deeply into why and how he parted ways with the band some eight years ago. Haslip has been producing records ...

Jimmy Johnson

Born: January 20, 1930

Jimmy Haslip: Amperes Beyond The BASSics, Part 1

by Jim Worsley
February 5, 2020

The name Jimmy Haslip needs no introduction. So, he doesn't get one. Seriously, we had a lot of ground to cover and he had so many great stories and interesting asides to share that we are breaking the interview into two parts as it is. So, without further ado... All About Jazz: I ...

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2019

by John Kelman
July 5, 2019

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Various Venues Montréal, Canada June 27 -July 1, 2019 Forty years. Not a lifetime, perhaps, but a remarkably long time for any festival to not only continue to exist but, despite increasing challenges, to thrive. An even greater achievement when it's the Festival International de ...

Allan Holdsworth: Live in Japan 1984

by John Kelman
February 9, 2019

The loss of Allan Holdsworth in the spring of 2017 remains the passing of one of the most distinctive and innovative guitarists of the past half century. Born in the U.K in 1946, but moving to the U.S.A. in the early '80s, most who are familiar with Holdsworth's work also know how vastly influential he became, ...

Jerry Wexler e Aretha Franklin: quando la Soul Music conquistò il pianeta

by Angelo Leonardi
October 8, 2018

Nei giorni successivi il 16 agosto, tutti i media del mondo hanno commentato la morte di Aretha Franklin, la straordinaria soul singer e una delle massime voci del Novecento. Una scomparsa avvenuta in singolare coincidenza di quella di Jerry Wexler dieci anni prima. Il 15 agosto 2008 se n'era andato quel produttore dell'Atlantic Records che fece ...

Michael Landau: The Guitarist's Guitarist

by Jim Worsley
May 13, 2018

"He is the best guitarist in the world," states guitarist and Grammy winner Steve Lukather. Indeed, Michael Landau is an important figure in the modern era and one of the most widely respected guitar players on the planet. Landau made his mark as an A list session player in the '80s and '90s. He ...