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How John Coltrane Changed Rock Music: Santana

by Kyle Simpler
August 18, 2026

When the Santana band first started in the San Francisco area in the late 60s, hardly anyone outside of the Bay Area was familiar with the group. This changed after their performance at the Woodstock festival in 1969. Seemingly overnight, everyone knew about Santana, and the band, under the leadership of its namesake, Carlos Santana has since ...

Tony Williams Lifetime: Tony Williams Lifetime Emergency! Reference: With John McLaughlin & Larry Young

by Glenn Astarita
August 11, 2026

Tony Williams was barely twenty-three when he put the Lifetime trio together in 1969, only five years past his stint as the engine of the Miles Davis Quintet. Emergency!, the group's sprawling doublealbum debut, paired Williams with organist Larry Young and a littleknown British guitarist named John McLaughlin, and the record still stands as one of ...

Cindy Blackman Santana: Coherence

by Kyle Simpler
July 29, 2026

Some musicians communicate their passion almost before they ever play a note, and drummer Cindy Blackman Santana is one of them. Whether performing jazz, rock, soul, or world music, she approaches each style with the conviction that music ultimately transcends categories. Coherence is possibly her clearest statement of that philosophy. Blackman Santana's broad musical ...

James Wengrow: Emissary

by Max Kutner
July 10, 2026

On Emissary, his debut as a bandleader, guitarist and composer James Wengrow unleashes a collection of angular micro-symphonies that inhabit an abstract space while remaining meticulously detailed. Joined by a pair of brilliantly adept and aesthetically flexible musicians in bassist Mathias Højgaard Jensen and drummer James Paul Nadien, Crypsis trio can thoroughly explore, develop and present Wengrow's labyrinthine ideas ...

Santana at Red Rocks

by Geoff Anderson
June 7, 2026

Santana Red Rocks Amphitheatre Denver, CO May 27, 2026  Santana, the man, the band. The line between the two has always been blurry. Now, it seems, it has been completely erased. Carlos Santana brought his ten-piece band to Red Rocks in late May as part of the “Oneness Tour." Wednesday's show, the first of ...

Gary Husband: Celestial Terrestrial Commuters

by Mike Jacobs
June 7, 2026

Simon Phillips, Elvind Aarset, Anthony Garone,Tigran Hamaysan John McLaughlin

by Len Davis
June 7, 2026

We open the show with an epic piece from Simon Phillips, followed by the boundary-pushing soundscapes of Norwegian guitarist Elvind Aarset. Anthony Garone returns with his signature odd-metered rock fusion, while drummer Jason Kruk teams up with bassist Michael League for a compelling musical journey. We'll also hear electronic jazz textures from Claudio Scolari. Armenian pianist ...

Miles Davis At 100: A Global Perspective

by Ian Patterson
May 26, 2026

Miles Davis' centenary has arrived. The second century begins. What changes jazz has undergone in the 100 years since Miles Dewey Davis was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926! Davis was all about change, evolution, growth, and reinvention.  A driving force behind many of the changes in direction jazz took during his ...

Jazz Classics from the '80s and '90s including Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, and others; new music from Gregory Hutchinson, Eliane Elias, and more

by David W. Daniels
May 26, 2026

In addition to the artists named in the title, classic '80s and '90s jazz is featured by Wallace Roney, Joe Lovano, and others. New jazz fusion from Brooklyn Funk Essentials and the UK band Knat is included. Birthday recognition given for Ralph Peterson, Cecil McBee, Tom Scott, and others.Playlist Chick Corea “Puccini's Walk" from ...

The Dam Jawn featuring Jeremy Pelt: Triphasic

by Artur Moral
May 15, 2026

Philadelphians know 'jawn' well--a term embedded in their local slang that is not easily grasped by the uninitiated. So what are Joan Fort and Martin Diaz (two Catalans), Philip Lewin (a German), and Nitin Parree and Frank Groenendijk (two Dutch men) doing forming a band whose name fuses that Philly word with a wink at the ...