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News: Event

Allan Holdsworth's Re-Issues Release Party April 4 In Venice, CA

March 15, 2017

Manifesto Records is presenting a special record release party for Allan Holdsworth on Tuesday, April 4, at 8:30 PM, at the Del Monte Speakeasy in the Townhouse Venice. Townhouse Venice is at 52 Windward Ave., in Venice Opening is Cameron Morgan This is a 21 and over show Admission is ...

Article: Album Review

Tim Armacost: Time Being

Read "Time Being" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
March 12, 2017

Tim Armacost may not be the most well-known jazz musician on the planet but he's certainly one of the best. His early life was spent in Tokyo, and Washington, then moving to Los Angeles at the age of 18. He travelled to Amsterdam and India where, in the spirit of The Beatles and John McLaughlin he ...

Article: Album Review

Cameron Graves: Planetary Prince

Read "Planetary Prince" reviewed by Christopher Hoard

by Christopher Hoard
March 11, 2017

Cameron Graves' debut recording, Planetary Prince (Mack Avenue) is an original and refreshing “piano jazz" outing. It's horn sextet dynamics provide familiar entry points and references into the musical sphere Graves inhabits as composer, arranger, and performer, but the extreme energy levels and sophisticated ensemble dynamics confidently echo the great bands of the jazz-rock era; perhaps ...

Article: Top Ten List

Top Ten Jazz Tracks for Surf Music

by Alan Bryson
March 1, 2017

The notion of jazz as surf music seems absurd at first blush, but it can work surprisingly well. Some time ago I learned this by happenstance while listening to an album by fusion guitarist Alex Machacek as I watched surf videos on YouTube. It was a true “ah ha" moment. Compared to the original soundtrack, Alex's ...

Article: Jazz Raconteurs

Larry Coryell: Free Spirit and Pioneer

by Steve Khan
February 28, 2017

Not too long ago, I learned that sadly, one of my great inspirations, guitarist Larry Coryell had passed away here in New York on February 19th, 2017. Somewhere around 1968, I remember being in college at U.C.L.A. and going several times to see Larry play as part of the visionary Gary Burton Quartet. Usually they played ...

Article: Album Review

Mahavishnu Orchestra: Apocalypse

Read "Apocalypse" reviewed by Julian Derry

by Julian Derry
February 26, 2017

Well, there's not much to say about the new release of Apocalypse. Well, not as much as many Mahavishnu fans had hoped; rumours of a long awaited and much needed remastering of this legendary album, making the rounds of the mailing lists were alas, premature. So what is this CD? Answer: it's the exact same, level-for-level ...

Article: Rediscovery

Five Classic ECM Titles in High Res

by John Kelman
January 31, 2017

If ever there were a label that deserved to have its catalog released in a high resolution format, it's Munich's ECM Records. Since its inception in 1969, the multiple award-winning record label headed by producer Manfred Eicher has truly redefined how, initially, jazz and improvised music recordings could--and, at least for some, perhaps should--sound. Attention to ...

Article: Album Review

Mings And Craig: Day By Day

Read "Day By Day" reviewed by Rob Rosenblum

by Rob Rosenblum
January 16, 2017

Day By Day by the group Mings and Craig consisting of guitarists Monty Craig and Jim Mings is a quiet and unassuming guitar CD by two good friends and respected musicians from the north western part of South Carolina area near Greenville. Both musicians are educators and long time friends. Craig teaches at Clemson ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John McLaughlin

January 4, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating John McLaughlin's birthday today! John McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitarist from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with the electric group of Miles Davis in the late 1960s, and with other well- known players such as Chick Corea and Tony Williams. Before moving to ...

Article: Out and About: The Super Fans

Meet Luis Torregrosa

by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
January 3, 2017

Dr. Luis Torregrosa has been a Super Fan for as long as he can remember; you could even say his love of music is no less than a calling. Based in Trenton, MI (our first Super Fan outside of New York!), Luis has spent the last 45 years of his life not only enjoying the music ...