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Article: Book Review

Bathed in Lightning: John McLaughlin, the 60s and the Emerald Beyond

Read "Bathed in Lightning: John McLaughlin, the 60s and the Emerald Beyond" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini


Bathed in Lightning: John McLaughlin, the 60s and the Emerald Beyond Colin Harper Jawbone 512 pagine ISBN: 978-1-908279-51-4 2014 Questa biografia del famoso chitarrista John McLaughlin, scritta dal giornalista inglese Colin Harper, è uno dei migliori lavori che ci è capitato di leggere negli ultimi anni. Un lavoro ...

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Article: Album Review

Alex Pinto & All India Permit: All India Permit

Read "All India Permit" reviewed by Dave Wayne


The recipient of a Fulbright / Nehru Scholarship, guitarist and composer Alex Pinto chose to study and teach for a year at the Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music (SAM) in Tamil Nadu, India. The Seattle native quickly made his way into the burgeoning Indian jazz scene, gathering New Delhi-based drummer Tarun Balani and bassist Abhinav Khokhar to ...

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Article: Album Review

Anthony Pirog: Palo Colorado Dream

Read "Palo Colorado Dream" reviewed by Jeffrey Uhrich


Guitarist Anthony Pirog fearlessly pushes boundaries with his provocative debut album, Palo Colorado Dream. Pirog's unabashed and inventive use of effects and loops, in combination with his dazzling knowledge of the various sounds his guitar is capable of creating, draws the listener into his own unique and expressive musical world. Palo Colorado Dream is not for ...

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Article: Talking 2 Musicians

McLaughlin, Barot, & Mbappe Remember Mandolin Shrinivas

Read "McLaughlin, Barot, & Mbappe Remember Mandolin Shrinivas" reviewed by Alan Bryson


Uppalapu Shrinivas, best known as Mandolin Shrinivas, was born in 1969 in southeast India. At a very young age his affinity for the mandolin and his precocious musical talent was recognized by his father who placed him under the tutelage of an instructor in the carnatic school of Indian classical music. By the time he was ...

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Article: Album Review

Azure: Hiptronics

Read "Hiptronics" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Such is the musical shift between Azure's When She Smiles (Azuremusic, 2009) and Hiptronics that they sound like different bands; effectively, they are. The main songwriter, classically influenced pianist Pierre-Francois Blanchard has been replaced by keyboardist Federico Solazzo and only co-founder, guitarist Rogier Schneemann remains from the original group, which has grown to a quintet with ...

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Article: Album Review

Pete Roth Band: Circus In The Sky

Read "Circus In The Sky" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


It's virtually impossible for any contemporary musician to have emerged in isolation--to have developed a style or technique unaffected by those who have gone before. Guitarist Pete Roth is no exception--the press release name checks John McLaughlin, Jonathan Kreisberg and John Scofield as contributing to the German-born, London-based player's approach to his chosen instrument. On Circus ...

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Article: Live Review

Miles Electric Band at SFJAZZ

Read "Miles Electric Band at SFJAZZ" reviewed by Harry S. Pariser


Miles Electric Band SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA August 23, 2014 “This is not a ghost band--just a great group of musicians who loved playing with Miles and had admiration for the Chief." --Miles Electric Band leader Vincent Wilburn, Jr. Many who first became interested in jazz in the ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Hiromi: Alive

Read "Hiromi: Alive" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


If jazz has become a niche market in the music industry (and it is), a contributing factor for its slide into cultural irrelevance is a failure to promote and support new artists. No matter what sub-genre of jazz you personally love, across the board there is no sustained effort to develop a roster of first-tier talent ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Chick Corea Trio: Trilogy

Read "Chick Corea Trio: Trilogy" reviewed by John Kelman


Remember when CDs were so expensive to make that record companies would release double albums and remove a track or two, just so that it could fit on a single CD? Well, there may be many negatives about the state of the music industry today---despite this being a time when so much music is being made ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Mark Egan

Read "Take Five With Mark Egan" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Mark Egan:Over the past 30 years, Mark Egan's ability to groove, perfectly complement the music in any situation and solo expressively has made him one of the most in-demand bass players on the international music scene. While racking up credits with the likes of the Pat Metheny Group, saxophonists Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman, Stan ...


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