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High Octane Free Improv: Adam Caine Trio & Vinny Golia/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter
by Clifford Allen
History paints an image of high energy rock music and free improvisation as having very little to do with one another--which isn't surprising considering the fact that heavily-amplified rock power trios were marketed as improvisation-heavy blues for mostly white audiences (giving saxophonist Albert Ayler short shrift). When jazz musicians like drummer Tony Williams and guitarist John ...
John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension to Release Its New Album to the One on April 20, 2010
(New York, NY) - Fiery yet disarmingly open-hearted, the new album from John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension, To The One, bravely takes on the artistic and spiritual challenges first offered by Coltrane's jazz masterpiece A Love Supreme, while making extensive use of the pioneering musical and technical vocabulary that McLaughlin has honed since the beginning ...
Take Five With Thomas McElroy
by AAJ Staff
Meet Thomas McElroy:Started playing at the age of 16 with classical lessons. Studied at Cornish Institute from 1979-1981. Left Cornish to go on the road. Moved to Dallas Texas and gigged with James Clay Marshall Ivery and Red Garland. Moved back to Seattle and have worked with everyone in town at one point or ...
Take Five With Frank Barton
by AAJ Staff
Meet Frank Barton:Active in music since the 1980s, Frank is currently recording and playing music in Hawaii. In 2009, he recorded “Kodiak Shoreline" in Alaska- a collection of original instrumental compositions. He is the electric guitarist for the New York based band Funky Blue Muskrats--playing a mix of original material and songs by artists ...
Take Five With Rolando Grooscors
by AAJ Staff
Meet Rolando Grooscors: Guitarist Rolando Grooscors is a rare find on today's jazz/world music scene, a unique voice that strengthens and expands the jazz idiom with sensitivity,clarity, and uncompromising integrity, Rolando's warm,expressive tones and impeccable phrasing have been delighting audiences wherever he goes. The 2 times latin grammy nominee Rolando Grooscors was born in Caracas, Venezuela. ...
Eberhard Weber: Colours
by John Kelman
As the jazz-rock fusion movement gained ground from its early years in the late 1960s through its glory days in the early-to-mid-1970s—blending the more sophisticated harmonies of jazz with rock music's rhythmic power and high volume—all too often it was about muscular chops and complex writing for the sake of it. Little attention was paid to ...
Chick Corea / John McLaughlin: Five Peace Band Live
by Chris Kompanek
From the psychedelic cover art to the expansive and innovative playing, Five Peace Band Live is a throwback to the great live albums Miles Davis made in the late-1960s-1970s, with some of the same musicians. Chick Corea and John McLaughlin actually met in 1969 during the recording sessions that would become the classic fusion albums In ...
Mads Tolling: The Playmaker
by Woodrow Wilkins
Former wide receiver Michael Irvin earned his nickname, “The Playmaker," for his leadership and performance with the Dallas Cowboys. Violinist Mads Tolling honors several others whose play-making proficiency has helped their teams, whether in the athletic arena or on the stage. A two-time Grammy Award-winner, Tolling is a native of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: John McLaughlin
All About Jazz is celebrating John McLaughlin's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with the electric group of Miles Davis in the late 1960s... more
Peter Bernstein
by Andrey Henkin
Last month, Peter Bernstein arrived at Smalls, armed with his guitar and a small amp, to play an intimate solo gig. The crowd was a good one for an early evening set on a Wednesday and was bolstered by the presence of legendary trombonist Roswell Rudd. As the Yankees were winning the World Series a borough ...
