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Ralph Peterson: Music Teaches You Life
by George Colligan
[Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] I was recently in Athens, as part of my tour with Jack DeJohnette. Shortly after arriving, I'm sitting in my hotel room, and I get an unexpected call. “Colligan!" “Uh...yes?" And then I hear one of my obscure compositions, “Reaction," being sung ...
Mark Murdock: Cymbalic Encounters
by Glenn Astarita
Drummer, keyboardist and vocalist Mark Murdock's Cymbalic Encounters features eminent progressive-rock unit Brand X alumni, guitarist John Goodsall, bassist Percy Jones, and drummer Kenwood Dennard along with legendary jazz-fusion keyboardist David Sancious and other guests. Murdock shines as a renaissance man and offers a diversified set, highlighted by the largely memorable compositions and aided by a ...
David Fiuczynski: In the In Between
by Daniel Lehner
The most recent compositional premiere by guitarist David Fiucyznski has a title that almost manages to sum up his entire sphere of influence. “Flam! Pan-Asian Microjam for J Dilla and Olivier Messiaen" premiered at Berklee College of Music in 2012 and was inspired by a geographically and temporally enormous range of styles. Fiuczynski describes the piece ...
Miles Evans: Two-Part Harmony
by Melanie Futorian
Trumpeter Miles Evans, like saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, has faced the plus/minus of being the son of a jazz icon--in this case, legendary composer/arranger/bandleader Gil Evans. But if Ravi's exposure to his father was cut short by the saxophonist's too-early demise in 1967, just shy of the youngster's second birthday, Miles had the opportunity to grow up ...
Don Alias and Jaco Pastorious
by Melanie Futorian
[Author's Note: This marks the last article in the four-part series for Cymbalism, a tribute to the great percussionist and my companion, Don Alias. Please look for the forthcoming photo book on Amazon.com, Don Alias: The Moments We Spent. As well, keep an eye out for my upcoming for All About Jazz interviews with David Sanborn, ...
Montreal Jazz Festival 2011
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4- 6 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montreal, Canada June 25- July 4, 2011After a hiatus in 2010, in order to take a three-week Norwegian road trip, it's great to get back to the festival that the Guinness Book of Records calls “The biggest ...
Jacofest: Dennard's Tribute to Pastorius
by Timothy J. O'Keefe
Kenwood Dennard: Jacofest Regattabar Boston, MA March 13, 2009 Twelve musicians packed the Regattabar stage on Friday, March 13, 2009: Six horns, drummer, percussionist, keyboard, bass--even an EWI (electronic wind instrument). The reason? Jacofest! Jaco Pastorius is an iconic jazz figure. Widely considered one of the most influential bassists ...
Robin Eubanks & EB3: Live Vol. 1
by John Kelman
While ongoing developments in the area of technology have made it possible for artists to create a big band sound on a small band budget, you'd be hard pressed to find a group integrating it as seamlessly and interactively as trombonist Robin Eubanks' EB3 on Live Vol. 1. Thankfully Eubanks, rather than leaving listeners scratching their ...
As Above
By Club d'Elf
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2000
Track listing: 1-01 Now I Understand; 1-02 Shadow's Shift; 1-03 Actual Smiles; 1-04
Left Hand Of Clyde (Parts 1, 2 & 3); 1-05 Meet The Monster Tonight; 1-
06 Claude Raines Revisited; 1-07 Last Business (Dub); 1-08 D'empty
Dance; 1-09 So Below; 2-01 Get A Little Turning; 2-02 Intro _ Bass
Beatbox; 2-03 In A Perfect World; 2-04 Route Of The Root; 2-05 As
Above; 2-06 Beneath The Underground; 2-07 Buzz; 2-08 Taurobolium;
2-09 Trance Meeting; 2-10 Last Business; 2-11 Divine Invasion.
