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30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival
by Matt Marshall
Hank Jones / Corea, Clarke & White Sean Jones / Dave Brubeck Quartet / Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Alfredo Rodriguez / Dennis Coffey / Wayne Shorter Quartet Chuchito Valdes / Stefon Harris & Blackout 30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan ...
Stefon Harris: Authenticity and Audacity
by R.J. DeLuke
Authenticity is a special word for vibraphone wizard Stefon Harris when it comes to his art, which springs from the tradition of jazz music, but is approached through a modern lens that takes into account the sounds and perspective of 2009. He has enough audacity--also a special word for Harris--to say it clearly, to ...
52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival
The 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival presented by Verizon will take place at the Monterey Fairgrounds, September 18 - 20, 2009 with over 500 artists performing on 9 stages for 3 nights and 2 days of the world's best jazz, spread throughout the Festival's 20 acres of magnificent grounds. The Arena/Jimmy Lyons Stage The ...
Crystal Silence: The ECM Recordings 1972-79
by John Kelman
It's a story that's been told before, but it's worth repeating. Pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton were performing individually at a 1972 Munich festival, and ended up as the only two artists at a late night jam session. While the two had attempted working together in the 1960s, it was in a quartet context ...
Stanley Clarke Trio: Jazz in the Garden
by Carl L. Hager
Stanley Clarke Trio Jazz In The Garden Heads Up International 2009 In the mid-1970s when Stanley Clarke rose to prominence playing electric bass in the powerhouse band Return To Forever, it had been his beautiful touch on acoustic bass that originally attracted the notice of the band's founder, ...
Return to Forever:Returns
By: Ron Hart Back when I was the music editor for this wannabe hipster rag out of NYC, I was told by my editor-in-chief, when pitching the idea of reviewing--if my memory serves me well--a Jaco Pastorius reissue, that, “Our magazine is serving a primarily hipster set which is into hip-hop, rock, electronica, some kitschy pop ...
Masuo: Life Is Good
by Jeff Winbush
Japanese-born/New York-based Yoshiaki Masuo is a professional and accomplished guitarist. He is not a particularly accomplished vocalist, but still chooses to sing on six of Life is Good's eleven tracks. Therein lies the potential pitfall of a self-produced album such as this. There's nobody behind the controls to suggest to Masuo that it might be better ...
Bill Connors to Join Corea, Clarke & White for September 2nd Hollywood Bowl Concert
It's official: pianist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White will be joined September 2nd by guest guitarist Bill Connors at the Hollywood Bowl kick-off gig of their fall tour. The band, now billed as Corea, Clarke & White, will also be joined by legendary violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and song stylist Chaka Khan. Inspired ...
The Allman Brothers Band: 40 Years Out
by Alan Bryson
So what do Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White have in common with Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top? All were part of the Allman Brothers Band's three-week musical extravaganza at New York City's Beacon Theater celebrating the band's 40th anniversary. This year's list of surprise guests also included ...
Return To Forever: Returns - Live at Montreux 2008
by John Kelman
Return to Forever Returns: Live at Montreux 2008 Eagle Eye Media 2009 With one of the most successful tours of 2008 behind it--and the two-CD set Returns (Eagle Records, 2009) released to document the event--the reunion of fusion powerhouse Return to Forever-- keyboardist Chick Corea, guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley ...
