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Peter Erskine: Paging Dr. Um
by R.J. DeLuke
There's not much ground drummer Peter Erskine hasn't covered. He's said to have appeared on more than 600 albums. He has won two Grammys and holds an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music. He's been a part of the big bands of Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson, and has played with the ...
Frank Zappa: The Lost Broadcast - The Full Performance
by Glenn Astarita
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention The Lost Broadcast -The Full Performance Gonzo Multimedia 2016 There aren't many videos floating around of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, but The Lost Broadcast should be received with welcome arms by loyal Zappa enthusiasts and others who still have a burning ...
Doug MacDonald: Solo Plus
by Hrayr Attarian
The field of jazz guitarists seems to have exploded with variety of discs that put one sort of spin or another on the music. From Latin touches to rock and roll beats and from avant-garde dissonance to popish smoothness this releases run the range of sounds striving to be “exeptional." It is, therefore, refreshing to hear ...
Mort Weiss' E-book, "Sex And The Jazz Musician - The Hollywood Years And Beyond," Now Available
New E-Book Translates the Octogenarian Clarinetist’s Mort Report Columns from All About Jazz into an Autobiographic Series of Vignettes Complimented with Music and Video Sex and the Jazz Musician—The Hollywood Years and Beyond, an intriguing glimpse into the life and times of “the world's greatest unemployed jazz clarinetist," 80-year old Mort Weiss, is now available as ...
Wayne Bergeron: Full Circle
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Track and field aficionados will remember Olympic gold-medal-winning high-jumper, Dick Fosbury. Fosbury revolutionized his event by developing an unorthodox “backward flop" to hurdle the bar. No flop, for sure, but Full Circle from trumpeter Wayne Bergeron and his stellar Los Angeles teammates raise every aspect of the trumpeting and big band bar to atmospheric heights.
Gary Lucas & Jann Klose Release "Stereopticon" Online
Guitarist Gary Lucas and singer Jann Klose’s new album, Stereopticon is now out on Cosmic Trigger Records/The Orchard. This is a songwriter’s album, probably most at home with fans of AAA, indie, acoustic folk-pop/“urban Americana” music. Also active songwriters, Gary and Jann collaborated on songs over the past three years. Their friend Dan Beck, who has ...
John Carter: Echoes from Rudolph's
by AAJ Staff
Oggetto del desiderio di collezionisti e appassionati, documento centrale nell'evoluzione del disegno espressivo di John Carter, Echoes from Rudolph's, trova finalmente una sua diffusione in CD grazie alla NoBusiness. Alle tracce del vinile originale, realizzato in un numero limitato di copie su etichetta Ibedon nel 1976, si aggiunge qui un secondo disco registrato ...
Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker Performs At The Blue Note Sunday Brunch January 17, 2016 In Connection With JazzConnect & APAP Conferences In New York
Allison Adams Tucker, the California-based multi-lingual jazz vocalist, will perform at the Blue Note Sunday Brunch in New York City on January 17, 2016 for two sets at 11:30am & 1:30pm. Tucker will be previewing selections from her upcoming album WANDERlust, as well as presenting a program of Brazilian-infused jazz tunes that she sings in six ...
Jon Armstrong Jazz Orchestra: Farewell
by Dave Wayne
I am beginning to wonder if every jazz musician has, in some dark corner of their psyche, a suppressed ambition to lead a big band. Economically unfeasible, logistically impossible--but artistically gratifying--a big band is perhaps the ultimate way to make manifest one's greatest musical ambitions. You get to conduct, pick your own solos, compose and arrange ...
Guitar Virtuoso Micha Schellhaas Releases Full-length Debut Album Featuring Supertramp's Carl Verheyen And Drum Legend Chad Wackerman
Much to the excitement of guitarists worldwide, guitar virtuoso Micha Schellhaas has released his full-length debut album Double Take. The album features Supertramp guitar legend Carl Verheyen and drummer Chad Wackerman, who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth. Says Micha, “Double Take, my first full length release, reflects my relationship ...
