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The Complete Arista Albums Collection
by John Kelman
When fusion first emerged in the late 1960s/early '70s with artists like trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Chick Corea and guitarist John McLaughlin, the emphasis was on guitar and keyboard heavy lineups like Return to Forever and Mahavishnu Orchestra, with an equally strong predilection for the intensity and volume of rock and a kind of thundering funk ...
Marcus Miller: Renaissance
by John Kelman
Some things change, other things stay the same. Marcus Miller--producer and performer with everyone from soul singer Luther Vandross and pianist Herbie Hancock to guitarist George Benson and Miles Davis, composing and producing the trumpeter's late period classic Tutu (Warner Bros., 1986)--has been releasing solo albums since 1983, but it was with The Sun Don't Lie ...
Marcus Miller: Renaissance Man
by Pheralyn Dove
[Editor's Note: On Sunday, November 25, 2012, All About Jazz learned that Marcus Miller sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a bus crash on the A2 highway in central Switzerland. Unfortunately, the driver was killed in the accident. Online sources report that the bus was carrying 13 people, including two drivers and the 11 members Miller's band. The ...
Marcus Miller Hurt In Swiss Bus Crash
(Reuters) - U.S. jazz musician Marcus Miller was injured on Sunday along with members of his band when their bus crashed in Switzerland, killing the driver, police said. The two-time Grammy winner was travelling with 10 members of his band from Monte Carlo in Monaco to Hengelo in the Netherlands when the bus crashed on the ...
Beishan International Jazz Festival, China, 19-20 October 2012
by Ian Patterson
Beishan International Jazz FestivalBeishan TheaterNanping Town, Zhuhai, China10-20 October, 2012Jazz festivals occupy some fairly far-flung, diverse, and oftentimes dramatic settings; from the Polar North to the volcanic mountains of East Java, from medieval European towns to the great urban metropolises of North America, from tropical Thai islands to luxury cruise ships, ...
Rich O'Brien: Hot Potato
by Bruce Lindsay
Bassist Rich O'Brien is part of the Bristol music scene-a vibrant and creative group of musicians based in and around this west of England city. O'Brien can be found at the soulful and funky end of the musical spectrum, with his debut album, Hot Potato, mixing jazz, R&B, funk and soul into an enjoyable if undemanding ...
Julian Vaughn: Breakthough
by Jeff Winbush
Within the first 30 seconds of the stomping “On Your Feet," the lead-off track on Breakthrough, it's hard not to think, “Darned if this guy doesn't sound just like Wayman Tisdale." Hopefully Julian Vaughn will take the comparison as a compliment because his “lead bass" playing style is eerily reminiscent of Tisdale, who passed away in ...
Smooth Jazz Cruising On Both Coasts
The Smooth Jazz Cruise unveils a new West Coast sailing for 2013 along with the lineup and ports for the 2014 East Coast excursion St. Louis, MO: As the perennially sold-out sailings of The Smooth Jazz Cruise: The Greatest Party at Sea prepares to launch its 10th anniversary excursions in January 2013, parent company Entertainment Cruise ...
Marcus Miller: Renaissance
by AAJ Italy Staff
Renaissance è il nuovo lavoro del bassista Marcus Miller, che torna a incidere un album in studio a quattro anni di distanza dal precedente Marcus. Una prova attesa con molta curiosità dalla critica e dalle schiere di fan che lo seguono con religioso interesse, nella quale possiamo trovare otto nuove composizioni e quattro rivisitazioni, tra le ...
Marcus Miller: Tutu Revisited [2 CD + 1 DVD]
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il bassista Marcus Miller ci propone questo album in confezione maxi che comprende due CD e un DVD registrati dal vivo a Lione, qualche giorno prima del Natale del 2009. Il tutto serve a ben documentare il tour intitolato Tutu Revisited che vuole riportare l'attenzione sull'album di Miles Davis del 1986 che aveva imposto all'attenzione del ...
