Results for "Mark Egan"

Steve Shapiro: Plan To Be Spontaneous

by Dan Bilawsky
January 21, 2023

With mallets at the fore, a solid set of originals on the program and a strong cast in the mix, vibraphonist Steve Shapiro's musical voice and vision is clear-- and really something to hear--across this seven-song set. Working under the banner of a perfectly paradoxical title, he makes his mark from a number of angles--those of ...

Plan To Be Spontaneous

By Steve Shapiro

Label: Solidtone Recordings
Released: 2022

Powerful music from John McLaughlin, Chick Corea and Dave Douglas

by Len Davis
August 14, 2022

Retrospective of the the years 2000-2010 including John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, fretless bassist Mark Egan, trumpeter Dave Douglas, Chris Poland and OHM and CAB. Playlist John McLaughlin “Recovery" from To The One (Abstract Logix) 00:00 Wallace Roney “Miles Runs The Voodoo Down" from Miles From India (Times Square) 08:34 Mark Egan “Three Way Mirror" ...

The Gil Evans Orchestra: Live At Fabrik

by Ian Patterson
May 27, 2022

By the time Gil Evans led the Gil Evans Orchestra at the Hamburg Jazz Festival in 1986, it had been holding down the Monday night slot at Sweet Basil for the previous three years. The majority of the GEO's regular musicians were with him for this performance at Fabrik, a 19th century machine-parts factory converted into ...

Phase Dancing: Gottlieb, Wertico, Sanchez—The Art of Drumming in the Pat Metheny Group

by Joseph Vella
March 24, 2022

It was 1978 when I first heard “Phase Dance" on Bay Area jazz station KJAZ from a new band called the Pat Metheny Group (PMG). The music didn't just blow me away, it also spoke to me on such a deep level. Little did I know, it would stay with me forever. What the PMG did ...

Pat Metheny Group

Active since: 1977

The Pat Metheny Group (PMG) was an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 by guitarist and composer {{m: Pat Metheny = 9350}} along with his core collaborating member keyboardist and composer {{m: Lyle Mays = 9197}}. Other long-standing members included bassist and producer {{m: Steve Rodby = 51735}} (1981 to 2010) who replaced original bassist {{m: Mark Egan = 13882}}, and drummer {{m: Paul Wertico = 13447}} (1983 to 2001) who replaced original drummer {{m: Danny Gottlieb = 7141}}, after which {{m: Antonio Sanchez = 15301}} became the drummer (2002 to 2010). Argentine vocalist {{m: Pedro Aznar = 136739}} was also a long-time member, performing with the group from 1984 to 1993. In addition to a core quartet, the group was often joined by a variety of other instrumentalists expanding the size to six or eight musicians, including award-winning Brazilian percussionist and vocalist {{m: Nana Vasconcelos = 11030}}. The group won 11 Grammy awards for Best Jazz Fusion & Contemporary Jazz before disbanding in 2010. In fact, PMG is the only ensemble in history to win seven consecutive Grammy awards for seven consecutive releases.

In 1977, bassist Mark Egan joined Metheny, Mays, and Gottlieb to form the Pat Metheny Group. ECM released the album Pat Metheny Group in 1978 with songs co-written by Metheny and Mays. Pat Metheny Group marked Mays' first use of the Oberheim synthesizer, which became an integral part of the Group's sound. Their 1979 album, American Garage, and 1982's Offramp both reached No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz LPs chart. 

Imaginary Road

By Reza Khan

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Waiting for the Sky; Neo Funk; I See Stars; La Liaison; Midnight Runner; Broken River; Seven Miles Road; It’s Happening; Somewhere East; Imaginary Road.

Cartoon Bebop

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Cartoon Bebop; Mistruda; Day Ride; I'm All Smiles; Got A Match; Driftin'; Wood Dance; When I Look In You Eyes; Duende; Infant Eyes; A Day Tripper's Blues Buffet.

Waiting for the Sky

May 4, 2021

Album: Imaginary Road
By Reza Khan
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Duration: 3:45

A Random Selection Of The Best New Releases Of 2020, Part 1

by Len Davis
January 5, 2021

Best new releases of 2020. Playlist Soft Machine “The Tale of Taliesen" from Live at Baked Potato (Moonjune) 00:00 Raoul Bjorkenheim “Saturn" from Solar Winds (Long Song) 05:54 The Backstage “Isolation" from Isolation (Reingold) 11:40 Scott Jones “Floki's Shipyard" from Fictional Characters (Self Produced) 17:34 Gavin Harrison / Antoine Fafard “Transmutation Cycle" from Chemical ...