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Stryker/Slagle Band Hits Pittburgh's North Side
by Matt Merewitz
If you haven’t heard an alto-guitar collaboration lately, be sure to check out The Stryker/Slagle Band, a self-titled album and the band’s most recent release, on the independent Khaeon label. The band headed out on tour recently with stops in Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. I caught them on the second night of a ...
Bob Long Trio: Straight Roads
by Matt Merewitz
It’s reassuring to hear groups making new strides and attracting new audiences in our cities and communities, one such group being the Bob Long Trio. Straight Roads, the group's first release as a trio on Illinois’ Cellar Records, is an affirmation of the joy, struggle, loneliness and companionship of working jazz artists. With ...
Latin Jazz All-Stars Take Blues Alley by Storm
by Matt Merewitz
Every year Blues Alley brings some of the hippest cats to town of whom very few are in the know. Saturday August 2nd, around 10:15 PM, drenched in sweat and anxiously awaiting the beginning of the second set at the storied DC nightspot, I began my notes on “The Latin Jazz All-Stars,” which consists of a ...
Dave Weckl Band Kicks Off Tour in D.C.
by Matt Merewitz
Fresh off a summer reunion tour through Europe with Chick Corea’s Elektric Band, master drummer-percussionist Dave Weckl is not resting on his laurels. The busy Yamaha clinician kicked off an East Coast tour September 29 and 30 to plug his latest live album at Washington D.C.’s Blues Alley Supper Club. Fronting a band of ...
Bob Long: Straight Roads
by Matt Merewitz
It’s reassuring to hear groups making new strides and attracting new audiences in our cities and communities, one such group being the Bob Long Trio. Straight Roads, their first release as a trio on Illinois’ Cellar Records, is an affirmation of joy, struggle, loneliness and companionship as working jazz artists. With a modern approach and not-totally-electric, ...
Royce Campbell: A Tribute to Charlie Byrd
by Matt Merewitz
Jazz guitarists have a strong bond since they share a rare commitment to the mastery of the instrument’s place within that context (as opposed to other “more popular" styles). In a century when guitar became the most widely heard and played instrument--in non-jazz settings--jazz guitarists’ dedication to their trade is admirable because they represent a handful ...
