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Take Five with Zvonimir Tot

by AAJ Staff
Musician Zvonimir Tot: Zvonimir Tot (z-VON-e-mere TOTE) is a Chicago-based jazz guitarist, composer and arranger with a style deeply rooted in the jazz tradition but flavored by his European origin. Tot has performed in the United States, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, South Africa, and Spain. He has performed and/or ...
A Welcome Guest: On 'Just Passing Thru' Miles Donahue Makes Himself Comfortable

Miles Donahue’s latest album, coming on the heels of The Bug (Whaling City Sound, 2017), Just Passing Thru is large in scope and beautiful in execution. The absurdly talented player, vibrant on both tenor and soprano saxophones, trumpet and keyboard, shows just how broad his musical wingspan is. It certainly helps that he has an amazing ...
Master Volume

By Teymur Phell
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Zero to Sixty; Papano Kimono; Old Window; Master Volume; Worth the Wait; Unfinished Business;
Hayvanhana; Sweet Sweep; Chances Are; Blues for Who?.
EHA Paris Rio New York

Label: Kwazil/Plaza Mayor Company Serg 250
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1984(Fanfare); Mars; Missie Didie; Nuits Magnétiques; 1984(Funky Cover); 2 Stars in my Skies; Celeste A; Toronto
Layover; Dudatjo; Plain
Dance; Queen of my Nights.
Stories

By Tom Kennedy
Label: Autumn Hill Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Hurry Up!; Elements; The '70s; Stories; Don't Forget Your Jacket; A Simple Song; Altitude; BB's Blues.
Ada Rovatti: Big Sax, Big Heart, Big Shoes

by Jim Worsley
From a small town in Italy to bright lights around the world, saxophonist Ada Rovatti boldly stepped into the big shoes of the late and legendary saxophonist Michael Brecker several years ago. She didn't fill them. No one could. Instead she has snugged up inside them and found her own way of expressing Brecker's music. Married ...
Latin Jazz Fusion and more

by Len Davis
Latin jazz fusion and much more. Playlist Dave Weckl Band Tiempo de Festival" from Live and very Unplugged (Stretchl) 00:00 Meddy Gerville Ter vis Bin" from Tropical Rain (dot timel) 07:14 Horacio el negro Hernandez 90, Miles from Miles" from Italuba (Timba records) 14:28 Howe-Wooten-Chambers Contigo" from Extraction (Tone Centre) 21:36 Eric Marienthal The ...
Randy Brecker: Fusion Pioneer Still Blazing The Trails

by Jim Worsley
One of the greatest musicians of the past half century, Randy Brecker, continues to impress with his compositions, his playing, and his endurance. The famed trumpeter has released no less than eight records over the past couple of years! They are all unique on to themselves with only Brecker's familiar and sweet sound in common. That ...
Chick Corea, Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Brand X and More

by Len Davis
This week we explore the world of classic '70s fusion, '90s electric guitar jazz after opening with Isolation, an album recorded during these lockdown months. Playlist The Backstage Some Skunk Blues" from Isolation (Reingold Records) 00:00 Chick Corea Night Sprite" from The Leprechaun (Verve) 08:23 Weather Report Black Market" from Black Market (Columbia) 16:46 ...
Rocco Prestia, Mark Egan, John McLaughlin & More

by Len Davis
This week we open paying tribute to the late Rocco Prestia, bassist with Tower of Power. We then focus on the latest release by another reference bassist, Mark Egan. Enjoy the music! Playlist John McLaughlin Dear Dalai Lama" Industrial Zen (Verve Records) 0:00:28 Chick Corea Flight from Karoof pt 1" The ultimate ...