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Article: Album Review

Makaya McCraven: In The Moment

Read "In The Moment" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 15, 2015

Somewhere in heaven Miles smiles, Miles Davis that is. Beside him, listening to In The Moment by drummer, mixmaster, and organizer Makaya McCraven is Teo Macero. Both men would have given the nod to this project that culled 73 minutes of music from 48 hours of live performance, recorded over a year of performance with an ...

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Article: Live Review

Marcus Miller at Yoshi's Oakland

by Walter Atkins
June 14, 2015

Marcus Miller Yoshi's Oakland Oakland CA June 5, 2015 Multi GRAMMY winner and UNESCO Artist for Peace Marcus Miller played five sold out shows with his band over the weekend at Yoshi's Oakland. The set featured songs from his new album Afrodeezia (Blue Note Records) that paid homage to the African ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Jeff Oster

by AAJ Staff
June 12, 2015

About Jeff Oster: Jeff is one of the few trumpet / flugelhorn artists working in ambient terrain. His music will take you through chilled and dramatic soundscapes, led by the silken sound of his horn. Three of his albums, Released, True, and Surrender have been voted as ZMR Album of the Year by broadcasters ...

Article: Interview

Steve Gadd: Consummate Drummer

by R.J. DeLuke
June 8, 2015

It might be easier to list who drummer Steve Gadd hasn't played with since he got a pair of drum sticks at the age of three at his home near Rochester, NY, right up to the age of 70, where this year his tour of duty includes Eric Clapton, James Taylor and his own band. Gadd ...

Article: Album Review

Last Exit: Iron Path

Read "Iron Path" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 8, 2015

In saxophonist Peter Brötzmann's interview memoir We Thought We Could Change The World (Wolke Verlag Hofheim, 2014) he spoke about meeting Sonny Sharrock in Berlin 1969, when the guitarist was working for Herbie Mann. Brotzmann never forgot the meeting, and when bassist Bill Laswell conceived the idea of Last Exit in the mid-1980s, Sharrock was on ...

Article: Interview

Jon Batiste: Staying Human

by Bob Kenselaar
June 7, 2015

Jon Batiste was named the bandleader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (related news). This interview was originally published in January 2013. Nearly everything about Jonathan Batiste is steeped in New Orleans--from the way he talks, walks, and claps his hands to the way he plays the piano, composes, and leads his Stay ...

Article: Interview

Daniel Schnyder: The Anatomy of an Opera: Charlie Parker’s Yardbird Suite

by Victor L. Schermer
June 3, 2015

Saxophonist Charlie Parker revolutionized the world of music with his legendary approach to jazz. Unfortunately, his life was much too short and filled with tragedy. In 1955, Parker died at the age of 34 from excessive drug use. He died in the apartment of the Baroness Nica von Koenigswarter in New York City, but ironically his ...

Article: Film Review

The Time Capsule: Live At The Palace Of Arts Budapest

by Dan Bilawsky
June 3, 2015

Endre-eNerd The Time Capsule: Live at the Palace of Arts Budapest Hunnia Records & Film Production 2014 The Time Capsule is one incredibly detailed production. Drummer Endre Huszar--a.k.a. Endre-eNerd--spared no expense in capturing every aspect of this live performance that took place at the Joe Zawinul Memorial Day at the ...

News: Music Industry

Miles on Monday: An update from the Miles Davis Memorial Project, vinyl reissue news, and more

June 1, 2015

This week for “Miles on Monday," another progress report from the Miles Davis Memorial Project, plus some other recent Davis-related news: A new version of the official Miles Davis website, revamped in both appearance and content, debuted last week with “stunning photos, special sections curated by the Miles Davis estate, and many other new features." In ...

News: Video / DVD

Weekend Extra: Steps Ahead, Still Ahead

May 31, 2015

The modern jazz sub-genre called jazz fusion emerged in the 1960s, attracted a wide audience and received extensive radio air play through the second half of the twentieth century. The music combined elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, rock, funk and, often, time signatures that were challenging for both musicians and listeners. Fusion came in for ...