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Ivo Perelman: What A Year In Music
by Mark Corroto
There is an adage in the music world that one is damned to be a completist. Ever since performances have been captured on cylinders, records, and now digitally, music devotees have endeavored to collect entire catalogs of their favorite musicians or ensembles. Think about the obsessive hunters of 78 rpm blues records from backwoods artists of ...
Garaj Mahal, Zawinul Syndicate, Vital Information, Alex Machacek and David Binney
by Len Davis
Garaj Mahal, The Zawinul Syndicate, Vital Information, Vital Tech Tones with Scott Henderson and Improvisionwith Alex Machacek, Greg Howe, David Binney and French trumpeter Mederic Collignon with his tribute to Miles Davis.Playlist Garaj Mahal" Celtic Indian" from Live-Vol 1 (HGMN) 00:00 The Zawinul Syndicate “King Hip" from The Immigrants (Columbia) 10:10 Vital Information “The ...
Mike Stern: Echoes and Other Songs
by Neil Duggan
Echoes and Other Songs is guitarist Mike Stern's first release since the loss of pianist, friend and confidante, Jim Beard in March, 2024. Beard, perhaps best known for his association with Steely Dan, appears here as pianist, keyboardist and producer. Stern is still on the long road to recovery following a fall in 2016 that broke ...
Good Company
by Bob Osborne
The title of Art Hirahara's new release embraces the spirit of jazz. Music made in good company with musicians interacting to create something special. Two new albums from ground-breaking saxophonist Ivo Perelman reflect this approach as well with the creation of music which pushes at boundaries. Other brand new releases from 2024 make up the rest ...
Fusion: What's in a Name?
by Mike Brannon
This article was first published on All About Jazz in November 2000. When I was just starting out, playing guitar in bands as a kid, it was the Blues of Muddy Waters, Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf and then the Stones, Hendrix, Cream, Johnny Winter, Kinks, Clapton, The Who, Zepplin etc. A natural progression.
Ten Supreme Fender Rhodes Albums
by Chris May
In 1965, reeling from the impact of Motown and the Brit invasion led by the Beatles, and about to be hit by the triple whammy that was acid rock and the rebel culture that went with it, jazz was on the back foot. Its relevance as entertainment, art form and spiritual sustenance was under threat, at ...
Marcus Miller At The Meritage 2024
by Walter Atkins
The magnificent composer/bassist/producer Marcus Miller performed in front of a jubilant and full house at the luxurious Meritage Hotel & Spa in pleasantly pastoral Napa, California.The August 30, 2024 date was part of a fantastic musical weekend. His torrid set opened with an arrangement of the Dazz Band's 1982 Grammy-winning track “Let It Whip" and closed ...
Mike Stern: Echoes and Other Songs
by Doug Collette
With a running time of seventy-seven minutes plus, guitarist Mike Stern's Echoes and Other Songs is effectively a double album. And like most such expansive works--including classics like Bob Dylan's Blonde On Blonde (Columbia, 1966) and The Beatles (aka 'The White Album')(Apple, 1968)--it would benefit from consolidation of its best elements (as would a replacement of ...
Detroit Jazz Festival 2024: The Year of Alice
by Paul Rauch
Detroit Jazz Festival 2024 Hart Plaza & Campus Martius Detroit, MI August 30-September 2, 2024 An annual pilgrimage to the Detroit Jazz Festival allows a jazz fan, or in this case, a jazz journalist, to reset to an internal default setting for what this music means to us on a very ...
Chad McCullough: In These Hills, Beyond
by Dan McClenaghan
Trumpeter Chad McCullough started his recording career in Seattle at Origin Records, releasing five albums between 2009 and 2015 under his name or as a co-leader with pianist Bram Weitjers. It was a successful run that earned him the “Rising Star" tag. A move to Chicago to teach, the release of his “Best of Year" pick, ...
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