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Article: Jazz Raconteurs

As Dizzy's World Turns

by Michael Bourne
January 5, 2017

Master raconteur, award winning jazz broadcaster and Downbeat contributor, Michael Bourne recounts a series of remarkable stories about Dizzy Gillespie based on experiences that stretch over a couple of decades. Embodying Bobop I happened to be at home in St. Louis when Dizzy Gillespie was playing at this new jazz joint near ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Blues Spotlight: Robert Finley / Donald Jay Johnson And Gas Blues Band / The King Brothers

by James Nadal
November 19, 2016

The blues is an essential element in American music, and continues to thrive, with new releases and artists coming out on a regular basis. The three artists spotlighted here are all experienced musicians, and have a genuine affinity for the blues, as it is their inherent music. While one makes his stunning recording debut, the other ...

Article: Film Review

Live in Sweden 1987

by Maurizio Comandini
November 2, 2016

Johnny Winter Live in Sweden 1987 MVD Visual 2016 * * * * C'era la neve a Stoccolma, a gennaio del 1987. E questa non è certo una novità. Ma nella capitale svedese c'erano anche Johnny Winter e il suo trio, senza dimenticare che a sorpresa era stato coinvolto per ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Buddy Guy: Can't Quit The Blues

by Doug Collette
September 3, 2016

The absolutely splendid Buddy Guy box set Can't Quit the Blues is worth (re)visiting on a number of fronts, the most immediate of which is that this icon of the blues has once again elevated his contemporary profile opening for Jeff Beck on tour during the summer of 2016 . But El Becko is only one ...

Article: Book Review

Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of An American Guitar Hero

by Doug Collette
August 27, 2016

Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of An American Guitar Hero Ed Ward 224 Pages ISBN: # 1613733283 Chicago Review Press 2016 Whether he meant to or not, in writing Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero, Ed Ward mirrors his subject's style of guitar-playing. ...

Article: Album Review

David Honeyboy Edwards: I'm Gonna Tell You Somethin' That I Know

Read "I'm Gonna Tell You Somethin' That I Know" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
August 2, 2016

When David Honeyboy Edwards passed in 2011, with him went one of the last living links to the history of the blues. Born in Mississippi in 1915, he started out as a wandering guitarist, playing acoustic Delta Blues as passed down by the men who invented the genre. First recorded down south in 1942, he eventually ...

Article: Album Review

Noah Preminger: Some Other Time

Read "Some Other Time" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
July 21, 2016

After several releases, tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger's uniqueness has become more evident. In large part, this curve is due to Preminger's own patient development of a creative process; part is an individual style but much of the appeal is in how he creates around the broader dynamics of his various groups. What has been consistent, from ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Montreux Through The Decades: Blues, Soul & Funk Recordings, Part 1

by Ian Patterson
July 10, 2016

As part of All About Jazz' tribute to Montreux Jazz Festival, which is celebrating its 50th edition in 2016, and to its founder, the late Claude Nobs, this second batch of live recordings features ten memorable blues, soul and funk concerts captured between 1973 and 2004. The first batch featured ten jazz recordings from concerts between ...

Article: Profile

Claude Nobs: We All Came Out To Montreux...

by Ian Patterson
June 30, 2016

Montreux Jazz Festival is fifty. It's a significant milestone and cause for celebration. No doubt there will be an added festive element to this year's edition of the festival, founded by Claude Nobs--along with pianist Géo Voumard and writer René Langel--in 1967. Yet for many, the celebrations will be tinged with sadness due to the absence ...

Article: Film Review

Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty

by Doug Collette
June 11, 2016

Johnny Winter Down & Dirty Megaforce Records2016 Johnny Winter's life and times were so colorful that even a painstakingly conceived and executed documentary such as Down & Dirty almost begs credibility. Yet as closely as the film delves into the albino bluesman's lifestyle in his later years, on the road and ...