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How Do You Rate Miles Davis’ Music, On Record and Live, In The 1980s?
by Ian Patterson
The release of The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: That's What Happened 1982-1985 invites renewed reflection on Miles Davis' music in the 1980s. A few tracks aside, these studio outtakes from the recording sessions that produced Star People (Columbia, 1983), Decoy (Columbia, 1984) and You're Under Arrest (Columbia, 1985) don't amount to a whole heap of beans, ...
Nate Smith: A Drummer's Life
by Mark Robbins
Nate Smith can't sit down! After headlining with two of his bands at the 2022 Newport Jazz Festival, The Fearless Flyers and Nate Smith + Kinfolk he is off to New York for a one week run at the Blue Note followed by Los Angeles, Europe and then back to the United States where he is ...
Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival
by R.J. DeLuke
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, NY June 25 and 26, 2022 From the opening strains of the Dan Wilson Trio's first song, late Saturday morning at Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, there was a vibe set. The music was bliss. Not just because of its quality (though ...
Elegant People: A History Of The Band Weather Report
by Ian Patterson
Elegant People: A History Of The Band Weather Report Curt Bianchi 496 Pages ISBN: 978-1-4930-5999-7 Backbeat Books 2021 Few bands hold a place in jazz history quite like Weather Report, the band formed in 1971 by Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter and Miroslav Vitous. The term “jazz-fusion" could have been ...
New music from Aurora Clara, Spandrel, Special EFX and Timothee Robert
by Len Davis
New music from Raul Mannola and Aurora Clara, Paolo Zhu, Timothee Robert, Spandrel and Tim Miller from his new release Synergy.Playlist Aurora Clara"Slo Fun" from Clear Dawn (Youkali) 00:00 Chieli Minucci & Special EFX “Homeland" from Twenty Twenty 2 (Self Produced) 06:39 Paolo Zhu “Orhis" from Orhis (Jazz Engine) 13:25 Animals As Leaders “Thoughts ...
John McLaughlin, Beledo, Spherical Agenda and Reza Tajbakhsh. Favourites with Project Z and Lorenzo Feliciati
by Len Davis
Spherical Agenda with their new release Arcane Wisdom, Beledo from Seriously Deep, Lorenzo Feliciati, Project Z, Omar Hakim and John McLaughlin. Playlist Project Z “Mud Bug" from Project Z (Terminus) 00:00 Lorenzo Feliciati “Thief Like Me" from Elevator Man (Rare Noise) 07:35 Omar Hakim “Transmigration" from We Are One (Ozmosis) 15:14 Reza Tajbakhsh “Chickology" ...
Gergo Borlai: Talkin' Drummers and Drumming
by Jim Worsley
Most kids have heroes. Whether they be athletes, astronauts, artists, astrophysicists, (and that's just the “A's") or any of the many asundered possibilities. Gergo Borlai needn't go passed the “D's" to find his calling. Drumming came early, incredibly early, and he has never looked back. Determination and commitment can be a powerful force. Before long the ...
Ghosts In The Machine, Part 3: Jazz Musicians And Popular Music
by Kurt Ellenberger
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Part 3: The GhostsIn a recent essay in Commentary, Terry Teachout, arts and culture critic for the Wall Street Journal, makes an argument for the date on which the jazz era officially ended and the rock/pop era began--May 9, ...
Sting: An English (Jazz-)Man In New York - Part 2
by Ludovico Granvassu
Although Sting is mostly known for his solo career and, before that, for fronting one of the most epic band of all times, The Police, his love for jazz has been a common thread throughout his career. His jazz sensibility became more prominent when he started his solo career with the album The Dream of the ...
Noah Haidu ricorda Kenny Kirkland
by Angelo Leonardi
Kenny Kirkland era chiamato dagli amici Doctone (ovvero Doctor of Tone) ed è questo il titolo del progetto multimediale elaborato dal pianista Noah Haidu a più di vent'anni dalla scomparsa. Un ricco tributo della Sunnyside Records consistente in un libro d'interviste, un film documentario e un album di suoi brani eseguiti da Haidu con Todd Coolman ...
