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Remembering Bill Evans
by Scott Pollard
Bill Evans (1929-1980) was a musician of the highest caliber. He delved into the art of jazz and took it apart, dissecting it with an appreciation for the music of Ravel and Debussy, a superior command of the piano, and a God-given talent for jazz that was augmented by stints with the greatest musicians of his ...
Remembering Elvin Jones
by AAJ Staff
By Eddie Becton Max Roach once suggested that “jazz recordings are the textbooks of history." What, then, can you say about a musician who's assiduously contributed to the development of jazz for over six decades? Using Roach's parallel, a musician with decades-long stamina and recording experience would surely be akin to a musical scribe who has ...
Steve Lacy: 1934-2004
by AAJ Staff
It was some time in 1956 playing with my college Dixieland band when our regular reed man could not make a gig. We were intrigued by what we heard about a rising new star on the New York jazz scene. Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy was gaining a reputation for playing the old music in a more ...
John Abercrombie: Timeless
by AAJ Staff
By Bill Milkowski Over the past 30 years, since the 1974 recording of Timeless , his groundbreaking debut for the ECM label, John Abercrombie has remained one of the most genuinely original guitar voices of his generation (which would include such heavyweight colleagues as John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Mike Stern and Pat Metheny). ...
Pete Malinverni
by Mitchell Seidel
Pete Malinverni readily admits that when he was six years old, the thought of taking piano lessons “was a cool idea." “But it wasn't that long after that that I started to kind of battle my folks, unfortunately. But they prevailed, and, of course, I'm thankful," he added. “I guess I showed a ...
John Handy
by AAJ Staff
Though alto saxophonist John Handy was officially a member of Charles Mingus' group for only a few months, his recordings with the renowned tough bandleader have since become classics: Ah Um (Columbia), Blues and Roots (Atlantic), and Jazz Portrait: Mingus in Wonderland (United Artists) all were recorded in the beginning of the same year - 1959. ...
The Mahavishnu Orchestra: This Century's Classical Music?
by Walter Kolosky
Over thirty years ago the original Mahavishnu Orchestra was making big waves in the music world. The band, led by the legendary English jazz guitarist John McLaughlin, had an album on the Billboard Top Twenty and was filling stadiums across the world with crazed fans. What made this so unusual was that the Mahavishnu Orchestra's material ...
Guest Appearances: John McLaughlin as a Sideman
by Walter Kolosky
Guitar great John McLaughlin has been leading his own bands and playing his own compositions for over thirty years. But like most musicians, he has paid his dues. John McLaughlin has played in jazz bands since the 1950s, and had appeared on numerous projects as an unnamed studio guitarist throughout the '60s. During this time he ...
Finding the Way: The Music of John McLaughlin
by Walter Kolosky
Since the late '60s, John McLaughlin has been on a constant quest. The guitarist, like his early mentor Miles Davis, has reinvented his music several times. And he isn't likely to stop any time soon. This special feature focuses on the many forms of McLaughlin's music, with particular emphasis on the recordings which have earned him ...
John McLaughlin Resources
by Walter Kolosky
This collection of resources relating to guitarist John McLaughlin is included as part of John McLaughlin @ All About Jazz . For listeners interested in learning more about the artist, I recommend the following: Internet sites: The Official John McLaughlin Website Pages of Fire - The original John McLaughlin internet ...
