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John Abercrombie Tribute Concert at Roulette
by Tyran Grillo
John Abercrombie: Timeless--A Tribute To His Life And Music Roulette Brooklyn, NY March 26, 2018 When John Abercrombie turned off the amplifier of life in 2017, the world lost not only one of its most distinctive guitarists but also one of jazz's brightest souls. As made clear by those ...
Steve Khan: Public Access / Headline / Crossings
by John Kelman
It's been a great couple of years for Steve Khan fans who are (relatively) new to the guitarist's work, especially his early releases, thanks to UK-based BGO Records. First, his '70s-era trio of fusion-centric LPs on Columbia Records, 1977's Tightrope, 1978's The Blue Man and 1979's Arrows, were remastered and reissued in a 2015 two-CD set, ...
Andrew Neu: The Big Band Side of Andrew Neu
by Jack Bowers
No matter where The Big Band Side of Andrew Neu has been hiding, it's a real kick and genuine pleasure to have it in plain sight and within earshot, especially as Neu has at his side a number of the Los Angeles area's most accomplished sidemen and no less than seven superlative guest artists who lend ...
Dan Monaghan: The Man Behind The Swing
by Victor L. Schermer
Dan Monaghan is a working drummer who makes an indispensable contribution to the music by being the one who provides the swing and support that allows the other musicians to achieve their diverse objectives. He performs so often in the Philadelphia area that if you go to a jazz show, there's a fair chance he'll be ...
Sandro Zerafa - Direttore artistico del Malta Jazz Festival
by Angelo Leonardi
Il Malta Jazz Festival è uno degli appuntamenti significativi dell'estate musicale in area mediterranea. Ha una vita quasi trentennale e dal 2009 è diretto dal chitarrista Sandro Zerafa, maltese di nascita ma operante professionalmente a Parigi. Come emerge dall'intervista, Zerafa è convinto che un festival jazz può trovare ampi consensi senza uscire dai confini di questa ...
Culture Clubs: A History of the U.S. Jazz Clubs, Part III: Kansas City, Philadelphia, Los Angeles & Beyond
by Karl Ackermann
Beyond the Hubs While New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City and New York City were the incubators of modern jazz, they were by no means the only locations with an appetite for live music. Jazz artists whose point of origin could not sustain multiple venues ventured to locations near and far to practice their trade. ...
Mike Stern: Half Crazy
by Jim Worsley
SoCal Jazz is back from safari to the auspicious Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. A follow-up with guitarist Mike Stern was the primary itinerary for this trip. Trip is the name of Stern's new record, just in case you missed the play on words. Unfortunately, Stern had a trip of another kind in 2016. How ...
Guitarist Joe Caro & The Met Band to release new recording “Every Dog Has His Day” (Innsbruck Records)
When you hear the cover songs on Joe Caro & the Met Band’s Every Dog Has His Day—classics from Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Carole King and one Great American Songbook standard—your first thought may very well be, I’ve never heard those songs played like that before! Then it occurs to you that the original compositions ...
Tom Guarna: The Wishing Stones
by John Kelman
An unfortunate reality for too many musicians--even those who are well-known--is that most of their audiences are aware of but a portion of their true work...their fullest capabilities. Recordings only tell part of the story, since artists often tour with groups that are never documented. And even those tours, for those fortunate enough to experience them, ...
Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge: Whispers on the Wind
by Jack Bowers
Chuck Owen's Florida-based and Grammy-nominated Jazz Surge is back in the saddle with another series of impressive musical portraits, Whispers on the Wind, whose genesis harkens back to Owen's childhood in windy Omaha, NE, and whose inspiration derives in part from the works of three contemporary authors: Larry McMurtry, Cormac McCarthy and Stephen King (the last, ...






