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Robben Ford: Bringing It Back Home
By Robben Ford
Label: Provogue Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky; Birds Nest Bound;
Fair Child; Oh, Virginia; Slick Capers
Blues; Traveler’s Waltz; Most Likely You Go Your
Way (And I’ll Go Mine); Trick Bag; Fool’s Paradise.
2013 Thelonious Monk Institute Competition
by Franz A. Matzner
The saxophone is the most iconic of jazz instruments. Its image is all that is needed to invoke the music's essence, its history intimately entangled with the cultural arc of American music and urban culture. Its masters are the most recognized outside jazz circles and its sound most closely identified with the art form. To many, ...
Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival 2013
by Mark Holston
Crown of the Continent Guitar FestivalBigfork, MontanaAugust 26-31, 2013“Either I'm imaging things, or this festival has grown just a little in the four years since I was here last," Pat Metheny laughed as he squinted into the glare of a brace of theater lights. An SRO crowd of over 900 ecstatic fans crammed ...
Dave Haskell Group: Pivot Point
by Glenn Astarita
A one-time highly respected sideman and improviser in the San Francisco area, guitarist Dave Haskell put most of these activities on hold after becoming a commercial airline pilot. After hanging up his wings, the artist re-enters the scene with his tight-knit core band and garners the expertise of prominent West Coast musicians, guitarist Robben Ford, keyboardist ...
Larry Carlton & Robben Ford "Unplugged"
The New Morning club in Paris presents the incredible - and long awaited - pairing of two guitar giants for their first Unplugged show. Imagine: Larry Carlton and Special Guest Robben Ford, two legendary guitarists... one stage unplugged... a guitar lover’s dream! This unique pairing of two all-time great guitar legends delivers an unforgettable evening of ...
Guitarist Dave Haskell Releases Debut Album, "Pivot Point", Feat. Robben Ford, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip
The history of jazz is strewn with brilliant players who have inexplicably eluded widespread recognition, flying under the radar of labels, journalists, and fans. But guitarist Dave Haskell’s stealth status over the past two decades isn’t hard to explain. He’s spent most of that time on the move as a commercial pilot, fulfilling a dream that ...
Robben Ford: Bringing It Back Home
by Something Else! Reviews
Robben Ford's most focused, unembellished album in like, forever, may have also been the easiest album the virtuosic blues/jazz/rock/you-name-it guitarist has made in a long spell, too. In talking about Bringing It Back Home, the guitarist/vocalist says, “The results are really pure, and the most fun I've had making an album in years." In “bringing it ...
Drew Davidsen's Guitar Leads The Way On His Journey To Self-Diiscovery
“TRUE DREW” garners praise from his idol and reviewers as the first single climbs the charts Towson, MD: An intimate musical portrait depicting the life and loves of a jazz man and his guitar, “TRUE DREW,” the fifth album from Drew Davidsen, was released today by Oznot Records and drew praise from Davidsen’s idol, contemporary jazz ...
Little Feat: Little Rock, AR, September 10, 2012
by C. Michael Bailey
Little FeatRevolution RoomLittle Rock, ARSeptember 12, 2012 Mother Nature finally exhaled, and the brutal Southern Summer of 2012 came to a curious end, producing what passed for an electric blue Monday evening. The temperature and humidity were both blessedly low and sitting on the sidewalk of Little Rock's River Market ...
North Sea Jazz Festival: Rotterdam, The Netherlands, July 6-8, 2012
by R.J. DeLuke
North Sea Jazz FestivalAhoyRotterdam, The NetherlandsJuly 6-8, 2012The city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands seems ideal for a jazz festival. It's a large enough metropolis to hold things of interest for any tourist--arts, culture, architecture, fine eateries, interesting activities--while at the same time being friendly, laidback and manageable. Toss the mammoth ...
