Results for "Robben Ford"

Take Five With Johnny J Rivera

by AAJ Staff
November 28, 2009

Meet Johnny j Rivera:Johnny (j) Rivera is a guitarist/songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and vocalist originally from Southern California, currently living in Las Vegas Nevada. He's been writing songs most his life. Some of his influences range from Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Heatwave, Steely Dan, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Paul Jackson Jr, Joe Sample, ...

Larry Carlton With Special Guest Robben Ford: Live in Tokyo

by John Kelman
October 8, 2009

With blues/jazz guitarist Robben Ford's Soul on Ten (Concord, 2009) receiving widespread attention, it's a good time to look at Live in Tokyo, a somewhat overlooked but unmistakably smokin' 2007 release from another West Coast guitar god, Larry Carlton. Carlton invited Ford to join his band for some dates in Tokyo in the fall of 2006, ...

Oz Noy: Schizophrenic

by John Kelman
September 22, 2009

While other fusion guitarists have received wider international acclaim, Israeli-born, US-resident guitarist Oz Noy has been working in the trenches, slowly amassing a discography as impressive for its writing as it is his tastefully virtuosic playing. Schizophrenic, the guitarist's fourth release since his 2005 Magnatude Records debut, Ha!, demonstrates considerable growth in both departments. Straddling the ...

Robben Ford's "Indianola" - First Track to Top 1,000 Downloads in a Single Day

September 15, 2009

Guitarist Robben Ford's track “Indianola“ from Soul on Ten (Concord Music Group, 2009) was the first MP3 at All About Jazz to top 1,000 downloads in a single day, reaching 1,216. To download more free music, visit our Free MP3 page. We currently offer AAJ members over 60 pages of quality music. All About Jazz has ...

Guitarist Robben Ford Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

September 14, 2009

Few guitarists on the scene today can boast a longer, more diverse and accomplished career than that of perennial blues-jazz great Robben Ford. Having toured and recorded as a sideman with such legendary performers as Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt and Miles Davis, Ford has also made a name for himself as a bandleader, instrumental ...

Robben Ford: From the Soul

by Matthew Warnock
September 14, 2009

Few guitarists on the scene today can boast a longer, more diverse and accomplished career than that of perennial blues-jazz great Robben Ford. Having toured and recorded as a sideman with such legendary performers as Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt and Miles Davis, Ford has also made a name for himself as a bandleader, instrumental ...

Robben Ford: Soul on Ten

by John Kelman
September 14, 2009

While he's largely lived in the blues world for much of his career, guitarist Robben Ford has always been defined by a jazz sensibility. Sure, there's the grease and grit of overdriven, wah-wah'd electric guitar and a strong, rock-hard backbeat; but Ford's language since Robben Ford and the Blue Line (Stretch, 1992) has been a compelling ...

Indianola

September 14, 2009

Album: Soul on Ten
By Robben Ford
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2009
Duration: 5:16

Robben Ford & Larry Carlton

Featuring the music of Robben Ford
Duration: 7:41
September 14, 2009

Robben Ford Releases New Live CD - Soul on Ten

August 11, 2009

The new CD from Grammy nominated blues guitarist Robben Ford, Soul On Ten, hits stores today (CD & digital) via Concord Records. The new live album is Ford's 4th Concord release and features three brand-new Robben Ford compositions in “Earthquake” and a pair of studio recordings, “Don’t Worry About Me” and “Thoughtless,” as well as covers ...