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Article: What is Jazz?

Is That Jazz?

by Troy Hoffman
July 31, 2024

James Brown's funky beats, brought to you by drummer, Clyde Stubblefield, are the most popularly sampled in hip hop, but what about jazz? Has it not significantly impacted hip hop as well? The answer is of course, yes. Especially during the late '80s and early '90s golden-era of the genre. Some of the style's most iconic ...

Article: Future Jazz

How Artificial Intelligence Could Distort The Music Industry

by Brian Eaton
July 17, 2024

In a dimly lit studio, where the hum of vintage amplifiers once mingled with the human touch of fingers on strings and keys, a new player has emerged--artificial intelligence. As the music industry races toward the future, AI has the potential to replace key personnel, including songwriters, producers, recording engineers, and session musicians. This technological revolution, ...

Article: Drum Addiction

Mere Noisemakers

by Troy Hoffman
July 13, 2024

Drummers used to be predominantly known as mere noisemakers (not musicians) coming out of the Vaudeville-era, where percussionists were seen as background tools. They often carried out sound effect cues, sent from studios to theaters, for silent films. This left drummers with the responsible task of mimicking the sounds of hurricanes, car crashes and thunderstorms from ...

Article: Liner Notes

Ron Carter: Anything Goes

by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
July 11, 2024

Ronald Levin Carter (born Ferndale, Michigan, on May 4, 1937) needs no introduction. Let's just say that he is the bassist's bassist. On Ron's hands, the bass and the man become the same entity, the same person. Played by Ron Carter, the acoustic bass sounds like... Ron Carter! That's why he is one of the three ...

Article: Live Review

Samara Joy at The Carver

by Katchie Cartwright
July 7, 2024

Samara Joy The Carver Community Cultural Center Jo Long Theatre San Antonio, Texas June 1, 2024 Samara Joy, 24, describes herself as a rookie despite her numerous awards, including three Grammys and the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, not to mention her acclaimed recordings as a leader, all ...

Article: Album Review

Ron Carter & Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil

Read "Live at Sweet Basil" reviewed by Scott Gudell

by Scott Gudell
July 5, 2024

If one wanted to capture a 'who's who' snapshot of the jazz icons of the mid-'70s, into the '80s and beyond, one of the best ways to start was to see if they had added their name to the list of artists who recorded and/or released a 'Live at Sweet Basil' collection. The New York City ...

Article: Liner Notes

CTI Acid Jazz Grooves by Various Artists

by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
June 19, 2024

The CD you are holding in your hands is a very special compilation. It's the celebration of CTI as one of the most “sampled" labels on Earth! For the past ten years, many CTI tracks have been cut up, sampled, scratched and looped to create new songs for a new audience. Many of the selections on ...

Article: Live Review

Ron Carter and Russell Malone at the Museum of Modern Art

by Paul Reynolds
June 5, 2024

Ron Carter and Russell Malone Museum of Modern Art New York, NYMay 28, 2024 “This is really something. I thought maybe 15 people would show up," Ron Carter said in modest surprise as he scanned the massive crowd that packed the sculpture garden at the Museum of Modern Art--and even spilled ...

Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Vocalist Dani Assis

by Sanford Josephson
June 1, 2024

Vocalist Dani Assis' bio points out that he was born into a musical family. That is an understatement. “When I was younger," he said, “I didn't know there was anything else to life other than music because both my parents were musicians. My mom, Adriana Quadros, is a wonderful singer, and my father, Nanny Assis, is ...

Article: Play This!

Nicola Caminiti: Adam Arturo

by John Chacona
May 20, 2024

Every generation or so, a rhythm section comes along and changes the game. Think of Count Basie's “All-American Rhythm Section" with Freddie Green, Walter Page and Jo Jones, or Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams from Miles Davis' second great quintet. It's up to history to render the verdict about pianist Lex Korten, bassist Ben ...