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Ryan Cavanaugh

John McLaughlin: Where The Muse Leads

by Mike Jacobs
September 24, 2020

John McLaughlin--Miles Davis protégé. Jazz/rock revolutionary. East-meets-West visionary. Acoustic, electric and electronic guitar maestro. Now elder statesman of jazz--what is there left to say? A lot it seems... As a septuagenarian who was facing debilitating hand issues--and possibly the end of his playing career--he was starting to say his farewells to touring ...

Bill Evans (saxophone): Dragonfly

by Dan Bilawsky
June 11, 2012

The music on saxophonist Bill Evans' Dragonfly plays like the sum total of his experiences distilled into a single disc. Evans has spent more than three decades playing with the cream of the crop, including jazz heavyweights like trumpeter Miles Davis and guitarist John McLaughlin, and smooth stars such as pianist Dave Grusin and guitarist Lee ...

Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land

By Ryan Cavanaugh

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: Grand Dragon; Long in the Tooth; The Ballad of Edgar Boone; Johnny Mac; Wayne's Tune.

Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land: Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land

by John Kelman
February 7, 2011

Saxophonist Bill Evans may have headed the marquee, but the surprise of his Soulgrass Band's 2007 Ottawa Jazz Festival performance was 27 year-old banjoist Ryan Cavanaugh. In the wake of Béla Fleck, Cavanaugh has emerged as the inevitable next step, continuing to transition the oft-maligned banjo into a bona fide jazz instrument as flexible as its ...

Grand Dragon

February 7, 2011

Album: Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land
By Ryan Cavanaugh
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Duration: 08:55