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Geoff Vidal - She Likes That (2011)
The toughest part about writing this review has been trying to decide if I should put it another the jazz category or the fusion jazz category. And whenever that conundrum happens, it's usually a good sign for the record. Geoff Vidal is an up-and-comer tenor saxophonist whose made his name in the Boston area as well ...
Johnny Winter - Roots (2011)
Johnny Winte returns to some of his earliest childhood favorites, and a few tracks from his first bar bands, on the aptly titled new project Roots. The Megaforce Records release boasts an all-star cast of guest artists including Derek Trucks, Vince Gill, Susan Tedeschi and his brother Edgar Winter, performing tracks originally done by everyone from ...
The Bennie Maupin Ensemble - Penumbra (2006)
By Mark Saleski Back in the dark ages (read: before the Internet) I spent a fair amount of time searching out new music by paying very close attention to the listings of my local public and classical radio stations. On any given week night there might be broadcasts of solo works, string quartets, and all manner ...
Neo - Neoclassico (2011)
At the very moment I was waxing poetic last year over Italian whack jazz trio Neo's last album Water Resistance, the band was in a studio in Chicago recording their next album. Neoclassico, as it became known as, was finally released stateside last month on Cuneiform's Wayside imprint, and it's been a album well worth the ...
The Friday Morning Listen: Wilco - The Whole Love (2011)
Salon writer Touré misses monoculture. This isn't the monoculture of a Starbucks every 1 1/2 miles, bookending the Walmart and the Lowes. Obviously, that monoculture hasn't gone anywhere. No, this is what Touré refers to as “Massive Music Moments," when a release is so huge that it dominates the culture. The examples given—Nevermind, Purple Rain, Thriller, ...
A 1970s' Artifact?: Records You Simply Couldn't Hide From
By Mark Saleski Back in the 1970s, there were a handful of records you just couldn't get away from. They This was a good thing if you liked the particular record. If not, well, you were kinda screwed ... and god forbid your girlfriend/boyfriend had something on your “hate list" ... bad scene there. Heck, I ...
Have a Cigar!: Celebrating Pink Floyd's Massive New Reissue Project
Psych-rockers Pink Floyd and EMI are launching an exhaustive re-release campaign, beginning today. You could say that tickled us ... pink. Released under the banner “Why Pink Floyd?," the band will start by issuing remastered editions of all 14 of its albums, with a staggered schedule to follow of unreleased material from its archives for super-deluxe ...
Something Else! Interview: Blues Legend Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard, co-founder of Roomful of Blues and a former member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, has earned high praise from none other than B.B. King—who labeled him “one of the great players." B.B. isn't the only one who's noticed: A Handy award winner for best blues guitarist in both 2000-01, Robillard received a Grammy nod for ...
Marcus Strickland - Triumph of the Heavy, Volumes 1 and 2 (2011)
The story continues. Yesterday saxophonist Marcus Strickland's new, double-disc record Triumph Of The Heavy, Volumes 1 & 2 went on sale, and the narrative of this record begins where the story of his prior one, Idiosyncrasies (2009), left off. On that CD, Strickland dives head first into the tricky balancing act of leading a sax trio, ...
Christian McBride Big Band - The Good Feeling (2011)
In a way, Christian McBride has been working on this big-band project all along. The talented jazz bassist's interest in this format began almost 20 years ago when he crafted the still-fonky “Bluesin' in Alphabet City" for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, under the direction of Wynton Marsalis. A new version—which, dare I say it, ...
