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Forgotten Series: Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus (1974)
By Mark Saleski Part of the genius of Miles Davis (aside from the incredible compositions, insanely great trumpet work, and spooky ability to play just the right notes) was his amazing talent for selecting band members. The list is seemingly endless and the branches extend over an impressive subsection of modern jazz: John Coltrane, Chick Corea, ...
One Track Mind: Kermit Driscoll with Bill Frisell and Vinnie Colaiuta, "Great Expectations" (2011)
By S. Victor Aaron Pardon me as I continue on the topic of Bill Frisell The Sideman on an interpretation of a Miles Davis fusion deep cut. In the back of a Paris taxicab, probably sometime in the mid 1970s, three aspiring musicians were gobsmacked from the music playing on the radio. It was the early ...
Something Else! Featured Artist: Chicago
Fans of their initial music could be forgiven for barely recognizing Chicago by the 1980s, as fussy power ballads eventually flushed out the band's signature horn sound. A group that had built its reputation on organic experimentation, a kind of prog-fusion that earned heavy rotation on a then-new FM radio format, never returned to the album-length ...
Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky (2009)
By Mark Saleski So I was bored the other night and decided to flip through the on-demand offerings on the cable, and came across a short concert segment of Deep Purple doing “Space Truckin." This was mid-1970s excess at its purest: long hair, satin pants, platform shoes, banks of amplifiers, explosions. Yeah, Ritchie Blackmore sure did ...
One Track Mind: Al Di Meola, "Strawberry Fields" (2011)
By Nick DeRiso Jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, the former teen prodigy in Return to Forever, accomplishes an uncommon thing here, making something out of a cover attempt at the Beatles' “Strawberry Fields Forever." The song has such an interior nature, thanks in no small way to John Lennon's brilliant Lewis Carroll-inspired word-play, but also because ...
Something Else! Interview: Gregg Rolie, Founding Member of Santana and Journey
By Nick DeRiso Gregg Rolie, a 1998 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, has learned a lot about himself since taking fame's exit ramp to start a family almost 30 years ago. He's put into perspective the work done as a founding member of Santana, a stint that saw Rolie co-produce the group's first ...
Something Else! Sneak Peek: Nicholas Payton - Bitches (2011)
By Nick DeRiso Forgive me if I thought this was going to be trumpeter Nicholas Payton's further ruminations on the turbulent brilliance of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew. Instead, Payton really means it. Of course, any experimental trumpet record—and this one, combining elements of soul, funk, street sounds and jazz, is certainly one of them—can't help but ...
Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom Live (2009)
By Mark Saleski You don't have to look very hard to find all sorts of writing about Tom Waits. Much of it wanders around in the area of Waits' past, his hard living, the drinking, smoking, the decayed hotel rooms. Some of that stuff is true, and some of it is about as useful as that ...
Noah Haidu - Slipstream (2011)
By S. Victor Aaron Posi-Tone Records, the label that has done more than anyone else lately in putting out records by the brightest new talent in mainstream and modern jazz, introduced the pianist and composer Noah Haidu to the world last week. Slipstream went on sale March 22, a debut that doesn't present mere potential, but ...
Forgotten Series: The JB Horns - Funky Good Time/Live (1993)
By Nick DeRiso Maceo Parker—leader of the ferocious JB Horns, James Brown's band and musical backbone back in the day—once put it all in perspective, introducing a song from the stage: “We like to play two percent jazz ... and 98 percent funky stuff." The JBs later took off on their own, recording some terrific solo ...
