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The Friday Morning Listen: Pat Metheny Group - Imaginary Day (1997)
I'm one of those people who tend to not remember their dreams. Most mornings, I have a feeling that some dreams have come to pass, but couldn't tell you about any of them in much detail. When I'm particularly tired it's common for me to have a lot of dreams, with the fragments having a little ...
Something Else! Interview: Drummer Danny Seraphine, Formerly of Chicago
Chicago co-founder Danny Seraphine is putting the finishing touches on his second album with California Transit Authority—which fashioned its name and its muscular jazz-rock approach from his old group's initial sound: “If you love early Chicago, then you are going to love this," Seraphine said in the latest SER Sitdown. “I'm very proud of it, and ...
The Delfonics - La-la Means I Love You: The Definitive Collection (1997)
"Philly soul" was a phrase used to describe and categorize a distinctive style of music produced and pressed on the Philly Groove label located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Delfonics, who pioneered the sound, released a chain of hit singles during the late 1960s and early 1970s, which all appear on this aptly christened audio documentation. Set ...
Shows I'll Never Forget: Pat Metheny, March 26, 2005
After experiencing the first two minutes of this Pat Metheny Group concert, there was no doubt that Boston-area fans just plain love the man. Pat walked out onto the stage (wearing what has become his trademark horizontally-striped shirt) and was greeted by a thunderous two-minute standing ovation. This was before a single note was played! So, ...
One Alternative - Air Sculpture (2011)
One Alternative again bursts through convention with Air Sculpture, moving well outside the bounds of typical acoustic ensembles by incorporating not just classical music forms but also the boisterous attitude of roots rock and the improvisational intrigue of jazz. Importantly, One Alternative (featuring Jill Haley on oboe and English horn and guitarists Mark Oppenlander and David ...
Chicago - Christmas: What's It Gonna Be, Santa? (2003)
This being that special time of year and all, here's a good occasion to tell you about my favorite latter-day Chicago album... Trying to decipher the official numbering of Chicago albums after 19 is only slightly easier than calculating pi to its last decimal, but in 1998, the band issued its first Christmas album, dubbed 25 ...
Eddie Daniels, with Roger Kellaway - Live at the Library of Congress (2012)
Clarinetist Eddie Daniels, appearing last February at the Library of Congress' Coolidge Auditorium, displays an almost telepathic symbiosis alongside pianist Roger Kellaway. Making good on 2009's pleasant and compulsively listenable Duet of One, the two charge into the evening with an explorative, polyrhythmic remake of Gershwin's “Strike Up The Band," stretching it out into an eight-minute ...
Darren Johnston's Gone to Chicago - The Big Lift (2011)
As I write this, the power fails at San Francisco's Candlestick Park just prior to kickoff of the Niners/Steelers Monday night football game. But as I am also listening to Frisco-based trumpeter Darren Johnston, I'm hearing lights-out music. Canadian-born Johnston found fertile musical ground in the Bay Area, but trips out to gigs in Chicago engendered ...
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Crosby, Stills and Nash (1969, 2011 Audio Fidelity Remaster)
Coming on the heels of the Sweet Baby James reissue by Audio Fidelity, the outfit that releases limited edition remastered versions of classic rock albums, is the widely celebrated debut album by Crosby, Stills and Nash. Going back about a year earlier than Taylor's breakthrough record, Crosby, Stills & Nash also signaled a shift away from ...
Harry Connick Jr. Trio - Music from 'The Happy Elf' (2011)
This plays like Vince Guaraldi for a new generation, as Harry Connick Jr. performs an all-original, Christmas-themed set that recalls the spirit of the season without falling into the cliches that often follow better known Yuletide classics. And Connick's done his share—including the 2003 best-selling album Harry for the Holidays, which featured the original vocal version ...
