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Debbie Miller - Fake Love
By Mark SaleskiMusic obsessives and “regular" folks alike know of the song/memory retrieval phenomenon--you hear a song and instantly remember where you were the first time you heard it. The speed and clarity of detail associated with the song can be quite amazing. There have been claims that odors produce even stronger connections. This ...
Preview: Incognito Releases Transatlantic RPM Today
By PicoLike Jamiroquai, Icognito is one of those British bands that's faithfully carrying the torch for good ol' American seventies-styled jazz-funk & soul better than anybody in the USA is doing these days. And Incognito, formed 31 years ago, is arguably the first of these so-called acid jazz outfits that emerged from the London ...
One Track Mind: Tom Waits "Please Wake Me up" (1987)
After listening to certain Tom Waits songs, I get to thinking about what the man might have stored in his garage. Sure, it's become sort of a cliché, doing a mental inventory of Waits' collection of bullhorns and whatnot, but it sure is fun.Even more fun is doing an inventory of my own garage ...
Prince, "20ten" (2010)
By Nick DerisoPrince, on “20Ten," sounds like his old self again. The one you used to go buy.That starts with “Compassion," this thunderous, ass-shaking opener, in the style of every Prince album that mattered back in the day. “Beginning Endlessly," firing off with a titanic keyboard riff reminiscent of Yarbrough and Peoples' ...
The Friday Morning Listen: The Bill Frisell Band - Lookout for Hope (2010)
By Mark Saleski There's a lot of writing out there about where inspiration comes from. We've all read stories about the Muse and how fickle it can be and all of that. For me, the vanishing Muse has most often to do with life situations out of control. Stress shows up and free and easy thought ...
The Sound of Summer: A Beach Boys Appreciation
News that the Beach Boys were contemplating a reunion to celebrate the band's 50th anniversary (or not?), got us to thinking ... By Nick DerisoThink Beach Boys, and many remember a group perhaps irrevocably reduced by its tragicomic storyline.Admittedly distracting plot points, beyond the 36 Top 40 hits (most of ...
One Track Mind: Stephen Richard "Ambience" (2010)
By PicoIt could be argued that Houston, Texas is one of the major gestation points for smooth jazz sax stars. Ronnie Laws and Kirk Whalum came from what Laws calls the Bayou City of the Future. Also, let's not forget that Wilton Felder, Joe Sample and the rest of the Crusaders gang hail from ...
Ethan Mann - It's All About a Groove (2010)
By Mark SaleskiThere are some things in this world that at first appear to be encased in mystery, the secrets of which can only be revealed by the “experts"--free-verse poetry, modern art, okra. It turns out that no special knowledge is required to appreciate these things. You've just got to be open to a ...
Hiroe Sekine - A-me (2010)
By PicoEven as a small child growing up in Japan, jazz pianist Hiroe Sekine loved to pick out melodies she heard, such as the Japanese folk tunes emanating from her Mom's pedal organ. Today represents a culmination of that life long passion with the release of her debut album A-mé, which means “rain" in ...
Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece - Little Echo (2010)
By PicoIt's not unusual at all for the tenor sax and the vibraphone to appear on the same jazz record; we've heard these on countless jazz recordings. But by co-leading a record, saxophonist Ken Fowser and vibraphonist Behn Gillece gives us fairly rare opportunity to hear both instruments as the two lead voices sharing ...
