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Yes - In the Present: Live from Lyon (2011)
There was at least one benefit to the departure of Jon Anderson from Yes in 2008: The presence of new lead singer Benoit David immediately opened the door for a rewrite of what had become a very rote setlist. Anderson had always refused, for instance, to sing tunes from Yes' guitar-driven 1980 release Drama, recorded during ...
Pat Martino - Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery (2006)
Here are a couple of stories. One is amazing and funny. The other is just amazing. Wes Montgomery, the great jazz guitarist, didn't know how to read music. That's right, this is the man whose fingers blistered their way around such tunes as “Twisted Blues" and “Four On Six" and who released such monumental records as ...
Bill Dixon - Bill Dixon with the Exploding Star Orchestra (2008)
had this discussion about jazz with a friend of mine once. He really couldn't deal the sound of a full-bore, large-scale ensemble (he doesn't like any jazz, honestly, but that's sort of irrelevant here). I can't remember exactly what CD was playing in my car, but it seemed to make him nervous. “How can you stand ...
Dave Douglas - Three Views (Greenleaf Portable Series, Vols. 1-3) (2011)
Dave Douglas is widely regarded as being elite among jazz trumpeters these days not just because of a polished technique, but a restlessness that drives him to try something new at least every couple of years. He's had a richly varied career that's gone from playing in Horace Silver's band to leading a “jazz-Balkan-improv" Tiny Bell ...
Matt Baker - Underground (2011)
If pianist and composer Matt Baker's new recording has the tempo and feel of a jet-set traveler, there's a reason for that: Baker, an Australian native, has kept busy since moving to New York City in mid 2010—playing a series of well-received engagements at jazz venues like Smalls and the Zinc Bar, among others, having already ...
Forgotten Series: Peter Frampton - Frampton (1975)
Children of the 1970s know the story of this guy: Played guitar in Humble Pie. Formed Frampton's Camel. Put out a few studio records (including this one) that more or less went unnoticed. Then ... out comes Frampton Comes Alive! The rest is history. Well, almost. After those heady times came, in what chronology I don't ...
Paul Motian (1931-2011): An Appreciation
Drummer Paul Motian, who first came to prominence in the late 1950s with pianist Bill Evans' pioneering trio, has died. A representative from ECM Records confirms he passed at 4:52 a.m. in New York City. A cause of death has not been disclosed. He was 80. After this groundbreaking association with Evans, Motian later collaborated with ...
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings - Collectors' Edition Box Set (2011)
A fun opportunity to catch up with Bill Wyman's old-school R&B and blues revue arrives in the form of this sweeping five-disc retrospective focusing on the former Rolling Stones bassist's subsequent Rhythm Kings band. You're to be forgiven, even as the biggest fan of his old group, for not knowing much about what became of Wyman. ...
Yotam, with Roy Hargrove, Claudio Roditi and Paquito D'Rivera - Brasil (2011)
A lesser talent than Israeli guitarist-composer Yotam might have gotten lost in this project. It's not just that Brasil, issued last week by Jazz Legacy Production, features notable stateside jazz stars like Roy Hargrove, Claudio Roditi and Paquito D'Rivera, or even that he's updating familiar compositions by the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim, or that he ...
Shows I'll Never Forget: Norah Jones, June 29, 2003
In Boston OK, lemme get this part out of the way: I was really, really excited to see the name “Gillian Welch" on the FleetBoston Pavilion marquee. Apparently, lots of folks didn't share in my excitement ... 'cause about 75 percent of those in attendance kept up a constant drone of blabbing during the performance by ...
