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Requiems, Remodels & Remembrances
by Chris M. Slawecki
Michael BurksShow of StrengthAlligator Records2012 Michael “Iron Man" Burks grew up playing guitar. A quick study, he soon began leading the blues, rhythm and blues and soul house bands that backed O.V. Wright, Johnnie Taylor and other stars as they passed through the ...
Friends
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2012
Track listing:
01. Capital J; 02. Walkin' the Dog; 03. Lil' Darlin'; 04. Giant Steps; 05. I
Kissed a Girl; 06. Seven Come Eleven; 07. Samba Delight; 08. Bathed in
Light;
09. Romantic Intermezzo from Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra; 10.
Reverie; 11. One for Milton.
Take Five With Steve Montgomery
by AAJ Staff
Meet Steve Montgomery: In about 1980, I started to try to think about how to expand what the guitar could do harmonically and with its range (the bar has been set pretty high by all those great piano players out there). The two trend setters at the time (if you include ...
Stanley Jordan: Friends
by AAJ Italy Staff
Stanley Jordan comparve circa trent'anni fa sulla scena jazz come una promessa importante, apparentemente in grado di rivoluzionare il suo strumento, anche da un punto di vista tecnico (ricorderete tutti il suo tapping a due mani sulla tastiera della chitarra...). Non è andata così e dopo tanti anni il chitarrista è un po' rientrato nei ranghi ...
Friends
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Capital J; Walkin' the Dog; Lil' Darlin'; Giant Steps; I Kissed A Girl; Seven Come Eleven; Samba Delight; Bathed in Light; Romantic Intermezzo From Bartok's Concerto For Orchestra; Reverie; One For Milton.
Jazz & Blues Florida November 2011 Online Edition Posted
The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. The November 2011 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at JazzBluesFlorida.com. This month's edition can be read in .pdf format, as well as in a ...
6th Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barquisimeto
From October 1st till October 9th the most important International Jazz Festival will be celebrated. Barquisimeto will become the Jazz capital of Venezuela for the 6th consecutive year. This event will bring together leading exponents from the local and international music scene on various galas, concerts, conferences, lectures and jam sessions. The Opening Concert will be ...
Stanley Jordan: Friends
by David Rickert
Stanley Jordan's breakthrough recording, Magic Touch (Blue Note, 1985), was aptly named; the guitarist's two-handed tapping technique seemed to be achieved through sorcery rather than practice. People had used tapping before, but never to the level that Jordan did--comping and soloing at the same time, and giving the illusions of two guitarists playing at once. Those ...
Stanley Jordan: Friends
by Larry Taylor
In a successful career of over 25 years, guitarist Stanley Jordan has always displayed his versatility--equally adept at blues, straight-ahead jazz and ever inventive with classical masterpieces. His virtuosity and improvisational prowess are a given, and on Friends, he also shows his skill on piano on two numbers. Primarily, he brings in old pals from various ...
The Fairmont Chateau Whistler Hosts Nightly Jazz Jams for Whistler Jazz Festival
This Labour Day weekend, the end-of-summer blues sing a happy tune as Canada's newest jazz festival hits town; Jazz On The Mountain At Whistler. Nestled in the spectacular mountains of Whistler, this celebration of jazz, culture and entertainment promises to captivate spectators of all ages. Escape the city commotion for the long weekend and listen to ...
