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Marian McPartland: Living Through the History
by Maxwell Chandler
Marian McPartland, whose personal artistic history is deeply entwined with that of jazz, continues writing, touring and educating. Following her muse, she has encountered a who's who of jazz while leaving her own indelible mark on the music. Her radio program, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, is the longest running show on National Public Radio, and she ...
Gregg Karukas: GK
by Jeff Winbush
It's not smooth jazz musicians that deserve the disrespect they often receive from fans and critics. Smooth jazz is not the enemy. It's smooth jazz radio programmers who clown their own formats by sticking in records by pop and rock artists like John Legend, Michael McDonald and Steely Dan, and expect the listener to think it's ...
Reverend Zen: Angels, Blues and the Crying Moon
by David King
The New York group Reverend Zen has released its debut album, Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon (Blackjack Music, 2006), that is quickly garnering music industry acclaim around the world. Platitudes aside, Reverend Zen's true genius lies in its music. The album is everything a great album should be: melodies that hang in your head like ...
Monsters of Jazz-Influenced Rock
by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
And summing up last month's article on jazz as background music in 70's porno flicks, the tumescent Swede did in fact represent the rise of European influence, particularly in Fusion (as obviated by the mustache), while the naive-but-willing coed represented the collective reception of the American jazz audience. The later addition of the Mexican pool boy ...
Randy Brecker: Randy in Brasil
by John Kelman
Perhaps unfairly overshadowed by his brother, the late saxophonist Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker has, nevertheless been one of the most significant trumpeters of the past forty years. While his small discography as a leader contains as many misses as it does hits, he's brought a unique voice to countless sessions, working with everyone from Horace Silver, ...
Steely Dan Plans Tour Finale in Santa Rosa
Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen will soon be wrapping up their Think Fast, Steely Dan Summer Tour 2008, but not before two last blow-out concerts in the Sonoma Wine Country! Becker and Fagen have decided to end their critically and popularly-acclaimed tour in Santa Rosa, August 26 and 27. Tickets ...
Steely Dan Come to Southern Cal
Steely Dan soon returns to Southern California, playing Honda Center in Anaheim on Aug. 4. Band: Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Jon Herington, Keith Carlock, Freddie Washington, Jeff Young, Walt Weiskopf, Michael Leonhart, Jim Pugh, Roger Rosenberg, Tawatha Agee, Cindy Mizelle, Catherine Russell. Only two acts this decade have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ...
Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and Walter Becker to Guest Host on Sirius Satellite Radio
WHO: Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan WHAT: SIRIUS' Pure Jazz channel will welcome jazz-influenced rock pioneers Donald Fagen and Walter Becker from Steely Dan. Fagen and Becker will each co-host an hour playing classic jazz favorites. They will also share their thoughts about artists who continue to inspire them, including Duke Ellington, John ...
Steely Dan in Concert at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood FL
Steely Dan will do a show at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida on June 8 at 7:00 pm. Steely Dan will then move onto Clearwater, FL at the Ruth Eckerd Hall on June 9. Grammy Award wining American jazz fusion/rock band, Steely Dan is comprised of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band first ...
Steely Dan Play Between a Hard Rock & Red Rocks
Steely Dan 'Think Fast" Tour 2008 Steely Dan, headed by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker will begin it's 2008 tour season playing the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood Florida beginning June 8th. The tour ends in California August 9th and most interesting Steely Dan plays the Continential Divide, high in the Rocky Mountains at Red Rocks ...
