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Article: Live Review

Chick Corea/Steve Gadd Band At Blues Alley

by David Hadley Ray
February 14, 2018

Corea/Gadd Band Blues Alley Washington D.C. October 16, 2017 On an unusually warm evening in October, Chick Corea and Steve Gadd arrived in Washington D.C. for a highly anticipated residency at Blues Alley. The lineup was comprised of Luisito Quintero (percussion), Carlitos Del Puerto (acoustic and electric bass), Lionel Loueke (guitar), ...

Article: Album Review

Blicher Hemmer Gadd: Omara

by Roger Farbey
February 3, 2018

Recorded live in 2016 at various venues including London, UK, Odense, Denmark and Kiel, Germany, this is a very appealing organ trio album. The overriding ambiance of this live album recalls the late Jimmy Smith at his grooviest. Take for example the rocking blues of Willie Dixon's “My Babe" which motors along with a characteristic vibrancy. ...

Article: Book Review

Never Say No to a Rock Star: In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More

by Nicholas F. Mondello
January 2, 2018

Never Say No to a Rock Star: In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More Glenn Berger 4569 (Kindle) Pages ISBN: # 9781943156108 e: Schaffner Press 2016 “Never Say No to a Rock Star" is Glen Berger's lively account of his experiences participating in the production of ...

Article: Live Review

Chick Corea - Steve Gadd Sextet al Parco della Musica di Roma

by Mario Calvitti
December 19, 2017

Chick Corea -Steve Gadd Sextet Roma Jazz Festival 2017 Parco della Musica Roma 05.11.2017 Il compito di inaugurare la versione 2017 del Roma Jazz Festival è toccata a due mostri sacri del jazz come Chick Corea e Steve Gadd, capaci di richiamare un'affluenza di pubblico tale da riempire la sala ...

Article: Film Review

Frank Sinatra: Portrait Of An Album | Sinatra Sings

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 27, 2017

Frank Sinatra Portrait Of An Album | Sinatra Sings Eagle Rock Entertainment 2017 The third release in The Frank Sinatra Collection concludes with the compilation Sinatra Sings, a retrospective of particularly memorable moments across forty years of Sinatra performances in the studio, on the stage, and on TV, narrated by his ...

Article: Live Review

James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt at the Prudential Center

by Mike Perciaccante
July 15, 2017

James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt The Prudential Center Newark, NJ July 6, 2017 On a pleasant Thursday evening just after the 4th of July, when many of the audience members were enjoying an extended Independence Day holiday, James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt touched down at Newark, NJ's Prudential Center for the ...

News: Award / Grant

Tubaist Ralph Hepola Awarded Recording Grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council

July 15, 2017

The Southwest Minnesota Arts Council has awarded tuba player Ralph Hepola a five thousand dollar Individual Artist Career Grant. Under the grant proposal, Hepola will make recordings and videos documenting his work as an improvising tubaist. The project begins later this month at Wild Sound, the Minneapolis recording studio-of-choice for jazz and classical musicians. Wild Sound, ...

Article: Lyrics

Ricordiamo Michael Brecker

by Angelo Leonardi
July 10, 2017

Sono trascorsi più di dieci anni dalla morte di Michael Brecker, avvenuta il 13 gennaio 2007, il giorno dopo quella di Alice Coltrane. Brecker è stato il massimo e più influente sax tenore post-coltraniano ed è quanto mai doveroso ricordarne la vita e il percorso artistico. Il 25 gennaio di quest'anno la comunità jazzistica ...

Article: Book Excerpts

A Conversation with Mike Mainieri

by Anthony Smith
June 2, 2017

The following is an excerpt from the chapter “A Conversation with Mike Mainieri" of Masters of the Vibes by Anthony Smith (Marimba Productions, 2017). So you've been working on a new project this week? Yes, just finishing some overdubs... it's a project I'm involved in with some friends, but I really can't ...

Article: Live Review

Jazzkaar 2017

by Martin Longley
May 29, 2017

Jazzkaar 2017 Tallinn, Estonia April 21-30, 2017 Jazzkaar covers most territories. This exceptional 10-day festival presents the best players on the indigenous Estonian scene, imports big-name acts from the USA, and also invites some choice artists from around the rest of Europe. Some shows represent jazz in mainstream mode, whilst ...