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Born 2 October 1951, in Wallsend, north-east England, Gordon Sumner's life started to change the evening a fellow musician in the Phoenix Jazzmen caught sight of his black and yellow striped sweater and decided to re-christen him Sting. Sting paid his early dues playing bass with local outfits The Newcastle Big Band, The Phoenix Jazzmen, Earthrise and Last Exit, the latter of which featured his first efforts at song writing. Last Exit were big in the North East, but their jazz fusion was doomed to fail when punk rock exploded onto the music scene in 1976. Stewart Copeland, drummer with Curved Air, saw Last Exit on a visit to Newcastle and while the music did nothing for him he did recognise the potential and charisma of the bass player

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

ELEW Finds His Frequency: From Camden Roots to ELEW Plays Sting at SFJAZZ

Read "ELEW Finds His Frequency: From Camden Roots to ELEW Plays Sting at SFJAZZ" reviewed by Steven Roby


Pianist Eric Lewis (ELEW) grew up in a house where music was infrastructure. He is the fourth generation of classical musicians in his family, raised in Camden, New Jersey, where practicing the piano felt like another chore alongside washing dishes and mowing the lawn. That immersion, combined with conservatory training, forged a touch that is both ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Danilo Gallo, Christian McBride, Sting, Andy Summers, Jef Giansily & More

Read "Danilo Gallo, Christian McBride, Sting, Andy Summers, Jef Giansily & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Enjoy a playlist featuring a special collaboration between Christian McBride, Sting and Andy Summers, three of the countless projects that keep Italian bassist Danilo Gallo busy, and the beautiful new releases by Simona Premazzi & Kyle Nasser and Jef Giansily.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" ...

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Article: Play This!

Christian McBride Big Band with Sting and Andy Summers: Murder by Numbers

Read "Christian McBride Big Band with Sting and Andy Summers: Murder by Numbers" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


It seems that Sting revisits “Murder by Numbers" with once-in-a-lifetime collaborations as a way to comment on the corrupt pulse of the times. He did so in 1988--as a pointed response to televangelist Jimmy Swaggart's claim that the song was “written by the devil"--with Frank Zappa on the stage of Chicago's Auditorium Theater, after ...

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Article: Album Review

Jim Watson: Calling You Home

Read "Calling You Home" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Pianist Jim Watson's wide-ranging career has seen him collaborate with an amazing array of artists across the jazz and pop genres, including Manu Katche, Kurt Elling, Sting, Richard Bona, Chrissie Hynde and Meshell Ndegeocello, to name just a few. This versatility bears fruit in both his compositions and choice of covers on his solo album Calling ...

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Article: Live Review

The Maria Schneider Orchestra at Birdland

Read "The Maria Schneider Orchestra at Birdland" reviewed by Paul Reynolds


Maria Schneider Orchestra Birdland Jazz Club New York, NY May 30, 2025 The late set by Maria Schneider and her orchestra on Friday at Birdland Jazz Club was so engrossing as to be a world unto itself. Every aspect of the performance--even including, in the best way, the musicians' identities--bowed to ...

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Article: Live Review

Ranky Tanky with Ms. Lisa Fischer at the Carver

Read "Ranky Tanky with Ms. Lisa Fischer at the Carver" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Ranky Tanky with Ms. Lisa Fischer The Carver Community Cultural Center Jo Long Theatre San Antonio January 17 Some shows stick with you. Not that anyone remembers every note, every word, every move, but an ineffable feeling lingers. Maya Angelou said it: “People will forget what you said, ...

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Article: Interview

Kenny Garrett Speaks Through The Soul of His Jazz

Read "Kenny Garrett Speaks Through The Soul of His Jazz" reviewed by Dean Nardi


Mental bungee-jumping may not be their sport of choice, but a cerebral ledge exists that sooner or later every jazz musician must leap off. One day, ready or not, tuning up or shaking down their instrument, they will glance in a mirror, hug a pregnant mother-to-be, second-line a funeral, walk in the deepest, dark woods, chance ...

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Article: Album Review

Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Safe Place

Read "Safe Place" reviewed by Neil Duggan


There is a place where jazz, classical and chamber music converge and it is home to German brothers Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr. Trumpeter Julian and pianist Roman, both outstanding musicians, have been releasing albums on the ACT Music label since 2006 and captivating global listeners with their distinctive approach. Their compositions are both rigorously crafted and ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Jazz on Soul, Pop, Rock, Folk, and other intangible territories - Part 2

Read "Jazz on Soul, Pop, Rock, Folk, and other intangible territories - Part 2" reviewed by Artur Moral


Part 1 | Part 2 James Carter soloing on a song by Sting? A prolific French guitarist and producer, approaching his thousandth album, deconstructing one of Billy Joel's most candid love songs? A Spanish trumpeter translating the Bee Gees into the jazz language? Yes, all this will happen in this second installment of a ...


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