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Article: Live Review

Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival 2013

by Mark Holston
September 4, 2013

Crown of the Continent Guitar FestivalBigfork, MontanaAugust 26-31, 2013“Either I'm imaging things, or this festival has grown just a little in the four years since I was here last," Pat Metheny laughed as he squinted into the glare of a brace of theater lights. An SRO crowd of over 900 ecstatic fans crammed ...

Article: Album Review

Gregory Porter: Liquid Spirit

Read "Liquid Spirit" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
September 4, 2013

Gregory Porter has a lot to live up to. Widespread critical acclaim, Grammy nominations and reviewers suggesting that he's the next big jazz star, the man to bring jazz back to mainstream popularity, all lay a big artistic burden on his (admittedly quite broad) shoulders. Liquid Spirit is his third album and it heralds a move ...

Article: Album Review

Buck Clayton Legacy Band: Claytonia

Read "Claytonia" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 4, 2013

Buck Clayton, an acclaimed trumpet soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra in the late 1930s and early '40s, had lip surgery in 1969 that all but ended his playing career. After setting the trumpet aside for good in 1979, he turned full-time to composing and arranging, and the Buck Clayton Big Band made its debut in ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Julian Lage: Living Lage

by Dan Bilawsky
September 4, 2013

It's good to be Julian Lage. The former wunderkind is all grown up and living large, playing with some of the best musicians on the planet; that makes perfect sense, considering he's also one of them. The young guitarist has done his homework, paid his dues and earned his stripes, and now he's spreading his wings ...

Article: Catching Up With

Gene Ess: Blending Passionate and Pensive

by Jud Branam
September 4, 2013

Fresh off the release of Fractal Attraction (Simp, 2013), which blends traditional combo jazz lineups and approaches with a unique take on vocal jazz, Gene Ess is a man with a lot on his mind as it pertains to career, place--and music in general. Ess is enthusiastic about his love of jazz, classical and ...

News: Technology

How to get your missing scroll bars back

September 4, 2013

Note: See the comments section below for the Windows tip. Wondering what happened to the scroll bars on your Mac’s desktop windows? Believe me, you’re not the only one. In older versions of the Mac operating system (as in just a couple of years ago), prominent scroll bars were present at all times—handy for letting you ...

News: Recording

The Prog Collective Release New Single Shining Diamonds From Their Forthcoming Album

September 4, 2013

Los Angeles, CA: The prog rock super group, the Prog Collective, directed by YES/CIRCA: member Billy Sherwood, whose debut became the surprise hit of 2012 returns with a brand new album on September 10th featuring an even more impressive lineup of stellar musicians and artists lending their talents to this incredible project! Featuring virtuosic performances by ...

News: Recording

Miles Davis "The Original Mono Recordings" Available November 12!

September 4, 2013

MILES DAVIS’ THE ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS COLLECTS NINE OF MILES' EARLIEST COLUMBIA ALBUMS, RECORDED 1956 TO 1961 Landmark box set presents nine albums remastered in original, brilliant sound, as they were intended to be heard in the 1950s and ’60s Available everywhere November 12, 2013, through Columbia/Legacy Nine of Miles Davis’ earliest albums on Columbia Records, ...

News: Recording

UK Prog Group Haken Release New Album The Mountain

September 4, 2013

Los Angeles, CA - It’s been a long wait, but September 17th finally sees the brand new third album from progressive metallers Haken released in the USA. Entitled ‘The Mountain’, the record features the fantastic track ‘Cockroach King’, a video for which will be released in a few days. The band had this to say about ...

News: Event

Los Angeles Jazz Society 30th Anniversary Jazz Tribute Awards Oct. 27

September 3, 2013

Van Nuys, CA: It will be a family affair when the Los Angeles Jazz Society pays tribute to Latin jazz artists Sheila E., her father, Pete, and brothers Juan and Peter Michael Escovedo at the Society's 30th Anniversary Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner and Concert at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City on Sunday, Oct. 27. The dynamic ...