Results for "Weather Report"

Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo: Face on the Barroom Floor

by Scott Lichtman
October 11, 2024

On “Face on the Barroom Floor," the duo of Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo pay tribute to Wayne Shorter by distilling one of Shorter's most beautiful pieces into its essentials. The sentiment might be interpreted as “a lovelorn individual drinks himself into forgetfulness. We hope for a happier future for him." Marsalis and Calderazzo take the ...

Belgian Jazz Showcase: European Jazz Conference 2024

by Ian Patterson
September 30, 2024

Various Artists Music Centre De Bijloke/various venues European Jazz Conference Ghent, Belgium September 12-15, 2024 An important part of the annual European Jazz Conference (see separate article) is the space given over to music of the host country. In fact, it could be argued that more time is allotted ...

Ten Supreme Fender Rhodes Albums

by Chris May
September 16, 2024

In 1965, reeling from the impact of Motown and the Brit invasion led by the Beatles, and about to be hit by the triple whammy that was acid rock and the rebel culture that went with it, jazz was on the back foot. Its relevance as entertainment, art form and spiritual sustenance was under threat, at ...

Take Five with Keyboardist Jesse Fischer

by AAJ Staff
September 8, 2024

Meet Jesse Fischer Known for his vibrant blend of jazz, funk, soul and folk, Jesse's Fischer's uplifting music features rich harmonies, intricate rhythms, and a deep understanding of groove. Catch Jesse play tracks from his recent release Resilience, re-imagined arrangements of classic '60s/'70s jazz from his Flipped series, along with some brand new music. “Jesse Fischer ...

Wayne Shorter: Celebration Volume 1

by Mike Jurkovic
September 7, 2024

Wayne Shorter never rested on his or anyone's laurels. So when at the start of this perilous century he convened his great, late-stage quartet with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade it wasn't to take the bandstand and placate audience and skeptics with greatest hits or refurbished takes on old standards. It was to create ...

Steve Marcus, Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock, Daniel Humair: Green Line

by Joshua Weiner
August 31, 2024

Several decades into the jazz reissue boom, first on CD and now increasingly on vinyl, one might imagine the bottom of the barrel is being scraped, and that any newly rediscovered obscurities might at this point have been best left alone. Yet so vast are the archives of recorded jazz that diamonds remain in the mine, ...

Orlando le Fleming & Romantic Funk: Wandering Talk

by Chris May
August 27, 2024

Wandering Talk is the second part of a project from British bassist Orlando le Fleming which began with Romantic Funk: The Unfamiliar (Whirlwind, 2020). The album convincingly brings together the acoustic jazz tradition and the lush but muscular electric fusion which emerged in the 1980s. Not for nothing is one of le Fleming's heroes, paid tribute ...

Music from Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report and Stanley Clarke

by Len Davis
August 16, 2024

Scott Kinsey: Luniwaz Live

by Jim Worsley
August 12, 2024

Fans of Weather Report or the Zawinul Syndicate or for that matter most any of Joe Zawinul's work, will likely appreciate this album led by keyboardist Scott Kinsey. The Austrian keyboardist Zawinul, along with legendary saxophonist Wayne Shorter, were the founders of Weather Report. Kinsey became a prodigy of Zawinul and has done more than just ...

Wayne Shorter: Celebration Volume 1

by Chris May
August 9, 2024

In 2000, three years short of entering his eighth decade on this planet--a place of origin which at times seemed questionable, though he made less fuss about it than Sun Ra--Wayne Shorter finally did what he had resisted doing throughout his career. He formed his own band, not just for an album project but as an ...