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Article: Album Review

Ray Obiedo: There Goes That

Read "There Goes That" reviewed by Walter Atkins

by Walter Atkins
April 22, 2015

Noted guitarist Ray Obiedo's There Goes That (Rhythmus Records) is his first album since 1999's Modern World (Domo Records). Over his 4 decades plus career, Obeido has worked with an impressive Who's Who List of musicians including: Herbie Hancock, Bobbi Humphrey, George Duke, The Whispers, Brenda Russell, Pete Escovedo, Grover Washington, Jr., The Rippingtons and Lou ...

Article: Album Review

Thom Douvan: All Over Again

Read "All Over Again" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 10, 2015

Hailing from Ann Arbor, MI, guitarist Thom Douvan launched his career in the 70s as an in-demand session artist for the Motown circuit, contributing to numerous hits by legends such as Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops and many icons of that era. In addition to funk and R&B, he's a skilled jazz guitarist. With Douvan's third ...

News: Recording

Wes Montgomery "In The Beginning" Is 26-Track, 2-CD Rarity Collection 1949-58 On Resonance

April 8, 2015

RESONANCE RECORDS PRESENTS IN THE BEGINNING BY JAZZ GUITAR ICON WES MONTGOMERY, A 26-TRACK COLLECTION OF RARE AND NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED TRACKS SPANNING 1949-1958 ONLY THE THIRD ISSUE OF PREDOMINANTLY UNHEARD MONTGOMERY MATERIAL SINCE HIS PASSING IN 1968; INCLUDES COMPLETE, NEWLY DISCOVERED 1955 RECORDING SESSION FOR EPIC RECORDS PRODUCED BY QUINCY JONES In the Beginning due out May ...

Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners Jazz Festival 2015

by Ian Patterson
April 6, 2015

Brilliant Corners Jazz FestivalBelfast, Ireland March 25-28 , 2015 Brilliant Corners may not be the biggest jazz festival in Northern Ireland--that accolade belongs to the City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival--but in just three editions it can already lay claim to being the best. Eschewing the populist ...

Article: Guitarist's Rendezvous

Samuel Mösching, Joe Giglio, Dave Kain and Juampy Juarez

by Dom Minasi
April 3, 2015

Welcome to Guitarists Rendezvous, our first installment in a series that introduces readers to emerging or established guitarists who fly just under the radar of public recognition. Each will field the same four questions and we've included audio and video so you can sample their music. We kick of the column with a diverse ...

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Article: Interview

Michael Brecker: He Can Groove Any Way You Want

by Mike Brannon
March 29, 2015

This article was originally published at All About Jazz in August 1998. Once one half of the world renown Brecker Brothers and full time studio legend, tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker relinquished that throne to form a group and deliver his own material. Though the Coltrane influence is present in spirit, its simultaneously transcended, skewered even, by ...

News: Recording

Blake Aaron Spins Soulful Guitar Tales On “Soul Stories,” Coming May 5

March 18, 2015

"Wes Side Story” bodes to be the fourth single from the set to enter the Billboard Top 10. Aliso Viejo, CA—Guitarist Blake Aaron utilized an unconventional approach when constructing his fifth album, Soul Stories, which will be released May 5 by Innervision Records. To maintain his presence on radio and in the marketplace while juggling a ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wes Montgomery

March 6, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Wes Montgomery's birthday today! Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States (where he also died of a heart attack in 1968), Montgomery came from a musical family, in which his brothers, Monk (string bass and electric bass) and Buddy (vibraphone, and piano), were jazz performers. Although Wes was not skilled at reading ...

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Article: Interview

Orrin Keepnews: Classic Producer of Classics

by R.J. DeLuke
March 2, 2015

This interview was originally published in August 2007. As a city boy who took a liking to jazz music and extended it into a budding career as a journalist, Orrin Keepnews may have inadvertently veered into the record-producing arena that generated classic albums from a wide range of unforgettable artists. Maybe it was a ...

News: Obituary

Orrin Keepnews (1923-2015)

March 2, 2015

Orrin Keepnews, a jazz record producer whose taste in music, integrity and respect for artists resulted in a vast body of legacy recordings by Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderley, Wes Montgomery and Bill Evans as well as dozens of other artists, died on March 1. He was 91. His Riverside label operated from 1953 to 1964. What ...