Posted December 16, 2010 at 2:00 pm | One comment
New Jersey based jazz guitarist B.D. Lenz is used to taking chances, as anyone who makes a living improvising would be. So it’s no surprise that his latest album, Five & Live, features Lenz and company on stage in a live situation, which is always a bit of a risk for any recording, and, alongside his originals, covering some very un-jazz like songs, such as Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” and “Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2” by classic British rockers Pink Floyd.
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Posted December 14, 2010 at 7:00 pm | 2 comments
I’m going to go out on a limb here and make a statement that might just come back to haunt me, but I think that Smooth Jazz often doesn’t get the credit it deserves as being as legit as its traditional and more “hip” cousin.
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Posted December 14, 2010 at 2:00 pm | One comment
Review of New York jazz guitarist Ben Tyree’s new album re: Vision
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Posted December 7, 2010 at 1:00 pm | 2 comments
Drummer and keyboardist Gary Husband has long been a fixture in the Jazz-Rock arena. He is currently touring as additional drummer and keyboard player with John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension. He has appeared as sideman with such luminaries as Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, Gary Moore and Andy Summers.
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Posted December 6, 2010 at 1:00 pm | One comment
Drummer Ranjit Barot is the son of a legendary classical Indian dancer. He has spent the past several years appearing as a sideman, producing other artists and writing award winning film scores. His prowess as a composer is highly regarded in World and Fusion music circles.
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Posted December 6, 2010 at 10:00 am | One comment
Musical chameleon John Scofield is presented here in a live concert setting. New Morning: The Paris Concert was recorded April 23, 2010 in Paris, France.
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Posted November 25, 2010 at 1:00 pm | 4 comments
For three decades, guitarist Mike Stern has astonished jazz audiences the world over with his quest to push the envelope of what is possible on his instrument, the electric guitar. Now, more than ever, Stern is busy working on a variety of projects that further fuel his insatiable and often child-like curiosity and creativity.
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Posted November 11, 2010 at 12:35 pm | One comment
The majority of musicians in my age bracket and younger are familiar with Louis Armstrong. His popular hits “Hello Dolly” and “What a Wonderful World” topped the radio charts and made him a household name and multiple television appearances kept him in the spotlight throughout the 1960’s. The music and the presentation was light hearted and commercial, but characterizing Armstrong as a Jazz musician during this period of time would honestly be very difficult.
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Posted November 5, 2010 at 5:23 pm | One comment
“Jump, Jive, an’ Wail” from the Brian Setzer Orchestra’s It’s Gonna Rock ‘Cause That’s What I Do DVD, out now from Surfdog Records, got 150,000 people out of their seats when it was recorded during a headlining BSO set at the Montreal Jazz Festival.
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Posted November 3, 2010 at 3:00 pm | One comment
Dweezil Zappa has been rather busy over the past couple of years. Both out of choice and out of need he decided to analyze and study pretty close to everything pertaining to the music of his late father, Frank Zappa, the legendary musician, composer, arranger, producer, film director, political activist, and bandleader.
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