A welcome return to the ECM catalogue – in a specially priced 3-CD box set in the label’s Old & New Masters Edition series – for three of the most striking of the early recordings which Jan Garbarek made for the label in the 1970s. In different but related ways Sart (1971), Witchi-Tai-To (1973) and […]
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Charles Mingus was one of the all-time great jazz bass players, as well as an innovative composer and a leader with a clear vision of where he wanted his music to go. In 1975 he made his first appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, joined by the players who had worked with him […]
Victor L. Schermer writes: Tony Miceli is a long-time master vibraphonist who, until a few short years ago, was relatively unknown outside of the Philadelphia area, when he started getting requests to perform and teach all over the world. Now, he is in demand in Ireland, South Korea, Argentina, and Australia, not to mention New […]
Soul singer Roberta Flack talks about her enduring love of music. Sarah Carson conducts the interview. Please click HERE to read
We are told: 9CD Clamshell Box with 24 Page Full Colour Booklet The entire original WNEW, KSAN, WBUF, Triple J, WLIR, El Dorado 100.3 & Rock ‘N; Pop 106.3 Radio Broadcasts Covering live performances from New York, San Francisco, Sydney, Montevideo & Buenos Aires. Professionally re-mastered with background liners and rare archival photos. 9 CDs […]
SUSAN FRANCES: Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Kayla Taylor is a southern gal who, when it comes to torch songs and jazz standards, can sing with the best and surpass them. Her new CD ‘You’d Be Surprised’ is the follow up to her 2005 release ‘A Night at Pacific & Vine’ and features a sophisticated array […]
Reverend Keith A. Gordon / ThoughtCo writes: Let be honest here, shall we? Blues-rock fretburners like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughan typically receive all the love while other talented guitarists are too often forced to wait in line to gather up whatever crumbs of critical acclaim remain. These skilled musicians bring plenty […]
Philip Clark meets the Canadian pianist at her home in north London to journey into the much misunderstood musical maze that is Bach’s The Art of Fugue Continues HERE
In 1985, Miles Davis shocked the music world by moving from Columbia to Warner Bros. He immediately started working on an album called ‘Perfect Way’ after a tune by Scritti Politti, later renamed ‘Tutu’ by producer Tommy LiPuma. When ‘Tutu’ was released in 1986, it re-ignited Miles Davis’ career, crossing over into the rock and […]
Originally published August 2013 He’s the snarling bassist in The Stranglers, punk’s most malevolent survivors, famed for beating up rival bands, fans and each other. But Jean-Jacques Burnel has revealed that he is now a Daily Telegraph-reading advocate for Britain’s constitutional monarchy. Ahead of the band’s surprise debut at the Proms next week, Burnel, 61, […]
WBCN FM broadcast of Santana’s Independence Day performance in 1981, from Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Disc 1 1.All I Ever Wanted 2.Primera Invasion / Searchin’ 3.Tales Of Kilimanjaro 4.Black Magic Woman 5.Gypsy Queen 6.Well All Right 7.Europa (Dedicated To John Mcenroe) 8.E Papa Re 9.Savor 10.Jingo 11.Winning Disc 2 1.Incident At Neshabur 2.Bass […]
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From our extensive jazz archives: David La Rosa writes: According to Nielsen‘s 2014 Year-End Report, jazz is continuing to fall out of favor with American listeners and has tied with classical music as the least-consumed music in the U.S., after children’s music. Both jazz and classical represent just 1.4% of total U.S. music consumption a piece. However, Classical […]
sic Studios and at Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA It’s no secret that the Grateful Dead’s concerts were of epic proportions, and during the bicentennial year of 1976, a whole new audience was discovering their magic thanks to their From the Mars Hotel and Blues for Allah albums. As a new year was approaching, the Dead celebrated it with a very appreciative […]
Adam Sweeting: The Hilliard Ensemble and Jan Garbarek talk to Adam Sweeting about blending music ancient and modern. MORE
The tone and pace shifts throughout John Hiatt’s Mystic Pinball, the 60-year-old’s 21st album. Of the fast, ‘rockier’ songs, the opening track We’re Alright Now and It All Comes Back work well, although the perfunctory groove of Bite Marks detract from the sassy lyrics. MORE
Blue Note is proud to present a new batch of six “5 original albums” in one box sets celebrating legendary jazz artists from the Blue Note catalogue. These continue on from the successful Verve and Concord titles released earlier in the year. This run includes Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Kenny […]
We are told ….. Disc 1 1.Intro 2.Drain You 3.Aneuysm 4.School 5.Floyd The Barber 6.Smells Like Teen Spirit 7.About A Girl 8.Polly 9.Sliver 10.Breed 11.Come As You Are 12.Lithium 13.Territorial Pissings 14.Love Buzz 15.Floyd The Barber 16.Downer 17.Mexican Sea Food 18.Spank Thru 19.Hairspray Queen 20.Pen Cap Chew Tracks 1-13 Pat O’ Brian Pavillion, Del Mar […]
When Jimi Hendrix and his Gypsy Sun and Rainbows band took to the stage, the timing was pretty lousy. With everything that had gone wrong during the Woodstock festival on the second day, the crowds rapidly decreased in number. What had been approximately 400,000 people in attendance, had been reduced to about 30,000 or so. […]
Funny how one’s misconceptions can occasionally be confounded rather than the more usual way of having them confirmed. I pretty much thought I didn’t like jazz – despite the fine efforts of my friend of many years standing; Graham Mitchell. GM has a vast collection of Jazz CDs. Very few appealed to me. And […]
TC writes … Trying to untangle a Dylan lyric is like trying to decipher a century’s worth of classic literature. It really can’t be done. Besides, when you find out what an artist really meant by their lyrics, it often reduces it to something far less than you’ve cultivated in your own imagination. And the […]