When Italian drummer Claudio Scolari decided to record his fifth album Colors of Red Island, he was taking a risk by having Daniele Cavalca perform on this album, not because there was any question about Cavalca’s musicianship You May Also Like: Claudio Scolari, Daniele Cavalca, Simone Scolari – Natural ImpulseRead More
When it comes to boy/girl musical acts, there’s nothing typical at all about Washington, D.C.-based duo Janel & Anthony. They don’t sing, they don’t play jazz, they sure as hell don’t play pop You May Also Like: Mark Anthony K on Projekt Gemineye’s ‘A Brand New Day’: ‘A Little MoreRead More
The basic plot is evident: a young man in a budding courtship with a young lady who has “a touch of Tuesday Weld,” against a Cold War backdrop. You May Also Like: Donald Fagen, “New Frontier” from ‘The Nightfly Live’ (2021): Steely Dan Sunday
Daren Burns teaches bass, piano, music theory and composition at Verde Valley School out of Sedona, Arizona. You May Also Like: Wadada Leo Smith – Najwa (2017)
Some artists begin their recording career as a leader rather tepidly, playing it safe with stable, derivative styles and often performing other people’s songs before stretching out, taking chances and establishing their own identities on later records. You May Also Like: Devin Gray – ‘Dirigo Rataplan II’ (2018) Mike Kuhl,Read More
With such a focus here on Keith Jarrett’s sublime Standards trio that has been going on for thirty years, now, along with some monumental solo piano records of the 1970s, it can almost be forgiven if we had overlooked Jarrett’s American Quartet You May Also Like: Keith Jarrett Returned toRead More
A couple of years ago when bassist/composer/bandleader Marcus Miller revisited Miles Davis’ Tutu, a late-period Miles album that was essentially a Marcus Miller album with Miles as the primary lead voice, Miller was revisiting himself, too. You May Also Like: Ryan A. Miller – ‘Atrophy Torque Fly’ (2018) Adam MillerRead More
Italian guitarist Marco Cappelli might be ensconced in the downtown New York improvised music scene, but he can’t help but to continue to view American culture from the distance of the Atlantic Ocean. You May Also Like: Marco Marconi, jazz pianist: Something Else! Interview
About a dozen or so years ago when I first came across the impossibly great blues guitarist Melvin Taylor, I noticed how much his guitar playing owes to jazz and particularly George Benson You May Also Like: Burning Ghosts – Burning Ghosts (2016) James Taylor – ‘One Man Band’ (2007;Read More
Born in Toronto, living in Brooklyn (where, it seems, all the good musicians aspire to call home), jazz guitar specialist Avi Granite has recently put forth Snow Umbrellas. You May Also Like: Avi Granite 6 – Orbit (2018)
