David Crosby, Boz Scaggs, Marc Ribot: S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2018 (Part 1 of 4, Non-Jazz)
David Crosby, Boz Scaggs and Marc Ribot headline S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2018 list for non-jazz albums.
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Jazz Funk Soul, “Windfall” from ‘Life and Times’ (2019): Something Else! Sneak Peek
Here is the advance single “Windfall,” from Jazz Funk Soul’s upcoming album ‘Life and Times.’
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – ‘YRU Still Here?’ (2018)
Marc Ribot and his merry little band of jazz misfits are back extending the middle finger to anything or anybody that catches their ire.
Adam Hopkins – ‘Crickets’ (2018)
Adam Hopkins is one of the few talents with the vision to make jazz directed at the current and future generations, not the past ones.
Herbie Hancock’s ‘Fat Albert Rotunda’ Hinted at Mainstream Successes to Come
Fifty years ago, Herbie Hancock paused to have a little cartoon-related fun. And when Herbie is having fun, his listeners usually are, too.
Other Barry (George Colligan, Enzo Irace, Micah Hummel) – ‘Escape Route’ (2018)
A direct outgrowth of George Colligan’s work as an educator, Other Barry sounds like a bunch of PhD professors of funky rock-jazz.
Steve Kuhn Trio – ‘To and From the Heart’ (2018)
Steve Kuhn just doing his regular jazz trio thing with Joey Baron and Steve Swallow – as they do on ‘To and From the Heart’ – is always exceptionally good.
Tiger Hatchery – ‘Breathing In the Walls’ (2018)
Tiger Hatchery’s ‘Breathing In the Walls’ proves that you don’t have to find an alternative to jazz to get your yah-yah’s out.
David Sanborn, “I Told U So” from ‘Backstreet’ (1983): One Track Mind
David Sanborn opened his new album 35 years ago with a sublime slice of sultry, mid-tempo funk co-written by the late, lamented Hiram Bullock.
Dave Douglas – ‘UPLIFT, Twelve Pieces For Positive Action’ (2018)
The upheaval seen in Washington and elsewhere since 2016 has amped up the political awareness of a lot of people, and Dave Douglas is no exception.
