One Track Mind: Roddy Frame, “Postcard” from Seven Dials (2014)
It’s been eight years since Aztec Camera’s Frame last released a solo disc.
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Cagematch – Missing The End All (2014)
This nifty little sax/guitar/drums combo applies a rock poise and an electrified sonic din to avant-jazz structures.
Fred Phillips’ Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Southern Rock and Country): Bob Wayne, Sturgill Simpson, Mat D, Jackson Taylor, Willie Nelson
Sturgill Simpson? The genuine article. Bob Wayne? Back with his best ever.
One Track Mind: Tweedy, “Diamond Light Parts I and II” (2014)
Another song emerges from Tweedy’s new solo album, along with a bonus track.
John Russell, jazz guitarist: Something Else! Interview
“I’m not too much of a fan,” free-form legend John Russell admits, “of the ‘jazz’ label.”
Quiet Riot – 10 (2014)
This is not how I want to remember a band that was so important in my life.
S. Victor Aaron’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Fusion Jazz): Nels Cline Singers, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jaco Pastorius
Everything from ambient post-rock to improvisational, to scattered rock-jazz.
Fred Hersch Trio – Floating (2014)
Never mind the studio setting, the highly lyrical and entrancing beauty of Fred Hersch’s piano and his empathetic rhythm section makes this another winning outing for this trio.
Preston Frazier’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Rock, Pop and Jazz): Simon Phillips, Kere Buchanan, Nathan East, Oz Noy, Judith Owen, Toto
Already, we’ve heard so much great stuff from the Toto family tree of music.
Something Else! sneak peek: Jerry Lee Lewis, “Rock and Roll Time” from Rock and Roll Time (2014)
An enduringly ornery delight, the Killer still sounds as dangerous as ever.
