Other than the hits, 1973’s ‘Chicago VI’ often feels like bologna: lots of filling but the real meat is questionable at best. This deep cut is an exception.
Greg Phillinganes and Burt Bacharach are part of the latest edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.
‘Astral Cube’ is the latest in a long line of Mazurek projects that demonstrates the leader’s great ability to bring divergent talent together for a chaotic yet cathartic sonic experience.
In thirty-five short minutes, Jaimie Branch said a lot about what she’s offering to the realm of outward-bound jazz. If ‘Fly or Die’ is only her Chapter One, I can hardly wait to hear the rest of this book.
It might have taken a little longer this time, but with ‘Holiday On Fire,’ guitarist, composer and producer Torben Waldorff has done it again.
‘Super Freak: The Life of Rick James’ offers a glimpse at the human being and musical legacy underneath all the coked-out madness.
Yes should have made “Tempus Fugit,” a gem among gems, the focus track on 1980’s ‘Drama.’
When rockers begin to get older, you expect to see it in their performance. Not Alice Cooper.
One of the few social commentary songs on ‘Chicago VI,’ this funk workout was penned by James Pankow.
If one wants to learn about the music the Beatles listened to in the 1950s, “One After 909” provides an instant lesson.
