1980s Smooth Jazz Albums That Don’t Suck: Gimme Five
If the idea of smooth jazz makes you cringe, we’ve got some great news for you: It ain’t all bad.

If the idea of smooth jazz makes you cringe, we’ve got some great news for you: It ain’t all bad.

Jon Davison has been with Yes for about a year and half, time that’s largely been spent revisiting a trio of the group’s 1970s recordings on tour. Now, he and drummer Alan White talk about the prospect of new music. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Crisp, dry production, a lean groove — anchored by Becker’s usual fat, bubbling bass line — and Fagen’s smart horn arrangement, “Janie Runaway” is an agreeable little mid-tempo number You May Also Like: Walter Becker, “The Dopest Cut / Down In the Bottom” (1992): Steely Dan Sunday Steely Dan Sunday:Read More

The famously mercurial Neil Young has left more than one project seemingly at the drop of the hat — most recently walking out on a planned Buffalo Springfield reunion in order to work with Crazy Horse again. You May Also Like: No related posts.

So much for the long-held notion that Elvis Presley had simply thrown away his own gifts by the 1970s. In fact, these soul-soaked sessions at Memphis’ legendary Stax Studios show an artist still deeply committed You May Also Like: Presley’s Beatles, “Can’t Help Falling In Love / Let It Be”Read More

After a short break, Sammy Hagar’s Four Decades of Rock concert series gets underway again later this month — touching on most every era of his career. Except Chickenfoot. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Gregg Allman remembers the first tune he ever wrote, at 17 — and the struggle for songwriting credit that engulfed “Melissa” before it was ever part of the Allman Brothers’ 1972 classic Eat a Peach. You May Also Like: How ‘One Way Out’ Finally Sold Me on the Allman BrothersRead More

Having turned seventy this year with an ample legacy stretching more than fifty years, Gary Burton could be excused if he kicked back and coasted by this time. No dice. You May Also Like: No related posts.
As Toto completed its European tour in advance of a rare U.S. jaunt, certain setlist favorites began to emerge — along with an air-tight camaraderie that could only come from sharing the stage for so long. You May Also Like: Toto, “Oh Why” from ‘Old Is New’ (2018): Toto TuesdaysRead More