Wayne Shorter – ‘Emanon’ (2018)
Wayne Shorter has delivered a late-period masterpiece: The music on ‘Emanon’ is wonderful, the expectation delivered.
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Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band – Body And Shadow (2017)
Always putting spirituality above improvisation, Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band connects to listeners in a way uncommon for jazz musicians, and ‘Body And Shadow’ continues a remarkable consistency of mission and quality spanning two decades.
Jose James – Yesterday I Had the Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday (2015)
Jose James’ new collection of classic Billie Holiday covers makes for a stellar, if somber, album. Yesterday I had the blues, indeed.
Wayne Shorter’s masterpiece album Speak No Evil turns 50
More than any other album, ‘Speak No Evil’ is the reason why we often put that word ‘legend’ in front of Wayne Shorter’s name.
One Track Mind: Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn + Joey DeFrancesco, “Delia” (2014)
This is one finger-licking, chin-wagging, cool-side-of-the-pillow triumph.
Brian Blade Fellowship – Landmarks (2014)
As one of the most in-demand drummers in the world — jazz and otherwise — it can be a little understandable if Brian Blade hadn’t come forth with an album since 2009’s sublime singer-songwriter excursion Mama Rosa. You May Also Like: Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band – Body AndRead More
Something Else! sneak peek: Brian Blade, “He Died Fighting” from Landmarks (2014)
Brian Blade commences with a quiet pulse on “He Died Fighting,” setting the stage for an appropriately militaristic opening statement. But as the rest of his long-standing Fellowship Band gathers around, the track opens up into a vista of astonishing emotional complexity. You May Also Like: Brian Blade & TheRead More
Benmont Tench – You Should Be So Lucky (2014)
The songs, after a long time away, just started floating to the surface for Benmont Tench. He’d been a member of Tom Petty’s staggeringly underrated band the Heartbreakers forever, had even had a Nashville writing gig for a time. You May Also Like: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ gritty MojoRead More
Rosanne Cash – The River and the Thread (2014)
Rosanne Cash’s completely realized, stunningly detailed, profoundly touching new album isn’t just a journey through the American South. This is a journey through its soul, its heartbreak, its redemption — and her’s, too. You May Also Like: Johnny Cash’s American VI: Ain’t No Grave was a rustic, spiritual, unbent farewellRead More
Something Else! sneak peek: Benmont Tench, “Blonde Girl, Blue Dress” (2014)
It’s perhaps unsurprising that nobody recognizes Benmont Tench, for too long the faceless soul of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers. After all, singers and guitar players are typically the focal points. You May Also Like: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ gritty Mojo was more than just the blues Mudcrutch’s belated self-titled debutRead More
