Robert Walter has been going back and forth between his two main acid jazz projects the Greyboy Allstars and his 20th Congress since the 90s, but 2013 is the year when both worlds collided. You May Also Like: Robert Walter’s 20th Congress – ‘Spacesuit’ (2018) WRD (Robert Walter, Eddie Roberts,Read More
A “rise in the road” connotes a challenge that needs to be met, and certainly a band that’s been around for thirty-two years has seen its share of them You May Also Like: Yellowjackets – ‘Parallel Motion’ (2022) Yellowjackets, Randy Waldman, Marquis Hill + others: Five for the Road
It would be easy to assume that a discussion about a record produced by the Decembrists’ Nate Query and featuring a guest spots by the tUnE-yArDs’ Noah Bernstein and Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin is a discussion about an indie rock record You May Also Like: No related posts.
No summer barbecue is complete without the right soundtrack, and as a host, you have several choices: You can select straight ahead rock or some good soul music. You May Also Like: Natsuki Tamura – ‘Summer Tree’ (2022) Richard Turgeon, “Goodbye to Summer” (2020): One Track Mind Richard Elliot –Read More
After five years, the Wrong Object returns with an expanded lineup — and a radically expanded sound palette, with bold electronic textures from new keyboardist Antoine Guenet and stunning harmonic complexities from a pair of saxists You May Also Like: Josh Johnson – ‘Unusual Object’ (2024)
This angular and exciting track, featuring a tornadic assist from violinist Jerry Goodman, opens bassist Antoine Fafard’s terrific new prog/fusion album Occultus Tramitis. You May Also Like: No related posts.
The progenitor of Americana jazz makes music that’s most directly inspired by a scenic crown jewel of Americana itself. You May Also Like: Bill Frisell – Music IS (2018) Bill Frisell’s Timeless ‘Live’ Opened Up a New Musical World for Me Andrew Cyrille, with Wadada Leo Smith and Bill FrisellRead More
One of my favorite Rush songs is “The Trees.” I love that brief acoustic, Renaissance mannered intro with a full-bodied metal guitar suddenly bursting in You May Also Like: Bernie Chiaravalle, Guitarist With Michael McDonald: Something Else! Interview
Ross Hammond made a record last year that I dug the hell out of. Adored is raw rock-jazz that I found very instinctual because everyone in his band are seasoned jazz cats who cross over to rock for fun. You May Also Like: Ross Hammond and Jon Bafus – MasonicRead More
A fourth LP is in the offing for that avant-Chicago/folk-Brazilian amalgam, the São Paulo Underground. Rob Mazurek (cornet, electronics), Guilherme Granado (keyboards, electronics) and Mauricio Takara (drums, percussion, cavaquinho, electronics) are back You May Also Like: Rob Mazurek’s Black Cube Marriage – Astral Cube (2017)
