The L.A.-based quintet Jazz Punks’ thing is to create jarring music by mashing up classic songs of straight ahead jazz with diametrically opposed classic songs of rock. You May Also Like: Solitaire Miles – Jazztets with Willie Pickens (2018) Pearcy / Gratzmiller Jazz Quintet – ‘Over the Edge’ (2018) VectorRead More
It would be tempting to call this jazz fusion, or jazz rock. Or jazz something. But there’s so very much more going on, as Yes alum Trevor Rabin hurtles through Jacaranda, due May 8, 2012 from Varese Vintage Records. You May Also Like: Trevor Rabin – ‘Rio’ (2023)
May 15, 2012 will be a day of celebration for Santana fans, and not just the ones who celebrate any new Santana release. After all, his last album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time is only a year and a half old. But Shape Shifter, as thisRead More
Sprung from classmates at the well-regarded New England Conservatory of Music, Ro Sham Beaux, est. 2009, is a Boston-based band that, in a rarity for a fusion jazz ensemble, takes the “band” word seriously: they operate as a true cooperative. This quartet made up of Zac Shaiman (sax, effects), LukeRead More
Back in 1984 I purchased my first McCoy Tyner album, Dimensions, which was his current release at the time. You May Also Like: Michael Dease – All These Hands (2017)
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Sometimes when it comes to listening to music, patience is a virtue… Imagine cueing up a record by a jazz bassist and being greeted with the ornate sounds of a timpani, harpsichord and bowed bass. You May Also Like: Eivind Opsvik – Overseas V (2017) Burnt Sugar the Arkestra ChamberRead More
Since its formation as the Len Paterson Trio in 2000, Bay Area funk-jazz outfit Flowtilla has been going against the grain when it comes to funk. You May Also Like: Flowtilla – Just Passing Through (2017) Charged Particles – ‘Live at the Baked Potato’; Mike Bogle – ‘Let There BeRead More
Another Monday, another teetering stack of new music goodness — just waiting to be tipped over, then rifled through. You May Also Like: Illegal Crowns [Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Halvorson, Taylor Ho Bynum + Benoît Delbecq] – ‘Unclosing’ (2023) Terry Bozzio, David Gilmore, Jose James + others: Five for the Road
The title says it all here, as Chad Wackerman leads a crack group of musicians including ever-adventurous guitar virtuoso Allan Holdsworth through a complex and varied series of dynamics and tempos. You May Also Like: Allan Holdsworth – Tales From The Vault (2016) Scott T. Jones – ‘Fictional Characters’ (2020,Read More
