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What happens when California meets Hawaii? They have a beautiful baby called The Island Breezes Collection, that’s what happens! Hot on the heels of The Longboard Collection, which marked the first installment of Tim Coffman’s instrumental “Cruisin’ Pacific Coast Highways” series comes this stunning set of spirited sounds that impressivelyRead More

About three years ago I received a CD called Real And Imagined by jazz pianist and composer Kait Dunton, which came out of nowhere and just blew me away. You May Also Like: Kait Dunton, “Summer Solstice” from ‘trioKAIT Live at the Blue Whale’ (2020): One Track Mind Kait Dunton,Read More

Dear Diz doesn’t aim for the relentlessly daring intellect of Dizzy Gillespie’s small-band bebop sides, so much as the boisterous amiability associated with his globetrotting latter-day period You May Also Like: The Beatles, “Martha My Dear” from The White Album (1968): Deep Beatles Dizzy Gillespie and Friends – Concert ofRead More

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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)

There is a sense, throughout the covers-filled What the Hell is Goin’ On?, of broken-in familiarity. Paul Thorn and his longtime backing band aren’t simply pulling out these songs to try to move records. They have loved, and they have lived, every one of these tales. You May Also Like:Read More