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One Track Mind: Gail Jhonson, "Do Something Else" (2010)

By Nick Deriso It’s no surprise that a performer who got her start working with funny funkster Morris Day settles into a lightly swinging keyboard groove from the first on “Do Something Else.” Why do anything else? After all, Gail Jhonson wrote the book on neo-soul piano. Literally: her publishedRead More

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One Track Mind: Mary Halvorson "Sea Seizure (No. 19)" (2010)

by S. Victor Aaron I don’t pay a great deal of attention to what other jazz critics say about records as I probably should; chalk it up to laziness, I suppose. But even my lazy ass couldn’t help but notice all the interest in media circles buzzing around guitarist MaryRead More

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Deep Cuts: Styx "Miss America" (1977)

by S. Victor Aaron Love ’em or hate ’em, Styx was part of many an American boy’s soundtrack of the late 70s and early 80s. When I think of arena rock, the first two bands I think of are Journey and Styx; both bands encapsulated everything that was good andRead More

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Deep Cuts: George Benson "Valdez In The Country" (1976)

by S. Victor Aaron When we last visited a George Benson recording, it was about his remake of the still fresh-out-the-oven Abbey Road. Fast forward seven years later, to 1976: Benson had just ended his long and artistically successful stint with CTI Records, having been enticed back to the majorsRead More

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Doobie Brothers, “Nobody” from ‘World Gone Wrong’ (2010): One Track Mind

The Doobie Brothers return with the same rich blend of acoustic and electric guitars, the strutting rhythm and those sumptuous backing vocals.

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One Track Mind: Kimya Dawson, "Tire Swing" (2006)

photo by Johan Eriksson by Mark Saleski There are so many ways we discover music: from a film soundtrack, the radio (Internet, satellite, earthbound), word of mouth, advertising. Most of these can be thought of as happy accidents. Is there such a thing as an “unhappy accident”? This is theRead More

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One Track Mind: Shorty Rogers and His Giants, "Martians Go Home" (1956)

A canny mixture of an old-school swinging style with the then-new cool sound, even if its name sounds like a goof. Shorty Rogers, who’d first garnered attention as part of bands led by Woody Herman (both the first and second Herds) and then Stan Kenton, had a way of confoundingRead More

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One Track Mind: Darol Anger & Mike Marshall "Donna Lee" (1988)

by S. Victor Aaron I know exactly what our own Mark Saleski speaks of when he states that “music obsessives and regular folks alike know of the song/memory retrieval phenomenon — you hear a song and instantly remember where you were the first time you heard it.” Moreover, a songRead More

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One Track Mind: Bill Frisell "Live To Tell" (1992)

by Mark Saleski Bill Frisell has often been referred to as the mad scientist of the guitar. His good friend Gary Larson goes the idea one better, that Frisell has a team of mad scientists living inside of his brain. The notion is a funny one, because the stereotype ofRead More

Chicago, "Free Form Guitar" from Chicago Transit Authority (1969): Deep Cuts

Chicago, “Free Form Guitar” from Chicago Transit Authority (1969): Deep Cuts

Sometimes, we need reminding that Chicago was once a rock/jazz/blues/R&B/whack jazz band masquerading as a mainstream rock band.