John Hilderbrand
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Dukey Treats from George Duke
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You know how sometimes you’re a huge fan of an artist but their style changes over time? You keep buying their new music because you’re holding on/hoping for what you enjoyed in the past. Fortunately, that is not the case for every artist. George Duke is a constant in the contemporary jazz universe. He’s done…
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Aaron Parks: Progressive Jazz Piano
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Aaron Parks has played piano on the last three Terence Blanchard recordings. I’m a big fan of those and the have made certain that the band was mentioned as an integral aspect of them. Now Mr. Parks has his chance to shine with Invisible Cinema, his debut on Blue Note Records. The Boston Globe says…
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Review – Here and Gone from David Sanborn
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David Sanborn is back with an album that likely will serve as a highlight in his career. What upfront was to funk, Here and Gone might be to soul and blues. Sanborn pays homage to the music that inspired him, especially the music of Hank Crawford. “Hank was the great saxophonist and arranger for Ray…
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Jazz: Cool Birth Graphic Novel
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It’s rare that these two favorites of mine cross paths: graphic novels and jazz. It’s happening now with the forthcoming Jazz: Cool Birth, a jazz club murder mystery, from author/designer Gary Scott Beatty. “I hope to pull readers into the late night clubs of 1957, feeling the music through the visuals,” Beatty explains. “Jazz album…
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Me on Twitter
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Twitter is a free service for people to communicate through the exchange of quick, frequent messages (or “tweets”). I’ve been using it to share what I’m listening to, and still will. I’m increasing the scope of what I do with it, though. Since it’s not always easy for me to write up a post about…