Joshua Redman Plugs In
“I always thought someday I’m gonna do a different kind of record. I’m gonna do a record that has more electric textures, that has wider sonic variety, I’m gonna do a record that relies more heavily on other sorts of…
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
John Hilderbrand
Joshua Redman Quote
I read a quote from Joshua Redman in a recent Borders magazine. I thought it was appropriate for the first entry at this site. “Jazz is going in all different directions now, and most are wonderful. There are great musicians…
Review: Hiroshima – Between Black and White
Hiroshima celebrates 25 years as a band this year and 20 years since the group first hit the instrumental charts. Their unique East-meets-West sound is on full display on their Windham Hill debut, Between Black and White. Hiroshima continues to…
Boney James – Boney’s Funky Christmas
[This is an archived review I wrote at some point between 1997 and 1999.] The ads for Boney’s first holiday release call this “the album to put on after you put the kids to bed.” Sure enough, Boney’s Funky Christmas…
Obituary: Nick Webb
Guitarist and composer Nick Webb, a founding member of the contemporary jazz group Acoustic Alchemy, died in London Feb. 5, 1998 from cancer, the group’s publicist said. He was 43. Webb, a native of England, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a…