Celebrating 30 Years Online!
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
When I started listening to contemporary jazz, I kept reading about the “jazz police” and “jazz purists”. The self-appointed “authorities” on what jazz was. It was annoying that there was these “gatekeepers” that deemed what I was listening to was…
Nearly thirty years ago, on May 27, 1997, Knitting Factory Works released The Sign of the Four, a fearless free-improvisation recording featuring Paul Wertico, Pat Metheny, Derek Bailey, and Gregg Bendian. Now, Grammy-winning drummer, and longtime former Pat Metheny Group…
The Crusaders, down to just original members Joe Sample and Wilton Felder, released their penultimate recording Healing the Wounds in April 1991. It hit the top of the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart on June 22, 1991. The album…
On the very first track on Dave Weckl’s first solo recording, there was Tom Kennedy on bass. He was the bassist and a composer in the Dave Weckl Band for years. He was key to the sound of that great…
Eternally young Nathan East and son Noah East are performing some Fourplay songs on the road. Here’s an outstanding live rendition of “101 Eastbound”, the Nathan East and Marcel East composition from the Fourplay debut recording. Watch out for guitarist…