Pat Metheny NEA Jazz Master and Acceptance Speech
Metheny and Wayne Shorter – two men I always love listening to speak in addition to playing.
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
John Hilderbrand
Longtime contemporary jazz fan and founder of ContemporaryJazz.com.
Aretha Franklin has passed
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, passed away today at age 76. The cause of death was “advance pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type.” Indisputably a legend, she impacted many lives. Here’s what some jazzers had to say: From the…
Flashback: Tom Schuman in 2003
Tom Schuman has been the keyboardist for Spyro Gyra since the beginning. He’s been on every recording by the perennial contemporary jazz band and has penned at least 40 of the songs on those recordings. During the 40+ year career…
Catch up with John Patitucci
Find out what legendary contemporary jazz bassist and composer John Patitucci has been up to! Jon Liebman recently posted an interview with the the busy bassist for his ForBassPlayersOnly.com site. Patitucci discusses his 2017 schedule, his current basses, the state…
Michael Franks – Blue Pacific and Walter Becker
This week, in 1990, the Blue Pacific recording by Michael Franks hit #1 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart. It was really my first exposure to him. I recall that his voice surprised me. It wouldn’t be until later that I…