Top Contemporary Jazz Albums – October 31, 1998
The top ten contemporary jazz recordings from Oct. 31, 1998!
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
John Hilderbrand
Longtime contemporary jazz fan and founder of ContemporaryJazz.com.
Chris Botti on recording today
Chris Botti, touring right now, hasn’t put out a recording in six years and has a new deal with Blue Note Records. But he doesn’t appear to view it as a priority, stating that “the record business is over.” “Unless…
Yellowjackets raising their voice?
The new Yellowjackets recording, Raising Our Voice, supposedly is “subtly taking a resistant stand against the status quo of the cultural and political undercurrent of our times.” But I don’t even hear any subtle stand. No resistance, protest, or even…
Pat Metheny NEA Jazz Master and Acceptance Speech
Metheny and Wayne Shorter – two men I always love listening to speak in addition to playing.
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…