John Hilderbrand

John Hilderbrand

Longtime contemporary jazz fan and founder of ContemporaryJazz.com.
  • Joined: January 27, 2017
  • Articles: 144
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Pat Metheny Article

Pat Metheny is interviewed at Japan Today today. He talks about what the new Group CD, The Way Up, is supposed to be about, that Kenny G comment, and the continued and frustrating impression of jazz as high-brow. Among his…

Don Grusin – The Hang

Don Grusin’s The Hang is a throwback to the good old days of the New Adult Contemporary format before the sound of contemporary jazz degraded into bland smooth jazz. The pianist rounded up a band of all-stars to jam on…

Review: Jason Miles – Miles To Miles

Jason Miles has put together an awesome contemporary jazz recording to help start 2005 in a kick-ass fashion. His Miles To Miles recording is “in the spirit of Miles Davis.” It’s not an album of covers of Miles’ tunes (except…

Soul Shadows by Joe Sample

cover to Soul Shadows contemporary jazz recording by pianist Joe Sample

If you heard “The Texas Two Step” from his previous release The Pecan Tree and hoped that Joe Sample would do an entire recording of music like that, you’re in luck. Sample has released a solo piano recording called Soul…