Celebrating 30 Years Online!
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
New weekly jazz programming returns to the airwaves this fall when Legends of Jazz debuts on PBS. Ramsey Lewis will host thirteen 30-minute shows each with a different theme such as “Voices of the Next Generation,” “The Divas,” and “The…
Celebrating its 25th year, Concord Picante (which focuses on Latin jazz) will have several special projects. One of them is Concord Picante Regrooved, which features DJs Mario C., Cuica, Los Amigos Invisibles, among others. The disc is due May 17.…
There are entire albums of one artist remixed, like Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday. Here are some others I’d love to see remixes of: The Crusaders – Verve owns that catalog so it should be no problem. Miles Davis –…
Jason Moran and his trio, bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, are joined in the Bandwagon by guitarist Marvin Sewell on his new recording Same Mother. He makes an impression. It’s the thing I noticed most when I first…
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…