Celebrating 30 Years Online!
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
Spike Lee will direct the first video by Lizz Wright from her debut CD Salt. It happens to be my favorite song on the recording too “Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly” Meshell Ndegeocello will release a jazz album on…
This morning, I heard something familiar yet different. Nick Holder remixed Pat Metheny’s “Slip Away” classic into a danceable, electronica version called “Summer Daze”. The original single is out of print, but you can still get listen to the music without…
There’s been no shortage of Jaco Pastorius mentions lately. There was Brian Bromberg’s Jaco, Weather Report’s Live and Unreleased, and this week’s two-disc Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology. Coming in August is the Jaco Pastorius Big Band, produced and…
I’ve made earlier mention of the fact that Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, and Fred Wesley all are on Randy Brecker’s new CD, 34th N Lex. It gets better. Here’s the entire horn lineup on this powerful CD: Randy Brecker: Trumpet,…
I updated the New Releases section tonight. Here are some details about some of the upcoming CDs.The Rhino 2-disc Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology features three previously unreleased tracks from the legendary bassist.Roy Haynes’ Love Letters see its U.S.…