John Hilderbrand
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Cortex – French Fusion Jazz
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My son, now a freshman at college, asked me if I’d heard about a French jazz band called Cortex. I said I had not and he shared a link with me. I laughed and said “this sounds like 1975!” He was like “yeah! I heard it in a record store today!” I’d never heard of…
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1988, charts, chick corea, contemporary jazz, david benoit, dianne reeves, kirk whalum, michael brecker, rippingtonsTop Contemporary Jazz Albums – June 25, 1988
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Bobby McFerrin had the top recording on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart 35 years ago. Simple Pleasures was spending its second week as the #1 album the week of June 25, 1988. Simple Pleasures was a bestseller thanks to the massive success of the single “Don’t Worry Be Happy” According to McFerrin on the…
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David Benoit Returns
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Contemporary jazz pianist, composer, conductor, and arranger David Benoit feels new energy after a recent kidney transplant. “I’ve been given this incredible gift… and I feel like I can almost start over again.” In a good article by Bondo Wyszpolski, Benoit talks about difficulties with a failing kidney over the last decade, struggles with keeping…
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Playing with AI: Karol G + Kenny G
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I’m fascinated with the deluge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools that are garnering attention. AI is truly a game changer. I’m convinced this is the very beginning of something that alter how we define art. It will eliminate jobs and create new ones. With every new revolution there are legal and ethics challenges associated with…