The Yellowjackets - where do I start? How about at the beginning, when they were the backup band for Robben Ford? Much has been written and chronicled Continue Reading
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The next time someone asks me to define contemporary jazz, I have the answer: Transit from MSM Schmidt. The project is an ideal fusion of jazz and Continue Reading
Steely Dan fans won't have to wait until this summer's tour to hear fresh Dan. The Tone Center label has released a new collection of ten Steely Continue Reading
A scenario I'd like to see at the 2004 Grammy Awards ceremony: The Grammy returns to honoring jazz during its primetime special. Some of modern jazz's best Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
