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Review: Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern – Lifecycle
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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 about this early chapter of their history, especially in light of their 2006…
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Review: MSM Schmidt – Transit
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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 rock. It has excellent compositions that allow its stellar cast of musicians to…
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Guitarists Rock Steely Dan on The Royal Dan
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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 Dan covers called The Royal Dan. It’s all guitarists covering classics like “Josie,”…
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Review: Jaco Pastorius Big Band – Word of Mouth Revisited
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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 known bassists are playing a tribute to Jaco Pastorius. After thunderous applause, the…
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Jaco Pastorius Big Band Coming This Summer
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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…