For his third outing as a leader, guitarist Dean Brown called on two longtime friends to complete a potent power trio. And in bassist Will Lee and drummer Dennnis Chambers, he wound up with the ultimate rhythm section. Together this dream team lays down some seriously funky grooves while interacting in the moment with jazzy abandon on DBIII: Live in Tokyo...
Leeds Jazz is looking forward to its 25th Anniversary weekend at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton next weekend, from October 22nd to 26th. But these will be celebrations with a difference. Because Leeds Jazz is also preparing its own demise: by the end of November it will almost certainly no longer exist. Dave Hatfield, who has been with [...]
Trumpeter Randy Brecker's jazz credentials are of the highest order. The Brecker Brothers, the group he co-led with younger brother/saxophonist {{Michael = 5275}}, was one of the most successful jazz/funk/fusion groups of the 1970s and '80s. But jazz snobbery/elitism never ran in the family. Brecker has played and recorded with seemingly everybody, from the original Blood, Sweat and Tears on its debut,...
Mike Stern – New Morning: The Paris Concert (2009, Inakustic) purchase from Amazon He’s played with Miles and the Brecker Brothers, netted multiple Grammy nominations, and generally helped redefine jazz guitar for over 30 years, but Mike Stern has never reached the “name brand” level of fame enjoyed by other upper-echelon guitarists (see: Frisell, Bill), or sales [...]
If you know the classic Brecker Brothers tune “Some Skunk Funk,” you might not recognize it in this insanely fast version performed in Nagoya, Japan, in 1993. Michael Brecker’s tenor solo is mind-boggling. [Video]
Thanks to a weapons-grade lineup and original compositions that recall the salad days of The {{Brecker Brothers = 5277}}, Towner Galaher's Courageous Hearts has more than its share of awesome moments. However, Courageous also begs a question about the drummer that was asked about Mike Tyson back in the day: Can he do more than just hit really hard...
On Saturday The third Summer Soulstice took place in Barnet!The weather looked a bit dodgy at first and there was a little drizzle at one stage but not enough to dampen the enthusiasm of the crowds that were making there way to the Soulstice!The Jazz Tent was the first port of call where I managed to hear Djs Jester and Jazzy Ruth Fisher of Starpoint Radio who played some cracking tracks by amongst...
Please tune in for another studio performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Featuring The Cuban Legends Friday, June 19, 2009 at 1:00pm Eastern, U.S. The Cuban Legends offer superb musicians with hundreds of years of combined performance and recording experience in Latin Jazz, Salsa, Pop and Rock...
Perth Theatre has a series of ‘in the bar’ entertainment on Monday nights, called simply ‘The Monday Night Thing’. Well, last Monday, the ‘thing’ was a rather special performance from UK Saxphonist Julian Arguelles playing with the legendary John Abercrombie trio. Arguelles was a member of the 1980s iconic jazz collective Loose Tubes and now writes [...]
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