jazz

Fusion Hip Hop jazz 

Kassa Overall Announces New Album, Animals

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Animals, Danny Brown, Francis and the Lights, Kassa Overall, Laura Mvula, Lil B, Nick Hakim, Shabazz Palaces, Theo Croker, Vijay Iyer, Warp Records, Wiki

The prolific Brooklyn drummer/producer’s Warp Records debut due out May 26th

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jazz Remembrance 

The Soothsayer: Remembering Wayne Shorter

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 David Beckett 0 Comments Jazz, Miles Davis, Milton Nascimento, RIP, Saxophone, Steely Dan, The Rolling Stones, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report

The groundbreaking jazz titan was 89

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LISTEN: Kurt Elling Covers Eddie Money

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments AC/DC, Al Jarreau, Baby Hold On, Charlie Hunter, Eddie Money, Kurt Elling, Nate Smith, PJ Morton, Sam & Dave, SuperBlue

“Baby Hold On” to be released on new EP, Guilty Pleasures, out tomorrow

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Experimental Fusion jazz Rock 

Japanese Art Pop Greats Koenjihyakkei Revamp Classic Album

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Japan, Koenjihyakkei, Mark Fischer, Nivraym, SKiN GRAFT Records, Tatsuya Yoshida

Nivraym will be available on vinyl for the first time

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LISTEN: Laura Ainsworth Shares “Goldfinger”

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments "You Asked For It: 11 Requested Songs, Bill Ainsworth, Goldfinger, James Bond, Jazz, Laura Ainsworth, singer

The second generation jazz singer takes on James Bond

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Folk jazz Psychedelics Remembrance Rock 

David Crosby Gone at 81

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, CSN, CSNY, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Neil Young, RIP, Roger McGuinn, Stephen Stills, The Byrds

Friends and family take to social media to process the news

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Experimental jazz Rock 

Mike Baggetta, Jim Keltner and Mike Watt Jam Econo Everywhen They Go

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2023, D Boon, Everywhen We Go, Henry Kaiser, Jim Keltner, Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt, Traveling Wilburys, Wall of Flowers

The post-genre OG’s are a power trio for the ages

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Alternative Rock Electronic jazz Pop 

You Make It Easy: Air’s Moon Safari at 25

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, Air, Astralwerks, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Moon Safari, Nicolas Godin, Sexy Boy, Stereolab

The French band’s debut album was a perfect fit in the post-modern late 90s

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Blues Fusion Hard Rock Instrumental jazz Remembrance Rock 

Jeff Beck: The Guitarist’s Guitarist

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment Blow By Blow, Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, guitar, Guitarist, Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Led Zeppelin, RIP, Rod Stewart, The Jeff Beck Group, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Wired

Remembering the life and career of England’s greatest axe man

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The Top Ten Jazz Albums of 2022

January 4, 2023 Todd Manning 0 Comments Anteloper, Best Albums, Eric Revis, Immanuel Wilkins, jaimie branch, Jazz, Jeff Parker, Mark Turner, Mary Halvorson, Melissa Aldana, Moppa Elliot, Nasheet Waits, Nate Wooley, Top 10, Tyshawn Sorey, Will Bernard

Celebrating yet another year of supreme sonic innovation

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jazz Progressive Rock Rock 

Celestial Terrestrial Commuters: Mahavishnu Orchestra’s Birds of Fire at 50

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Todd Manning 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Billy Cobham, Birds of Fire, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, John McLaughlin, Kraftwerk, Mahavishnu, Miles Davis, Rick Laird

Looking back on a landmark album that blurred the lines between jazz and prog

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Folk jazz Pop 

Paprika Plains: Joni Mitchell’s Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter at 45

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Alex Acuña, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, Manolo Badrena, Roger McGuinn, Wayne Shorter

How the singer’s 1977 LP furthered her fascination with jazz

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ALBUMS: Renowned Reedist Avram Fefer Returns With Juba Lee

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 Todd Manning 0 Comments Avram Fefer, Chad Taylor, Clean Feed Records, Eric Revis, Jazz, Juba Lee, Marc Ribot

His electrically charged quartet exceeds expectations on second LP

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jazz Rock 

Dirty Work: Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy A Thrill at 50

November 25, 2022November 25, 2022 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Denny Dias, Dirty Work, Do It Again, Donald Fagen, Elliot Randall, Naked Lunch, Reelin' In The Years, Steely Dan, Walter Becker, William S. Burroughs

Looking back on the band’s classic debut LP

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Folk jazz Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Linda Hoover Shares “Autumn” From Steely Dan Assisted Lost Album

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Ron Hart 4 Comments Autumn, Barbra Streisand, Denny Dias, Donald Fagen, Eric Weissberg, I Mean To Shine, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Linda Hoover, Omnivore Recordings, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

I Mean To Shine is out now on Omnivore Recordings

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