The trio of Marc Seales/p, Doug Miller/b and John Bishop bring in tenor titan Ernie Watts for half of the sublime post bop tunes on this sophisticatedly swinging album. In the three man format, Seales taps into his inner Hancock…
Month: April 2020
Audrey Ochoa: Frankenhorn
Trombonist Audrey Ochoa leads a team with Chris Andrew/p-key, Sandro Dominelli/dr, Mike Lent/b and a mix of percussionists and strings on this post bop album. Her tone is warm and lyrical as the strings caress the clippety copp of “Swamp…
ERIC JOHNSON: EJ-UP CLOSE, ANOTHER LOOK
BACK IN 2014, WE HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH GUITAR LEGEND ERIC JOHNSON, JUST AFTER HE RECORDED HIS LANDMARK SUMMIT MEETING WITH FELLOW GUITARIST MIKE STERN ON THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION ECLECTIC. THAT TOUR WAS MANNA FROM HEAVEN FOR GUITAR FANS,…
JOE SATRIANI: THE MAN WHO TAUGHT THE MAN
“WHAT IS MORE FITTING…THAN TO BE TAUGHT BY THE MAN WHO TAUGHT THE MAN?” Andre Moreu Scaramouche MOST FANS OF THE GUITAR KNOW THAT JOE SATRIANI IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SIX STRINGERS AROUND. HE’S THE RARA ARVIS OF …
BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE!
This year we’ve been celebrating the 50th Anniversary of fusion, as 1970 (ok, you can argue it was ’69 and I won’t fight you) was the year that jazz, classical and rock got together to create songs that appealed to…