Swing is the thing with leader Jon-Erick KEllso playing trumpet and leading a hard hitting team of John Allred/tb, Scott Robinson/ts-tar-an, Jay Rattman/as, Matt Munisteri-Chris Flory/g, Neal Miner-Pat O’Leary/b and Evan Christopher/cl through some vintage toe tappers. The team has…
Month: October 2023
Ceramic Dog:Connection
Marc Ribot takes his Hendrix pills while playing a variety of guitars, as well as bass, dobro and tres, teaming up with Shahzad Ismaily on bass and electronics and Ches Smith playing bass with electronics. There’s a lot of Manic…
THE LAST ANGRY MAN…Ray Angry: Ray Angry Three
Known for his work ranging with the likes of Jeff Beck, Wynton Marsalis and Esperanza Spalding to Dianne Reeves, pianist and composer Ray Angry stretches out and goes solo on this latest, intimate release. The album focuses on his own…
MARKUS REUTER: A NEW TOUCH
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING NEW THAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE GUITAR… IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD THE SOUND OF THE TOUCH GUITAR PIONEERED BY MARKUS REUTER, THEN YOU HAVE FEELING THAT I HAD WHEN I SWITCHED…
PAT MASTELOTTO: FROM THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING TO STICK MEN AND BEYOND…
WITH THE REIGN OF KING CRIMSON FINALLY ENDING THIS PAST YEAR, IT’S TIME TO STEP BACK AND APPRECIATE THE MUSIC THAT CAME IN THE WAKE OF THAT INFLUENTIAL BAND. DRUMMER PAT MASTELOTTO WAS ONE OF THE DRUMMERS OF THE FINAL…