If you don’t live in LA, and have ever wondered what a Tuesday Guitar Night with veteran John Pisano is like, this sumptuous session lead by Frank Potenza is an excellent hint at what your missing. Potenza gets together LA…
Author: George W. Harris
SIR PAUL…Paul McCartney: New
The last time out, Paul McCartney surprised us with his take on obscure Depression Era ditties. Here, doing new material, he’s going to surprise you again. I’ve always felt that British bassist/vocalist Paul McCartney got sidetracked from being an unknown…
Aaron Parks: Arborescence
Pianist Aaron Parks has made a name for himself as a respectable sideman hitching his wagon to Kurt Rosenwinkel’s posse for a number of years. He hasn’t released a session under his own name for quite a while, and the…
Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection
41 albums of Robert Zimmerman from Minnesota. Is this a musical or cultural event? You can take this massive mix of albums in their original sleeves box set in a number of different perspectives. One angle is that you can go…
Meir Shitrit: Way
Born in Israel and now living in San Diego, guitarist Meir Shitrit mixes sounds of the West and Mideast on this collection of attractive originals. Supported by a rhythm team of Barak Ben-Zour/dr, Achiya Asher/p and various bass and horn…
Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio 2
Working on the cutting edge of melding jazz with urban sounds, pianist/keyboardist Robert Glasper has come a long way since being a sideman for the likes of Nnenna Freelon. He now leads a hip-hop meets jazz meets R&B band once…
The Moody Blues@Nokia Theatre 11-01-13
They may sing a song that says that they’re “just singers in a rock and roll band,” but progressive rock band Moody Blues betrayed those lyrics during their two hour set before an appreciatively packed Nokia Theatre. (On a side…
CD VS DOWNLOAD VS VINYL VS PAPER VS PLASTIC VS SPY VS SPY…
Back when I was a kid, the way you listened to music was very simple; you popped a 45 (or 78) rpm “single” onto a record changer, and played it over and over until you simply wore the thing out.…
A Month of Thanks
Yeah, I know. The world is filled with problems. YOUR LIFE is filled with problems. On a global scale, it looks like Europe is imploding, the Middle East is exploding, Africa is stuck in first gear or reverse, and South/Central…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Fred Hersch and Julian Lage: Free Flying
What is it about Fred Hersch?!? It seems like every time the pianist puts something out, it’s a) different than what he’s done before and b) ends up on my RINGER OF THE WEEK list. The guy’s done it again!…