Percussionist and vocalist Sammy Figueroa gives tribute to his legendary father by revisiting some of the famed vocalists songs, interspersed with some of the original vintage snippets. The team of Gonszlo Rubalcba/p, Ricardo Rodriguez/b, Ludwig Afonso/dr, Felipe Lamoglia/ts, and Francisco…
Author: George W. Harris
Guy Belanger: Voyages & Autres Histories & Other Stories
Playing a variety of harmonicas, Guy Belanger creates almost as many moods with a team of Rob MacDonald/g, Michel Duour/dr, Marc-Andre Drouin-Alec McElcheran/b, Claude Fradette/g, Bruce Cameron/p-key and Nanette Workman-Sylvie Desgroseilliers/voc. The result is that sometimes Belanger takes you to…
Jon-Erik Kellso and The EarRegulars: Live At The Ear Inn
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…
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…
ALBUMS THAT PUSHED SOUNDS FORWARD
This month, we have celebrated the vision of King Crimson, with interviews with artists who either played with or were inspired from Robert Fripp. In light of that, we’ve put together a TOP TEN list of modern albums that have…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Diego Figueiredo: My World
One of my favorite contemporary guitarists, Diego Figueredo shows all of his strengths in this mix of solos, duets and small group swing from a Brazilian flavor, teamed with Nilson Matta/b, Duduka Da Fonseca/dr, Helio Alves/p, Nicholas Payton/tp and Ken…
VINYL REVIVAL OF A DESERT ISLAND DISC…Steely Dan: Aja
Perennially listed as one of the Top Ten albums of all time, Steely Dan’s 1977 Aja is a perfect marriage of intelligent rock and tasty jazz. By this time, Steely Dan, like the latter period Beatles, had essentially become a…