AT AGE 74, ROBIN TROWER’S BLUES PATH HAS HAD THREE MAJOR HUES. DURING THE EARLY PART OF HIS CAREER, HE WAS THE LEAD GUITARIST FOR THE FAMED ‘CLASSICAL/BLUES’ ROCK BAND PROCOL HARUM, BEST ASSOCIATED WITH SONGS LIKE ‘SIMPLE SISTER’ AND…
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BOBBY RUSH: A 60 YEAR RUSH TO THE TOP OF THE BLUES
IT IS ONE THING TO PLAY THE BLUES; IT IS QUITE ANOTHER TO ACTUALLY LIVE THE LIFE OF A BLUES MUSICIAN. BOBBY RUSH’S CAREER HAS PERSONIFIED THE VARIOUS ASPECTS AND PERSPECTIVES OF A TRUE BLUES ARTIST, BEING ONE OF THE…
AVERY SHARPE: A SOJOURN OF TRUTH
“ABOVE ALL ELSE, GUARD YOUR HEART, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FLOWS FROM IT” PROVERBS 4:23 WHETHER WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR NOT, WE ARE THE PRODUCTS OF OUR UPBRINGING, AND THIS INCULCATION OF OUR WORLDVIEW IS EVENTUALLY REFLECTED IN OUR WORK…
JOHN PATITUCCI: BASS OF HIS SOUL
“DO YOU SEE A MAN WHO IS SKILLED IN HIS WORK? HE WILL STAND BEFORE KINGS; HE WILL NOT STAND BEFORE OBSCURE MEN” PROVERBS 22:29 IT’S A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MUSICIAN TO BE ABLE TO PLAY IN A “SUPERGROUP.”…
PHILIP BAILEY: FINDING A WAY
THERE IS A CLASSIC SEINFELD EPISODE THAT MAKES FUN OF THE ‘SEPARATE WORLDS’ WE TRY TO KEEP IN OUR LIVES, MAKING SURE THAT THEY NEVER ‘COLLIDE’ (AS GEORGE COSTANZA APTLY WARNS). MANY OF US PLAY VARIOUS ROLES AS FRIENDS, EMPLOYEES,…
FREDDY COLE AND 100 YEARS OF NAT
THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE ON EARTH WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROPERLY CELEBRATE THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF THE LEGENDARY NAT “KING” COLE. YOUNGER BROTHER OF 12 YEARS, FREDDY COLE, IS ONE OF THEM, HAVING THE VOCAL STYLE, UPBRINGING AND MUSICAL…
KENDRICK SCOTT’S BRIDGE
SOME MUSICIANS CHOOSE THEIR FIELDS BECAUSE THEY LOVE MUSIC, AND THEY WANT TO SERVE THE ART TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY. DRUMMER KENDRICK SCOTT USES HIS GOD GIVEN TALENTS AND MAKES THEM A VEHICLE TO COMMUNICATE MESSAGES. SOME ARTISTS…
ANTONIO SANCHEZ: MIGRATION, METHENY AND MARRIAGE
ANTONIO SANCHEZ IS NOT THE FIRST DRUMMER TO USE JAZZ TO CONVEY A SOCIO-POLITICAL MESSAGE. BACK IN 1960 AND 1960, MAX ROACH RELEASED A PAIR OF ALBUMS (WE INSIST! AND PERCUSSION BITTER SWEET) THAT WERE BOLD CIVIL RIGHTS STATEMENTS. SANCHEZ…
REESE WYNANS: HUMMING ON THE HAMMOND WITH STEVIE RAY, JOE B AND…BEYOND!
LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY, BOGIE AND BACALL, MAGIC AND KAREEM OR FRED AND GINGER, THE HAMMOND B3 AND THE BLUES SHUFFLE IS ONE OF THE GREAT PARINGS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. ONE OF THE LIVING MASTERS IS REESE WYNANS, WHO…
ARLEN ROTH: THE TELEMASTER
ONE OF THE ICONIC GUITARS FOR JAZZ, BLUES AND ROCK FANS IS THE FENDER TELECASTER, BETTER KNOWN AS THE “TELE”. CREATED IN 1950, THIS SOLID BODY BEAUTY HAS CREATED A SOUND AND STYLE ALL IT’S OWN, WITH LEGIONS OF FANS…