NOT MANY DRUMMERS ALSO DOUBLE AS POETS, BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY THE TALENT THAT GRAEME EDGE GAVE TO THE MOODY BLUES TO MAKE THEIR FIRST TRUE ALBUM DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED SO REVOLUTIONARY. UP TO THAT TIME, MOST POP AND…
Category: Interviews
STEVE SMITH STEPS AHEAD ON HIS JOURNEY WITH VITAL INFORMATION
IT’S TEMPTING TO REST ON YOUR LAURELS WHEN YOU ARE DRUMMER STEVE SMITH. HAVING BEEN VOTED INTO THE DRUMMING HALL OF FAME IN 2001, HE WAS VOTED THE BEST ALL AROUND DRUMMER THE YEAR BEFORE! AND, JUST A QUICK GLIMPSE…
FRED HERSCH: AN OPEN BOOK
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LLOYD PRICE’S PERSONALITY: LONG LIVE THE REAL KING!
ONE OF THE GREATEST R&B ARTISTS STILL ALIVE, LLOYD PRICE, IS HAVING A RESURGENCE OF A CAREER. STARTING IN THE 50’S WITH SONGS LIKE ‘LAWDY MISS CLAWDY,’ HE WAS ESSENTIALLY ONE OF THE PROGENITORS OF WHAT BECAME ‘ROCK AND ROLL.’…
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN: STILL MEETING THE SPIRITS
IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW, GUITAR ICON JOHN MCLAUGHLIN IS MAKING THIS NEXT GO-ROUND WITH JIMMY HERRING HIS HIS LAST US TOUR. ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF JAZZ GUITAR, MCLAUGHLIN IS GOING INTO SEMI-RETIREMENT, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN HE…
DAVE LIEBMAN’S EXPANSION OF COMPASSION
FEW ARTISTS ARE ABLE TO TIE THE PAST AND PRESENT OF JAZZ AS WELL AS DAVID LIEBMAN. THE SAX AND FLUTE MASTER STARTED HIS CAREER WITH MILES DAVIS’ FAMED ON THE CORNER, DARK MAGUS AND GET UP WITH IT BANDS, AND THEN…
ADAM ROGERS: A GOOD ROLL OF THE DICE
ONE OF THE SACROSANCT RULES OF ANY MUSICIAN IS THE SIMPLE “DEVELOP YOUR OWN PERSONAL SOUND.” GUITARIST ADAM ROGERS HAS MADE A SUCCESSFUL CAREER WITH A PERSONAL TONE THAT FITS WORKING WITH ARTISTS RANGING FROM CHRIS POTTER TO JOHN PATITUCCI…
JONNY LANG: SIGNS OF SOUL
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO IN A JAZZWEEKLY ARTICLE, LEGEND JOHNNY RIVERS WAS ASKED WHO PRESENTLY CARRIES THE BLUES/ROCK TORCH. WITHOUT HESITATION, HIS FIRST RESPONSE WAS JONNY LANG. TAKING UP THE ROLE OF BLUES GUITARIST PROFESSIONALLY SINCE HE WAS 15,…
MILES MOSLEY: UPRIGHT, UPRISING AND OUTSTANDING
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT JAZZ FANS ALWAYS ASK IS “WHO IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT ARTIST THAT BRIDGES JAZZ AND POP WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE MUSIC?”. THE LAST COUPLE, DIANA KRALL AND JAMIE CULLUM, HAVE DONE COMMENDABLE WORK IN…
TONY LEVIN: STICKING TO HIS MUSICAL DIRECTION
FEW BASSISTS HAVE HAD A CAREER AS VARIED AND REWARDING AS TONY LEVIN. HIS DIRECTION WAS SET WHEN HE PERFORMED FOR PRESIDENT KENNEDY AT THE WHITE HOUSE AS A MEMBER OF A YOUTH ORCHESTRA. IT WASN’T LONG AFTER THAT WHEN…