THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TENSION BETWEEN THINGS THAT ARE “POPULAR” OR “TEMPORARY” AND THOSE THAT ARE TIMELESS. AS THEOLOGIAN GK CHESTERTON RICHLY STATED, “THE TEMPORARY THINGS ARE ALWAYS ATTACKING THE PERMANENT THINGS”. MARIA MULDAUR HAS BUILT HER CAREER ON…
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DAVE COUSINS: FRESH STRAWBS OVER 50 YEARS OLD
SOME STYLES OF MUSIC NEVER CHANGE AND BECOME TIMELESS. IT TAKES A CERTAIN TYPE OF ARTISTIC VISION TO CREATE A STYLE AND ULTIMATELY EMBODY IT. BACK IN THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S, DAVID COUSINS WAS ON THE VANGUARD OF…
JAZZMEIA HORN’S DEAR LOVE
FEW JAZZ ARTISTS ARE AS EXCITING TO NOT ONLY HEAR, BUT EXPERIENCE IN CONCERT AS JAZZMEIA HORN. SHE HAS ONLY RELEASED THREE ALBUMS SO FAR IN THIS EARLY STAGE OF HER CAREER, BUT EACH ONE HAS SHOWN A CREATIVE TRAJECTORY…
MADELEINE PEYROUX’S CAREFUL LOVE
I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I HEARD MADELEINE PEYROUX’S VOICE ON A RECORD. I WAS DRIVING IN MY VAN BACK IN 2002, AND HEARD THIS MODERN BUT CLASSIC RENDITION OF “GETTING SOME FUN OUT OF LIFE”. INTRIGUED, I CALLED…
STACI GRIESBACH-WHITE LIGHTNIN’ ROD FOR JAZZ SINGERS
AS SONNY ROLLINS ONCE SAID, THE BEST THING ABOUT “JAZZ” IS THAT IT’S NOT AS MUCH A NOUN AS A VERB. WHAT HE MEANS IS THAT JAZZ IS AN APPROACH TO MUSIC; YOU “JAZZ IT UP”, SO TO SPEAK, SO…
MARC JOHNSON: THE PULSE OF ONE’S SOUL
WHEN YOU THINK OF SOLO JAZZ ALBUMS, IT’S USUALLY IN THE FORM OF A PIANO OR GUITAR SESSION. RARE IS THE ALBUM OF A BASSIST ALL ON HIS OWN. BUT IF ANY BASSIST HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD…
DAVE HOLLAND: FROM MILES TO ANOTHER LAND
IF THERE’S ANY BASS PLAYER TODAY THAT EMBODIES THE BREATH WIDTH AND DEPTH OF WHAT A JAZZ BASS CAN ACCOMPLISH, DAVE HOLLAND IS ARGUABLY THE POSTER CHILD. MAKING HIS NAME IN THE FAMOUS MILES DAVIS BANDS OF THE 60S AND…
BILLY COBHAM: THE MATCH THAT LIT THE FUSION FUSE
IF THERE IS ANY DRUMMER THAT PERSONIFIES THE FIRE OF FUSION, IT HAS TO BE BILLY COBHAM. BEST KNOWN AS THE INCEDIARY ENGINE BEHIND THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, COBHAM WAS ALSO THE “HOUSE DRUMMER” FOR COUNTLESS LEGENDARY CTI SESSIONS OF THE…
NIK BAERTSCH: THE RHYTHM OF MIND, BODY AND SOUL
ONE THING THAT HAS ALWAYS DISTINGUISHED JAZZ IS ITS RHYTHM. THAT UNIQUE SENSE OF SWING HAS BEEN DISPLAYED AND DELIVERED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF WAYS SINCE THE EARLY DAYS, FROM A STIFF TWO BEAT TO EIGHT TO THE BAR,…
JAMISON ROSS’ VISION OF JOY AND SOUL
“Where there is no vision, the people perish” Proverbs 29:18 FEW MUSICIANS CARRY AS MANY MUSICAL HATS AS JAMISON ROSS. SOME MUSIC FANS KNOW HIM AS THE DRUMMER FOR THE POPULAR JAZZ BAND SNARKY PUPPY. OTHERS FOR HIS SOULFUL VOCALS…