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“Brazilian Footprints” by Mary Fettig, a CD review by Raul Amador I have enjoyed Brazilian music for as long as I can remember. My aunt Helen spent a lot of time in Brazil in the early sixties as part of her studies, and every time she came back and stopped by our house to visit, [...]
Esperanza Spalding… There’s just no stopping this young and very talented artist. Beyond her best selling debut CD “Esperanza”, she’s won the Downbeats Critics Poll for best Acoustic Bass and Rising Star. If that’s not enough, she’s just signed on for her first movie appearance, and captured Oprah’s “10 Women on the Rise” seat…pretty impressive [...]
Interview by Staff Writer Rick Suchow – Cover Image by Davide Susa – With even the most cursory glance at the long list of major jazz artists who have sought out his enormous bass talent, one thing is immediately clear: Eddie Gomez has blazed his own trail. Name after iconic jazz name such as Miles [...]
Interview by Editor Jake Kot Many times I find myself speaking in terms of the 21st Century musician. Obviously I have my own personal take on that statement, and bassist Jonas Hellborg fits that paradigm to a tee. His history takes him back to the groundbreaking work he did with John McLaughlin in the late [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine Connect with Damian in the Community Christian McBride “Kind of Brown” www.christianmcbride.com The title says it all.. This album plays (to my ears) like an homage to the style & class of the era of jazz which inspired this amazing quintet. The band could not possibly be any better, in my [...]
Interview by Editor Jake Kot A very young man from Cameroon starts on his first instrument, a balafon, and with the help of his mentor, his grandfather, begins to carve out a musical life that almost reads like a fairy tale…that would be a fairy tale with a very happy ending. His musicality was more [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Edmar Castaneda “Entre Cuerdas” www.edmarcastaneda.com You owe it to yourself to check this out! Period… I first heard Edmar while channel surfing.. I came across a Jazz Festival being aired live on a Public Broadcasting channel (OPB). It was Paquito D’Rivera with a fairly [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Chris Potter Underground “Ultrahang” www.chrispottermusic.com Wow…. Man, this CD is killing! Featuring Nate Smith (drms), Adam Rogers (gtr) & Craig Taborn (keys) this music is angular, aggressive and feels like a NYC back-alley jazz nightmare (in the best of ways!). At first, you may find yourself amazed at both the [...]
Interview by Editor Jake Kot Michael Manring has been one of the forerunners of expanding the voice of electric bass for quite some time, and after seeing him live just a few weeks ago, he reminded me that his devotion to yet more uncharted territory on this instrument just doesn’t seem to end. Amidst an [...]
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