Marco Benevento, “Benevento” (Royal Potato Family) Bubbling, exotic sounds à la the beer-bottle percussion bookending Herbie Hancock’s 1973 version of … More
Tag: Herbie Hancock
Montreal Jazz Fest: Hailing the Return of One of the World’s Great Jazz Gatherings
Hear that, in the distance? It’s getting closer. Now it’s within earshot and in sight, just two days away. The … More
Wayne Shorter Rides Again, Via His Sprawling “Emanon”
Few veteran (read: older) jazzers find their way into the pop culture conversation as effortlessly and effectively as Wayne Shorter, … More
Montreal Jazz Fest: Scintillating if Sweaty — Herbie, Kamasi, Medeski, more.
By now, you’ve probably heard about the heat wave that landed in Quebec, just in time for the 39th annual … More
Jazz Fest: Snarky Puppy, Stevie Wonder, Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Joe Lovano, more
Yes, as expected, another juggernaut of musical talent is slated for this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. I’ve … More
Happy JazzApril — Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month
Jazz is alive and, well, in surprisingly good shape for its age, particularly given the ravages of time, the advent … More
JJA Jazz Awards 2014
(Apologies for the late posting of this …) Wayne Shorter, Maria Schneider and Joe Lovano were among the major winners … More
Give the Bass Player Some: Ron Carter & Esperanza Spalding Top 77th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll
Veteran bassist Ron Carter and young bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding, a Grammy-winning star, grabbed the top spots in this year’s DownBeat … More
Dave Holland, in Bass Player
I recently spoke with master jazz bassist Dave Holland, for a piece published in Bass Player magazine. We talked about … More
Trumpet Men on the Big Screen: Dueling Miles Davis Biopics?; and a Louis Armstrong Flick
It’s been common knowledge, for a little while, that Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, the Ocean’s Eleven films) is directing and … More
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