Unlimited Imagination article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Big Band in the Sky » Remembering Jack DeJohnette: Unlimited Imagination Courtesy Oliver Abels I think musicians have to be more courageous. It’s your voice, you know? Jack DeJohnette ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Jack DeJohnetteone of the most respected and influential of modern jazz drummers. He died of congestive heart failure on […]
From Lafayette to the New York Loft Scene article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Dickie Landry: From Lafayette to the New York Loft Scene Courtesy Dickie Landry Like a modern-day avant-garde, musical Zelig, he has shared time in art galleries in addition to offstage, onstage and backstage with veritable icons of the period in New York. Reknowned in the region […]
The “Jazz Detective” Finds A New Muse, Reissues Lost Classics article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Multiple Reviews » The “Jazz Detective” Finds A New Muse, Reissues Lost Classics The first three LP reissues from the Time Traveler imprint indicate that, with a discography of 500 albums, the Muse Records catalog contains many classics ripe for rediscovery. Joe Fields (1929-2017) was a jazz producer and […]
Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Book Review » The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place … No other bricks-and-mortar institution, no other physical space, no other place better registered the pulsing changes in jazz music and jazz musicking over the course of the 1950s and into the […]
They Are for Real… Really article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Shuffle Demons: They Are for Real… Really Courtesy Camille Neirynck The costumes provide an identity, and once you put that suit on, you’re shuffled in… it’s no holds barred. Richard Underhill On the Shuffle Demons’ Are You Really Real (Alma Records 2025), the uncategorizable Toronto band knits together […]
Take Five with Pianist & Guitarist Justin Fitzgerald article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Take Five With… » Take Five with Pianist & Guitarist Justin Fitzgerald Meet Justin Fitzgerald I think of myself primarily as a composer, and jazz is my favorite form of music to write. I’ve always been surrounded by musicmy mother was an opera singer before I was born, my wife […]
Adrian Butts article @ All About Jazz
Speak with any recording engineer, and they will express to you the frustration they have with modern music listening habits. Think about the money invested in top-notch gear to maximize the sonic quality of their productions, the effort put into having great sounds on a recording, the care poured into getting just the right mix, […]
Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2025 article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Live Review » Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2025 Courtesy Terezia Rotterova Reykjavik Jazz Festival Harpa Concert Hall Reykjavik, IcelandAugust 26-31, 2025 Jazz festivals are rarely just stages and instruments. They are living, breathing ecosystems, a careful weaving together of artists, ideas, and audiences. Each performer brings a unique expression, and each […]
Take Five with King Llama article @ All About Jazz
Various staff members. ContributorSince 1995Philadelphia, PA MY ARTICLES | ALBUM REVIEWS | PROFILE PAGE Total published articles:3,960 Contact Me Follow Me Musical Preferences African JazzAfrobeatAmbient / New AgeBeyond JazzBig BandBluesBrazilian / Bossa Nova / SambaClassical / ChamberDixieland / New Orleans / SwingElectronicaFree Improv / Avant-GardeFringes of JazzFunk / Groove / Acid JazzFusion / Progressive RockHot […]
Cindy Blackman Santana Band at Miner Auditorium article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Live Review » Cindy Blackman Santana Band at Miner Auditorium Courtesy Steve Roby ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Cindy Blackman Santana opened with a brief welcome”Blue Whale”and nothing more. The band turned toward the center, eyes on her for the first cue, as if to agree that rhythm would set the terms. In […]