I was literally on my way out of town when I heard the news that guitarist Larry Coryell passed away. Nowadays, I am reluctant to write posts on the latest musician to pass away since it seems that every week…
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Call To The Higher Consciousness . . : Larry Coryell (1943 – 2017)
Tagged with: Fusion, guitar, Jazz Rock, Larry Coryell
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Blues for New Orleans” . . . : Duke Ellington, the New York Public Library and Me
So here I am, fourteen years old and just starting to get into jazz beyond the contemporary bands of the day. I wanted to go deeper but the the number of records one can buy on a fourteen year old’s…
“It Was Forty Six Years Ago Today” : Santana at Tanglewood, MA., 1970-08-18
Sometimes I have a specific topic in mind when I start writing a post for this blog. Other times. . . well, not so much. I had just finished reading “Live At The Fillmore East and West” by John Glatt…
Tagged with: Bill Graham, Fillmore East, Santana, Tanglewood
Posted in Classic Rock, Jam Band, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Jam Band, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Summer In The City Part 4: The Black Rock Coalition Tribute To Sonny Sharrock (1940 – 1994)
It was May, 1994 when the Central Park Summer Stage concert series announced their schedule. One of the shows that immediately caught my eye was The Lounge Lizards with Sonny Sharrock opening for them. I had seen The Lounge Lizards…
Tagged with: Black Rock Coalition, Fusion, Sonny Sharrock, Vernon Reid
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Summer In The City Part 2: John Scofield Proto-Uberjam
It was the summer of 2000. I had just left playing bass in a funk band called Celebrity Hottub (yes, named from a SNL Eddie Murphy skit called James Brown’s Celebrity Hottub) and had decided to take a break from…
Tagged with: Celebrate Brooklyn, John Scofield, Uberjam
Posted in Jam Band, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Jam Band, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Summer In The City Part 1: The Self Promotion Edition
It’s summer here in NYC. The weather has yet to become oppressive so it’s a good time to reflect on one of the coolest things about NYC in the summer: the number of great free (or dirt cheap) concerts that…
Tagged with: Acoustic Guitars, MMNY 2016, The New Jazz Spasms
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Between Miles and Mahavishnu: John McLaughlin’s “Devotion”
John McLaughlin, guitarist extraordinaire, came to New York in 1969 at the behest of drummer Tony Williams to join his new group. He immediately found himself playing a record date with Williams’ former employer, Miles Davis on what was to…
Tagged with: Buddy Miles, John McLaughlin, Larry Young, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, Tony Williams
Posted in Improvisation, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Improvisation, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
