Jake Hertzog Patterns

Jun 1 2010 1:00AM
Echoes of Metheny, Stern, and Breau (among others) surface in Hertzog’s playing, but his dazzlingly adventurous approach puts him in a jazz league all his own. More...

Makajodama Makajodama

Jun 1 2010 1:00AM
Swedish guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, and pedal-steel player Mathias Danielsson is flanked by violin, cello, drums, and guest brass, reed, and woodwind players on this magnificent disc of largely improvised More...

Timucin Sahin Quartet BAFA

Jun 1 2010 1:00AM
Wielding his signature Erkan Sizarlar 6- and fretless 7-string doubleneck, Turkish guitarist Timucin Sahin’s truly avant-garde jazz concept is brilliantly realized by New York young lions saxophonist John O’ Gallagher, More...

The Julien Kasper Band Trance Groove

Jun 1 2010 1:00AM
Exquisite tones, masterful execution, and innate soulfulness drive this jazzy, funky, bluesy, Sco-and-Beckmeet- Hendrix-for-drinks-at-the- Harvard-Psychedelic-Club instrumental joyride. Toulcat. More...

FRANK ZAPPA Oeuvre Easy

Dec 8 2009 1:00PM
MAKING YOUR WAY through the more than 70 titles in Frank Zappa’s catalog is a daunting prospect, but those recordings—representing a career that spanned nearly 44 years—contain some of the most outrageous music you will ever hear. More...

Garaj Mahal amp Fareed Haque Discovery

May 14 2010 7:20PM
Fareed Haque (Sting, Joe Zawinul) was one of the earliest standard bearers for the Moog Guitar. More...

Phil Keagy And Jeff Johnson Frio Suite

Apr 1 2010 1:00AM
Inspired by time spent at a lodge alongside the Frio River in Texas, this lovely music is introspective and pastoral in turns, somehow managing to sound both lush and delicate at the same time. Johnson’s pretty keyboard More...

Henry Kaiser Solo Guitar 2009 Where Endless Meets Disappearing

Mar 9 2010 6:10PM
Bay Area creative music-meister Henry Kaiser recorded most of the improvised pieces on this solo guitar outing in a few hours back in May of 2009, using a very old school Lexicon Super Prime Time digital delay that had been More...

Rez Abbasi Things to Come

Mar 1 2010 1:00AM
Rez Abbasi is a significant contributor to both the New York jazz scene and the emerging global jazz-fusion movement, and this latest recording from the Pakistani-American guitarist represents another step forward in the More...

Kenny Lee Lewis New Vintage

Mar 1 2010 1:00AM
This CD shows a different persona of Steve Miller Band guitarist Kenny Lee Lewis, who plays tastefully on a mix of original and cover tunes that lands on the smoother side of the jazz tracks. Revealing his fondness for the More...

GIANNI GUARRACINO Gypsyland

Jan 25 2010 5:30PM
Although virtually unknown in the United States, Italian guitarist Gianni Guarracino is a significant player on the Neapolitan music scene and widely recognized throughout Europe. More...

VIDEO Allan Holdsworth Terry Bozzio Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto Improvising

Jan 19 2010 2:35PM
Allan Holdsworth, Terry Bozzio, Tony Levin, and Pat Mastelotto (HoBoLeMa) Improvising at Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland, CA on January 8, 2010. More...

DVD EXCERPT JIMMY SMITH Live in 1969 with Eddie McFadden

Dec 17 2009 3:10PM
HAMMOND B-3 VIRTUOSO JIMMY SMITH was one of the most accomplished jazz musicians of all time, and also the largest selling jazzbo during the 1960s. More...

DVD EXCERPT Jim Hall Live in 1964 with Art Farmer

Dec 3 2009 5:45PM
PART OF THE EXTRAORDINARY JAZZ ICONS series of DVD releases (now numbering more than 30 titles), this disc presents the Art Farmer Quartet performing live on BBC television in 1964. More...

RAZL Rotonova

Nov 2 2009 1:25PM
RAZL IS A SPANISH FUSIONISTA with keen chops and an equally keen sense of groove. More...

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