Bill Meredith
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11/22/09 • Education Spotlight
The Art of Compromise
Why a music degree is more practical than some parents (and students) might think
October 2009 • Albums
Big Neighborhood
Mike Stern
Mike Stern is joined by many guests on his latest recording. Too many?
May 2009 • Gearhead
New Sabian Cymbals: A Roundup
Canadian cymbal manufacturer Sabian may be less than 30 years old, but the company has become the primary rival to Zildjian, the 17th-century elder among world cymbal producers. The reasons for Sabian’s ascension include not only its historically affordable...
May 2009 • Albums
KiF Express
David Fiuczynski
Guitarist David “Fuze” Fiuczynski set the bar high with his recording debut, the Tony Williams Lifetime-influenced 1994 Lunar Crush project with keyboardist John Medeski. Subsequent releases by his amoebic funk-rock-jazz-rap group, Screaming Headless Torsos...
May 2009 • Albums
Brian Tarquin Presents... Fretworx
Brian Tarquin
Fusion became the jazz f-word when guitarists decided they could phrase like horn players, though few were as capable as the likes of Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Allan Holdsworth and Scott Henderson. New York City guitarist Brian Tarquin, influenced...
April 2009 • Albums
Hotwired
Gary Husband’s Drive
Anyone who heard Gary Husband on guitarist Allan Holdsworth’s 1982 album i.o.u. knew they were listening to a new drumming force. The problem was that the album was released on the small Luna Crack label, meaning few heard one of Holdsworth’s best recordings...
April 2009 • DVDs
New Morning: The Paris Concert
Mike Stern Band
A stunning performance from the guitarist
March 2009 • Albums
Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club
Jeff Beck
At 64, Jeff Beck has gone from the young guitarist who admitted trying to keep up with Jimi Hendrix to the guitarist Hendrix might’ve become if he’d survived. Despite several recording lulls over 45 years, Beck has crafted a singular sub-genre anchored in...
March 2009 • Albums
Charlie Sepulveda & the Turnaround
Charlie Sepulveda & the Turnaround
At age 20, Charlie Sepulveda earned the first trumpet slot in the band of another native New Yorker of Puerto Rican ancestry, heralded pianist Eddie Palmieri. Twenty-five years later, after working with stars from Dizzy Gillespie to Tito Puente, Sepulveda...
January/February 2009 • Albums
Lifeboat
Jimmy Herring
Jimmy Herring isn’t cut from the same cloth as most guitarists. He’s understated and soft-spoken, yet his playing has spoken volumes with Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz is Dead, Frogwings, the Dead, Project Z and Widespread Panic...
December 2008 • Features
Bill Bruford: The Pilgrim’s Progress
It’s hard to figure which fact is more unbelievable, that Jan. 1, 2008, marked the start of Bill Bruford’s 40th year in the music business, or that May 17, 2009, will be the seemingly ageless drummer’s 60th birthday. That’s right: Bruford started his professional...
December 2008 • Albums
Leucocyte
E.S.T.
If ever there was a bittersweet listen, it’s Leucocyte, the final studio CD by E.S.T. The trio was named for Esbjörn Svensson, the Swedish bandleader and keyboardist who died in a scuba diving accident near Stockholm in June at age 44. He left behind a wife...
December 2008 • Albums
Heartfelt
Christian Howes
Violinists often appear to be square pegs when trying to fit into jazz, since most, like their instruments, have classical backgrounds. Christian Howes offers up a curious attempt to bridge the classical-jazz gap on his latest release, Heartfelt, but then...
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ReportAbout Bill Meredith
Native Floridian Bill Meredith started a career as a freelance journalist in 1992, seven years after beginning his career as a drummer, percussionist and vocalist. Aside from occasional sportswriting, his two musical careers have paid the bills ever since. In 2006, he opened for B.B. King with blues band the Hellhounds, a few months after his second interview with Chick Corea. Meredith has also written for Jazziz, City Link and Closer, and his various bands have opened for Ani DiFranco, Johnny Winter and Warren Hill.
Bill Meredith joined the JazzTimes community on Jan 31, 2008