Geoffrey Himes
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December 2002 Features
Joshua Redman, Sam Yahel & Brian Blade: Get Yer Ya Ya Out
Joshua Redman is slouched on a blue, padded bench in the back of his tour bus, which is parked behind the Recher Theatre in Towson, Md. His short hair is thinning on top, but his honey-toned handsomeness is still striking, especially when he dons his San...
10/18/02 News
The Funk Brothers and Motown Jazz
When we think about the great Motown records of the '60s, we usually think of the singers. But it wasn't the Temptations who created the stair-climbing guitar intro to "My Girl." It was Robert White. It wasn't Marvin Gaye who came up with the voodoo bass...
May 2002 Features
Cassandra Wilson: The New Standard
When Cassandra Wilson played New York City’s Blue Note in February, a lot was riding on her week of shows. She was introducing a new album, Belly of the Sun (Blue Note), her first in three years, and a new band, her first in nine years without music director...
January/February 2002 Features
Cyrus Chestnut: Jazz Hymns, Catholic Tastes
On first listen, Cyrus Chestnut’s new album, Soul Food (Atlantic), sounds like yet another misguided, young-lions attempt to pretend that it’s still 1959. You know, get some famous friends together—James Carter, Wycliffe Gordon, Gary Bartz, Marcus Printup...
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