Weather Report: Live at Montreux 1976
Previously available only as a bootleg of a French television broadcast, Weather Report’s Live at Montreux 1976 DVD may cause even more excitement among those … Read More “Weather Report: Live at Montreux 1976”
Previously available only as a bootleg of a French television broadcast, Weather Report’s Live at Montreux 1976 DVD may cause even more excitement among those … Read More “Weather Report: Live at Montreux 1976”
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Filmed in 2002 as part of Stanley Clarke’s annual residency at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, Calif., Night School is as much a celebration of … Read More “Stanley Clarke: Night School”
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