It takes a very special kind of imagination to reexamine accepted paradigms of instrument design and to come up with enhancements and improvements that aren’t … Read More “B.Bo Butterbass Fretless Bass Guitar”
One size definitely does not fit all with cymbals-one drummer’s Alpo might very well be another rhythm player’s Chateaubriand. I raise this point because these … Read More “K Custom Dry Complex Ride Cymbals”
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In an enthusiastic review of the Mesa Walkabout hybrid bass amp (JazzTimes, December 2002), I noted its tonal accuracy, timbral flexibility and dynamic aplomb. I … Read More “Mega Boogie Walkabout/Scout Bass Combo”
There is much to admire in the superb workmanship and surfeit of tone-shaping options in this upgraded edition of acoustic-electric virtuoso John Patitucci’s signature instrument-the … Read More “Yamaha John Patitucci Signature Electric bass”
When it comes to addressing the day-to-day needs of working musicians, Hartley Peavey’s Meridian, Miss.-based megalopolis has long been at the forefront of bang-for-your-buck performance, … Read More “Peavey KB 5 Keyboard Amp”
Living out an ambitious father’s aspirations and his own boyhood dreams, guitarist Pat Azzara’s burgeoning talent was so pronounced that by the age of 15 … Read More “Pat Martino: Live at Yoshi’s”
We can start the process of fishing for metaphors to explicate the 1970s by enunciating the dreaded, one-size-fits-all epithet that both categorizes an amorphous emerging … Read More “Thirty Years of Our JazzTimes: The 1970s”