B.Bo Butterbass Fretless Bass Guitar
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”
Chip Stern
K Custom Dry Complex Ride Cymbals
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”
Paiste Signature Silver Mellow Ride and Full Crash
Paiste’s Traditional and New Signature lines of premium cymbals employ the company’s proprietary Signature cast bronze alloy and a variety of hand-hammering, machine assisted hand-hammering … Read More “Paiste Signature Silver Mellow Ride and Full Crash”
Mega Boogie Walkabout/Scout Bass Combo
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”
Zildjian K. Custom Session Cymbals; Special Dry Crashes
Times change and musical tastes tend to run in cycles. Whereas 20 or 30 years ago drummers were demanding heavier, more penetrating styles of cymbals … Read More “Zildjian K. Custom Session Cymbals; Special Dry Crashes”
Yamaha John Patitucci Signature Electric bass
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”
Peavey KB 5 Keyboard Amp
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”
Pat Martino: Live at Yoshi’s
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”
Thirty Years of Our JazzTimes: The 1970s
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”
Jim Hall: The Emperor of Cool
I feel that jazz is not so much a style as a process of making music. -Bill Evans Jim is from a generation where people … Read More “Jim Hall: The Emperor of Cool”