Dave Grusin’s 40-year career in the music business has led him down many paths, and all have been successful for this gifted musician, composer, arranger, … Read More “Dave Grusin: Inside Story”
Whole chapters in The Book of Coltrane have been revisited of late to good effect, e.g., Harold Danko’s Quartet springboarding the momentous Ellington encounter. Dr. … Read More “Dr. Lonnie Smith: Afro Blue”
Rick Margitza’s singular sound on the tenor sax has been a staple on the jazz scene since he first emerged in the late 1980s. Yet … Read More “Rick Margitza”
“For too long, jazz has been like a welfare state,” says T.S. Monk. “There’s been a real defeatist attitude about it. People at the major … Read More “T.S. Monk: Family Matters”
After nine years of delving knee deep into the blues with his rockin’ Blue Line band, guitarist Robben Ford has taken a new direction on … Read More “Robben Ford”
Bass students from Berklee to the Bass Institute Of Technology and all points inbetween are going to lay with this record for some time to … Read More “Victor Wooten: What Did He Say?”
On this first release by his current working trio, renowned pianist, educator, and jazz spokesman Billy Taylor belies 75 years of life with his cheerfully … Read More “Billy Taylor Trio: Music Keeps Us Young”