Thursday, October 13 2011
Celebrating the Groove: A Conversation with Jack DeJohnette
With the Miles Español project still making waves, legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette sits down with PopMatters to talk about the genesis of the project, what's next for him, and why Miles once described his drumming as "a blind man falling upstairs."
Thursday, October 30 2008
McCoy Tyner: Guitars
An overpolite meeting between a great jazz trio and batch of six-string slingers.
Thursday, February 7 2008
Keith Jarrett: Setting Standards
The fulfillment of the promise shown in the three records collected in this lovely box set continues to this day.
Wednesday, January 2 2008
Joe Henderson: Power to the People
A lost hint of jazz-rock fusion from one of jazz's finest straight post-bop players.
Wednesday, September 12 2007
Nigel Kennedy: Blue Note Sessions
The notoriously famous concert violinist may not be the jazz star here, but he contributes a lot, and has A1 jazz company.
Thursday, September 6 2007
Bruce Hornsby: Camp Meeting
The pop pianist makes an honest-to-goodness jazz album. And it's honest-to-goodness good.
Friday, July 21 2006
George Benson: The Essential George Benson
Looking back at the once and future king of jazz guitar, Bad Benson.
Monday, March 6 2006
Jack DeJohnette: The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers
Veteran drum legend teams up with jazz guitarist du jour to produce a quirky and fiercely non-commercial take on the art of duo improvisation.
Thursday, August 18 2005
Jack DeJohnette: Music from the Hearts of the Masters
The royal jazz drummer releases two on his own label: an encounter with an African kora master and a single track of healing and meditation music.
