Music
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, All Heaven Broke Loose (Caroline Records)
Although he will go down in history as one of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest drummers, Bruford’s new bag is jazz fusion. As the original drummer for Yes, and later a […]
Albert Collins, The Complete Imperial Recordings (EMI Records)
This two-CD collection consists of the three albums Collins recorded in 1969 and 1970 as his career was just beginning to take off: Love Can Be Found Anywhere (Even in […]
John Coltrane, Interstellar Space (GRP-Impulse! Records)
One biographer described Coltrane’s life as resembling the story of “The Red Shoes,” in which a woman buys a pair of red shoes that compel her to dance vigorously and […]
Rick Margitza, This Is New (Blue Note Records)
For his third release as a band leader, the Crescent City’s former resident “pays homage to the tradition.” The title song by George Gershwin tells all: this is a new […]
Take 6, He Is Christmas (Reprise Records)
As you shuffle through the hordes at Penney’s and shoulder your way to the checkout counter with so many shopping days left until Christmas, Take 6 is here to remind […]
The Chick Corea Elektric Band, Beneath the Mask (GRP Records)
You can always expect some of the best musicianship anywhere from a Chick Corea album. Bassist John Patitucci and drummer Dave Weckl are two of the most renowned musicians at […]
Little Feat, Shake Me Up (Morgan Creek Records)
The latest from Little Feat combines the old with the new as the Feat continues to develop a sound sleeker than that of the Lowell George-led version. The new sound […]
Manhattan Transfer, The OffBeat of Avenues (Columbia Records)
The success of this album will have a lot to do with how it is marketed, and whatever poor sucker is stuck with that task must have already lost great […]
Jazz Ladies
While singers are dependent on the physics of sound, it is a less definable ingredient that transcends the sterile grasp of science that most vocalists concern themselves with. It is […]
