Chick Corea: Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)
admin“Now He Sings, Now He Sobs” has long been considered one of Corea’s best recordings, featuring some of his best writing and a group (bassist Miroslav Vitous, drummer Roy Haynes)…
Read MoreCannonball Adderley: Cannonball Plays Zawinul
Cannonball Adderley encouraged Joe Zawinul to write for his band, and was receptive to the progressive sounds that Zawinul came up with. The result was a musical partnership that was…
Read MoreThad Jones/Mel Lewis/Consummation
This absolute classic album was just remastered by Blue Note in 2002, and it sounds great. Thad Jones/Mel Lewis was the big band of the 1970s (they were around much…
Read MoreChick Corea: The Complete “Is” Sessions
The music collected on the 2-disc Complete “Is” Sessions was recorded during three days of sessions in May of 1969. At the time the rhythm section, comprised of Corea, bassist…
Read MoreDon Cherry: Musician of the World
by Marshall Bowden Read about Don Cherry/Symphony for Improvisers Don Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, OK in 1936 and raised in Los Angeles, where he first began to play…
Read MoreDavid Axelrod/The Edge: David Axelrod at Capitol Records 1966–1970
Read David Axelrod: Soul on the Edge David Axelrod stands as one of a handful of record producers who created a sound that, regardless of the artist with whom he…
Read MoreDavid Axelrod: Soul on The Edge
by Marshall Bowden Read about the compilation David Axelrod/The Edge David Axelrod’s first work as a producer was on tenor saxophonist Harold Land’s The Fox, an album that demonstrated what…
Read More8 Reasons Miles Davis is in the Rock Hall of Fame
Back in 2006 when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Miles Davis, there were more than a few raised eyebrows. Davis did release some heavily plugged-in music beginning…
Read MoreGoGo Penguin’s Transmission From a Humdrum Star
GoGo Penguin, the piano trio from Manchester UK that has received a great deal of attention since its debut in 2012, utilizes the services of sound engineer Joe Reiser. Reiser…
Read MoreSons of Kemet: Your Queen Is a Reptile
by Marshall Bowden In the acknowledgments of his book Cut ‘N Mix: Culture and Identity in Carribean Music, Dick Hebdige notes that “In his book There Ain’t No Black In…
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