Bob James/Three
adminBob James’ album Three (his third on the CTI label, of course) completes a trifecta of records that influenced the development of the smooth jazz genre and also became major…
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Creed Taylor was a well-known and respected name in the jazz world long before he founded his famous CTI (Creed Taylor International) record label in the 1970s.
Read MoreWorkingman’s Dead and The Dark Cloud Ahead
by Marshall Bowden In honor of the 50th birthday of the Grateful Dead’s classic album Workingman’s Dead, the band dropped an exotic release a week before the obligatory 50th-anniversary package:…
Read More‘Apogee’ revisited
That one time Donald Fagan and Walter Becker got a good jazz record made and released by a major record label’s jazz department
Read MoreIn Ten Tracks: Santana
A selection of Santana songs that have meaning to me and have stuck with me through the years, appearing frequently on mix tapes and playlists.
Read MoreThe Buzzcocks, Twice
by Marshall Bowden In the spring of 1980, I was about to graduate from high school. A small group of friends decided we would spend the senior tradition of ditch…
Read MoreAcid Jazz brought soul back to the dance floor
Marshall Bowden If Miles and Teo Macero had treated the studio as an instrument starting back in 1968, an entire generation of music makers was following in their footsteps by…
Read MoreBitches Brew: How Jazz Became Studio Music
by Marshall Bowden Whatever the surprise that greeted In A Silent Way, it was nothing compared to that which greeted the release of the double LP Bitches Brew in 1970.…
Read MoreDave Greenfield Was The Stranglers’ Secret Weapon
by Marshall Bowden The Stranglers were never a punk band, at least not by any of the normal measurable standards applied in 1977, and Dave Greenfield was a huge part…
Read MoreIn Ten Tracks: Van Morrison
A selection of Van Morrison songs that have meaning to me and have stuck with me through the years, appearing frequently on mix tapes and playlists. Not necessarily stuff you’ll…
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