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Weather Report: The Juggler (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08(Editor's note: The seventh Weather Report record and the first featuring Jaco Pastorius as a full-time member of th...
This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE
In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...
Weather Report: A Remark You Made (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 02, 07Just as mid-'70s jazz electronica struck rock bottom with Return to Forever's facile superficiality and the Head Hunt...
Weather Report: Harlequin (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music June 15, 09This album marked the second appearance on a Weather Report release for Jaco Pastorius, his first being Black Market....
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS
Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...
Weather Report: Birdland (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 09, 07Birdland, the midtown Manhattan nightclub, opened in 1949 with namesake Charlie Parker as headliner. During its first...
Grant Geissman (with Chick Corea & Chuck Mangione): Chuck and Chick (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 15, 09Bad timing for this release . . . During the last 15 months, more than half of the smooth jazz radio stations in the ...
Weather Report: Havona (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 09, 08Of all the fusion groups that blazed the trail in the early '70s, Weather Report was the most jazz-like. "Havona" is ...
Sanguinetti, Alex (Luis Alejandro Sanguinetti) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Sanguinetti, Alex [Luis Alejandro Sanguinetti], drums; b. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18 November 1958. Besides Buenos A...
Ruiz, Otmaro posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Ruiz, Otmaro, keyboardist, composer; b. Caracas, Venezuela, 27 June 1964. His parents, Oscar Ruiz (b.1930) and Omaira...
Garrison, Matt (Matthew Justin) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Garrison, Matt (Matthew Justin), bassist; b. New York, NY, 2 June 1970. From an early age he would sing the bass line...
Goldsby, John (Mark) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Goldsby, John (Mark), bass, composer, educator; b. Louisville, KY, 10 December 1958. His parents are Hugh Goldsby and...
Nendza, Andre posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Nendza, Andre, bassist, composer, educator b. Hemer, Germany, 1 November 1968. Nendza lived with his parents Bernd...
Colangelo, Christopher posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Colangelo, Christopher, bassist, acoustic and electric; b. Camden, New Jersey, 30 August 1964. He and his family gre...
Cracchiolo, Sal (Salvator William Cracchiolo II) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Cracchiolo, Sal [Salvator William Cracchiolo II], trumpet; b. Long Beach, CA, 3 October 1954. He's the son of two tal...
Dowling, Ben posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Dowling, Ben (Rogers Benjamin), keyboardist, composer, producer; b. Fayetteville, Arkansas, 14 February 1956. W...
Zellon, Richie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Zellon, Richie, guitarist, composer, producer, educator; b. Lima, Peru, 28 December 1954. He was born to Brazilian an...
Feldman, Oscar (Alejandro) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Feldman, Oscar (Alejandro), saxophonist, composer and arranger; b. Cordoba, Argentina, 12 June 1961. He grew up in Co...
Weather Report: Palladium (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 19, 08Wayne Shorter has said he composed this song in honor of the Latin music he heard growing up as a child. He captures ...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEATHER REPORT
Josef Zawinul and Wayne Shorter first played together in Maynard Ferguson's big band in 1959. They later crossed path...
Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...
Jackson, Gene posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Jackson, Gene, drums; b. West Philadelphia, PA, 16 October 1961. Roy Haynes, Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Billy Hig...
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