Search results for "Larry Carlton"
Lee Ritenour & Larry Carlton: Closed Door Jam (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 09, 07"Closed Door Jamb" might sound like an episode of This Old House, but the carpenters in this case are the leading L.A...
Donald Fagen: The Nightfly (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 09, 09In 1982, as pop-electro music was taking over the radio with the sounds of the Police and Duran Duran, Steely Dan fou...
Steely Dan: Kid Charlemagne (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09Larry Carlton's fierce solo on "Kid Charlemagne" is widely viewed as one of the most important guitar recordings in h...
The Crusaders: Greasy Spoon (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 09, 07Before McDonald's and Starbucks, there were greasy spoons. You didn't need a menu; one look at the counterman's apron...
Steely Dan: Aja (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 18, 08Wayne Shorter, along with the other founding members of Weather Report, put fusion on the map in the early 1970s. The...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS
Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...
Steely Dan: Josie (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09From the wildly successful Aja CD, "Josie" is constructed around light jazz flourishes, a horn section that keeps the...
John Klemmer: Touch (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 02, 07According to the science of haptics, interpersonal touching varies from culture to culture. Latin countries, Italy an...
Donald Fagen: The Goodbye Look (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 09, 09Very few people were able to mix jazz, rock, and pop sensibilities like Donald Fagen, one of the co-founders of 1970s...
The Crusaders: It Happens Everyday (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 21, 09Joe Sample’s reputation as a preeminent smooth jazzer often obscures his tremendous abilities on the piano, which he ...
Carlton, Larry (Eugene) posted in Encyclopedia September 18, 09Guitarist Larry Carlton bluesy, effects-driven sound helped lay the framework for West Coast jazz-rock in the 1970s. ...
Steely Dan in Los Angeles posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 30, 09Steely Dan was once the ultimate studio band. But now they are a seasoned road troupe in the midst of their Rent Pa...
Gates, James (James Bryant Gates Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Gates, James [James Bryant Gates Jr.], saxophonist; b. Richmond, VA, 21 September 1959. His mother, Della Mae Gates, ...
Sample, Joe (Joseph Leslie) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09Pianist Joe Sample was a founding member of the bop-to-funk group the Jazz Crusaders. His style is heavily influenced...
Ede Wright: Abaddon (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 18, 09"Abaddon," the opener from Ede Wright's Earthbound Gravity, introduces this Atlanta-based guitarist as a co...
Bireli Lagrène: Hips (Rating: 81/100) posted in Music June 23, 08While "Hips" is not one of Bireli Lagrène's best compositions, it did mark a stylistic change for the guitarist. By t...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BODY PARTS FOR HALLOWEEN
A few months ago I was writing a Jazz.com review of Bireli LaGrene’s tune “Hips.” It started getting me think...
The Once and Future Strings (Part Two) posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 12, 09Bill Barnes continues his three-part article on the role of guitar in jazz below. For the first installment, click h...
Putson, Dave posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Putson, Dave, electric bass, lyricist; b. Whiston Lancashire UK, 26 December 1955. His parents were Arthur Joseph Put...
Griffin, Rayford (Galen) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Griffin, Rayford (Galen), drummer, composer, producer; b. Indianapolis, IN, 6 February 1958. He's the nephew of...
Rover, Christian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Rover, Christian, (also spelled Roever or, correctly in German, Rover), guitarist, composer, educator, author; ...
The Nightfly Revisited posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 17, 08When jazz fans look back at the fusion music of the late 1960s and 1970s, they tend to see only half of the picture...
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