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Interview with Carlos Santana: I just love that sound - Photos : Carlos Santana is without doubt one of the finest guitarists modern music has to offer. From his explosive appearance on the Woodstock stage fifty years ago, in 1968, through his work with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and the legendary blues duo of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, Santana has remained a unique, instantly recognisable figure […]

Interview with Lisa Mills: It’s just a wave of love and appreciation - Photos : Lisa Mills is an incredibly gifted singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Born and raised in Mississippi, she is well grounded in her blues based, soulfully delivered original music. www.lisamills.com Lisa grew up in and around Hattiesburg Mississippi, beginning her singing career in the church that her grandparents actually built. Gospel was her first musical love, and […]

Dexter Gordon day!!! - is considered to be the first musician to translate the language of Bebop to the tenor saxophone: Photos : Dexter Gordon day!!! – is considered to be the first musician to translate the language of Bebop to the tenor saxophone. Dexter Keith Gordon was born on February 27, 1923 in Los Angeles, California. His father, Dr. Frank Gordon, was one of the first African American doctors in Los Angeles who arrived in 1918 after […]

Joey Calderazzo day!!! - he is simultaneously finding new levels of feeling: Photos : Everybody knows Joey Calderazzo, the phenomenal band pianist. From the time of his emergence with Michael Brecker in 1986 through his recent work in the Branford Marsalis Quartet, and on five previous albums under his own name, Calderazzo has proved to be among the most intense and engaged of contemporary soloists and accompanists. His energy, […]

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Review: The Taj Mahal Sextet – Lovin’ In My Baby’s Eyes - 2024: Video : Today we return with the Taj Mahal Sextet with a song from the great Live Album “Swingin’ Live At The Church in Tulsa”. For his new record, 81-year-old blues legend Taj Mahal went to the church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was once converted into a studio by friend Leon Russell. He supplemented his own band […]

Review: Joe Bonamassa – Live At The Hollywood Bowl – With Orchestra - 2024: Video : This monumental CD/DVD, also available in CD/BR, 2 LP Vinyl (180-gram), and digital formats, immortalizes Joe’s first-ever performance at the iconic Hollywood Bowl in August 2023. Accompanied by an impressive ensemble of 40 orchestra members, Bonamassa delivered a performance that will now be forever encapsulated in this eagerly awaited release. Live At The Hollywood Bowl […]

Photos & Scene: La Ratte, a rapidly rising star in our blues & roots firmament and a band: Video : This young, energetic three-man formation consists of singer/guitarist Harm van Essen (also guitarist with the Thomas Toussaint Band), drummer Jochem Jorrisen and bassist Nikolas Karolewicz (former The Bluesanovas) finally managed to get a place on our cozy stage. Once started as a duo, La Ratte took its final form as a trio in 2021. The […]

Photos and Review: Concert report with Five Dollar Shake as the support act: Video : In addition to many large bands, the shelter for the storm program also has room for smaller bands. But is GA-20 still a small band? They played tonight in one of the smaller halls of Tivoli Vredenburg, but they have also performed at the Moulin’ blues festival in 2022. The trio consists of guitarist Pat […]

James Witherspoon's "blues shouter" - fell out of fashion in the mid - 1950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 album: Video : James Witherspoon was an American blues singer. Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. Witherspoon made his first records with Jay McShann’s band in 1945. He first recorded under his own name in 1947 and two years later with the McShann band, he had his first hit, “Ain’t Nobody’s Business.” Another classic Witherspoon composition is “Times […]

Photos: It is difficult to pin the multi-talented Michel Legrand down into one single category : This amazingly versatile French singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, conductor and producer has enjoyed a whirlwind career, excelling in an impressively broad range of domains from film soundtracks and French ‘chanson’ to jazz and classical music. An international star, who has won as much respect in the States as he has in Europe, Legrand is an […]

Review: Zakiya Hooker – Bluesman’s Journey - 2024: Video: Blues : Being the daughter of a blues legend can be quite tough. You can never escape comparisons with your father. However, in the case of Zakiya Hooker, daughter of legendary boogieman John Lee Hooker, Zakiya has her own plans. She has nothing to do with her father’s boogie blues. On her sixth album ‘Bluesman’s Journey’ she […]

Photos: An interview with Buddy Guy: If you want to dig down, dig down deep enough, that’s what you call the blues : There are few great bluesmen who can deservedly be called ‘Legendary.‘ Very few ever make the cut and leave an astonishing legacy of music, a lifetime of contribution and pleasure to the blues canon and world. The late BB King is clearly one who merits the moniker. And his old lifelong friend, the extraordinary Buddy […]

Review: Mitch Ryder – The Roof Is On Fire - 2024: Video: Blues : Singer Mitch Ryder is known as the founder of the Detroit rock sound, a man with a raspy soul rock voice. Keith Richards once called him “the most exciting singer in rock.” And while Ryder never achieved the mainstream success he deserved, he continued to make records tirelessly; in the 1970s and 1980s, especially in […]

Review: Who are you: Armageddon: Blues : In the 1960s and 1970s, a large number of albums were released by artists who never became known to the general public. As a result, these types of albums were doomed to end up in the so-called “sale bins”. Hoping that someone would come along who would be curious enough to try out the artist […]

Photos: An interview with Blues pianist Dr. John: Solo Piano - Live in New Orleans : Today’s digital release coincides with Dr. John’s November birthday anniversary, and the iconic venue Tipitina’s will follow with Papa Plays the Nite Tripper: A John “Papa” Gros Tribute to Dr. John this Saturday, November 18. In addition to John Papa Gros, the show will feature The Meters’ Leo Nocentelli, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, and others. […]

CD Review: John Winkler – Juke’s Blues: Blues : A fixture on the blues scene of coastal South Carolina for the past 30 years, harp player John Winkler swings from the jump on his latest CD, delivering a pleasant mix of Chicago, Texas and West Coast blues and jump and backing himself up with a pleasant, mid-range voice to match. A native of the […]

CD Review: John Winkler – Juke’s Blues: Blues : A fixture on the blues scene of coastal South Carolina for the past 30 years, harp player John Winkler swings from the jump on his latest CD, delivering a pleasant mix of Chicago, Texas and West Coast blues and jump and backing himself up with a pleasant, mid-range voice to match. A native of the […]

 

John McLaughlin: That was unexpected and strange at times. I remember playing with Eric Clapton : There are guitarists who are maybe known as being ‘big-hitters’ then there are a few, a handful at most, who might merit the moniker of being ‘huge-hitters.’  UK picker John McLaughlin falls into the latter camp, with a truly astonishing ability and drive that has never slowed, drifted or faltered in what is now over sixty years […]

CD Review: Tinsley Ellis – Naked Truth = 2024: Blues : Tinsley Ellis was born in Atlanta on June 4, 1957, and raised in Florida. He received his first guitar at age seven. He was inspired to learn to play after watching The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. Tinsley developed his love of the blues as a teen by first listening to the British Invasion […]

 

Photos and Review: The European All-Stars: Martin Sasse, Mini Schulz, Bernd Reiter feat. Stephane Belmondo & Gabor Bolla : This international all-star quintet brings together outstanding soloists and bandleaders from four European countries (France, Germany, Hungary, Austria), who continue the musical legacy of the great masters of jazz with a lot of respect, admiration and passion. Stephane Belmondo is one of the most renowned trumpeters in Europe. He has lived in Paris since 1986, […]

CD Review: Lester Chambers – Lester Chamber’s A Tribute to Jimmy Reed - 2024: Blues : Chambers Brothers co-founder and lead singer Lester Chambers has produced an album to give tribute to Jimmy Reed. He met Reed when he was 14 years old at the Orpheum Theater. He was moved and it helped spur a career that rocketed he and his brothers to top the music charts. But success was not […]

CD Review: Mark Easton – Nothing’s Sacred - 2024։ Blues : Very little information is available about Mark Easton on either his web site or with notes he provided with his album release. What I discern from the provided information is that Mark is from Australia. He has a long history in music with steps in punk rock, the glam scene, and more recently settling into […]

Photos and Review: The European All-Stars: Martin Sasse, Mini Schulz, Bernd Reiter feat. Stephane Belmondo & Gabor Bolla

 

Photos and Review: Peter Frampton at The Sound, Clearwater

Photos: The Nick Moss Band will return to the Notodden Blues Festival in August

Henry Fambrough, the last surviving original member of The Spinners, dies at 85: Photo

Photos: Kent blends a mix of Blues – Rock and Americana: Video

Georg Graewe explained. I’m not trying to be one with the piano

The concert to the rhythm of Blues

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Kamasi Washington exists on the cutting edge of jazz. How is playing a festival different than playing a traditional gig? : Kamasi Washington is the avant-garde, who, along with a group of collaborators, is setting the tone in the jazz world. Like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, Washington’s music transcends what came before, pushing the genre’s needle forward. I was fortunate to speak with the Grammy-nominated saxophonist and Los Angeles native recently ahead of Kamasi Washington exists on the cutting edge of jazz. How is playing a festival different than playing a traditional gig?

The concert to the rhythm of Blues : The Windy City celebrates the holidays big with beautiful events, carols, festivals, markets, a Christmas train and truck that travel through the city with Santa Claus on board. Zoos offer festivals of lights and seasonal songs, of course the Blues in Chicago cannot be missed. Several concerts were announced in various places in the city https://bluesjazzscenes.com/

Film reivew: Eric Clapton – Across 24 Nights: Video : #post_excerptFilm reivew: Eric Clapton - Across 24 Nights: Video

Bobby Rush wins Grammy for Best Traditional Blues album: Video, Photo : “I’ll treasure this in honor of Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Tyrone Davis, Johnnie Taylor, all the guys that came before me that I looked up to,” longtime bluesman Bobby Rush said after taking the stage to accept his third Grammy. The 90-year-old icon won the Best Traditional Blues Album category for his 29th studio album, Bobby Rush wins Grammy for Best Traditional Blues album: Video, Photo

Photos and live review: Thomas Borgmann, Jan Roder, Willi Kellers at Dieselstrasse : In long, often flowing pieces, Thomas Borgmann, Willi Kellers and Jan Roder create music that moves back and forth between lyrically peaceful and ecstatic phases, between spacious and dense playing. Keys & Screws is the interlocking of Thomas Borgmann & Willi Kellers with the bassist Jan Roder, whereby a wide variety of suggestions, which they

Photos: Jazzahead! 2024 with partner country Netherlands : Presence of women and a wide range from all areas of jazz, combined with a clear social statement - this is how one could summarize the musical program that the 40 showcase acts will present at the next jazzahead! present. It will take place as a trade fair and festival of MESSE BREMEN from April

Photos: Jazzahead! 2024 with partner country Netherlands : Presence of women and a wide range from all areas of jazz, combined with a clear social statement - this is how one could summarize the musical program that the 40 showcase acts will present at the next jazzahead! present. It will take place as a trade fair and festival of MESSE BREMEN from April

Photos: Tobias Becker Big Band feat. Laura at the Bix Stuttgart jazz club : Jugendliche Frische trifft auf erstaunliche Reife, Charisma auf Understatement, die Freiheit und Intellektualität des Jazz auf die unmittelbar emotionale Kraft von Pop, Soul und Chanson. Gegensätze, die sich hier wirklich anziehen. „Laura Kipp als ausdrucksstarke neue Stimme des Jazzgesangs“ (Süddeutsche Zeitung) trifft auf „Bigbandjazz in Perfektion“ (Belgischer Rundfunk) Nach einer ersten Zusammenarbeit im Dezember 2022