Charlie Hunter and his latest Trio brought the rock star flavor back to jazz in Richmond the other night. Despite a particularly vicious bout with tendonitis, Hunter displayed no signs of discomfort. It wasn’t until after completing the two sets of music that Hunter applied ice to his invisible wound, enjoying Black Sabbath’s "Sweet Leaf" over the speakers.
Nils Lofgren, guitarist of Bruce
What started as an erratic pop disc unfolds into a slide-guitar, gut-bucket, emotion-spouting masterpiece.
Skerik's latest album Husky, is a live recording featuring his Syncopated Taint Septet, a mix known as a “punk-jazz version of the Thelonius Monk Octet. ” For the musician known as Skerik, the word "collaboration" never grows old.
Put out on the Stax Record Label, the re-release of Home expectedly involves an authentic, rough-and-tumble feel, the sound associated with the label itself.
They strike as a band seemingly from the future, manipulating electronic frequencies and electronic beats.
While their previous self-titled record on ropeadope seemed more haphazard in a coming-together-at-the-last-minute sort of way, Husky has a more robust polish to it.
2006 is the sprouting year for Les Claypool. For decades the
Using a slurry of different sounds, the LA trio keep the rhythms fresh and the melodies timeless.
