Only a few months after the new line-up was established, the band started writing new songs in 2012. Due to the very good cooperation among the musicians, a lot of outstanding material was created, enabling the band to start recording the album “The System of Events” in early 2013. On...
Jazz Singer‘s main selling point, hearing Al Jolson sing, is not demonstrated; instead, Miljan natters on over newsreel footage of celebrities at the New York premiere, then introduces a couple of silent scenes from
Ex Roger Earl bandmate from his Savoy Brown days, the late Kim Simmonds contributed several songs on the new album that were included in their set like “Drivin’ On.” Savoy Brown ex bandmates Pat DeSalvo and Garnet Grimm have recently teamed up with local guitar hero and Florida Music H...
In the scene where we first meet the two, Davis is leading three people, including the boastful Connor (Jack Quaid), through the “jungle” (really the sanctuary) when they happen upon two female gorillas with their babies, and an angry young ape named Paavo. Enter a larger and louder go...
Trumpet:3 piston-valves are the hallmark of this 15th century European instrument which has influenced jazz, Latin, and pop music alike. While a more limited role in Hindi film music, the trumpet moved strictly cabaret club numbers to the beautiful opening of “Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli” where...
‘Give Me Your Horse’ was a bigger, jazzier number which had airplay on both folk stations as well as jazz, including the BBC’s Jazz Nights. He released his first album in 2019Fag Ash and Beer, a collection of songs, longer lyrical offerings and instrumentals which was nominated for ...
and Led Zeppelin. But Tull still stand out, even at this early stage: "Back to the Family" carries a whiff of psychedelia in its hazy guitars, but Anderson's dramatic vocal delivery feels like it's coming from a different universe. And who else but Tull dabbled so deeply in jazz?
Watching bassist Nate Query swing a double bass around with the nonchalant ease of a consummate old-school jazz player, drummer John Moen add subtle, intriguing percussive touches, or guitarist Chris Funk wring poignantly wailing sounds from his lap steel guitar, was a feast for the eyes as ...
"I wanted it to be a jazz‑type tune, because that's what I liked at the time,” he'd later recall. "It's written originally around a sax line... Dave ended up playing the sax line in fuzz guitar and it took the song a step further.” ...
Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Pride and Joy" took a long and legend-assisted path to our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs countdown. After a blistering performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982, the then-unknown guitarist left the gig discouraged, thinking the audience reception was less than favor...