"Steve's guitar playing on the song'Hurry Up Sundown'is probably some of his best solo work and rhythm work,"Tivensays. "It's amazing that at this point in his career, he could still be creating some of the greatest music of his life. I think that's a wonderful testamen...
Swing Feel: The first jazz recordings from 1917 reveal that swing rhythm was always a part of the genre. Swing is a distinctive groove or shuffle from playing eighth notes in a long-short pattern. This creates a feeling of syncopation and forward motion. Though early jazz always swung, moder...
Abandoning their funkier side, the band indulged in a more subdued approach with whimsical melodies and soothing chord progressions on leading tracks “By the Way” and “The Zephyr Song.” Chad Smith and Flea still rounded out one of rock’s most veritable rhythm sections, infusing enough signa...