Waiting Around, the sophomore album from John Stammers that took 6 years to make is finally here and it may just mark the resurrection of the sub-genre 'jazzy folk' that has roots all the way back to the 50's.
Is progressive rock truly progressive, or is it just newfangled jazz with a fake mustache? Prog. rock is coming closer to jazz than ever before. Is the music progressing or returning to its roots?
Damien Chazelle's massive success as a director and storyteller are not only due to his innate talent for film making but also his appreciation and understanding of musicality; in particular with jazz. Filmmakers should listen to more music to give a musicality to the rhythm of their films and dynamic pulses of emotion.
Spiritual jazz, a genre born in the '60s and closely tied to that times' political, social, and cultural climate is experiencing a resurgence of sorts, is it again reflecting the moment we live in? We exam the genre's roots and its ever expanding horizons.
Friend and frequent collaborator, Jaron Lamar Davis, has just released his fully self-produced debut album and it’s 8-tracks of eclectic alternative electric jazz hip-hop goodness that has our nod of approval. It’s a project that deserves to be heard and if you love real artistry we think you should support real artistry.
Throughout Western history, music has had a place in daily life - growing its foothold year after year. With the turn of each decade, music has turned as well. Perhaps in an effort to appeal to a developing society... Perhaps as an indicator of that same society's development...
A single mind that actually kicked the whole musical tribute concept into fifth gear - Hal Willner, the 62-year old producer/arranger/composer/event manager. Now, Willner did not invent the tribute concept, but Amarcord Nino Rota, from 1981, the first tribute album he conceived and produced practically started the musical tribute process.
Sometime during the Twentieth century, a musician, born somewhere in Alabama as Herman Poole Blount, rounded up his outlook of the World, or more precisely at the Universe, life, and music, and found in himself that he is actually Sun Ra.
Some believe speakeasies have become an imitation of themselves but at their peak they left a permanent stamp on history and culture, soaked not only with alcohol, but all the beautiful things that ensued from it.
We're back with special guest Jaron Lamar Davis discussing UNKLE's groundbreaking exhibition, the largest loss of music in history and the attempted cover-up, and the latest controversy surrounding Miley Cyrus and hip-hop.
Just who was this blind, six-foot tall composer, musician, instrument inventor who dressed in homemade Viking garb and went under the name of Moondog?
At this year’s globalFEST the music was as diverse, dynamic, and vibrant as ever. With 12 acts on three stages, artists traveled from Korea, Hungary, Brazil, Senegal, Algeria, France, West Africa, Tibet, the Louisiana bayou and beyond.
An innovative new technology appears and headlines pop up all over the www announcing that artist’s days are numbered and that all those musician types better start thinking about getting real jobs.
But can robots really replace human musicians, or are they just the latest mutants in musical evolution?
Marijuana was not widely known in the 1920’s, but for jazz musicians, it was part of their lifestyle. Marijuana sustained their energy in a way alcohol couldn't, and provoked experimental improvisation that captivated audiences...
King Krule's latest is not an easy album by any measure; you can’t just throw it on and immediately be taken in, it’s meant to be sat with and slowly digested as its many idiosyncrasies slowly reveal themselves. But once I let go of my expectations of what an album is supposed to sound like, I couldn’t help but get pulled into his mad soundscapes of isolation, anxiety, and slightly out of tune instruments. It’s as much a work of art as it is an album, but for someone who loves the odd and experimental as much as I do, The OOZ was about as rich an album as I’ve heard all year.
For our first Musicphiles podcast of 2018 we have our very first guest on! Aspiring drummer/artist Jaron Lamar Davis stops by to talk about his upcoming eclectic alternative electric jazz hip-hop album called My View Through the Lense of Music and the process of creating his first album. As well as giving us a trained musician's point of view on Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly and the increase of jazz, blues, and funk influences in hip-hop and 'urban' music in general. Then he joins us in listing our most anticipated albums (confirmed and rumored) of 2018.
Jaron Lamar Davis' debut album is smooth and crisp and left me with a much deeper appreciation for all the nuances of jazz as a genre and it's an album I find myself throwing on often to really unwind. The drumming doesn't always take center stage but when it does it's exceptional.
At 30 years old, Anderson East is just getting started and without question will be one to watch in the coming years. East is currently on tour with his full band and Jade Bird with summer dates throughout the Midwest. Regardless of the type of music you think you like, East’s energy has something for everyone and is a performer you can’t afford to miss. Check out our full gallery of shots from the night.
Albert Ayler, never getting the wider recognition he truly deserved, unleashed a free-form musical exploration that went beyond the boundaries of jazz or any other music that included everything he experienced musically – from church spirituals, New Orleans and Army brass music, to world folk forms, to free improvisation – any and all of these themes, often all at the same time.
At the moment, there is a plethora of jazz artists who are bringing something new, reviving previous forms in the right way, or just crossing borders that garner more attention - with some of them on the verge of attaining wider acclaim.
From the mid-'50s, when the genre got its distinct profile, until today, Bossa Nova remains one of the, if not the most, influential music genres to have originated outside of the perceived main centers of music development.
To celebrate 100 years of Charlie Parker, Craft Records is releasing a four-LP deluxe box set that will kick off year-long celebrations for the renowned musician.
The German museum has prepared a two-month-long multimedia program that will feature a "Moon Machine" which will display unheard Moondog pieces and new compositions, as well as visualize sounds and ideas.
Hal Willner, to many music fans known as the true artist of tribute albums, was also a renowned producer and longtime staffer of 'Saturday Night Live.' Tributes from well-known names in music have been pouring in.