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Unwanted tickets for WOMAD have been brandished and so we’re off to sunny Wiltshire for the weekend. Squeeze, Chic, Billy Cobham, and Mavis Staples are all on the menu (unfortunately we’re arriving to late to see the mighty Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry). Hopefully those ace curried new potatoes they last year will be on as well. Anybody [...]
Porter In a business where top billing recording gigs aren�t usually elusive to deserving musicians, drummer Joe Chamber�s path to the driver�s seat was oddly fraught with delays and detours. He kept busy during the Sixties with sideman dates, mainly...
Bath: A group of world-famous Cuban musicians are to perform at Hayesfield School. Members of the school's big band will be working with the band Asere and then performing with them at a concert in the evening. Asere have ...
Happy Canada Day. Here's some Gil Evans -- with a searing French horn solo from John Clark -- seriously, people need to give it up for John Clark -- and Billy Cobham laying it down on, like, a 29-piece drum...
A press event will be held on May 21, 2008 from 12:00 noon until 2:00 PM at the Shubert Theater, 247 College Street, New Haven. Wayne Holmes, Co-Owner of Rockville USA Production Studios in Rockville, Connecticut (a member of Connecticut's Hollywood East Legislative Task Force), will announce details about "Lady Day, " a new feature film in pre-production in Connecticut...
“93 ‘Til Infinity” was the debut single of Hieroglyphics-affiliated group Souls of Mischief. It's produced by group member A-Plus, who uses a lovely Billy Cobham sample, with laidback keys complimented by a wailing sax and rugged drums. The song also has an instantly memorable chorus: This is how we chill/ from 93 ’til The song [...]
Here, for anyone still going to the 2008 Glastonbury Festival is a list of all the acts that are confirmed to play on the various stages. Just in case you haven't heard already, Jay-Z will be headlining and Oasis and Led Zeppelin are not playing! But don't despair Gilbert O’Sullivan, The Wurzels and Shakin’ Stevens are booked [...]
With Fusion Collective Playing the music of Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Billy Cobham, Weather Report and others. Every Thursday at: Big Kahuna Bar Grill & Billiards 1730 East Jericho Turnpike Huntington, New York 11743 (631) 543-9100 (1/4 mile west of Elwood Rd, South side) 9:30pm til Midnight Free Admission Heres our lineup: Mike Ernst, gtr Tom Westbay, sax, timbales,...
1. The Mahavishnu Orchestra, "Meeting of the Spirits." My memory may be failing me, but I think the Orchestra was the first jazz group I ever saw in concert. I can't quite put the word jazz in scare quotes, but...
“Spectrum” was recorded in 1973 and I’ve coveted it since I first heard it. This album inspired some of Jeff Beck’s greatest work. I just love the groove on Stratus. And of course—Tommy Bolin on guitar was spectacular back then. I’ve included a newer version also. I can’t get enough of screaming [...]
In honor of legendary jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard’s 70th birthday, AMG takes a look back at some of his best work on the CTI label in the ’70s. While Hubbard made his name with his now classic Blue Note albums of the ’60s, his soulful, stylistically varied, and often avant-garde jazz-funk/fusion albums of the ’70s [...]
News: 05-04-2008: Another nice video from 2007 with drummer Billy Cobham from the drum and voice tour. BILLY COBHAM - GAMBALE- BRIAN AUGER & NOVECENTO "2007 LIVE" This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!
A perfect live analog recording here...i got a copy of the atlantic vinyl release from my uncle's impeccable 70's funk/soul collection. i lit up when i saw george duke's mug on the front, and was thrilled to see perfect vinyl...i was blown away by the quality of the music, and the quality of the recording itself. this one opens up with a giant version of hip pockets. duke, cobham, and scofield stand...
