Search results for "David Bowie"

Pat Metheny Group (with David Bowie): This Is Not America (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music February 14, 09

Pat Metheny's discography is so full of contradictions that you'd swear he relishes collocating crossover jazz with a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WHEN JAZZ CATS MEET ROCKERS

Jazz musicians performing sidemen roles on recording dates of non-jazz performances is a practice nearly as old as ja...

Tronzo, David (Richard) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Tronzo, David (Richard), slide guitar; b. Rochester, NY, 1957. Tronzo has devoted most of his life to music since ...

Bowie, Joseph posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bowie, Joseph, trombonist; His life has been dominated by music since childhood. Son of a retired St. Louis music tea...

Mike Garson: Conversations With My Family (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 15, 08

I don't think I have come across a more personal recording than this one. When I receive CDs to review, I spend ...

Baron, Joey posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Drummer Joey Baron has built a career that straddles commercial music and avant-garde jazz. Baron has demonstrated wi...

Gregory, Michael (Michael Gregory Jackson) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gregory, Michael [Michael Gregory Jackson], guitar, singer, songwriter; b. New Haven, CT, 1953. Michael began to play...

Jack DeJohnette: One for Eric (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 30, 08

All of Jack DeJohnette's sustained led or co-led groups produce consistently high-level jazz – from the Gateway group...

Raglan, Wayne (Steven) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Raglan, Wayne (Steven), electric bass guitar, guitar; b. Jamaica, Queens, NY, 18 April 1955. His father was Arthur Ra...

Stephans, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stephans, Michael, drummer, educator, author; b, Miami, FL, 9 June 1945. Studied classical percussion via a 4-year...

Cuong Vu: Accelerated Thoughts (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music February 28, 08

Cuong Vu delights in contrasts, and builds his compositions by juxtaposing rather than blending. "Accelerated Though...

The Mannish Boys: Searchin' Blues (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 09, 08

How many bands have taken their names from Muddy Waters's songs? A young David Bowie played in another group called ...

Steve Elson: Remember This (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music March 10, 09

The veteran multi-instrumentalist Steve Elson has worked as a sideman with such pop-oriented musicians as Laurie Ande...

In Conversation with Darcy James Argue posted in Features and Interviews September 05, 09

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Henry Threadgill: Song Out Of My Trees (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 29, 09

While Amina Claudine Myers has been a respected organist for decades (as a member of the AACM and Lester Bowie’s New ...

Stewart, Bob (Robert Alvin) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stewart, Bob (Robert Alvin), tuba; b. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 3 February 1945. He lived in New York, N.Y. 1947-...

Davis, Jr., Stanton posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Davis, Jr., Stanton, trumpet, composer; b. New Orleans, LA, 10 Novemberr 1945. He studied at Berklee College of Music...

Carroll, Baikida (E. J. Carroll) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Carroll, Baikida [E. J. Carroll], trumpet, flugelhorn, composer; b. St. Louis, Missouri, 15 January 1947. the son of&...

Reid, Steve posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Reid, Steve, drums; b. Bronx, NY, 29 January 1944. Began playing professionally at age 16. Recorded first record w...

Harris, Craig (S.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Harris, Craig (S.), trombone, composer; b. in Hempstead on Long Island, NY, 10 September 1953. He is a graduate of th...

A Jazz Success Story in Vermont posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 19, 09

Willard Jenkins continues his series on grassroots jazz organizations in the US with a look at a remarkable success s...

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