Search results for "Dennis Chambers"

Dennis Chambers: D.B.D. (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 25, 08

"D.B.D." comes off as this band's end-of-the-first-set number. It is their "Rhythm-A-Ning." Part boogie, part Gypsy b...

John McLaughlin: Wayne's Way (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 24, 09

"Wayne's Way" is John McLaughlin's tribute to Wayne Shorter. Dennis Chambers's backbeat and Zakir Hussain's insistent...

John McLaughlin: Mattinale (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 26, 08

In the late '60s, McLaughlin was an integral part of a very non-traditional jazz organ trio as a member of the trailb...

John McLaughlin: Fallen Angels (live) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 25, 09

"Fallen Angels" had appeared on this band's previous studio recording The Heart of Things. I have a small complaint w...

John McLaughlin: The Divide (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music February 25, 09

Live in Paris is a candidate for best fusion album of the 1990s. John McLaughlin made sure he had the drummer he need...

John McLaughlin: Thelonius Melodius (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 25, 09

John McLaughlin's Free Spirits featured Dennis Chambers on drums and Joey DeFrancesco on organ. It was the stand...

John McLaughlin: No Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 26, 08

McLaughlin's organ trio group The Free Spirits released its one and only album, Tokyo Live, in 1993. It is ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN ON STANDARDS

Editor's note: Guitarist extraordinaire John McLaughlin recently participated in a candid dialogue with jazz.com's W...

Grafitti: Moonshine (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music April 06, 08

Take Return to Forever, replace Al Di Meola with Larry Coryell, add a taste of light groove funk, and you get Grafitt...

John McLaughlin: Acid Jazz (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 24, 08

Ironically, I don't know if this tune really qualifies as "acid jazz." From what I understand, acid jazz is sort of a...

John McLaughlin: Jazz Jungle (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 14, 08

For quite some time before the release of The Promise, many John McLaughlin fans had been secretly wishing that he wo...

Boston T Party: Last Trane (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 04, 08

Four of the most accomplished jazz and progressive players on the planet got together for this rebellion. Fittingly, ...

Mike Stern: Swunk (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 22, 08

"Swunk" is a lowdown swinging blues funk. "Swunk." Get it? Stern can really play the hell out of the blues, as confir...

John McLaughlin: Seven Sisters (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music February 25, 09

"Seven Sisters" opens the very fine Heart of Things album Live in Paris, the first time many people heard the band pe...

John McLaughlin: Shin Jin Rui (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 25, 09

John McLaughlin and saxophonist David Sanborn have known each other for many years. Three decades ago, Sanborn appear...

Mike Stern: D.C. (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music March 20, 08

Mike Stern is a guitarist and composer of the highest order. His pedigree is impeccable. He has been in the jazz-rock...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TUNES THAT TAKE YOU PLACES

Artwork by Suzanne Cerny Editor's Note: Walter Kolosky recently contributed memorable Dozens columns o...

Bill Evans: Let the Juice Loose (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music March 12, 08

Poor Bill Evans. His whole musical life, he has had to be identified as "Bill Evans (sax)" to distinguish him from th...

John McLaughlin: Dear Dalai Lama (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 20, 08

Industrial Zen was John McLaughlin's last studio album for Verve, the once-great jazz label which lost its direc...

John McLaughlin and The Heart of Things: Mother Tongues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

John McLaughlin's Heart of Things was a hot band. But you would really have to hear the group live to buy into t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BODY PARTS FOR HALLOWEEN

A few months ago I was writing a Jazz.com review of Bireli LaGrene’s tune “Hips.” It started getting me think...

Jim Beard: Holodeck Waltz (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 02, 09

I have been familiar with keyboardist Jim Beard for over 20 years. He is a wonderful musician and composer. For his o...

Bill Evans (sax): Hobo (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 02, 09

"Hobo" is a carefree blues-folk-jazz ditty. The rhythm, structure and attitude in this performance are similar to som...

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