Search results for "Mitch Mitchell"

Mahavishnu: Mitch Match (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 29, 08

John McLaughlin's use of the Synclavier guitar synthesizer in the '80s could be quite frustrating for many listeners....

Jimi Hendrix: The Star Spangled Banner (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music May 14, 09

When Jimi Hendrix took the stage on the final morning of Woodstock--"by the dawn's early light," as it were--the audi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MUSICAL AMERICANA

         Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...

Mitchel Forman: Just Ideas (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 24, 08

I wish I knew what it was like to take an instrument and create music from whole cloth that was able to move people t...

Seidman, Mitch posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Seidman, Mitch (Mitchell F.), guitar, electric bass; b. Long Branch, NJ, 27 November 1953. His parents are Benson W. ...

Final Chorus (2008) posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 30, 08

The jazz community knew that Freddie Hubbard's health was precarious after the heart attack he suffered the day befor...

Hopps, Jimmy (James Edward Hopps Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hopps, Jimmy [James Edward Hopps Jr.], drummer; b. Washington, DC, 18 June 1939. His mother, Louella T.W. Hopps, was ...

Young, Larry Jr. (Khaled Yasin) posted in Encyclopedia April 21, 08

Organist Larry Young expanded the possibilities of the Hammond B3 beyond the trio into fusion and beyond, prompting J...

Mahavishnu: The Wait (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 10, 08

Adventures in Radioland was the follow-up to Mahavishnu's 1984 Mahavishnu. That album had John McLaughlin almost excl...

Mahavishnu: Radio-Activity (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 31, 08

The Mahavishnu Orchestra was back! Well, not exactly. It was now called just Mahavishnu and only John McLaughlin and ...

Dean, Elton posted in Encyclopedia May 21, 09

Saxophonist Elton Dean's lithe playing on the alto sax and saxello made him a significant and genre-bending figure on...

Don't Gonna Play That Kling-Kling Jazz: A Prehistory of Jazz-Rock posted in Features and Interviews June 18, 09

By Geoff Wills When rock and roll emerged in the mid 1950s, many jazz musicians were witheringly scornful about ...

In Conversation With Sheila Jordan posted in Features and Interviews March 14, 09

By Roanna Forman Sheila Jordan is one of jazz's great individualists—a vocalist influenced less by other singe...

Harris, Ratzo B. (Harold Branson) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Harris, Ratzo B. (Harold Branson), bassist, composer, also plays some guitar, keyboard and voice; b. Indianapolis, IN...

Stern, Mike (Michael Philips) posted in Encyclopedia October 19, 09

Guitarist Mike Stern's experimental technique draws equally from hard bop, fusion and funk. Since his early professio...

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