Search results for "Ry Cooder"

Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt: A Meeting by the River (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 20, 08

Ry Cooder has always had his own quirky concept of fusion. Back with Chicken Skin Music in 1976, he was mixing spicy...

The South Asian Tinge in Jazz posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 20, 08

Jelly Roll Morton, in an oft-quoted passage, once spoke about the “Latin tinge” that was, in his opinion, an essenti...

Ten Years After . . . Looking Back at the Buena Vista Social Club posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 04, 08

In the aftermath of a long political campaign, it is worth dwelling on those rare moments when musicians put their ...

Buena Vista Social Club: Chan Chan (Live at Carnegie Hall) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 03, 08

The late 1990s success of the Cuban ensemble known as the Buena Vista Social Club was remarkable from several differe...

Zanni, Eve posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Zanni, Eve, vocalist, composer, lyricist; b. Hollywood, CA, 1954. She grew up Southern California and the Bay Area, ...

Hines, Earl "Fatha" (Kenneth) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

Over a career that spanned sixty years, pianist Earl Hines embodied the changing fortunes of jazz. His ability to bri...

Blues Notes from All Over posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 17, 09

Even if you haven’t heard of Jim Dickinson, who passed away on Saturday at age 67, you have heard him. If you’ve ...

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