Willie Nelson & Ray Charles "Seven Spanish Angels"

Happy 80th birthday to Willie Nelson.  Yours truly saw Willie and his band play at the Northrop Auditorium in 2002.  That was my introduction to country music.  Here is a performance Nelson did with the late, great, Ray Charles, on a song called "Seven Spanish Angels".  Check it out.  Happy Birthday, Willie Nelson.

Duke Ellington at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956

Here's a treat.  This is a short film, AND, the performance by Duke Ellington at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, where his saxophonist Paul Gonzalez plays 26 choruses in a solo on "Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue".

...And so, here it is, ladies and gentlemen.  THE performance of "Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue."

Skip's Spotify Sunday 4-28-13

Brian Auger "Language of the Heart"

1. Autoroute
2. Seasons
3. Venice Street Fair
4. Flying Free
5. Hymn to Morning
6. Language of the Heart
7. Ella

Freddie King "Burglar"

1. Pack It Up
2. My Credit Didn't Go Through
3. I Got The Same Old Blues
4. Only Getting Second Best
5. Texas Flyer
6. Pulp Wood
7. She's A Burglar
8. Sugar Sweet
9. I Had A Dream
10. Let The Good Times Roll

Tribal Tech "Illicit"

1. The Big Wave
2. Stoopid
3. Black Cherry
4. Torque
5. Slidin' Into Charlisa
6. Root Food
7. Riot
8. Paha-Sapa
9. Babylon
10. Aftermath

Tribal Tech "Face First"

1. Face First
2. Canine
3. After Hours
4. Revenge Stew
5. Salt Lick
6. Uh...Yeah OK
7. The Crawling Horror
8. Boiler Room
9. Boat Gig
10. The Precipice
11. Wounded

Tribal Tech "Primal Tracks"

1. Elvis At The Hop
2. Got Tuh B
3. Sub Aqua
4. Nomad
5. The Necessary Blonde
6. Bofat
7. Wasteland
8. Mango Prom
9. Self Defense
10. The Rain
11. Ominous
12. Twilight In Northridge
13. Dense Dance

In memoriam: George Jones

Country music legend George Jones has passed away.  Yours truly at least heard some of his songs.  Not all of them.  Will have to go through his catalog and see what I might have missed.  Two favorites are, his cover of Jape "The Big Bopper" Richardson's "White Lightning", and "He Stopped Loving Her Today", which may be one of if not the saddest country ballad ever written, that Jones made a hit in 1980.  George Jones was well respected in all of music.  He was another country musician, like a Willie Nelson, or a Johnny Cash, who had appeal to rock and pop fans, and bands, too.

There is an article about his passing, and his career milestones in People magazine.  Here's the link. 
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20694830,00.html?icid=maing-grid7|maing5|dl2|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D304559

Here are the two songs mentioned that yours truly liked.

"White Lightning"

"He Stopped Loving Her Today"

"Possum" was George Jones' nickname.  Some liked his style.  Maybe others didn't.  But, he'll always be a legend.  Rest In Peace, George Jones.

Allman Brothers Band Wanee Festival set list 4-19-13

The Allman Brothers played their annual Wanee Music Festival in Live Oak, Florida this past weekend.  Here's the set list from their show a week ago (on Friday).  No sign of the Saturday list yet.

1. Hot 'Lanta
2. Statesboro Blues
3. I Walk on Gilded Splinters
4. Blue Sky
5. Dusk Till Dawn
6. Trouble No More
7. Leave My Blues At Home
8. Worried Down With The Blues
9. Rain
10. Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith cover) (feat. John Bell: vocals, & Artemus Pyle: drums)
11. Revival
12. Rocking Horse
13. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (feat. Jimmy Herring: guitar)

Encore:

14. One Way Out (feat. Luther Dickinson: guitar, Cody Dickinson: drums, & Artemus Pyle: tambourine)

Quinn Sullivan, 14-Year-Old Blues Prodigy, Impresses The Masters

This kid is incredible!  Quinn Sullivan, a blues guitar prodigy, who the great Buddy Guy has taken under his wing in a way.  What an honor.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/quinn-sullivan-14-year-old-blues-prodigy-impresses-the-masters-20130423

Jeff Lorber Fusion "Curtains"

Another of my favorite songs as of late.  This is "Curtains" by Jeff Lorber Fusion from their 1977 album, "Soft Space".  Featured this in a "Spotify Sunday" list not too long ago.  Great tune.

Marcus Miller & Al Jarreau "You Don't See Me"

Groovy tune with a significant message in a way.  This is Al Jarreau and Marcus Miller's "You Don't See Me".  Jarreau's unique vocal delivery, and Miller's solid, funky slap bass, really meld together here.

Skip's Spotify Sunday 4-21-13

Larry Coryell "Laid Back & Blues"

1. No More Booze Minor Blues
2. Intro To Tracey
3. Tracey
4. Gimme One Reason/Rock Me Baby (Tracy Chapman, and B.B. King/Muddy Waters covers, in blues medley) (feat. Larry Coryell: guitar, & Tracy Piergross: vocals)
5. Body & Soul (jazz standard)
6. Intro To Straight No Chaser
7. Straight No Chaser (Thelonius Monk jazz standard cover)
8. Denver In April
9. The Dragon's Grate
10. Not Exactly Like B.B.

Larry Coryell "Vanguard Visionaries"

1. Stiff Neck
2. Sweet Shuffle
3. Joy Ride
4. The Jam With Albert
5. Lady Coryell
6. Yin
7. Spaces (Infinite)
8. The Dream Thing
9. Birdfingers
10. Theme For A Dream

Larry Coryell "New York Blues"

1. I Hear The Wind
2. All I DO Is Chase The?
3. Dig Those Eyes
4. New York Blues
5. 52nd Street Shakedown
6. Study In Rhythm
7. Like Spring Blues
8. Swing Me Around
9. Walking With An Angel
10. Not Now Bitch
11. Blues Alley Jack
12. Come Break The Mold

Larry Coryell "Bolero"

1. Improvisation on Bolero
2. Nothing Is Forever
3. Something For Wolfgang Amadeus
4. Prelude From Tombeau De Couperin
5. Elegancia Del Sol
6. Fancy Frogs
7. 6th Watch Hill Road
8. Blues In Madrid
9. Motel Time
10. At The Airport
11. Brazilia
12. A Piece For Larry
13. La Pluie
14. Waltz No. 6
15. Locical Solution
16. Warm Weather
17. Pattie's Song
18. Lines

Larry Coryell "Timeless Larry Coryell"

1. Joy Spring (Clifford Brown/Joe Pass cover)
2. The Duke
3. My Shining Hour (Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer cover)
4. 'Round Midnight (Thelonius Monk cover)
5. Nefertiti (Wayne Shorter cover)
6. Yesterdays (from the 1933 musical, Roberta)
7. Moment's Notice (John Coltrane jazz standard cover)
8. Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington jazz standard cover)
9. All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein cover, from the 1939 musical, Very Warm For May)

Larry Coryell "Earthquake At The Avalon"

1. The Opening
2. Soul's Dirge
3. Slow Blues (feat. David Hidalgo: guitar & Larry Coryell: guitar & vocals)
4. Half A Heart
5. The Dream Thing/Stiff Neck (feat. Bernard Purdie: drums)
6. Morning Sickness
7. The Real Great Escape
8. The Dragon Gate

Larry Coryell "Solos, Duos & Trios"

1. Sister Sadie - Larry Coryell, Michael Urbaniak
2. Mika - Larry Coryell, Michael Urbaniak
3. My One and Only Love - Larry Coryell, Michael Urbaniak
4. Bolero - Larry Coryell, Michael Urbaniak
5. Songs For My Father - Larry Coryell, Michael Urbaniak
6. Spain - Larry Coryell, Michael Urbaniak
7. Nuages - Larry Coryell, Michael Urbaniak

Larry Coryell "Shining Hour"

1. Nefertiti
2. Apathy Rains
3. Yesterdays
4. Floyd Gets a Gig
5. The Duke
6. My Shining Hour
7. The Sorcerer
8. All The Things You Are

Larry Coryell "Joy Spring: The Swinging Side of Larry Coryell"

1. Joy Spring
2. The Duke
3. My Shining Hour
4. 'Round Midnight
5. Nefertiti
6. Yesterdays
7. Moment's Notice
8. Sophisticated Lady
9. All The Things You Are

Larry Coryell "Major Jazz Minor Blues"

1. Moment's Notice
2. The Duke
3. 'Round Midnight
4. Joy Spring
5. Yesterdays
6. No More Booze, Minor Blues
7. Tender Tears
8. My Shining Hour
9. Toka Do
10. Sophisticated Lady

Larry Coryell "Montgomery"

1. Tales of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
2. Along Dexter Avenue
3. Joy at the Jail
4. Amazing Grace
5. L'Homage
6. Beautiful Love
7. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?

Larry Coryell "Night of Jazz Guitars"

1. Cookin' At The Continental     Horace Silver
2. Koala      Andreas Dombert
3. They Love You More In Paris
4. Like Someone In Love     Jimmy van Heusen
5. Jailbreak
6. Tender Tears Theme & Variations
7. Noites Cariocas     Jacob Do Bandolim
8. Blue in Green         Miles Davis
9. Blues For Bireli      Helmut Kaegerer
10. I Think It Is Too Late Now     Paulo Morello
11. Tadd's Delight     Tadd Dameron
12. Bolero                Maurice Ravel
13. All The Things You Are     Jerome Kern    

Larry Coryell "Private Concert"

1. Sonny Moon For Two
2. Brother K
3. Spring Is Here
4. Pavane de la Belle au Bois Dormant
5. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
6. Something
7. Hot House
8. Prelude No. 2
9. Django Fantasy
10. Spanish Suite
11. Body And Soul
12. Moon River

Jimmy Herring "Lifeboat"

1. Scapegoat Blues
2. Only When It's Light
3. New Moon
4. Lifeboat Serenade
5. One Strut
6. Jungle Book Overture
7. Lost
8. Transients
9. Gray Day
10. Splash

Jimmy Herring "Subject To Change Without Notice"

1. Red Wing Special
2. Kaleidoscope Carousel
3. Aberdeen
4. Within You Without You
5. Miss Poopie (Jimmy McGriff cover)
6. Emerald Garden
7. Twelve Keys
8. Hope (Mahavishnu Orchestra cover)
9. Curfew
10. Bilgewater Blues

Maynard Ferguson "Portuguese Love"

A performance by Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra of the tune "Portuguese Love" at the Playboy Jazz Festival.  Good stuff!

The Black Crowes have another new lead guitarist

Yours truly was shocked by this announcement.  But, the Black Crowes, coming off of a three-year hiatus, have a new lead guitarist.  Luther Dickinson has been replaced, by Jackie Greene.  I was massively thrown for a loop on this one!  Yours truly will miss Luther, as I saw him with the Crowes, twice.  But, all the best to Jackie Greene in his role as the new lead guitarist for the Crowes.  Should be a good thing, and not affect the music at all.

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/jackie-greene-impresses-as-black-crowes-lead-guitarist/

Greene is also a member of Steve Gorman's side project, Trigger Hippy.  Gorman, is of course, the drummer for the Black Crowes.  Greene's band mates in Trigger Hippy are Joan Osborne, Gorman, Tom Bukovac, and Nick Govric.  In addition, Greene also leads his own band, The Jackie Greene Band.  The lineup for the Jackie Greene Band is:

Jackie Greene: guitar
Nathan Dale: guitar
Jeremy Plog: bass
Steve Taylor: keyboards
Zack Bowden: drums

Return To Forever "No Mystery"

One of my FAVORITE Return To Forever compositions.  This is "No Mystery" from their 1975 album of the same name.  This version features the RTF III line up, which at that time, was a quartet, and still featured Al di Meola on guitar.

Hiram Bullock "Cactus"

Been digging this song a lot, and it was part of a recent Spotify Sunday playlist.  Check out "Cactus" by Hiram Bullock.  Bluesy guitar and funky slap bass meld together really well on this one.  It is from the "From All Sides" record, circa 1986.

Rest In Peace, Hiram Bullock.

Devon Allman & Samantha Fish "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

Check out the video for Devon Allman and Samantha Fish's cover of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", originally done by Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks.  This is a good one!

Widespread Panic gig... more highlights & the set list

Here are more highlights of the Widespread Panic gig at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, from their website.  Go to this link and check it out.

http://admin.widespreadpanic.com/photos/4-14-2013-minneapolis-minnesota

Here's the whole set list.

Set 1:

1. Radio Child
2. Makes Sense To Me
3. Wondering
4. Angels On High
5. Rebirtha
6. City of Dreams
7. Dyin' Man
8. Walkin'
9. You Should Be Glad

Set 2:

10. Holden Oversoul
11. Give
12. Bear's Gone Fishin'
13. Red Hot Mama
14. Blight
15. Airplane
16. Impossible
17. Vampire Blues
18. Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield cover)

Encore:

19. Dirty Side Down
20. Can't Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones cover)
21. Ain't Life Grand

Roy Clark "12th Street Rag"

Roy Clark is most well known in country music circles.  But, he is definitely a guitarist who can play several styles.  He is mentioned with his country music contemporaries such as Chet Atkins, Buck Owens (who he co-hosted the comedy show Hee Haw with, for many years), Hank Snow, Bob Wootton, Luther Perkins, Joe Maphis, or Glen Campbell.  But, he surely has his own unique sound, and... as this video shows, a zany sense of humor, too.  Dig it.

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival @ Madison Square Garden, Night Two Highlights 4/13/13

Some interesting things happened on the second night of the Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, with Keith Richards from The Rolling Stones coming to jam with Eric, and also, the Allman Brothers not doing a full set, but rather, having Derek Trucks sit in with some of the other bands, and an acoustic set featuring Derek, Gregg Allman, and Warren Haynes.  There were some other really cool jams, too.  Check out all the highlights, here.

http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-crossroads-guitar-festival-night-2

Also, here is a list of the top 20 moments of the festival throughout the weekend, from Premier Guitar magazine.

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/May/20_Best_Moments_of_Crossroads_2013.aspx

Can't wait for this show to come out on DVD.

Shiny side up, Dirty side down

The second half of this review's title makes reference to the most recent studio album put out by Georgia jam band giants, Widespread Panic.  Road toughened warriors of the jam rock circuit for 25 or so years, who played the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis on Sunday night.

I was anticipating this show to be an epic.  A real humdinger.  An experimentation fit for a musical science lab as it were.  Well, unfortunately, it seemed that the one mad scientist, has a lab staff of 100 level greenhorns coming into the class without any inclination of how to formulate high levels of musical chemistry to achieve these improvisational fireworks, and instead, he must do so, as a solitary figurehead, even though he is purely considered a humble sideman in the group, dressed casually, standing in one place, eyes squarely focused upon the neck of his guitar.

The "mad scientist" in question is Widespread Panic's guitar wizard, Jimmy Herring.  During Sunday night's show at the Orpheum, Herring stood a mountain above his fellow band mates, as Widespread Panic seemed to veer through unrecognizable jams that left yours truly asking, "What just hit me?" on more than one occasion.  Herring, was the master, wrenching passionate howling cries from his guitar that were as intricate as they were melodious and left this rock and roller grinning like a stuck possum for the whole of the concert.  He was the compass, but it seemed his band mates, were not as nearly up to the task of following the course he'd pointed them in.

Keyboardist Jojo Herman tried to stick with the plan, adding some spirited sprinkles and spritzes of Clavinet to songs, on occasion.  His other keyboard of choice, the mighty Hammond B3 organ, seemed to be MIA, however.  Bassist Dave Schools, seemed to not be up to his usual prowess in the show, like he is on many of their studio records, where he contributes some credible and listenable slap bass fills.  The same could go for the percussion section.  Todd Nance on drums, and Sonny Ortiz on percussion, try to emulate the thunderous drumming powerhouse of their fellow Georgia blues rock uber jam brethren, the Allman Brothers.  But, Nance and Ortiz do not seem to wield such strength, sticking to basic rock 4/4 patterns as opposed to the jazzy, shifting time signatures employed by the Allmans, or any well known '70s fusion group.

Widespread Panic is very strong when it comes to their studio records.  But, sadly, though they've got years on the road behind them, musically, their live show leaves a possible fan, wanting much more than what they might receive when getting their ticket stub scanned, walking into the venue.    

Skip's Spotify Sunday 4-14-13

Larry Coryell & Michael Urbaniak "A Quiet Day In Spring"

1. Rue Gregoire du Tour
2. Waltz No. 6
3. Polish Reggae
4. A Quiet Day In Spring
5. Waltz No. 12
6. Stuff's Stuff
7. Miss Julie

Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House at Montreux

Band:

Alphonse Mouzon: drums
Michael Lawrence: trumpet & flugelhorn
Danny Triphan: bass
Mike Mandel: keyboards
Larry Coryell: guitar

1. Introduction
2. Improvisation on Villa Lobos (Prelude #4 in E Minor)
3. Tamari
4. Joyride
5. Rasputin
6. Song For A New York Rainmaker
7. The Eleventh House Blues

Larry Coryell "Coryells"

1. Sentenza del Cuore: Allegro
2. Sentenza del Cuore: Interlude
3. Sentenza del Cuoure: Adagio
4. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Charlie Mingus cover, written for saxophone legend, Lester Young)
5. Sink Or Swim
6. Zimbabwe
7. Low-Lee-Tah
8. Love And Happiness (Al Green cover)
9. Something Pretty
10. Trouble No More (Muddy Waters cover)
11. Funky Waltz
12. Transparence
13. Somebody's Got To Win (Somebody's Got To Lose)
14. Song For Emily

Larry Coryell, Badi Assad, & John Abercrombie "Three Guitars"

1. Seu Jorge E Dona Ica
2. New Lute Prelude
3. New Lute Interlude
4. Soundtrack
5. After The Rain
6. Descending Grace
7. Metamorphosis
8. No Flight Tonight
9. Ralph's Piano Waltz
10. Suspended Circles
11. Exercise In Fourths
12. Autumn Breeze
13. Timeless

Larry Coryell "Moonlight Whispers"

1. Ganjes
2. Kawloon Jag
3. Song Of The Swan
4. Trem Brazil-India
5. Sunrise
6. Stoppin' Short
7. Brothers
8. One-O-Eight
9. Moonlight Whispers

Larry Coryell "The Essential Larry Coryell"

1. Yin
2. Elementary Guitar Solo #5
3. Scotland I
4. The Jam With Albert
5. Stiff Neck
6. Foreplay
7. Lady Coryell
8. Spaces (Infinite)
9. Are You Too Clever
10. After Later

Larry Coryell "Spaces"

1. Spaces (Infinite)
2. Rene's Theme
3. Gloria's Step
4. Wrong Is Right
5. Chris
6. New Year's Day In Los Angeles-1968

Larry Coryell "Planet End"

1. Cover Girl
2. Tyrone
3. Rocks
4. The Eyes of Love
5. Planet End

Larry Coryell "Lady Coryell"

1. Herman Wright
2. Sunday Telephone
3. Two Minute Classical
4. Love Child Is Coming Home
5. Lady Coryell
6. The Dream Thing
7. Treats Style
8. You Don't Know What Love Is
9. Stiff Neck
10. Cleo's Mood

Larry Coryell "Eleventh House with Larry Coryell"

1. Birdfingers
2. The Funky Waltz
3. Low-Lee-Tah
4. Adam Smasher
5. Joy Ride
6. Yin
7. Theme For A Dream
8. Gratitude - ""A So Low""
9. Ism-Ejerecicio
10. Right On Y'all

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival @ Madison Square Garden, Night one highlights 4/12/13

Check out some of the highlights from Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in this show summary from last night's performance.  There is another night of music tonight.  That will be blogged, tomorrow.  Really looking forward to seeing this one come out on DVD in the not too distant future.

http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-crossroads-guitar-festival-night-1

Tame Impala Part 4

Tame Impala "Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind"

Tame Impala "Be Above It"

Tame Impala "Music To Walk Home By"

Still discovering more music by this band.  There will be a few more posts about them, coming soon.

Gregg Allman Music Biopic in the Works From 'CBGB' Filmmakers

This is pretty cool.  I wonder if it will come to fruition.  A real biopic about the Allman Brothers.  It's been done for the likes of Ray Charles and Johnny Cash before.  Only time will tell whether a movie will be made.  It seems that it would be based off of Gregg Allman's recently published autobiography which came out last year.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gregg-allman-music-biopic-works-435699

Tame Impala Part 3

There's more Tame Impala music to discover.  Check it out.

Tame Impala "Apocalypse Dreams"

Tame Impala "Half Full Glass of Wine"

Tame Impala "Expectation"

Still more to come.  These guys have a prolific catalog for being a fairly new band.

upcoming new Mavis Staples album

Check out this article on the upcoming, new Mavis Staples album, entitled "One True Vine", produced by Jeff Tweedy, the bandleader for Wilco.

http://m.spin.com/articles/mavis-staples-jeff-tweedy-produce-play-one-true-vine-lp

Tame Impala Part 2

Continuing a series about Tame Impala's music, here's more tunes.

Tame Impala "It's Not Meant To Be"

Tame Impala "Solitude Is Bliss"

Tame Impala "Alter Ego"

Wow.  There's more than I thought.  This little mini series of Tame Impala tunes will continue.  Stay tuned for more.

Carl Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes"

Happy Birthday, Carl Perkins.  One of my favorite songs of all time.  Elvis Presley made this tune famous.  But, the man who wrote it, Carl Perkins, deserves the credit.  Perkins passed away back in 1998, but today, would mark his 81st birthday. May he Rest In Peace.

Tame Impala Part 1

Here are some videos from the band Tame Impala who yours truly has blogged in the Spotify listings.  My brother Charlie actually turned me on to what they do.  Here are three songs.  "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards", "Elephant", and "Mind Mischief".  Might find more.  Stay tuned.

"Feels Like We Only Go Backwards"

Tame Impala "Elephant"

Tame Impala "Mind Mischief"

Skip's Spotify Sunday 4-7-13

Ginger Baker "Horses And Trees"

1. Interlock
2. Dust To Dust
3. Satou
4. Uncut
5. Mountain Time
6. Makuta

Ginger Baker "Middle Passage"

1. Mektoub
2. Under The Black Skies
3. Time Be Time
4. Alamout
5. Basil
6. South To The Dust

Ginger Baker Trio "Coward of the County"

1. Cyril Davies
2. Ginger Spice
3. Dangle The Carrot
4. Megan Showers
5. Jesus Loves Me
6. Coward of the County
7. Daylight
8. Jesus, I Just Want To Go To Sleep

Ginger Baker "African Force"

1. Brain Damage
2. Sokoto
3. Ansoumania
4. Adoa
5. African Force

Ginger Baker "African Force: Pallanquin's Pole"

1. Go Do
2. Brain Damage
3. Ansumania
4. The Pallanquin's Pole
5. Abyssinia
6. Ginger's Solo
7. Want Come? Go!

Steps Ahead "Steps Ahead"

1. Pools
2. Islands
3. Loxodrome
4. Both Sides of the Coin
5. Skyward Bound
6. Northern Cross
7. Trio [An Improvisation]

Steps Ahead "Magnetic"

1. Trains
2. Beirut
3. Cajun
4. In A Sentimental Mood
5. Magnetic Love
6. Sumo
7. All The Tea In China
8. Something I Said
9. Magnetic Love [Reprise]

Steps Ahead "N.Y.C."

1. Well In That Case
2. Lust For Life
3. Senegal Calling
4. Red Neon, Go or Give
5. Charanga
6. Get It
7. Stick Jam
8. Absolutely Maybe
9. Festival
10. Paradiso

Steps Ahead "Yin Yang"

1. Sidewalk Maneuvers     Steps Ahead, Jimi Tunnell, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Bendik, Dean Brown, Bruce Martin

2. Praise                            Steps Ahead, Jimi Tunnell, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Bendik, Dean Brown, Bruce Martin

3. Nite Owl                       Steps Ahead, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Chuck Loeb, Bendik, Steve Kahn, Bruce Martin, Victor Bailey

4. Taxi                              Steps Ahead, Jimi Tunnell, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Bendik

5. Tamarin Lion                Steps Ahead, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Wayne Krantz, Bendik

6. Gory Details                 Steps Ahead, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Bendik, Steve Kahn

7. Agitate The Gravel       Steps Ahead, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Bendik, Spencer Cozens, Alan Thompson, Miles Bould

8. Okapi                          Steps Ahead, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Bendik, Steve Kahn

9. Orion                          Steps Ahead, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Bendik

10. Steppish                    Steps Ahead, Rick Margitza, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Bendik, Steve Kahn

11. Sara's Touch             Steps Ahead, Jeff Andrews, Steve Smith, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Bendik

Steps Ahead "Live In Tokyo, 1986"

Featuring: Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Mike Stern, Daryl Jones, & Steve Smith

1. Beirut - Live
2. Oops - Live
3. Self Portrait - Live
4. Sumo - Live
5. Cajun - Live
6. Safari - Live
7. In A Sentimental Mood - Live
8. Trains - Live

Steps Ahead "Vibe"

1. Buzz           Steps Ahead, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, Tim Hagans, Clarence Penn, Aaron Heick, Victor Bailey, Michael Cain

2. From Light To Light     Steps Ahead, Donny McCaslin, Rachel Z, Mike Mainieri, Adam Holzman, Tim Hagans, Clarence Penn, James Genus

3. Penn Station               Steps Ahead, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, Adam Holzman, Clarence Penn, Victor Bailey, Michael Cain

4. Vibe                           Steps Ahead, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, Adam Holzman, Clarence Penn, Michael Cain, Victor Bailey

5. Green Dolphin Street  Steps Ahead, Donny McCaslin, Rachel Z., Mike Mainieri, Clarence Penn, James Genus

6. Miles Away                Steps Ahead, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, Clarence Penn, Victor Bailey, Michael Cain

7. Staircase                   Steps Ahead, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, Adam Holzman, Clarence Penn, Victor Bailey, Michael Cain

8. Rendezvous              Steps Ahead, Donny McCaslin, Rachel Z., Mike Mainieri, Clarence Penn, James Genus

9. Crunch                     Steps Ahead, Donny McCaslin, Mike Mainieri, Clarence Penn, Reggie Washington, Michael Cain

10. Waxing & Waning  Steps Ahead, Donny McCaslin, Rachel Z., Mike Mainieri, Adam Holzman, Clarence Penn, Reggie Washington, Michael Cain

11. Miles Away - Reprise Steps Ahead, Mike Mainieri, Clarence Penn, James Genus

Brand X "Unorthodox Behaviour"

1. Nuclear Burn
2. Euthanasia Waltz
3. Born Ugly
4. Smacks of Euphoric Hysteria
5. Unorthodox Behaviour
6. Running On Three
7. Touch Wood

Brand X "Moroccan Roll"

1. Sun In The Night
2. Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)
3. Maybe I'll Lend You Mine After All
4. Hate Zone
5. Collapsar
6. Disco Suicide
7. Orbits
8. Malaga Virgen
9. Macrocosm

Brand X "Livestock"

1. Nightmare Patrol
2. Ish
3. Euthanasia Waltz - Live
4. Isis Mourning (Part I)
5. Isis Mourning (Part II)
6. Malaga Virgen

Brand X "Product"

1. Don't Make Waves
2. Dance of the Illegal Aliens
3. Soho
4. Not Good Enough - See Me!
5. Algon (Where An Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs 8,000,000,000 Pounds)
6. Rhesus Perplexus
7. Wal To Wal
8. And So To F...
9. April

Brand X "Masques"

1. The Poke
2. Masques
3. Black Moon
4. Deadly Nightshade
5. Earth Dance
6. Access To Data
7. The Ghost of Mayfield Lodge

Brand X "Do They Hurt?"

1. Noddy Goes To Sweden
2. Voidarama
3. Act of Will
4. Fragile
5. Cambodia
6. Triumphant Limp
7. D M Z

Brand X "X Communication: Trilogy II."

1. Xanax Taxi
2. Liquid Time
3. Kluzinski Period
4. Healing Dream
5. Mental Floss
6. Strangeness
7. A Duck Exploding
8. Message To You
9. Church of Hype
10. Kluzinski Reprise
11. Zero Db

Brand X "Manifest Destiny: Trilogy I"

1. True To The Clik
2. Stellerator
3. Virus
4. XXL
5. The Worst Man
6. Manifest Destiny
7. Five Drops
8. Drum Ddu
9. Operation Hearts And Minds
10. Mr. Bubble Goes Hollywood

Tony Williams "Emergency!"

1. Emergency
2. Beyond Games
3. Where
4. Vashkar
5. Via De Spectrum Road
6. Spectrum
7. Sangria For Three
8. Something Spiritual

Tony Williams "The Joy of Flying"

1. Going Far
2. Hip Skip (feat. George Benson: guitar)
3. Hittin' On 6
4. Open Fire
5. Tony
6. Eris
7. Coming Back Home
8. Morgan's Motion

The Tony Williams Lifetime: "The Collection"

1. Snake Oil
2. Fred
3. Proto-Cosmos
4. Red Alert
5. Wildlife
6. Mr. Spock (feat. Allan Holdsworth: guitar)
7. Sweet Revenge
8. You Did It To Me Baby
9. Million Dollar Legs
10. Joy Filled Summer
11. Lady Jane
12. What You Do To Me
13. Inspirations of Love

The Tony Williams Lifetime "Turn It Over"

1. To Whom It May Concern - Them
2. To Whom It May Concern - Us
3. This Night This Song
4. Big Nick
5. Right On
6. Once I Loved
7. Vuelta Abajo
8. A Famous Blues
9. Allah Be Praised
10. One Word

Tony Williams "Ego"

1. Clap City
2. There Comes A Time
3. Piskow's Filligree
4. Circa 45
5. Two Worlds
6. Some Hip Drum Shit
7. Lonesome Wells (Gwendy Trio)
8. Mom And Dad
9. The Urchins Of Shermese

Kenny Kirkland "Kenny Kirkland"

1. Mr. J.C.
2. Midnight Silence
3. El Rey
4. Steepian Faith
5. Celia
6. Chance
7. When Will The Blues Leave?
8. Ana Maria
9. Revelations
10. Criss Cross
11. Blasphemy

Bill Bruford "The Bruford Tapes"

1. Hell's Bells - Live
2. Sample and Hold - Live
3. Fainting In Coils - Live
4. Travels With Myself - And Someone Else - Live
5. Beelzebub - Live
6. The Sahara of Snow - Part 1 - Live
7. The Sahara of Snow - Part 2 - Live
8. One of A Kind - Part 2 - Live
9. Five G - Live

Bill Bruford "An Introduction To Bill Bruford's Summerfold"

1. My Heart Declares a Holiday
2. Bridge of Inhibition
3. Gentle Persuasion
4. A Part, And Yet Apart
5. No Truce With The Furies
6. One of A Kind, Part 1
7. One of A Kind, Part 2
8. The Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarians

Bill Bruford "An Introduction To Bill Bruford's Winterfold Records" (music, interspersed with Bruford's commentary in an interview)

1. Hell's Bells
2. Beelzebub
3. One of A Kind (Parts 1 & 2)
4. Joe Frazier
5. Living Space
6. The Drum Also Waltzes
7. Fainting In Coils

Bill Bruford "The Winterfold Collection 1978-1986"

1. Back To The Beginning
2. Seems Like A Lifetime Ago Pt. 1
3. Seems Like A Lifetime Ago Pt. 2
4. Hell's Bells
5. Travels With Myself, And Someone Else
6. Age of Information
7. The Sliding Floor
8. Symmetry
9. Blue Brains
10. Flags
11. Everything You've Heard Is True
12. Sample and Hold
13. Adios a la Pasada

Hiram Bullock "From All Sides"

1. Window Shoppin'
2. Until I Do
3. Hark!  The Herald Angels?
4. I Really Wish I Could Love You
5. Say Goodnight, Gracie
6. Funky Broadway (Dyke & The Blazers/Wilson Pickett cover)
7. Mad Dog Daze
8. Cactus
9. When The Passion Is Played

Hiram Bullock "Give It What U Got"

1. Down The Pipe
2. Too Hip 2 Be Needy
3. You Send Me (Sam Cooke cover) (feat. Al Jarreau: vocals)
4. Half Life
5. Give It What You Got
6. Gotta Get Your Jollys
7. Pretzel Logic (insrrumental) (Steely Dan cover)
8. Angelina

Hiram Bullock "Way Kool"

1. Da Alley
2. Shut Up
3. Show Me
4. Way Kool
5. Never Give Up
6. I No U
7. Wolfman
8. Another Night
9. 10 To 11
10. Dear Prudence (Beatles cover)

Hiram Bullock "Hiram Bullock Plays The Music of Jimi Hendrix"

1. Crosstown Traffic/Little Miss Lover (feat. WDR Big Band Cologne)
2. Red House (Hiram Bullock, Billy Cobham, & WDR Big Band Cologne)
3. Wild Thing/Foxy Lady (Hiram Bullock, Billy Cobham, & WDR Big Band Cologne)
4. Little Wing (Hiram Bullock, Billy Cobham, & WDR Big Band Cologne)
5. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Hiram Bullock, Billy Cobham & WDR Big Band Cologne)
6. Gypsy Eyes (Hiram Bullock, Billy Cobham, & WDR Big Band Cologne)
7. Manic Depression (Hiram Bullock, Billy Cobham, & WDR Big Band Cologne)

Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, & Marcus Gilmore

Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, will be in a trio with Marcus Gilmore (grandson of the great jazz drummer, Roy Haynes), will be playing a series of gigs together in L.A., next week.  Here are the details from Chick Corea's website.  Check this out.

http://chickcorea.com/corea-clarke-gilmore-la.html

Wayne Shorter On Jazz: 'How Do You Rehearse The Unknown?'

Great interview with legendary saxophonist and Miles Davis sideman, as well as a member of Weather Report, Wayne Shorter.

http://www.npr.org/2013/02/02/170882668/wayne-shorter-on-jazz-how-do-you-rehearse-the-unknown

Allman Brothers Band, Saturday Night in Macon concert footage, circa 1973

This is a true gem.  Check it out.  The Allman Brothers perform in 1973, and this footage is some of the only material that exists of the band at that time in their career, after Duane Allman and Berry Oakley passed on.  This lineup with Dickey Betts on guitar, Lamar Williams on bass, and Chuck Leavell on keys, along with Gregg Allman, Jaimoe, and Butch Trucks, lasted from 1973 to 1976.  Also in this concert set are performances by Wet Willie and The Marshall Tucker Band.  They are probably from around the same time (1973 or so), featuring short, but dynamic performances by all three bands.  This is a goldmine if you're into southern fried boogie rock jams.  Check it out.

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/upgraded-pro-shot-footage-of-allman-brothers-bands-saturday-night-in-macon-1973-concert-surfaces-on-youtube/

Clapton Plans Acoustic Set, Jam With Allman Brothers at CGF

THIS is awesome news!  Not sure if the Crossroads Guitar Festival will be broadcast on the web.  Might have to wait for DVD/Blu Ray to see it.  But, VERY excited about the prospect.

http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-clapton-plans-acoustic-set-jam-allman-brothers-band-cgf

Gear Daddies

Yours truly saw the Gear Daddies perform in place of Lynyrd Skynyrd who was the scheduled act for a concert date at the Minnesota State Fair in 2005.  Since then, I've paid attention to their music off and on.  Here are some of their well known tunes.  Check these out.  Two songs that have given the band recognition by their fans.  "Stupid Boy", and "Don't Look At Me".  There are many more to be sure. 

Levon Helm Documentary, 'Ain't In It For My Health', Premiering In April

More news on the upcoming Levon Helm documentary that was featured in a post a few weeks back.  It is going to premier, soon.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/levon-helm-documentary-aint-in-it-for-my-health-premiering-in-april-20130401?utm_source=dailynewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

Dr. John & the Lower 911 "Manoovas"

Funky Dr. John track, featuring Derek Trucks playing slide guitar as only he can do it.  Check out this tune called "Manoovas".

Frank Gambale article

Another article about the great jazz guitarist, Frank Gambale.  Yours truly, met him at the 2011 Return To Forever gig in Minneapolis.  Great player.

http://www.7daysindubai.com/Jazz-legend-Frank-Gambale-hero-music-fans/story-18578619-detail/story.html

The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time

Check out this list of the best debut albums.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-debut-albums-of-all-time-20130322/homework-19691231