Just last November, guitarist Jeff Golub had been diagnosed with a rare brain disease; an aggressive and untreatable degenerative disease called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy to which he finally succumbed on New Year’s Day at age 59. Golub had lost his eyesight inexplicably in 2011 and since then had recorded what is now his final album:…
Several releases for 2015 have arrived in recent weeks. All are scheduled for January and February and more are coming in. Make sure to check back here for reviews of, among many others, new albums by producer, composer, arranger Meeco who has assembled a stellar cast of performers for his new album “Souvenirs Of Love”….
The legendary drummer is celebrating his 90th birthday next March 13th and New York’s famous Blue Note Club will be the artist’s party location. Haynes, who started his career in 1945, will be at the West Village club from March 13th-15th and each night will feature two shows and a different special guest artist: Bassist…
The famous clarinetist died on Wednesday in Florida at the age of 91. DeFranco was the most popular bebop clarinetist who joined Gene Krupa‘s band in 1941 and later those of Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Glenn Miller. After those big band and swing years, he was one of the very few who took the…
Gina wishes you a Merry Christmas wherever you are. Woof woof!
He is best known as a songwriter for timeless songs by The Chi-Lites like “Oh Girl” or “Have You Seen Her” or the successful “Soulful Strut” for Young-Holt Unlimited which later became a hit for his wife Barbara Acklin as “Am I The Same Girl”. Eugene Record left The Chi-Lites in 1976 to record three…
She got all dressed up yesterday for her birthday celebration at one of Berlin’s Christmas markets. She also had an extra sausage and a slice of meat from an organic corn chicken. Earlier that day, she met a lot of her friends while she went for an extensive walk.
“Love Has Come Around”, the Donald Byrd classic from the trumpeter’s Isaac Hayes-produced “Love Byrd” album from 1981, has finally received the cover treatment. It is a sacred song for me so I was a bit hesitant before I listened to it, but the song is in good hands: it has been recorded by the…
And just when you thought that everyone has recorded a Xmas album by now, here come Earth, Wind & Fire with their “Holiday” CD which is a nod to their 70s heyday disco/soul sound. You can hear “Happy Feelin’s” again as “Happy Seasons”. One of their biggest hits, “September”, becomes “December”. Yes you might want…
It has now become an annual tradition, and a nice and lovely one indeed, to check in at Kreuzberg’s Passionskirche shortly before Christmas when Nils Landgren and his friends take the stage to celebrate the season. Four Christmas albums have now been released, the latest came out this year and features exactly the same personnel…