Those princes of jazz, Ravi Coltrane and Branford Marsalis, spring from different lineages and represent differing heritages. Yet despite their pedigrees, they’re a breed apart. Both were born in the tumultuous ‘60s, both have struggled with their musical identities and in the intervening years have arrived at a place where…
Sons and Brothers
Jazz family products Ravi Coltrane and Branford Marsalis are musicians for the times
June 11th, 2009 · No Comments
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Bygone Tomorrows
Bill Frisell's psychedelic Americana
January 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Listening through the two-CDs in Bill Frisell’s History, Mystery is much like going through the dozen panels of cartoon artist R Crumb’s “A Short History of America.” In a dozen wordless panels, Crumb takes us through an untouched pastoral setting which gives give way to a single rail line, then a…
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Ellis Meets Monk (Finally)
…and finds they have things in common
May 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
In the liner notes to his Thelonious Monk tribute, Ellis Marsalis admits that there was a time he saw Monk’s music as an “anomaly.” He also admits to being in awe of the man, too self-conscious to introduce himself to Monk once upon a time at the New Orleans Jazz…
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