Many might think of jazz fusion as simply being jazz music's rockier mutated sibling, but these five albums prove that ...
Nnenna Freelon is one of those jazz singers I can listen to and never tire of feeling the warmth insulated in her every note ...
I thought, ‘This is more like it,’ and that’s where Blow by Blow came from In fact, Beck allegedly cancelled shows by Beck, Bogert & Appice so he could attend the Mahavishnu Orchestra’s ...
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Nels Cline widens his eyes, gets an ultra-serious look on his face, brings his hands up. “Yes,” he says, with an exaggerated ...
Over 28 years the genre giants released 15 albums, achieving over 100 million sales. It’s unfair to boil their work down to just a handful of key songs – but you did it anyway ...
The music is astonishing, clearly drawing on such heady influences as Mahavishnu Orchestra with guitarist John McLaughlin and chamber-world-jazz quartet Oregon and its guitarist Ralph Towner ...
From Herbie Hancock's darkest depths to Brian Eno's anxiety-relieving light, Sean Lennon guides Patrick Clarke through thirteen records that changed his life If you’ve read something you love on our ...
The later development of Fusion with a capital “F" by Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return To Forever, and Weather Report led to platinum sales by jazz artists and some great records.It also, unfortunately, ...