Albums from the 1980s that were central to me as I began to discover jazz
After writing yesterday about my time as a jazz DJ at the Stanford student station KZSU in the mid-1980s, I began thinking of albums from that decade that were central to my first encounters with jazz: David Murray's "Murray's Steps" (1982), Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie's
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Love Song
John Abercrombie, Jan Hammer, Jack DeJohnette · Timeless · Song · 1975
Concerts I’ve seen with Joey Baron since 1988
Over the decades, I have seen drummer Joey Baron at least nine times:
1988: John Zorn's Naked City in New York
1989 (or so): Bill Frisell Trio in Philadelphia
1990: Naked City in Philadelphia
1996 (or so): Zorn's Masada Chamber Ensemble in Basel (maybe twice?)
2008: Masada Chamber Ensemble at
John Abercrombie en concert le 11 novembre 1987 à Reims (1/2)
John Abercrombie est un monstre sacré de la guitare ! Et c’est pourtant un musicien au style plutôt sobre, mais qui fut toujours à l’avant-garde du jazz, notamment avec le fameux label ECM pour lequel il a enregistré une trentaine d’albums…
Richie Beirach (1947-2026) plays “Nardis” for Steve Silberman, plus Beirach with the John Abercrombie Quartet
In August 2018, Steve Silberman published "Broken Time", an essay on Miles Davis's 1958 composition "Nardis". Among the musicians he interviewed was pianist Richie Beirach (1947-2026). One morning, Silberman wrote, Beirach asked him to call him, and then played "Nardis" over the phone for twenty minutes. When Silberman said he
Grateful-Dead-like “spaces” in 1984 concerts by Ralph Towner, John Abercrombie, and Oregon
When I went to see Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie in January 1984, I was primed to love their guitar duets by my love for the "Space" sections of Grateful Dead concerts with guitarists Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir. Towner and Abercrombie may have been playing tunes, but they often
Becoming a fan of live jazz with Ralph Towner (1940-2026) and John Abercrombie
In January 1984, I got two free tickets from Stanford student radio station KZSU and went with my friend Paul Baer to a concert at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco by guitarists Ralph Towner (1940-2026) and John Abercrombie. Along with another Great American Music Hall concert later
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