The concept which Bill Laswell and Alan Douglas conceived for this CD has been tackled by various musicians with varying results, taking the jazz tradition of the past and updating them for the present,...
CARAVAN BEYOND REDEMPTION is a captivating album for all of its 70-plus-minute running time. Starting from their usual brand of doom metal, heavily influenced by Black Sabbath, but boasting an original,...
KHMER is surely the most unusual album ever released by ECM -- unusual because the label, which is best known for elevated chamber jazz, presents the solo debut of trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer as a production...
This 12" single was released in 1983 as an advance for Herbie Hancock's album FUTURE SHOCK, presenting its hit "Rockit." Even though the cover says that the track is featured in a "stretched version"...
Have You Ever Seen The Pain of many a jazz fan who's listening to certain '70s albums of certain jazz musicians? Stanley Turrentine recorded various albums for CTI in the early 1970s which perfectly...
In 1975, Herbie Hancock's group the Headhunters, which brought him immense success at the time, released their first solo album. Produced by Hancock, but without his participation, the lineup features...
Whether you'll like ENCOUNTERS OF EVERY KIND, the follow-up to Meco's successful STAR WARS AND OTHER GALACTIC FUNK, depends on whether you like both lounge and disco. Or, more precisely, whether you'd...
This pop-jazz recording by Japanese pianist/keyboardist Keiko Matsui is actually better than many comparable contemporary jazz recordings. The melodies are catchy and charming but rather low-key, most...
Even though Bill Laswell was already immersed in numerous projects since the end of the '70s, including leading his loose ensemble Material, he didn't release a solo record until 1983, and BASELINES...
