Founded by veteran executive Joe Fields, Muse Records was established to carry forward the independent jazz ethos of the 1950s and 1960s, following in the footsteps of influential labels like Prestige ...

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It’s fair to say that among fusion aficionados, John McLaughlin is the father of jazz-rock guitar. His experiments with complex harmony, Eastern scales, and chromaticism in conjunction with the rigs ...

Back in the late sixties, when rock musicians started to explore more complex things, the music became at the same time more interesting and, well, complicated at the same time. It was the advent of ...

Cal Tjader’s 1976 Latin jazz-rock fusion album Amazonas reissued on 180g vinyl offers lush vibes, killer solos, and essential listening. When I first started collecting Cal Tjader records, ...

When faced with the prospect of replacing an irreplaceable member of the band, Kneebody found a singular solution to the conundrum. Over the past two decades the Grammy-nominated group established its ...

On March 16, at 7:30 p.m., six-time Grammy nominee Mike Stern will perform with Leni Stern (both on guitars), Bob Franceschini (saxophone), Noam Tanzer (bass) and Juan Chiavassa (drums). Using the ...

Lead musician Kowan Turner- Drummer has put together an elite set of musicians to create a new and incredible sound of Jazz Fusion – Funk – And Rock . Kowan & Company includes members of Watermelon ...

EGG HARBOR - Dixieland jazz, traditional jazz, a "duel" between nationally renowned pianists, a tribute to a jazz fusion pioneer and a holiday tradition make up the six shows in Birch Creek Music ...

The Prehistory of Jazz -- New Orleans Jazz -- The Jazz Age -- Harlem -- The Swing Era -- Modern Jazz -- The Fragmentation of Jazz Styles -- Freedom and Fusion -- Traditionalists and Post-Modernists -- ...