Live At Montreux 1976 Weather Report
When Mile Davis recorded In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew in 1969 and 1970, respectively, he simultaneously created a new strain of jazz called fusion, combining elements of...
10 Rock N’ Roll Conceits
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
There
is no denying that getting up on stage in front of adoring thousands, or even
a rabid base of high school friends, might over time build a...
Dixie Dregs | Live At Montreux 1978 – DVD Review
Long before he was in Kansas or Deep Purple, virtuoso guitarist Steve Morse held the torch for the all-instrumental band out of Florida, The Dixie Dregs. What started out...
2007 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: The Politics Of Induction
By Shawn Perry
The
2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony may go down in history like the 1919
Black Sox Scandal: disastrous, yet undeniably fascinating! The melodrama surrounding
Van Halen already...
Live At Montreux 1980/1984 Van Morrison
The Montreux Jazz Festival continues to play host to A-list, world-class musicians who covet the chance to jam at the celebrated Swiss event. Many of these artists have performed...
For Patti Smith Upon Her Induction Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
By Gary Peterson
"Mayakovsky
would read poems in the streets of Moscow and people would riot. It was just
like a Who concert." - Patti Smith
KRYPTONITE & WILHELM REICH - Milwaukee, March...
Santana | Hymns For Peace (Montreux 2004) – DVD Review
On July 15, 2004, Carlos Santana took to the stage at the Montreux Jazz Festival to perform songs about peace and understanding dubbed Hymns For Peace. Joining the guitarist...
Where’s Phil?
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
So
the seminal girl group, the Ronettes made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame. It’s a long time coming and surely well deserved. Ronnie Spector,
the...
Live At Montreux 1973 Canned Heat
Don't tell anyone, but Canned Heat is practically synonymous with the word “boogie.” Over a turbulent run of excessive personnel changes, drug problems, personality disorders, and general malaise, Canned...
