Live Concert Photography: Bowlive 6: Wolf! feat. Scott Metzger, Soulive, Soulive with Charles Bradley, The Shady Horns and Special Guests Brooklyn Bowl March 12, 2015 As many of you who follow JOVM will know by […]
Tag: jazz
Gil Scott-Heron is best known for his work in the 70s and 80s as a spoken word artists, whose work was a fusion of jazz, blues, soul with lyrical content, which focused on the sociopolitical […]
Bowlive 6: Marco Benevento and Soulive at Brooklyn Bowl 3/21/15
Last night, I was at Brooklyn Bowl to catch the final night of the 6th annual Soulive residency – or one of the happiest two weeks of the year for Soulive fans and for jam […]
Skerik (saxophone), John Medeski (keyboards) and Adam Deitch (drums) have all been vital and important figures in contemporary, experimental jazz. Skerik, who’s been a member of renowned acts such as Garage A Trois, Critters Buggin, […]
Ibeyi (pronounced ee-bey-ee) take their name from the Yoruba word for twins — ibeji and are comprised of 19 year French-Cuban twin sisters, Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz. The Diaz sisters are the daughters of the late and renowned Cuban […]
The daughter of a Belgian mother and an Italian father, jazz vocalist Melanie De Biasio grew up in a household in which she was surrounded by music and art. By the time, De Biasio turned […]
Silber Media, the label home of the Durham, NC-based Irata and best known for an emphasis on experimental acts that specialize one drone have enlisted a number of bands on their roster in an interesting project that they’ve dubbed […]
Although it’s early October, and many of us have just started getting our fall wardrobes out. Christmas is practically around the corner. Yes, the year has just flown by – and this has been the […]
Much ink has been spilled throughout the lengthy and prolific career of author, musician and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, especially for his role as the forefather of Blaxploitation with his landmark film, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song and […]
Towards the end of my father’s very short life, our relationship had deteriorated to the point that we really didn’t have much of a relationship beyond the accident of biology. But there were a few […]
Although they’ve had several different lineups over the course of their over 20 years of existence, the Tulsa, OK-based jazz act Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey have been remarkably consistent, developing and firmly cementing a reputation […]
Formed over 30 years ago by Phil and Keith Frazier, and Basin Street Records labelmate Kermit Ruffins, the Rebirth Brass Band are not only a world-renowned institution, they were at the forefront of a brass […]
As a New Yorker, it can be quite common to conveniently forget that other cities across the country have vital music scenes. Granted, they may not exactly compare to New York as far as actual […]
Taylor McFerrin is a Brooklyn-based producer, composer and DJ whose musical style has been heavily influenced by 60s and 70s soul, golden era hip-hop, free jazz and electronica. On his own work. McFerrin not only plays […]
The Chicago, IL-based quartet of Raiders of the Lost Art specialize in a sound that’s highly unusual for most indie rock bands – hell, for most acts these days as it’s heavily inspired by jazz; […]