Tim Miller's "Trio Vol. 2" reviewed at All About Jazz
All About Jazz has a great review up of Tim Miller's new album Trio Volume 2. I'm really digging this CD lately. It's only March, but so far this is one of my favorite albums of the year.
All About Jazz has a great review up of Tim Miller's new album Trio Volume 2. I'm really digging this CD lately. It's only March, but so far this is one of my favorite albums of the year.
Here's a quick rundown of what I've been listening to lately.
NEW STUFF
Awesome Holdsworthian jazz. Great writing. I love Miller's acoustic/electric tones.
Whoopgnash - Lack Of Education
Also Holdsworthian, but far more "out there" than Miller. Great guitar work by John Erickson.
Paul Gilbert - Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar
Gilbert's follow-up to Get Out Of My Yard. Great tones and writing.
OLD STUFF
Mathieson, Laboriel, Colaiuta, Landau - Live at The Baked Potato
I actually prefer the follow-up, Another Night At The Baked Potato, but this one is growing on me. Landau is awesome as usual.
Larry Carlton with Robben Ford - Live In Tokyo
Saw these guys in Chicago recently; great show. As a result I've been revisiting this disc. Well worth picking up.
Bassist Tony Grey will release his new album Chasing Shadows on Abstract Logix's recording label. Joining Grey on this release are guitarists Tim Miller, Lionel Louke, and John Shannon. A Berklee College of Music grad, Grey played on John McLaughlin's Industrial Zen album (2006), and is the the bassist for Japanese keyboardist Hiromi. Chasing Shadows is scheduled for an April 2008 release.
Gustavo Assis-Brasil - Hybrid Picking Exercises - Single Note Permutations (Book)
Return to Forever - Chicago, IL 6/20/08
John McLaughlin - Floating Point
Paul Giibert - Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar
Allan Holdsworth - Live at The Baked Potato 1/18/08
The Jazz Ministry - Live at The Baked Potato 1/17/08
Greg Howe: Sound Proof
Howe's latest is fantastic. Great grooves and awesome jazzy shredding.
John McLaughlin: Floating Point
Western jazz-fusion played by eastern musicians. One of McLaughlin's most inspired studio albums in years.
John McLaughlin: Meeting of the Minds - The Making of Floating Point (DVD)
Awesome, insightful studio footage chronicling the making of McLaughlin's latest album Floating Point.
Paul Gilbert: Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar
Gilbert's second all-instrumental album. Great writing, slick production, scary shredding.
Dig Trio
Great jazz fusion album featuring hybrid-picker Gustavo Assis-Brasil. Available as an MP3 download.
Alex Machacek, Jeff Sipe, Matthew Garrison: Improvision
Incredible writing and playing. A remarkable album.