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Mahavishnu Orchestra DVD reviewed at All About Jazz

John Kelman has reviewed the recently released Mahavishnu Orchestra: Live at Montreux 1984/1974 2-DVD set for All About Jazz.

All About Jazz review: Mahavishnu Orchestra 2-DVD set

Joe Satriani UK tour dates with Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert will open for Joe Satriani on a series of UK tour dates in May of next year. Dates and locations of the tour are below. Kudos to Truth In Shredding for spotting this news.

Monday 12th May 2008 Birmingham Symphony Hall
Tuesday 13th May 2008 Newcastle City Hall
Wednesday 14th May 2008 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Thursday 15th May 2008 Manchester ApollO
Saturday 17th May 2008 Bristol Colston Hall
Sunday 18th May 2008 Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
Monday 19th May 2008 Cardiff St. David’s Hall
Tuesday 20th May 2008 London Hammersmith Apollo
Wednesday 21st May 2008 Nottingham Royal Centre (no Gilbert at this show)

Michael Landau & Steve Lukather video - "Up From The Skies"

I've seen this video before, but it just popped up on YouTube again and I realized I've never posted it. This is Michael Landau and Steve Lukather doing the Hendrix tune "Up From The Skies". Cool stuff.

School Of The Arts review at All About Jazz

All About Jazz has posted a review by John Kelman of the new T Lavitz album School Of The Arts.

All About Jazz review: T Lavitz - School Of The Arts

See Also: my review of School Of The Arts

Another Brett Garsed video from ICMP

Another great find from Laurie Monk at Truth In Shredding: This is more footage from Brett Garsed's clinic at ICMP in London this past spring. He discusses the evolution of his hybrid-picking and slide techniques, and plays over some backing tracks as well.

Mike Keneally interview and reviews at Modern Guitars Magazine

Modern Guitars Magazine has posted a review of Mike Keneally's reissued hat. and Boil That Dust Speck albums, plus an interview with Keneally - both courtesy of contributor Mark J. Rabuffo.

Review: Mike Keneally's hat. and Boil That Dust Speck reissues
Mike Keneally interview

Brett Garsed - Burgers In Bed video

Saw this on Truth In Shredding: Here's a cool video of Brett Garsed and his band Dirty Martini playing "Burgers In Bed". Not sure of the location.

Jeff Kollman updates

Several updates today regarding guitarist Jeff Kollman:

- Kollman's heavy fusion band Cosmosquad has been confirmed for the Nov 15th Fender Bass Bash. This special invite-only event will take place at Center Staging in Burbank, CA and will be hosted online by www.rehearsals.com.

- Cosmosquad also has a gig on Nov 16th at the Baked Potato, and will be releasing a DVD next year of their recent performance at Musician's Institute.

- Kollman has a new instrumental band as well featuring drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Glenn Hughes), bassist Kevin Chown (Edwin Dare, Uncle Cracker), and keyboardist Ed Roth (Glenn Hughes, Impellitteri). The as-yet unnamed band has already recorded an album to be released in 2008.

- Kollman will also be giving a series of clinics in South East Asia (sponsored by Fender), followed by a solo gig at the Baked Potato on Dec 21st with Christopher Maloney on bass and Glen Sobel on drums. Clinic dates and locations are below:

Nov 27th - Cebu, Phillipines
Nov 28th. - Manila, Phillipines
Nov 29th - Taipei, Taiwan
Nov 30th - Kaohsiung , Taiwan
Dec 1st - Bangkok, Thailand
Dec 2nd - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Dec 3rd - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dec 4th - Johor Bahru, Malaysia

via Modern Guitars Magazine

Alex Machacek radio interview

Guitarist Alex Machacek will appear on Tony Palkovic's Radio Show in Los Angeles today discussing the Machacek, Sipe and Garrison album Improvision. The show can be heard from 12:00pm-2:00pm Pacific on KSPC 88.7FM or on the web at http://www.kspc.org, with a rebroadcast tomorrow from 4:00am-6:00am.

KSPC live webstream URL - http://216.235.81.103:15302 (open in Winamp, iTunes, etc)

Frank Gambale & Jaco Pastorius video

Here's some oooold footage of Frank Gambale jamming with bass legend Jaco Pastorius at Musicians Institute.

Upcoming Jeff Beck shows at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club

Jeff Beck will play 6 shows in 5 days at the famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London from Nov 27th through Dec 1st. Joining Beck for this rare run of shows will be Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, Tal Wilkenfeld on bass, and Jason Rebello on keys. This is the same band that played with Beck at the Crossroads Guitar Festival this past July.

Paul Gilbert to record another instrumental album

NEWS FLASH: Paul Gilbert is heading back to the studio to record a follow-up to his all-instrumental Get Out Of My Yard album. There are few details at this point, but the new album will be instrumental.

See also:
My review of Get Out Of My Yard
My review of the Get Out Of My Yard instructional DVD