Ben Williams’ ‘I AM A MAN’ Album Reviewed
On February 1, 1968, a malfunctioning garbage truck fatally crushed two black Memphis sanitation workers – Echol Cole and Robert Walker. Their passing was in many ways directly the fault …
Ben Williams
Danny Janklow’s Elevation Band – “Creep” (Radiohead Cover)
Sometimes less is more as demonstrated by LA saxophonist Danny Janklow’s superb rendering of Radiohead’s cult hit “Creep”. Without the zig-zagging and the effervescence of habitual frontmen, Janklow has the …
Danny Janklow’s Elevation Band – “Bad Reception” (Video)
LA-based alto saxophonist Danny Janklow is quickly making a name for himself. In August 2012, he won First Place at the Detroit International Jazz Festival Saxophone Competition and in 2013, …
Diego Barber – ‘One Minute Later’
In the credits of his new album, One Minute Later, out now on Sunnyside, Diego Barber as listed as playing the classical guitar. Based on this album, this seems true …
Smells Like Teen Spirit: A Critical Analysis of Covers
Bringing outside influences into jazz and bringing jazz to other genres has been going on probably since there was a concept of jazz as a genre. Witness hip-hop and electronic …