Derek Trucks Band Videos
I recently attedned the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival and got the chance to listen to a large amount of amazing artists, one of them including Derek Trucks and his band, The Derek Trucks Band. Derek Trucks plays and amazing mix of blues, jazz mixed with eastern influences on the slide guitar. His guitar is always overdriven to give an amazing warmth feel, and combined with the slide guitar, incredibly quick fingers and amazing skills, Derek Trucks really blew me away and converted m
Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Videos
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to go to the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival in Bridgeview, IL. I went with my Dad, my sister, Greg Peters and Tim Revelle. The concert was on Saturday so we stayed overnight Friday so we could get up early. We had general admission tickets, however we decided to go to the venue 3 hours early to wait in line to get good seats. Good thing we did because the first 1,000 people got VIP access to the ellipse, which was a gated off area right in f
Ben Hans Jazz Trio on The Terrace
The Ben Hans Jazz Trio played on the Memorial Union Terrace on April 27th, 2007. The crowd ranged from students just getting done with school and relaxing on a Friday after class, to older jazz enthusiasts just getting done with work. The weather was amazingly sunny, and the vibraphone player was laying down some really awesome licks. At first when I saw that the trio only consisted of Ben Hans on drums, a bass player and a vibraphonist, I thought that I would be easily bored right away, but
El Clan Destino at Overture After Work
El Clan Destino played at Overture After Work, which is a Thursday get together from 5-7 with happy hour and Capital Island Wheats on tap for $2. El Clan Destino is comprised of 4 musicians, two percussionists, Jamie Ryan on conjas, Francisco Martinez on drums, bass player Nickolas Moran, and Vincent Fuh on the keyboard. They played mostly latin funky jazz, which sets the state for prime dance music. Although most of the crowd consisted of old people, there were a couple brave souls that go
Summer of Concerts
Well I was sort of disapointed with the spring line up of concerts, with only a couple that I was really looking forward to, but so far this summer is looking a lot brighter. Here's a list of concerts I'm looking forward to going to.. 4/28/07 - Keller Williams - Barrymore Theater 6/7/07-6/10/07 - Isthmus Jazz Festival 6/10/07 - Chick Corea and Bela Fleck - Pabst Theater Milwaukee 7/28/07 - Eric Clapton - Crossroads Guitar Festival - Chicago, Il Aren't you jealous?
Thelonious Monk - Plays Duke Ellington
"Plays Duke Ellington" by Thelonious Monk is a series of Duke Ellington songs played by Thelonious Monk, along with Oscar Pettiford on bass and Kenny Clarke and drums. From reading into this album a bit, it looks as though this was Monk's first record with the Riverside label, and was an attempt at playing something that wasn't strange, or odd as some of his previous works have been looked upon. So he took it under his belt to play a series of Duke Ellington songs. Thelonious is still yet ama
Bill Evans - Piano Player
Piano Player is a compilation of different unreleased tracks featuring Bill Evans. With songs such as Miles Davis's "My Funny Valentine" All of the songs are very vibrant upbeat, and the addition of the vibraphone played by with someone scatting in the background echoing the vibraphone is a different twist on things. I really like the combination of the bass beat with the piano in the song "Morning Glory," it's one of those songs that puts a smile on your face when you listen to it, and you
Weather Report - Black Market
Heavy beats with synthesizers line this Weather Report album. If I were to throw the dance party of all dance parties, I would pop in this CD in. As most Weather Report CD's this one contains alot of funk, and pretty heavy and loud bass that really stands out. I really liked the funky beats of the song "Barbary Coast." I like listening to most Weather Report albums because of their funky yet jazzy feel. The sound effects are definitely not lacking on this CD at all either, and bring the psy
Charlie Byrd - Solo Flight
Charlie Byrd - Solo Flight is a solo album with Charlie Byrd playing the either the classical or accoustic guitar. All of the songs have alot of blues and jazz mixed in with very original melodies. One might think an album like this would get dull since there is only one guitar playing, but Byrd creates very mellow and melodic themes that are very easy to listen to. Alot of the songs seem very soft, one of my favorite songs on the Solo Flight was The House of The Rising. Overall this was a v
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
From the advice of Keyboard Magazine, I decided to listen to a Weather Report cd, with keyboardist Joseph Zawinul and saxophone player Wayne Shorter, this group comes together to make fantastic album that is laced with synthesizers, smooth melodies, and incredible jazz fusion. This cd has hits such as Birdland, however I really enjoyed listening to the bass player in Palladium. Zawinul use of the electric piano sets the tone for some real good upbeat funky jazz. All of the songs have a very m
