by John Diliberto 9/10/2011 A Produce A.K.A. Barry Craig Passes Barry Craig passed away on September 4, 2011. You may not have known him by that name, but you might be familiar with the music he produced over the last two and a half decades as A Produce. He was featured heavily on Echoes, especially…
Two important bassists passed this week. Charles Fambrough, who played with McCoy Tyner and Art Blakey among others, died on January 1 and Mick Karn, who played with Japan, Dali’s Car and David Torn died today, January 4th. These musicians could not be more different. Fambrough was a jazz wizard with prodigious technique and an…
HANK JONES-Jazz Great-R.I.P. Press Release Hank Jones, pianist and jazz legend, beloved husband of Theodosia, dear uncle to his nieces and nephews across the country, friend to music, inspiration to countless musicians, died May 16, 2010 in New York City, after a brief illness. He was 91 years old, and would have been 92 on…
We pick ten favorite albums from over a hundred by legendary German electronic band, Tangerine Dream.
Composer George Russell traveled the spaceways and now he’s on the last trip. You may not have known him, but if you listen to music in general, jazz in particular and maybe even Echoes, you heard his influence. George Russell guided trumpeter Don Cherry, guitarist Terje Rypdal, saxophonist Jan Garbarek and many more into new…
Hugh Hopper 1945-2009 The name Hugh Hopper probably wasn’t well known outside of the most progressive of progressive rock circles. As a member of The Wilde Flowers and then Soft Machine, he was one of the principal architects of the “Canterbury Sound” in progressive rock, which included Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Gong . The…
Bebe Barron was the godmother of electronic music. With her husband Louis Barron they created the innovative score to Forbidden Planet in 1955.