Break & Marcus Miller!
Hello, There will be a break until early December. But there are plenty of good music on my site. Use the search field (style, artist…). Keep on grooving! Torbjörn PS Below is a great concert with Marcus Miller. Enjoy! Marcus Miller – “Live at Java Jazz Festival” in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 2, 2013) […]
Quote # 64 by Mike Stern
“Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can’t take that away. The only person who can take that away from you is you.” – Mike Stern Mike Stern (born Michael Philips Stern; January 10, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. After playing for a few years with […]
Idris Muhammad is a very funky and groovy drummer
Idris Muhammad (born Leo Morris on 13 November 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American jazz drummer who has recorded extensively with a host of artists including Ahmad Jamal, Grant Green, Grover Washington, Hank Crawford, Gene Ammons, and Houston Person. He changed his name in the 1960s upon his conversion to Islam. He is […]
Quote # 61 by Jaco Pastorius
“Why a manager, I don’t need to pay anyone to say how great I am.” – Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius was a true genius and he has influenced me a lot through the years. I hope you like this great documentary in four parts. Enjoy! Part 1 (4) Jaco Pastorius […]
Shine was a fantastic funk and soul inspiration!
Shine was a fantastic funk and soul inspiration! The band Shine from Sweden, was a fantastic funk and soul inspiration in the early 80´s. USA had Brothers Johnson with Louis Johnson on bass, and in Sweden we had Shine with Kofi Bentsi-Enchill on bass. Very Sadly Kofi passed away in March 2002 (he was born […]
Quote # 55 by Miles Davis
“Do not fear mistakes, there are none.” – Miles Davis Miles Davis (1926 – 1991) was one of the greatest in music, period! Below is the story about Miles Davis and some nice videos. Hope that you like them as much as I do. Enjoy! Miles Davis – “The Miles Davis […]
Ronny Laws is a cool saxophone player
Ronald Wayne “Ronnie” Laws (born October 3, 1950, Houston, Texas) is an American jazz, blues and funk saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flutist Hubert Laws and the older brother of singer Debra Laws. In 1975, Ronnie Laws began his solo career with the album Pressure Sensitive, which yielded his most famous […]
Bobby Lyle is a great keyboard player, singer and musician
Bobby Lyle is a jazz, soul jazz, and smooth jazz pianist. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee but grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota in a home near the corner of Park Avenue and 32nd Street. Bobby had his first gig at 16 and played in the 1960s with Gene and Jerry Hubbard in the […]
Bad News Travels Fast – was a great French funk-jazz-disco group
Bad News Travels Fast – was a great French funk-jazz-disco group Bad News Travels Fast was one of Alec R. Costandinos’ many productions of the late 70s, releasing two albums. Although the records had Costandinos’ patent sound, they were in no way another disco project of his, this was a straight funk ensemble with […]
Quote # 42 by Harry Connick, JR.
“It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.” – Harry Connick, Jr. Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer. He has seven top-20 US albums, and […]