Bob Sheppard ‘The Fine Line’ Challenge Records bobsheppard.net You may not have heard of saxophonist Bob Sheppard, but you’ve surely heard him play. He’s worked with Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard, and Herbie Hancock on the jazz side, and Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, and Steely Dan in the pop realm. Released last May, Sheppard’s excellent album […]
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Featured Artist: Miguel Zenon
Growing up in a working class family in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miguel Zenón was studying classical saxophone at a performing arts high school when his world suddenly opened up. “My friends were passing around tapes of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, and I became really interested in improvisation,” Zenón says. “Up to […]
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Featured Artist: Donny McCaslin
When Donny McCaslin went to parties as a teenager in the early 1980’s, there was one record that was sure to be played: “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie. “I especially liked ‘Modern Love’ and ‘China Girl,’” says McCaslin of two of the album’s most popular songs. “I always describe it as the soundtrack of my […]
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Tenor of the times
When David Murray was growing up in Berkeley in the late 1960’s, the Bay Area was a fertile place for music. Groups like Sly and the Family Stone and The Whispers were emerging from the region, and Murray’s own home was overflowing with melodies. His mother was a pianist and music director at the family’s […]
