fusion Archive
17 Dec 2014
Album Review: Antoine Fafard — Ad Perpetuum
One doesn’t often think of melding progressive rock elements with jazz fusion; at least not if one wants to break even on an album release. But that’s the approach favored […]
21 Aug 2014
“How did we get where we are right now?” A Conversation with Todd Cochran (Part 3)
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: We’ve touched on this a bit already: there’s absolutely no guitar on the album. Was that a conscious decision on your part, to arrange […]
20 Aug 2014
“How did we get where we are right now?” A Conversation with Todd Cochran (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Todd Cochran: And I worked with John Handy, who was on Columbia. To digress a bit back to your earlier question, which is still going around […]
19 Aug 2014
“How did we get where we are right now?” A Conversation with Todd Cochran (Part 1)
Earlier this year, I spent a delightful and fascinating afternoon in conversation with Todd Cochran, aka Bayeté. His 1972 album Worlds Around the Sun has just gotten the deluxe reissue […]
14 Jul 2014
Short Cuts: July Mini-reviews, Part One
The in-box here at Musoscribe World Headquarters is overflowing once again, thanks in no small part to my focusing on other matters (including my recent move and impending nuptials) in […]
20 Jun 2014
A Chat with Larry Coryell, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: In the entry on you in the Music Hound Jazz book, the reviewer makes the points that your back catalog is in shameful disarray, […]
19 Jun 2014
A Chat with Larry Coryell, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Though you’re certainly grounded at least in part in rock styles, another remarkable quality of your musicianship to me is the way you take […]
18 Jun 2014
A Chat with Larry Coryell, Part One
One might describe Larry Coryell as something of an undiscovered legend. To those in the know – jazz/fusion aficionados and those like me fortunate enough to stumble onto his vast […]
23 May 2014
Album Reviews: Brand X — Is There Anything About? / Missing Period / Live at the Roxy L.A.
It’s a popular (and not wholly inaccurate) contention that Phil Collins did his best work with Genesis in the immediate years after Peter Gabriel left, and then – around the […]
05 Feb 2014
Hundred Word Reviews: February 2014, Part One
The backlog of music here at Musoscribe World Headquarters has gotten massive; it’s nearly overwhelming. Anyone who tells you that there’s no good new music out there clearly doesn’t deserve […]