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January 31, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Billy Cobham: Live in Montreux (Live 1987)

Billy Cobham Live in Montreux (Live 1987) Lo-Light Records / Billy Cobham Billy Cobham – what a fucking player. He spun my head right around – that single disc greatest hits of his solo records, man. What a life-changer. When it comes down to it, so much of fusion leaves me cool but I could […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1987, Album Review, Billy Cobham, Billy Cobham: Live in Montreux (Live 1987), Bootleg, Drummer, Drums, Fusion, Interview, Live, Live 1987, Live in Montreux, Live in Montreux (Live 1987), Lo-Light Records, Montreux, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Brad Mehldau: Finding Gabriel 

Brad Mehldau  Finding Gabriel  Nonesuch  I was so hooked on the early Meldhau work – mostly trio jazz and sometimes some solo piano. And then he toured NZ with his trio and it was…I dunno…it was just boring. It was just exactly as it was meant to be I suppose and yet I somehow wanted more.  He won me back over with his extrapolations […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau: Finding Gabriel, Finding Gabriel, Funk, Fusion, Jazz, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Erskine & The Dr. Um Band: On Call 

Peter Erskine & The Dr. Um Band On Call Fuzzy Music LLC Master drummer Peter Erskine – always with the measure of taste whether playing small combo, big band or break-neck fusion – here serves up a double-disc of delights; the first disc is a studio set of brand new tunes, the second is a live workout of Dr. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Benjamin Shepherd, Bob Sheppard, Fusion, Jazz, John Beasley, On Call, Peter Erskine, Peter Erskine & The Dr. Um Band, Peter Erskine & The Dr. Um Band: On Call, The Dr. Um Band, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatro ·

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June 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 64: Weather Report – “Heavy Weather”

Even if I had never heard of Weather Report (I have, I’ve owned a few of their albums – just never this, had never heard this one, their seventh) I’d sign up once I knew who was in the band. It was the launching pad for some great players and a home to several legends, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1977, Alex Acuña, Birdland, Fusion, Heavy Weather, Joe Zawinul, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 64, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 64: Weather Report – “Heavy Weather”, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, Weather Report – “Heavy Weather” ·

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April 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth has died. He was 70. A great guitarist and composer and if he wasn’t your favourite guitar player there’s every chance that many of your favourite guitarists looked to Holdsworth or took something from his sound and approach. A wizard. A hero to the shredders, a guy who took jazz in new directions […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Allan Holdsworth, Eulogy, Fusion, Guitar, Guitarist, Prog, R.I.P., R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth ·

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December 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Alphonse Mouzon

Alphonse Mouzon has died. He was 68. He was one of my favourite drummers. I discovered his work in that new and exciting way – 25 years ago or so – on a compilation. I’d been gifted this CD proclaiming to showcase the Best Jazz Drummers. And it pretty much did. Put me onto a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alphonse Mouzon, Asorbic Acid, Cozy Cole, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Eulogy, Funk, Fusion, Idris Muhammad, Jazz, John Bonham, Mind Transplant, Papa Jo Jones, R.I.P., R.I.P. Alphonse Mouzon ·

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October 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Reconnecting With Billy Cobham: His Best Solo Works

Autobiographies are often 500 or 600 pages long – sometimes more than that. Greatest hits albums are double-discs or stretch to 19 or 20 tracks. You can’t help but get the feeling that the artist is most definitely their own biggest fan. Not many are prepared to write a 150 or 200-page memoir but when […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Billy Cobham, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Funk, Fusion, His Best Solo Works, Jazz, LP, Reconnecting With Billy Cobham, Reconnecting With Billy Cobham: His Best Solo Works, Records, Soul, Spectrum, Stratus, The Best of Billy Cobham, Vinyl ·

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September 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 627

Billy Cobham, The Best of Billy Cobham (1979) Maybe I had heard some of his pre-solo stuff first – I’m sure I had, even if maybe I didn’t even know that it was him but certainly hearing this Billy Cobham compilation was one of the formative experiences for me in the beginning of my CD-buying […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Billy Cobham, Do What Cha Wanna, Drummer, Drums, Funk, Fusion, Jazz, LP, Quadrant 4, Record, Spectrum, Stratus, The Best of Billy Cobham, The Vinyl Countdown # 627, Vinyl ·

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September 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 640

Tony Williams, The Joy of Flying (1979) I love Tony Williams – one of the best and most influential drummers around, right? Every drummer and most musicians know the name. I knew a little of his work as a leader, but mostly it’s his sideman stuff – hearing him drive the beat for others, and […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Drummer, Drums, Funk, Fusion, George Benson, Hip Skip, Jazz, LP, Record, The Joy Of Flying, The Vinyl Countdown # 640, Tony Williams, Vinyl ·

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May 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Writing’s In The Past – Playing’s In The Present: Chatting with Chick Corea

Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea, named after his musician father, is a living legend of jazz. One of the few that remains – he’s worked with Miles Davis and Sarah Vaughan, with Stan Getz and Herbie Hancock. You will find him on a stage playing solo piano, or composing for full orchestra. You will find his […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged 2014 Jazz Festival, Cab Calloway, Chatting With Chick Corea, Chick Corea, Chick Corea Interview, Circle, Dave Holland, Duets, Duo, Fusion, Gary Burton, Interview, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Miles Davis, Piano, Return to Forever, Sarah Vaughan, Solo PIano, Stan Getz, Wellington Jazz Festival, Writing's In The Past - Playing's In The Present: Chatting with Chick Corea ·

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