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...Billboard jazz chart immediately upon its release. She has a jazz drummer fiance, her parents love and support her, and her career is backed by an all-star squad of management, publicity and production pros, as well as sidemen straight from the first team: pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Christian McBride, saxophonist Michael Brecker. Most of all, her voice is a silken, controlled wonder that is both a genetic gift and the product of superb training. When she wraps it around one of the classic American songs she loves to sing, you know Jane Monheit can't miss...
Michael Stipe isn't supposed to be here. He is a 41-year-old singer for a 21-year-old band: R.E.M. In rock-'n'-roll years, R.E.M. is 147 years old. Every member--Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, 44, and bassist Mike Mills, 42--is easily old enough to be Christina Aguilera's father...
Colombia, birthplace of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and many of the fables about El Dorado, has long been a land where people search for the extraordinary. So two years ago, singer-guitarist Andrea Echeverri and bassist-producer Hector Buitrago of the Colombian rock duo Aterciopelados (ah-tair-see-oh-peh-lah-dose) trekked to Colombia's Putumayo region, befriended a local shaman and joined in what Buitrago calls a healing ritual. "They make this drink, and everyone has it," says Echeverri. "You get terribly sick and get in touch with the divine part of yourself and see beautiful things...
...Bill’s Q Yvette,” a title which refers to Yvette Summers, the band’s diva and percussionist. After another dynamic solo from Mayfield, the focus was turned to the outstanding sideman of the group, pianist Red Atkins. With bassist Ed Livingston keeping time, Atkins danced through the tune, playing with various rhythms. This feature was followed by a showcase of the entire percussion section, from master percussionist Summers to drummer Horacio Hernandez...
Blues Traveler and their carefree style of blues-rock are finally back. Bridge, the band’s seventh album, arrives four years after Blues Traveler’s last release and two years after the death of longtime bassist Bobby Sheehan. This New York-based group, known for its protracted touring and jam-it-out blues style, first gained prominence with its fourth album, aptly titled Four. “Hook” and “Run-around” dominated the airwaves until 1995 and helped propel Four to quintuple platinum status, making Blues Traveler a household...