Oct 7, 2018 5:39 PM
Bassist Damon Smith Helps Steer Astral Plane Crash’s Improv
Since 2010, Plane Crash has featured the improvisatory skills of Henry Kaiser (guitar), Damon Smith (bass) and Weasel…
Damon Smith (left) and Ra-Kalam Bob Moses
Oct 7, 2018 5:39 PM
Since 2010, Plane Crash has featured the improvisatory skills of Henry Kaiser (guitar), Damon Smith (bass) and Weasel…
Greg Howe (left) and Roscoe Mitchell at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, on Nov. 9.
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Saxophonist Kamasi Washington achieved stardom with his 2015 three-CD set, The Epic, and his work on rapper Kendrick…
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Guitarist Larry Coryell, who died Feb. 19 at age 73 in New York City, first convened his Eleventh House band in 1973,…
Larry Coryell (1943–2017)
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Acclaimed jazz guitarist Larry Coryell died suddenly in New York City on Feb. 19. He was 73.
His wife, the…
Alphonse Mouzon (1948–2016)
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Drummer-producer-entrepreneur Alphonse Mouzon, who died on Dec. 25 after a long illness, will be remembered as a…