News Pro Audio Chick Corea, pianist and pioneer of modern jazz, dies aged 79 by Daniel Croft Chick Corea will leave a legacy that will not be forgotten. His appreciation and exploration of music over his long career earns a place as a true jazz great. Chick…
Features Pro Audio The Sony C800G: the recording enigma that achieved immortality by Dan Shaw The Sony C800G shattered the mould with a blend of vintage tech and cutting edge design. Read on as we explore how this black sheep achieved immortality. Like few other…
Music Video WATCH: From The Archive, Herbie Hancock on Miles Davis by Emily Elvish One legend describes another. Hear how jazz legend Herbie Hancock learned a crucial lesson from Miles Davis. Wonderful stuff. Check out the interview with Herbie Hancock below:
Features Pro Audio Baroque, Beatles and beyond: exploring the impact of brass instruments by Josh Davies Brass instruments are capable of some of the most explosive effects of all instrument families. But, the members of the brass family are a diverse group of instruments that can…
Features Fusion and freedom: the unfinished adventures of Herbie Hancock by Dan Shaw At the core of jazz is improvisation, or put another way, musical freedom. Through this is the philosophy that has always underpinned the style, traditions have nevertheless formed. Dixieland, swing,…
Features A guide to Cannonball Adderley in 5 essential albums by Luke Saunders When Julian Edwin Cannonball Adderley first arrived in New York City in the early ’50s, he was there to pursue higher education. Originally from Florida, the gregarious man had a…
Features Pro Audio The evolution of the Neumann U 47: the most copied microphone in history by Dan Shaw Not only does it look like a silver bullet, but generations of engineers have also treated the Neumann U 47 as such. Let’s take a closer look at this classic’s…
Arts News This new art book chronicles the original paintings of Miles Davis by Luke Saunders Earlier this year, fans of Miles Davis were blessed with the posthumous release of a lost album Rubberband. The album’s cover, featuring an original painting by Davis himself, may have turned…
Lists Looking to set a mood? Here is the best background music in the world by Luke Saunders What defines background music? The perfect blend of rhythm, and groove yet without the ability to distract or overpower whatever it is you’re doing. Hence this list contains no lyrical…
Lists Kick back to the most relaxing music that has ever been made by Luke Saunders Neuroscience recently revealed that listening to relaxing music can relieve anxiety by up to 65 percent. From the mellow-suave of jazz to the vast toll of ambient drums music has…
News Vinyl The Miles Davis Quintet’s Legendary Prestige Sessions are coming to vinyl by Sarah Gillard In celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Prestige records, a special vinyl edition of the Miles Davis Quintet’s Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions is set to be released this November via…
News Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana praise Miles Davis in new doco trailer by Sarah Gillard Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool is a documentary on the life and music of the late jazz icon directed by Stanley Nelson. The film premiered at Sundance film festival earlier…
News A lost Miles Davis album, Rubberband, is set to be released this year by Astari Mudana UPDATE: Rubberband is out now. Listen to the record below. A lost Miles Davis album named Rubberband is set to be released in September. The LP was recorded in 1985 in Los Angeles’ Ameraycan Studios…
