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wax poetics - issue 46 - the jazz issue - wax poetics - magazines

The Jazz issue with highlights on: - George Benson’s journey from child singer to fathering the genre of smooth jazz. - Keyboardist George Duke forged a new path and ruled the R&B charts with eccentric funk. - Mainstream Records embraced a funky bunch of modern jazz players and soul singers. - Billy Cobham, who was the most technical and disciplined drummer to ever stay in the pocket. He was a young drummer trying to keep up in the serious world of spiritual jazz. Then Norman Connors traded the rigorous life for expensive cars, fashion models, and R&B hits. - Rising from the fertile musical soil of Queens, New York, a group of musicians formed a tight bond and called themselves the Jamaica Kats. - Phil Cohran is the embodiment of spiritual jazz. - John Coltrane’s three-song demo for Africa/Brass sees the light of day. Also includes: Record rundown with DJ Soulscape Nostalgia 77 BobbyRrobinson remembered Towson State University Jazz Ensemble, Randy Weston, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Los Exciters, and Fred Tompkins Re:Discovered Analog Out: Can’t Stop the Prophet.