NYC Rhythm & Blues examines the modern school of rhythm and blues spawned by a new breed of young players out of New York, Boston and points in between. An eclectic mixture of blues, rock, jazz, funk and even twang, this new style is electrifying the club scene across the northeast circuit. Hailed by Guitar magazine as "the brightest new star in the genre since Larry Carlton, Gil Parris is credited with pioneering the style and now leads the scene with unquestionable authority. Extracted from Gil Parris: Inside Out, this 2 CD-ROM edition of NYC Rhythm & Blues focuses on comping, soloing and developing improvisation skills.
Coverage of the Smashing Pumpkins performance at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on December the 10th, 2012. The gig was in support of their 2012 album 'Oceania' and saw them perform songs including 'Panopticon', 'My Love Is Winter', 'Oceania', 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings' and 'The Dream Machine'. SMASHING PUMPKINS Oceania: Live in NYC (2013 3-disc [DVD / 2CD] set consisting of footage from their live performance at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn New York on 10th December 2012 with the audio recordings pressed across two CDs. All 3 discs are housed together within a sealed 4-panel fold-out digipak sleeve).
Unlike almost any other modern musician, Pat Metheny remains uniquely unpredictable. A new Metheny record could be almost anything as the only musician to have won twelve of his twenty Grammy awards in twelve different categories. His recent recording Road To The Sun caused a sensation in the classical music world for its intricate and emotionally satisfying chamber music compositions. At the same time, its immediate predecessor From This Place was Downbeat magazine’s Jazz Record of the Year as an expansive and timeless large-scale work.