Robert Baird

Laura Cantrell
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Jun 20, 2014  |  0 comments
There’s something huge to be said for longevity in the music business and staying true to your vision
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All The Way
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Jun 16, 2014  |  5 comments
Vaya con Dios Jimmy Scott!
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Remembering Armstrong
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Jun 11, 2014  |  2 comments
The combination of piracy, streaming, and the accompanying devaluation of music these days has forced musicians back to the stage to make their daily bread.
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Lenny Pickett
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  Jun 06, 2014  |  2 comments
While it can be used when talking about any musician, having “chops” is a phrase that applies particularly to saxophonists.
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Little Feat Live
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  May 30, 2014  |  7 comments
Before there were jam bands, before the term even existed in fact, there was a fabulous, funky assemblage called Little Feat.
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Harry Again
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  May 23, 2014  |  1 comments
The long overdue rediscovery and re–enshrinement of Harry Nilsson that began with the 2010 release of the film, Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?) shows no signs of abating which is a good thing for fans of the man’s songwriting and most of all, his peerless voice.
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Recording of June 2014: The Rite of Spring
Recording of the Month
Robert Baird  |  May 22, 2014  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2014  |  0 comments
The link between jazz and the works of Igor Stravinsky is well known. In Conversations with Igor Stravinsky, his landmark 1959 collaboration with Robert Craft, the composer mentions jazz artists like Art Tatum and Charlie Christian. The fact that Stravinsky was captivated by the improvisational freedom of jazz and its insistent, inventive rhythms makes all his work, especially Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), a natural for jazz players to play and quote from, and over the years they have more than obliged.
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Jimmy Page Drops Some Clues About New HD Led Zeppelin Releases
News
Robert Baird  |  May 13, 2014  |  17 comments
Poor Jimmy Page. After listening to eight tracks from the newly remastered Led Zeppelin studio albums from Atlantic/Swan Song/Rhino, the first three of which, I, II, III, will be released on June 3, the guitar great graciously opened himself to questions. Were the alternate takes, that are the meat of the “companion audio” disc that accompanies each original album, pieced together from a number of alternate takes?
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Billion Dollar Babies
Robert Baird
Robert Baird  |  May 09, 2014  |  4 comments
So audiophiles are all effete snobs right?
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Regina Carter: A Family Affair
InterviewsMusic and Recording Features
Robert Baird  |  May 06, 2014  |  First Published: May 01, 2014  |  0 comments
Making a recording is always a personal journey—everyone has a story to tell. Jazz violinist Regina Carter's latest, Southern Comfort, is an eloquent musical expression of Carter tracing the roots of her paternal lineage back five generations. For the project's sound engineer, Joe Ferla, it's the final project of a engineering career, and the beginning point of his new life as a practicing musician. The entwining of these journeys gives the album's music and sound a rare honesty.
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