This November 14th marks my 8th year of first electively listening to Gorillaz’s hit single, “Clint Eastwood.” An odd thing to recall so clearly, I know. I had always heard Gorillaz’ music on the radio; I grew up with Blur, Damon Albarn’s other band, but one day, my curiosity was piqued–I asked my mom, “What’s that song that goes, “ ‘I ain’t happy, I’m feeling glad, I got sunshine in a bag…’ ” and then I promptly opened Spotify on my Amazon Kindle, and found the track, and fe

I’ve heard of Dave Weckl once during my High School year while I was doing Jazz Band. My old jazz teacher, Mr. Harmon, introduced two different drummers that he really enjoyed. The first was Neil Peart from the band Rush (a band I also listen to for the bassist Geddy Lee), and the second, Dave Weckl. The first song I heard from Weckl was from “Island Magic,” featuring Chick Corea from his first album, Master Plan . The moment I heard this song, it reminded me of Sonic the Hed

Last month, I wrote about a jazz musician named Roy Hargrove who became a well-known figure in Jazz. I really enjoyed writing and...