John Beasley

Vinnie Colaiuta, drummer extraordinaire who turns 63 today – Happy Birthday BTW – has played on numerous albums (you want to verify ? click on http://go.rvj.pm/vinniecolaiuta) by artists as different as Zappa and Bublé. The ‘Five Concerts with Vinnie Colaiuta’ are with Jeff Beck, Herbie Hancock, Sting, John Patitucci and Chick Corea New Akoustic trio […]

The Manhattan Transfer’s ‘The Offbeat Of Avenues’ is their twelfth album released on August 13, 1991 by Columbia. Track listing : 1.The Offbeat of Avenues (Cheryl Bentyne, Prince) – 04:55 . 2.Sassy (Cheryl Bentyne, Bill Bodine, Janis Siegel) – 04:49 . 3.10 Minutes Till the Savages Come (Jeff Lorber, Janis Siegel, Brock Walsh) – 03:58 […]

Al Jarreau’s ‘My Old Friend, Celebrating George Duke’ is a special tribute reorded with Stanley Clarke and released on August 5, 2014 by Concord. Track Listing : 1.My Old Friend (Steve George, John Lang, Richard Page) – 04:57 . 2.Someday (George Duke) – 04:09 . 3.Churchyheart (Backyard Ritual) (George Duke, Al Jarreau) – 04:56 . […]

August 3, 2013 – the Stanley Clarke Band – that is Stanley Clarke (b), John Beasley (p & kb), Ronald Bruner Jr.(d), Zach Brock (viol) and Nick Smith (el p) – is at “Telluride Jazz Festival” in Colorado

‘Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory’ is an album recorded for his 50th birthday with John Scofield, Taj Mahal, Pat Martino, Joe Bonamassa, Robert Cray, Slash, George Benson, B.B. King, Steve Lukather, Mike Stern and more and released on June 29, 2010 by Concord. Track Listing : 1.Lay It Down (Lee Ritenour) – 05:59 . 2.Am […]

June 4, 2014 – Kamasi Washington & The Next Step – that is Ryan Porter (tb), Rickey C Washington (fl), Miles Mosley (b), Cameron Graves (p), Tony Austin (d) & Ronald Bruner Jr (d) – plus Patrice Quinn (voc), John Beasley (p), David Moyer (bs) and Dwight Trible (voc) perform at the Blue Whale in […]

Released on August 21, 2015, “A Twist Of Rit” is an album by Lee Ritenour revisiting and reworking songs from some of his earliest albums. For everything Lee Ritenour, simply click here