If you're discussing the early intersection of jazz, rock and related styles, Miles Davis is an unavoidable name, and one of the players most directly responsible for helping Miles achieve his early breakthroughs in that area was Jack DeJohnette. While DeJohnette has never left the world of straight-ahead jazz and has also remained engaged with the…

For the first episode of Heavy Metal Bebop's second season, we have two guests, presented one after the other. They are Lille Gruber, drummer, co-founder and principal songwriter for the German death-metal band Defeated Sanity, and Jacob Schmidt, the band's bassist and co-songwriter since 2005. If you've listened to prior episodes of this show and/…

By Hank Shteamer

By Hank Shteamer

By Hank Shteamer

By Hank Shteamer

By Hank Shteamer

By Hank Shteamer

By Hank Shteamer

By Hank Shteamer

By Hank Shteamer

By Hank Shteamer