by Steven Miller
Mac Gollehon has always been a formidable force as a trumpet player. He’s a brass mercenary, a sound-weaver whose horn has burned through sessions with Bowie, Madonna, Grace Jones, Nile Rodgers, and Hector Lavoe. If there’s a sound that needs cutting through the mix, Gollehon is the guy they called. With Pistoleros, his latest with Nefarious Industries, he combines the pop dance gloss with the high energy of electric jazz. It dives headfirst into a sonic street fight: part Latin-jazz fever dream, part electronic shootout, part gangster flick. This is an album with a cinematic ride where every note [...]
Ace session guitarist Lyle Workman is releasing a new project titled Uncommon Measures. Workman’s studio, sideman, and film composing success were augmented by three well-received solo albums in the ’90s and early 2000s. However, with all that success, he had to put his own artistic visions on the backburner. “I absolutely love all the work I get to do with other artists and filmmakers,” he explains, “but sometimes you need to articulate your own thoughts and feelings as a writer, too. There’s a singular satisfaction that comes from creating something that’s a pure expression of yourself.” Workman [...]
