It's been fifteen years since the Yellowjackets featured a guitar player on one of their recordings. While the idea simmered for years, it didn't reach critical mass until jazz-fusion guitar virtuoso Mike Stern performed with the renowned jazz quartet at the 2007 Montreal Jazz Festival....

It’s the ’70s, and Steve Miller’s The Joker has gone Platinum. He retreats to his home and puts everything he’s got into a recording studio built there. The result is an album in 1975 whose songs continue to play today...

This landmark album represents Brian Wilson at the top of his game. And we are all the better for it, regardless of the inner demons that would soon overtake him. With songs like “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “Don’t Talk,” “Sloop John B,”  “God Only Knows,” and “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times,” among others...