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Guitarist Barry Cleveland Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!

Source: All About Jazz
November 29, 2010

The personal is the political for guitarist and composer Barry Cleveland. That perspective is evident on Hologramatron (MoonJune, 2010), his new album featuring songs that serve as a response to the socio-political and religious narratives woven by the voices dominating today's 24-hour news cycles. Cleveland is unafraid of telling it exactly as he sees it, with lyrics that delve deep into the paradoxical viewpoints that inform the morass of modern partisan discourse. Hologramatron is only predictable in its unpredictability. It's ...

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Guitarist Sandro Albert Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!

Source: All About Jazz
November 23, 2010

Completely self-taught, guitarist Sandro Albert paid his dues in small clubs and shacks on the Brazilian circuit before he graduated to larger venues in Brazil that included music festivals. Two years ago, he played at the prestigious North Sea Jazz Festival at the invitation of Musical Director Claude Nobs. It was there that he performed with his friend Jimmy Haslip, on bass, as well as with the Yellowjackets' keyboardist, Russell Ferrante. Albert has also worked with legendary Brazilian superstar Milton ...

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Guitarist Kevin Eubanks Interviewed at All About Jazz....and More!

Source: All About Jazz
November 22, 2010

For millions of people across the U.S. and abroad, Kevin Eubanks will always be associated with The Tonight Show band, after his 18 years alongside Jay Leno. But for those who have followed Eubanks' career off the set, where he has been a highly prolific composer and recording artist, it's his work as a guitarist that makes him memorable. Sure, his infectious laughter and banter with Jay Leno was fun to watch night after night, but six-stringers in the audience ...

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A Look at Mingus the Composer

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
November 17, 2010

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1997) is a fascinating look at the life and legacy of bassist Charles Mingus. It combines concert footage, interviews with fellow musicians and family, and bits of a noirish documentary of Mingus made in the late 1960s. It was directed by Don McGlynn and co-produced by the composer's widow, Sue Mingus. The film is hardly a complete portrait, however. It barely touches on Mingus's troubled early life. For his own take on this—growing up ...

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Interview: Albert Maysles (Part 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 17, 2010

Forty years ago on December 5, Albert Maysles' Gimme Shelter was released. The searing documentary about the last leg of the Rolling Stones 1969 tour culminated with the group's concert appearance at the Altamont Speedway near San Francisco. Today, in my Wall Street Journal article here, Albert, 83, talks with me about the film that accidentally captured the Love Generation's dark side, gave the Stones their bad-boy image and set new artistic standards for the rock-umentary. [Pictured from left: David ...

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Mark Karan: This is What I Do

Source: JamBase
November 16, 2010

By : Andrew Wetzler The South Florida music scene has blossomed over the past decade or so, but there is still nowhere near the flow of gold nugget acts that fans experience in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore or many other more established live music towns. So, when Mark Karan and Jemimah Puddleduck (JP) announced their first ever run through Florida, it was a great marker to place on the calendar. I had the opportunity to sit down for a ...

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Helen Merrill: Dream of You

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 16, 2010

One of the finest jazz vocal albums of the 1950s is Helen Merrill's Dream of You. Recorded over the course of three days in July 1956 for EmArcy, the session paired Helen with arranger Gil Evans nearly a year before his first majestic session with trumpeter Miles Davis. Helen's Dream of You isn't a typical jazz-vocal recording of the period, where a singer belts out a set of American Songbook tunes backed by a bouncy band. Instead, what you have ...

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Michael Laskow of Taxi: Marketing + Entrepreneurial Skills = Music Business Success

Source: HypeBot
November 13, 2010

On Music Think Tank, Ariel Hyatt expresses her passion about helping the next generation who want to make it in the music business understand what it takes to achieve that dream. She talks about the Taxi Road Rally and how artists work together to help each other get ahead. Earlier, she conducted an in-depth interview with Michael Laskow, the founder of Taxi and got some good advice. Read on for Michael Laskow's story and more advice. “Every time you feel ...

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