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Interview: Fats Domino (Part 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 5, 2010

Last Wednesday I was in New Orleans for the Wall Street Journal to interview Fats Domino. You'll find my conversation with rock's creator on the “Leisure & Arts" page of today's Personal Journal section. Or go here. The interview was something of a coup, since the early rocker rarely grants interviews. I can tell you that those close to Fats, including his loving family, are wonderful, loving, soulful people who are rightly proud of their city and their most famous ...

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Interview: John King

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
November 4, 2010

Guitarist and violist John King has composed music for opera, theater, orchestras, chamber ensembles, rock bands, dance and film, and was Music Curator at New York City's The Kitchen from 1999-2003. He has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet, Ethel, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Mannheim Ballet, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, the Ballets de Monte Carlo and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. In March 2010, King and the Crucible Quartet released 10 Mysteries on Tzadik, which features 11 ...

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Brian Eno: The Dick Flash Interview

Source: JamBase
November 4, 2010

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Interview: Will Friedwald (Part 2)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 4, 2010

Each entry in Will Friedwald's new book, A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, goes off like a firecracker. There are no dull openings, there's plenty of mischievous humor and pop-culture references, and most of Will's positions on singers are provocative. And in some cases, you may disagree with his take. That's what makes his “essaypedia" interesting. The reasoning for one singer over another is personal. But each of Will's points is well argued and all are ...

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Max Makes It Happen.

Source: Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
November 3, 2010

Maxim Micheliov is part of a robust Jazz advocacy community in Vilnius Lithuania that comes highly recommended by friends who have performed there. Max with Roy Campbell jr. 1. Describe your discovery of music. “The sounds of music have always been heard at our home. Both my parents love music. We had a quite big collection of LP discs that included some jazz records along with classical music and easy listening. From early years I was introduced to Louis Armstrong, ...

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Interview: Will Friedwald (Part 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 3, 2010

Will Friedwald is one of the most knowledgeable writers on American Songbook singers. Will's byline appears regularly in The Wall Street Journal, and he's author of eight books, including revealing works on Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. Will also is one of the nicest and most generous people around, and in this business, that's saying something. Will's latest book is A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers (Pantheon). The subtitle of this 811-page bedside companion could easily ...

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Guitarist Fabrizio Sotti Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
November 3, 2010

Recording a jazz album is never easy. Compared to most genres of music, where everything is prearranged and planned out ahead of time, there is a large amount of spontaneity when it comes to laying down a jazz record. Many times, the best takes are the least thought-about beforehand—the ones where improvisational magic just jumps out of every musician, where all the stars align and the music culminates in one of those special moments where high-level improvisation is captured on ...

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Photographer Brian Rasic Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: John Kelman
November 10, 2010

Good photography can say more than a thousand words—it captures the moment and immortalizes it. Known for his brilliant photography, Serbian-born, London-based photographer Brian Branislav Rasić is known for producing some of rock's most memorable images. For more than three decades, Rasić has photographed the greatest artists in the music world and beyond. Name a few artists, and Brian Rasić has probably photographed them. He has trained his lens on some of the most notable faces of our day: The ...

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