Interview News

Vibraphonist Joe Locke Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2010

Vibraphonist Joe Locke has been on an upward trajectory since the beginning of his career, but especially over the last decade, where he's led/co-led a number of fine groups ranging from the intimate chamber jazz of his duo with pianist Frank Kimbrough and straight-ahead swing of his Milt Jackson tribute band to the electrified near-fusion of the Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer group.

Locke returns to another area close to his heart--vocal music--with For the Love of You (E1, 2010). Featuring Keezer, ...

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Christian McBride the Consumate Bassist

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2010

Musician Christian McBride has an intriguing way of seeing things, which surfaces when he talks about his instrument, the bass, and his devotion, jazz.

“Playing bass is the exact same thing as being in offensive alignment in pro football, “ he tells us. “In jazz, the focus tends to be on the vocalist or the horn player. Usually, the rhythm section is relegated as the support cast; we are the back-up guys. In football, the focus is placed on the ...

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Luca Luciano: The New Voice of the Clarinet

Source: Chang Management
February 14, 2010

Clarinetist/composer Luca Luciano is a champion of contemporary music and his compositions, part of his academic research, have been premiered at the Bristol Cathedral and the prestigious St Martin in the Fields in London, England. They've also been presented at workshops and master classes in the U.K. and overseas. Luciano came to the U.K. completely alone and with no logistical support whatsoever, starting from the very bottom (first as a part-time barman to make a living)--despite a promising start in ...

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Interview with Freddy Cole Now Online at Jazz St. Louis Website

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 14, 2010

Jazz St. Louis has put online a new audio interview with singer/pianist Freddy Cole, who's coming to St. Louis to perform Wednesday, February 17 through Saturday, February 20 at Jazz at the Bistro.You can listen to a stream of the interview here. However, I couldn't find a way to download the the interview as an MP3 file, as was possible with previous installments in the series. (Can it still be called a “podcast" when there's no way to ...

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Interview with Freddy Cole Now Online at Jazz St. Louis Website

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 12, 2010

Jazz St. Louis has put online a new audio interview with singer/pianist Freddy Cole, who's coming to St. Louis to perform Wednesday, February 17 through Saturday, February 20 at Jazz at the Bistro.You can listen to an stream of the interview here. However, I couldn't find a way to download the the interview as an MP3 file, as was possible with previous installments in the series. (Can it still be called a “podcast" when there's no way to ...

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Bev Thorne: Brubeck Home Designer

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 11, 2010

Beverley D. Thorne is among the last surviving architects from the Case Study Houses project. Between 1945 and 1966, Arts & Architecture magazine hired cutting-edge architects of the day to design inexpensive, efficient homes. These experimental residences were numbered, and steel and glass were used predominantly in the spare designs. The point was to show that amazing structures could be built for ordinary people using low-cost pre-fabricated materials. Bev designed Harrison House, Case Study No. 26, in San Francisco in ...

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Bassist Ron McClure Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
February 11, 2010

Bassist Ron McClure has a practical philosophy about what he does. “Making music begins with doing your job," he says. “It's nice if you can be a hot soloist, but do your job first and do it well." These are words that the bassist has lived by for over 40 years in the jazz music business. McClure has done everything from playing with saxophonists such as Charles Lloyd to being part of pop recordings by the Pointer Sisters and Blood, ...

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Featured Artist -- Tia Fuller

Source: JazzStage.net
February 11, 2010

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