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A Saxophone is Her Only Constant
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Michael Ricci
Some young jazz musicians find their style and move in lock, stock and barrel, making little refinements over the years but basically keeping their place. Ingrid Laubrock, a German saxophonist who started her career in London and has spent the last 15 years playing there, sounds happily unsettled. On tenor and soprano, shes omnivorous and pointed, slouching and precise, humorous and austere. She doesnt stay very long within standard jazz idioms, or even some of the favored nonidiomatic languages of ...
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Leftover Salmon: Celebrating 20 Years Part 4
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JamBase
By: Michael 'Jersey' Gerity
Download the final part of our Leftover Salmon Celebrating 20 Years sampler here.
Every once in a blue moon, a group of musicians will get together and find that they have unleashed a spark of musical and personal compatibility that will not only change their lives but the many lives of the people around them as well. They might not see the longevity of what they are creating at that point, but as the years roll ...
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Interview: Sammy Nestico (Part 2)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The first thing you notice about Sammy Nestico when you speak with him is his jolly nature. There's a distinct twinkle in his personality, like that of a storybook toymaker. It's a trait that goes beyond charisma. Sammy's generosity and positive spirit are embracing and motivating Yet neither quality has distracted him from his work or purpose: churning out swinging arrangements for big bands. Clearly, laughter and kindness are secrets to a long life and rewarding career.
Over Sammy's seven-decade ...
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Charlie Hunter: A New Beginning
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JamBase
By: Jarrod Dicker
Charlie Hunter by Greg Aiello
Charlie Hunter can do it all. Creating an instrument that translates all his musical desires, Hunter simultaneously plays bass lines, rhythm guitar and lead with incredible ease; making him one of the most exceptional jazz players currently on the circuit.
Recently departing from the group he co-founded, Garage A Trois, Hunter went right back to work on a new album and ...
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TJAY Reveals His Almost-Baseball-Career on the Brink of the Release of "Take a Seat"
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Michael Ricci
New York, NY -- After announcing the early release of his new album “Take a Seat," singer-songwriter TJAY wowed fans with a special interview and performance on the internet TV show “Rew and Who." Viewers saw TJAY perform in an intimate setting, and heard the upstate-New York native speak for the first time about his unique history as a record breaking baseball player at Binghamton University, his experience with the Major Leagues, and how he got into music. TJAY, known ...
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Tubaist/Noted Physician Eli Newberger Profiled at AAJ
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All About Jazz
Such is the nature of jazz tuba that few prominent players are household names outside their genre. Can you name “the Art Tatum of the tuba" or a “the Clifford Brown of the tuba"? Many of these instrumental performers are part-timers. Only, don't tell Eli Newberger that jazz is his secondary field: it ranks solidly in a two-way tie with his role as physician, lecturer and consultant in pediatric matters.
AAJ Contributor Edward Bride spoke with Newberger and his wife, ...
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Rendezvous: Merging Jazz with Electropop
Source:
Michael Ricci
By Alma Jones The one thing I dread in music is to hear two beautiful genres fused together in one sloppy song, like two awkward clumps of clay haphazardly slapped together. It's extremely difficult to pull off this stunt, especially if the genres in mind are not the least bit similar. That's why I'm quite relieved that Rendezvous, the popular underground band from Israel, has actually accomplished this almost impossible feat.
I can definitely hear a very strong influence of ...
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Interview: Sammy Nestico (Part 1)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Count Basie's finest album of the 1960s is easily Straight Ahead. Recorded in 1968 for the Dot label, the album's tracks were composed and arranged from top to bottom by Sammy Nestico. He even conducted the band. What's remarkable about this album is how naturally Sammy's charts swing within the Basie idiom. Sammy's up-tempo numbers build repeatedly to satisfying crescendos, leaving plenty of room for Basie's punctual piano, while Sammy's ballad compositions are rich showcases for Basie soloists. This year, ...
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