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Interview: Terry Teachout (Part 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 1, 2009

Wall Street Journal drama critic, author, blogger and arts essayist Terry Teachout has managed to do the impossible. For the past six years, Terry has worked steadily on Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, which was published a week ago to rave reviews. What's remarkable is not that Terry wrote the book on the side while pounding out weekly drama columns and arts essays for leading newspapers and magazines. Or that he wrote an opera libretto (The Letter) that premiered ...

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British Vocalist Ian Shaw Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
December 1, 2009

Ian Shaw is a jazz singer. This simple description is accurate--it's how Shaw refers to himself--but it falls well short of doing the man justice. Ian Shaw is one of the most distinctive, original and creative jazz singers on the scene: he is a talented pianist and songwriter with a knack for working with top-quality musicians, an ability to seek out and cover some of the finest songs in contemporary music, and a showmanship that ensures that his live performances ...

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John Pizzarelli Live Webcast Interview: December 3 at 4:30PM EST

Source: Sortiesjazznights.com PR
November 30, 2009

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Correspondence: About Freddie Schreiber

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
November 30, 2009

Cindy (Schreiber) Scontriano writes from California:

I just heard your NPR interview about Vince Guaraldi. I really enjoyed it and then I had a flash from the past and wanted to ask you a few questions. I think I met Vince as a little girl. My uncle played the stand-up bass in Cal Tjader's band in the sixties and seventies. His name was Freddie Schreiber, from Seattle. I have his most famous LP, Saturday/Sunday Night at the Blackhawk. Did you ...

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British Woodwind Multi-Instrumentalist/Composer Tim Garland Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 30, 2009

Composer, arranger and multi-reed virtuoso Tim Garland is a treasure the nation of the UK has yet to fully recognize. Having recorded a dozen albums in his own name, and arranged for and played in the groups of Chick Corea and Bill Bruford, Garland's pedigree as one of the leading jazz saxophonist/composers of his generation is unquestionable. In addition, his collaborations with the country's finest musical institutions, including the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, set him apart ...

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Under Your Skin Interviews: Carla Bley, Jack DeJohnette, Dave McMurray, Mari Boine, Lydia Lunch and Baaba Maal

Source: Michael Ricci
November 27, 2009

Under Your Skin is an exploration on the cultural diversity of music and artists from around the globe - from Popular Music to Jazz, Hip Hop, Reggae, Avantgarde, Experimental, Afrobeat, Drum & Bass, Metal, Electronic, DJ-ing/Turntablism, Folk, Classical and more. Carla Bley Jack DeJohnette Dave McMurray Mari Boine Lydia Lunch

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Josh Rager, in His Own Words

Source: Jazzblog.ca by Peter Hum
November 27, 2009

The Gloucester-raised, Montreal-based pianist Josh Rager has previously appeared in the blog on several occasions, proving his way with words as the interviewee here and here, for example, and as the incisive commenter, here. Recently Rager decided that he didn't need my half-baked ideas as points of departure anymore, and he launched his own X...Y...Jazz blog. Rager's not even 10 posts into his blogging career, but he's already defined one niche -- sharing what he knows about playing ...

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Composer/Pianist/Singer Amina Claudine Meyers Inteviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 26, 2009

Composer, pianist and singer Amina Claudine Myers is a part of the first generation of the famed Chicago collective the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Coming north from her native Blackwell, Arkansas, she was an unusual presence in the organization--not just as one of the few female members, but as a singer and songwriter willing to, at times, employ traditional song structures. Outside of the AACM, Myers has played in bands led by Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon, ...

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