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Progressive Saxophonist/Flautist Theo Travis Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

Source: Lori Hehr Public Relations
September 29, 2009

British musician Theo Travis has one of the most varied performing and recording histories to be found among contemporary jazz musicians. A talented saxophonist, flautist and composer, Travis has performed solo, in duos and quartets, in straight ahead jazz combos and in electronic, improvisational groups.

Despite his extensive back catalog, however, Theo Travis is not as well-known to jazz or prog fans as he should be. This may be due in part to his unassuming nature and a refreshing lack ...

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Pianist Fred Hersch Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
September 28, 2009

From the start of his career as a sideman in the 1970s for such jazz luminaries as Joe Henderson, Art Farmer and Stan Getz to his own ensembles and solo projects, there has always been a great diversity and intensity to Fred Hersch's art. Having won a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for composition (2003) and having been the first piano player in The Village Vanguard's 70 year history to do a week's solo residency, Hersch has managed to be both a ...

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Living Colour: A Lively Conversation

Source: JamBase
September 26, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

Living Colour by Bill Bernstein Who says a jazz band can't play dance music? Who says a rock band can't play funky? Who says a funk band can't play rock? Oh yeah! We're gonna play some funk so loud We're gonna rock and roll around Watch them dance, Watch them dance

Rock music is a strange sausage. Originally stuffed with blues structures, jazz energy and ...

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Hank Jones Said It

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 26, 2009

"During the initial period when I first came to New York, Al Haig was the pianist. His style was quite a departure from what I had previously been trying to play, which was more oriented towards the Teddy Wilson school with hints of Art Tatum, only hints, faint hints. [Bop] was a different style. I suppose the style came about mainly because these pianists rarely, if ever, played solo. I think they played with groups, and with groups it was ...

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Jazz Bassist Ben Allison: "Free" to Be

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
September 26, 2009

Bassist Ben Allison has a boyish look to him, but he's carved out a impressive career for himself since graduating from New York University with a Jazz Performance degree in 1989. Here on his ninth album, 'Think Free,' Allison continues on in a recent direction that is more straightforward than the chamber jazz of earlier albums like 1998's 'Medicine Wheel' and 2002's 'Peace Pipe.' This time, the bassist/composer utilizes longtime sideman Steve Cardenas (guitar) as well ...

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Allan Holdsworth Trio Live Webcast Interview Set for Wednesday Sept 30th, from 5:30PM to 5:50PM EST

Source: Sortiesjazznights.com PR
September 26, 2009

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Interview: Don Friedman (Part 2)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 24, 2009

Don Friedman was born and raised on the West Coast but in the late 1950s he became one of a handful of California jazz musicians who relocated to the East Coast. When he arrived in New York in 1957, Don found an apartment and roomed with bassist Scott LaFaro, whom he already had known from the West Coast. Don played clubs in the city, and after a few years came to the attention of producer Orrin Keepnews at Riverside Records. ...

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McCoy Tyner Live Webcast Interview Set for Thursday Sept 24th, from 6:30PM to 6:45PM EST

Source: Sortiesjazznights.com PR
September 23, 2009

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