Interview News

Vocalist Jo Lawry Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2009

Australian vocalist Jo Lawry is quickly establishing herself among the top tier of current jazz vocalists. And she's doing it--at least some of the time--by being a sideman.

Lawry hails from Adelaide, Australia. She's been in the U.S. for several years now pursuing advanced degrees in jazz, but she hasn't spent all her time studying. She's also managed to collect an impressive list of resume credits as a performer, including performing and recording with Kate McGarry, Fred Hersch, Donny McCaslin ...

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George Duke Interview - New Album, More Treats

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2009

This interview is part of the book project Under your skin which will include Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Zap Mama, Chuck D / Public Enemy, Rhonda Smith, Les Nubians, Joe Sample, Yusef Lateef, Dj Vadim, Bob James, Living Colour, Dj Rob Swift, Marilyn Crispell, Dick Griffin, Bill Frisell, Billy Bang, Jimi Tenor, Michael Ricci / Allaboutjazz.com, Val-Inc, Chico Freeman, Lonnie Liston Smith, WDR Big band, Roy Nathanson, J Mascis/Dinosaur ...

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Vocalist J.D. Walter Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2009

J.D. Walter is a jazz singers' singer--a purist and an innovator. Although his style has been compared to many vocal titans, it is in the same breath, uniquely his own, and he has become a singular phenomenon on the music scene.

Walter has thus far recorded five CDs as a leader and co-leader and has attracted an international audience from the shores of America to Europe, Russia, and the Far East. He is also a featured member of pianist Orrin ...

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Kendrick Scott Oracle Interview

Source: All About Jazz
May 16, 2009

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Interview: Creed Taylor (Part 19)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 15, 2009

Creed Taylor has never before granted an interview about the events leading up to the bankruptcy of CTI Records in 1978. Until now, that is. In an exclusive conversation with JazzWax, the maverick producer looks back at one of the most painful periods of his career, reflecting on the shifting record-industry business practices during that decade and how the jazz label he started attempted to survive. [Photo of Creed Taylor in the early 1980s by Chuck Stewart]

First, it should ...

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Interview: Nat Hentoff (Part 2)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 14, 2009

Nat Hentoff has some ear. To accurately capture the notes and quotes of jazz musicians over the past 60 years, Nat has employed a fast pen, a photographic memory and enormous sensitivity. Even today, Nat's deep voice resonates with hot-type urgency and a hard-boiled sense of purpose. Little distracts him from doing what's necessary to arrive at the truth, whether he's writing about jazz or the Constitution. Woe to those who call and cannot get to the point or interrupt ...

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Interview: Nat Hentoff (Part 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 13, 2009

By any measure, Nat Hentoff is a giant of jazz journalism. It's impossible to write about the music or interview jazz musicians today without thinking of Nat and the print trails he has blazed since the early 1950s. Before Nat, jazz writing consisted largely of publicists banging out pun-riddled notices and articles that had more in common with promotional copy than modern reporting. Growing up in Boston in the 1940s, Nat saw the enormous sensitivity and energy required to perform ...

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Saxophonist David Sanborn Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2009

Saxophonist David Sanborn is one of the most recognizable instrumentalists in modern music. From his many television appearances--on his own show, Night Moves, and with David Letterman's band--to his popular records and tours, Sanborn is among the few names in jazz that non-jazzheads can recognize.

In 2008, Sanborn released Here & Gone (Decca, 2008), an album that pays tribute to saxophonist Hank Crawford, who was a key part of the Ray Charles band through many of its greatest years. Crawford ...

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