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Interview: Carol Sloane (Part 4)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 23, 2009

In the summer of 1964, the world turned upside down for singer Carol Sloane. That year her mentor Bob Bonis became the U.S. road manager for two English rock bands: the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Her close friendship with Bonis made her a part of the Rolling Stones' entourage during their first tour in June and an eyewitness to an event that all but buried jazz's popularity: the Beatles' appearance in 1965 at Shea Stadium. As Carol notes below, ...

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Interview: Carol Sloane (Part 5)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 23, 2009

Few jazz singers had as tough a time coming up through the ranks as Carol Sloane. Most singers who are top of mind emerged when jazz was America's pop music and plenty of opportunities existed for vocalists to record and connect with the public. But just as Carol's career began to flower in the early 1960s, jazz singing as a genre suffered several devastating blows. By 1965, jazz was rapidly being replaced by new forms of popular music, and female ...

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Guitar Legend-in-the-Making Julian Lage Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2009

A documentary film made in 1996 centers on an eight year-old guitarist who is already a professional and how he mixes that life with everything else, like family and being a kid. At one point, he's shown playing the guitar behind his neck, a la Jimi Hendrix, adroitly picking a melodic line. At another, he lays down some serious blues licks. A voice off camera inquires, “What'cha been listening to lately?" “Lots of Wes Montgomery. Coltrane," the articulate lad intones, ...

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David Gilmore Interview

Source: All About Jazz
March 22, 2009

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Greg Tate / Burnt Sugar Interview

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2009

Greg Tate/Burnt Sugar Interview - Sun Ra & Superheroes. Greg Tate/Burnt Sugar Interview - A village voice. This interview is part of the book project “under your skin" which includes Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Skip Mcdonald, Erika Stucky, Living Colour, Rhonda Smith, Dj Rob Swift, Marilyn Crispell, Dick Griffin, Billy Bang, ...

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Chihiro Yamanaka Interview

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2009

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Interview: Carol Sloane (Part 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 18, 2009

Carol Sloane is easily the finest jazz singer of the post-jazz era. After getting her start in 1958 with the Larry Elgart Orchestra, Carol experienced a series of Cinderella breaks just as rock was beginning to yank the commercial rug out from under jazz. Had Carol been born five years earlier, she surely would be as well known today as Carmen McRae, Chris Connor and other headline singers who emerged during the rock-free early 1950s.

When you listen to Carol's ...

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Interview: Carol Sloane (Part 3)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 18, 2009

The early 1960s was a bleak period for new jazz singers like Carol Sloane. Between 1960 and the arrival of the Beatles in 1964, pop music surged in popularity. Weary of Tin Pan Alley standards, young adult record-buyers favored music that was simple and upbeat. And new. To fill 12-inch LPs, record company A&R executives reached for the latest Broadway musicals and songs written by a new generation of show composers. [Photo of Carol and Coleman Hawkins at the Newport ...

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