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Interview with Tony Fagenson of Eve 6 (Part One)

Source: HypeBot
February 17, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor

Eve 6 shaped my early years as a music fan.  To this day, they are still one of my favorite bands.  Just shy of eleven years later, their debut album still warrants being played all the way through. In saying that, I had the pleasure of connecting with the group's drummer, Tony Fagenson, whose career started to take off in 1998, just before file-sharing, technology, and social media went onto transform the music industry. Sharing his thoughts ...

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Innerviewworld.com Interview: The Bad Plus

Source: All About Jazz
February 17, 2009

The Bad Plus is a collective made up of bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King. All three are from the Midwest and they have known each other since their teens. Nonetheless, with the exception of one unimpressive meeting in 1990, it is only after spending their formative 20s apart--King as a session player in Los Angeles, Iverson as the musical director for the prestigious Mark Morris Dance Group, Anderson as a prominent up-and-coming player on the ...

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Drummer/Keyboardist Gary Husband Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2009

Gary Husband has long cemented his reputation as one of fusion's premier drummers--hell, even Billy Cobham thought two was better than one and hired him as a second drummer. Husband's flexibility has seen him drum in the NDR Big Band, with jazz-funk outfit Level 42, and in a trio format with guitarist Robin Trower and bassist Jack Bruce.

Since the early '90s he has built an impressive discography as a leader which underlines his status as a composer of note. ...

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Kutmasta Kurt Interview - Is Sun Ra in Your Scratches?

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2009

KutMasta Kurt Interview - Jazz KutMasta Kurt Interview - Hiphop & Pop This interview is part of the book project “under your skin" which will include Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Cindy Blackman, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Dj Vadim, Bob James, Skip Mcdonald, Erika Stucky, Living Colour, Dj Rob Swift, Marilyn Crispell, Dick ...

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Interview: Helen Merrill (Part 5)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 9, 2009

Unlike many singers of her generation, Helen Merrill was never big on tabloid drama. No tell-all books by people who knew her. No hurled drinks. And no airport tantrums, tawdry busts or overdoses. Just a lifelong commitment to jazz, singing and musicians.

But Helen's love of jazz faced strong cultural headwinds in the 1970s. Acoustic jazz and the jazz vocal idiom in general began losing widespread appeal. Synthesizers, electric pianos, rubbery electric bass lines and heavy drumbeats dominated the music ...

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Interview: Helen Merrill (Part 4)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 6, 2009

Female jazz artists have always faced a greater challenge balancing their social and professional lives than their male counterparts. In addition to fending off unwanted advances, many have had to carve out time to date, marry, have and raise children, and pay attention to spouses--all while giving jazz the enormous emotional commitment and concentration it demands. For singer Helen Merrill, these two sides of life often bumped up against each other. After enduring a tough marriage and divorce in the ...

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Interview: Helen Merrill (Part 3)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 5, 2009

With the advent of the 12-inch LP in 1956, record companies quickly recognized the value of turning young female jazz vocalists into commercial pop singers. Bigger record covers meant glossier photos and increased sales. In the months after her 10-inch record with Clifford Brown, Helen Merrill was nudged by EmArcy Records toward minks-and-drinks album concepts: She was depicted as the girl next door, a girl dolled up on a date, a girl in love, and so on. For a time ...

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Sidsel Endresen Interview

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2009

Sidsel Endresen Interview

This interview is part of the book project “under your skin" which will include Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Cindy Blackman, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Matt Waugh, Bob James, Skip Mcdonald, Erika Stucky, Living Colour, Dj Rob Swift, Marilyn Crispell, Dick Griffin, Bill frisell, KutMasta Kurt, Billy Bang, Kahil El'Zabar, Michael Ricci / Allaboutjazz.com, Val-Inc, Chico Freeman, Lonnie Liston Smith, Bobby Watson, Eddie Henderson, Dinosaur Jr, Lydia ...

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