Interview News

Liane Hansen Interviews Charmaine Clamor on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, November 11th 8:45 AM to 9:00 Am Est

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 9, 2007

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Pianist Michael Wolff Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 8, 2007

The idea of music as communication is as old as music itself, and has become just about as clichd as some of its referents. Igor Stravinsky once opined that music was powerless to communicate anything. And, truth be told, the number of active instrumentalists who can successfully communicate thoughts, feelings, concepts and dogmas without words is significantly smaller than the number of those who believe they can. Even many vocalists and lyricists aren't as adept at getting things across as ...

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Saxophonist Azar Lawrence Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 6, 2007

One of the brightest young stars of the late seventies, saxophonist Azar Lawrence found regular employment with Elvin Jones, Miles Davis and McCoy Tyner, to name a rarified few. After burning his way through three solo albums, his name dropped from the jazz annals until his recent reemergence in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.

AAJ contributor Rex Butters spoke with Lawrence about his past work, current projects and where he's heading.

Check out Azar Lawrence: Rising Like Atlantis at AAJ today! ...

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Sue Graham Mingus, Torch-Bearer for the Legacy of Charles Mingus, Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2007

Charles Mingus was a larger than life figure on the music scene, crashing. Volatile. Complex. Swinging. Intense. Delicate. Raucous and joyous. Depending on who you talk to, and maybe even what day, different images might be conjured up. Different words used to describe him by those who knew and performed with him.

In addition to all the albums made when he was alive, recordings have been cropping up and repertory bands are taking the music all over the world. That ...

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Percussionist Steve Berrios Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2007

Steve Berrios is an innovative drummer/percussionist well-known to aficionados of Latin jazz. His groundbreaking work with Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band, numerous sessions as a sideman, as well as his two solo albums - First World (Milestone, 1995) and the Grammy-nominated And Then Some (Milestone, 1995) - show a body of work that is a unique amalgam of hard bop, Latin jazz and Afro-Caribbean folkloric rhythms.

With a swing feel as greasy as Elvin Jones, a vast knowledge ...

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Guitarist Alex Machacek, Bassist Matt Garrison and Drummer Jeff Sipe Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 29, 2007

Alex Machacek, Matt Garrison and Jeff Sipe have been responsible for some of the greatest moments in electric jazz since the turn of the new millennium.

So too, has Abstract Logix, the brainchild of Souvik Dutta, changed the landscape for this music since 2005, growing from a mere storefront into label and clearinghouse, to the point that the name is now synonymous with what fusion has become. With the release of the Machacek/Sipe/Garrison collaboration, Improvision (2007), comes another transformation; Dutta ...

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Vocalist Luciana Souza Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 25, 2007

Is Luciana Souza on the verge of reinventing bossa nova? A careful look at The New Bossa Nova (Verve, 2007), may well provide the answer to this question, as the Brazilian-born singer aims to present classic pop tunes with a bossa nova feeling. It's a kind of whispering, Luciana says; a whispering in a loud world.

AAJ Contributor Joao Moreira dos Santos spoke with Souza about The New Bossa Nova, and applying its minimalist aesthetic to a variety of well-known ...

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Drummer Chico Hamilton Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 25, 2007

An educator, performer, film score composer/actor, drummer and bandleader, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master (2004) and Kennedy Center Living Jazz Master Chico Hamilton is still going strong.

His always compelling music defies genre and manages to reach new audiences through works like the newly restored Original Ellington Suite (Blue Note, 2000) and Hamiltonia. (Joyous Shout!, 2007).

Hamilton took some time out of his busy schedule to talk with AAJ Contributor Maxwell Chandler about where he has been and ...

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