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John Scofield Interview: Talkin' Blues

Source: Alan Bryson
April 6, 2011

John Scofield is one of the world's most influential and respected guitarists, a musician and composer who has worked with many of the greatest names in jazz: Chet Baker, Gary Burton, Billy Cobham, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan and scores of others. His 30 plus solo recordings have taken his fans on a remarkably wide-ranging musical journey—from straight ahead jazz, bebop, and fusion, to funky experimental outings with Medeski, Scofield, Martin, and Wood, and even gospel jazz ...

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Interview: Ralph Carmichael (Part 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 6, 2011

Ralph Carmichael has arranged for Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Stan Kenton, Jack Jones, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Al Martino, Roger Williams and Sue Raney. But he is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Nat King Cole between 1960 and the singer's death in 1965. In fact, each holiday season you hear Carmichael's stereo arrangement of Cole's The Christmas Song. In Part 1 of my three-part conversation with Ralph, 83, on Cole, the arranger talks about growing up in three ...

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Latin Jazz Conversations: Alexa Weber Morales (Part 1)

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
April 6, 2011

We all have natural predispositions towards certain activities and they often have a way of working their way into our everyday lives. It's hard to predict where a person will go when they are exploring the world as a child, but it's easy to say that the things that repeatedly fall in their path will have some effect. In some cases, these things are a reflection of their parents' interests that squeeze through to their children. Other times a child ...

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Kurt Elling Puts Jazz Spin on Classic Rock With Producer Don Was

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
April 5, 2011

The first time we came across Kurt Elling was in June of 1997 during a guerilla campaign of gigs in the Northeast over a six-week stretch. It was towards the end of that run and the singer was walking with crutches after a hiking mishap. His iconoclast reputation as a divinity school dropout (one credit short of his Masters degree) only seemed to be heightened by the incongruent idea of a jazz singer performing in a dingy East Village rock ...

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Gretchen Parlato Finds "Peace of Mind" as a New Breed of Jazz Diva

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
April 5, 2011

Gretchen Parlato is not your stereotypical jazz diva. You won't see this singer up on stage dressed in a prom dress, and her beautiful voice doesn't have the impressive range of other some singers out there. With a short asymmetrical haircut and a hip fashion sense, her look is her own. Nonetheless, it is Parlato's voice that stands out. She has singular ear for rhythm and phrasing, texture and subtlety. Her sweet spot is a breathy whisper that beckons with ...

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Pat Metheny Striking up the Band

Source: Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
April 5, 2011

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Jimmy Cobb interview - Royal Blue

Source: underyourskin
April 4, 2011

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Bridge over Troubled Water

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 4, 2011

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel don't get enough credit for their contribution to American music. Their recordings from the '60s are rarely played today, never covered and largely viewed as adolescent folk-rock relics from days gone by. They weren't as dramatic as John and Paul, not nearly as menacing as Mick and Keith, not as angry or as cryptic as Bob, not as sexy as Sonny and Cher or as swingy as Denny, John, Michelle and Cass. In listening back, ...

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