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Interview with New York Music Director David J. Hahn
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MusicianWages.com
David J. Hahn is a music director and pianist in New York City. He toured as the conductor of Leonard Bernstein's Wonderful Town (2007 revival, North American tour) and has music directed regionally throughout the United States. He has music directed new works and readings at Playwrights Horizons, New Dramatists and the Laurie Beechman Theater and made his music directing debut at Town Hall in 2010. Dave worked as the Assistant Music Director at the New York Stage and Film ...
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Pianist James Lent Interviewed at All About Jazz
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John Kelman
He may not be well-known, but Los Angeles-based pianist, Dr. James Lent has been a mainstay at The Other Side, in the city's Silverlake area, for nearly a decade. He's also not particularly well-recorded, with only one album, 2000's self-produced Blue, to date. But Lent, like so many hard-working musicians for whom the playing's the thing, continues to hone his craft each and every week at the club, helps inspire others as an educator—and, living in LA, had the opportunity ...
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Pianist Roberta Piket Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!
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DL Media
Roberta Piket is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger with an exceptional range of expression. In the same tune or performance, she moves fluidly between bebop, hard bop, blues, soft and mellow, up-tempo, contrapuntal, and advanced harmonic motifs, making it all come together in meaningful, coherent statements of ideas and emotions. Truly a contemporary player, pushing the envelope, among her accomplishments are eight CDs as a leader, a vocal composition based on the poems of Vladimir Nabokov, performances at some ...
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Dr Cal's Hour of Insight Featuring Mwalim - Monday 2/28 - 4PM
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Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor
NEW YORK—On this Monday at 4PM (EST) Dr. Cal's Hour of Insight, the interviews continue with the music of Mwalim (Wal-leem), playwright and Associated Professor of English & African American Studies at UMass Dartmouth. He has won many Awards. Call in at 4PM (EST) and speak with Mwalim (Wal-leem) on (760) 542-3931. Dr Cal, musician, producer and radio personality has been hosting his show since November 2010. Dr Cal's Hour of Insight offers interviews with established and up and coming ...
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Sonny Rollins Strives for Perfection, Recalls Freezing on "The Bridge"
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All About Jazz @ Spinner
Born in 1930, Sonny Rollins grew up in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem and has been at the center of the jazz universe ever since. The saxophonist fell in love with the playing of Coleman Hawkins (who lived in his neighborhood) and Charlie Parker and came to be tutored by the great Thelonious Monk. He played with legends like Miles Davis and Bud Powell before he was 20, and went on to become a legend himself, recording such classic ...
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Jazzsnap: Buddy and Conte (1947)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
JazzWax has come into possession of some amazing digital jazz photos from the 1940s. What makes these images special is that many were snapshots taken by a woman named Betty who was and remains crazy about jazz and jazz musicians. In fact, Betty was friends with many of her subjects. She also had a remarkable eye for composition, and she positioned her camera lens up close. Through her photos, you get a vivid sense of her subjects' ambition, charm and ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Arturo O'Farrill (Part 3)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
Entry points into jazz area vital part of the relationship between musicians and the general audience. As jazz moves further out of popular culture, artists need to find a way to invite listeners back into the fold. In doing this, they need to reach beyond the academic beauty of jazz, and create the bridge between hearing and really feeling the music. At the same time, these entry points need to be natural and honest, maintaining the music's integrity. It takes ...
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