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MEET THE STAFF April 30, 2013

Meet Esther Berlanga Ryan

I currently live in: San Jose, CA I joined All About Jazz in: 2009 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I mainly wanted to give musicians a chance to be heard. And there is nothing like asking a question and hearing the artist go, “Wow... let me think about that one." Most become like family to me, and we remain in contact. I love jazz, it defines me. So doing this makes ...

MEET THE STAFF April 24, 2013

Meet Eyal Hareuveni

By AAJ Staff

I currently live in: Jerusalem, IsraelI joined All About Jazz in: 2004What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? At first, All About Jazz provided me a way to express my thoughts, insights and feelings about certain albums that I was listening to, and shared with other friends, online and in private talks. Later I found out that that through All about Jazz I coud get to know some of my favorite musicians, get ...

MEET THE STAFF April 24, 2013

Meet Hrayr Attarian

By AAJ Staff

I currently live in: Oak Park, IL I joined All About Jazz in: 2006 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I have grown up on jazz and it has been one of my passions. At one point in time I had considered being a full time writer. When I decided to merge my two avocations I was looking for an appropriate outlet. My wife found All About Jazz one evening and brought ...

MEET THE STAFF April 18, 2013

Meet David Wayne

By AAJ Staff

I currently live in: Santa Fe, NM I joined All About Jazz in: 2004 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I am a music fanatic. I play the drums. I was involved in college radio for years and I'd love to do a show again. Maybe when I retire! I like to write. It's not easy or natural for me, in fact it's quite painstaking, but I like it. Music ...

MEET THE STAFF April 17, 2013

Meet Maxim Micheliov

By AAJ Staff

I currently live in: Vilnius, Lithuania

I joined All About Jazz in: 2010

What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? My professional background is in web marketing, and I connected with Michael Ricci through Chris Rich, who encouraged me to submit my first article “Howard Riley: Five Decades in Music." High visibility for my article was a strong consideration, so I felt AAJ was a good fit. Currently the article has ...

MEET THE STAFF April 13, 2013

Meet Geoff Anderson

By AAJ Staff

I currently live in: Littleton, CO I joined All About Jazz in: 2007 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? It all started at a concert by George Brooks and his band Summit at the Boulder Theater around 2002. The band featured tabla maestro Zakir Hussain as well as guitarist Fareed Haque. Brooks played tenor sax, Steve Smith was on trap drums and Kai Eckhardt played bass. The music was a unique combination ...

MEET THE STAFF March 31, 2013

Meet Dom Minasi

By AAJ Staff

I currently live in: New York, NYI joined All About Jazz in: 2012What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? All About Jazz is the first thing I read in the morning, there is a wealth of information and I thought as a working musician I could offer a particular point of view on topics where I have experience.How do you contribute to All About Jazz? I have a column called On ...