Results for "AAJ Staff"

Warren Haynes Christmas Jam: Steve Miller, Umph, DBT, Gregg Allman

October 13, 2010

GREGG ALLMAN, JOHN BELL, DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, & THE DEBUT OF THE WARREN HAYNES BAND ON DECEMBER 11 Over the past 22 years Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam has blossomed into a tradition held each December in the guitarist's hometown of Asheville, NC. Bringing together both bona fide living legends and some of the best young ...

Trent Reznor Understands Why Fans File-Share Music; Why? Because He Does It Too.

October 13, 2010

In an interview with Drowned In Sound, Trent Reznor talks about his role in the movie The Social Network. Further into the talk, he gave an interesting insight into file-sharing and his understanding of it. He grasps what motivates fans to file-share music, because he does it himself. Rather than considering himself above the topic and ...

Ron Carter and Berklee World Strings Orchestra Perform in Boston on October 14

October 13, 2010

Legendary bassist Ron Carter and the Berklee World String Orchestra are joining forces to perform the music of Oscar Pettiford on Thursday, October 14, 2010, at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. The concert starts at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $15 and can be ordered online. Carter is one of the most widely recorded ...

Video Interview with Tineke Postma

October 13, 2010

The Microscopic Septet - Friday the 13th (Cuneiform, 2010)

October 13, 2010

The Microscopic Septet were a popular band on the downtown New York jazz scene in the 1980's and early 90's before going an extended hiatus. After Cuneiform Records put out some very nice re-issues of their earlier LP's in 2006, the group reunited and cut a comeback album called Lobster Leaps In, and now issue their ...

A Chris Forbes Trajectory.

October 7, 2010

Photo Courtesy Chris Forbes. Chris has become a helpful regular in the comment zone and actually likes to write so I badgered him to go through the profile question ordeal and ...voila. 1. What brought you to music? I was interested in music pretty young according to my mother. She said I always seemed to gravitate ...

Album of the Week: Pucusana, Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet

October 9, 2010

Pucusana Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet Saponegro Reecords Transformation is an inevitable reality in the jazz world; regardless of where an artist starts musically, their sound will change throughout their journey. There are too many factors that creep into a musician's life throughout their career—at some point, something will inspire new directions in ...

The Jazz Session #206: Jon Irabagon

October 12, 2010

An Interview with Doc Severinsen

October 12, 2010

I was fortunate enough to interview Doc Severinsen last week by telephone, reaching him before a concert on the road in Columbus, Ohio. Below are two links. The first is a short 5 1/2 minute produced piece featuring highlights from his interview as well as music, and audio from The Tonight Show. The second link is ...

MTT: Alternative Ways to Create a Career in Music

October 9, 2010

Jonathan Ostrow (@miccontrol), the cofounder of MicControl, has written a post about the different ways to create a sustainable career in music. With the changes in the music industry, many artists must figure out how to maintain a career. Musicians can find great opportunities in various areas such as: music licensing, live performance, music production, freelance ...