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News: Recording

In Studio with Kyle Eastwood

September 19, 2010

As the son of actor/director/jazz fan, Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood grew up listening to jazz. In this performance-interview hosted by Abe Beeson, Kyle talks a childhood trip to The Monterey Jazz Festival and how hearing the Count Basie Big Band that day inspired him to become a bassist. For the past few years, Eastwood's home base ...

News: TV / Film

Oct 7 - Screening of Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense

September 19, 2010

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense film screening presented by the Bellevue Jazz Festival Thursday, October 7th at 7:30 p.m. Theatre at Meydenbauer Center 11100 NE 6th Street, Downtown Bellevue $10 advance admission ($12 at the door). $5 student admission online and at the door. Purchase advance tickets through Brown ...

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News: Performance / Tour

And then Miles Davis and John Lennon Started Playing Basketball....

September 19, 2010

There's this most excellent footage floating around the 'net of a John Lennon / Yoko Ono party from 1972 that features Andy Warhol, Phil Spector and Miles Davis. The 16mm color film was shot by filmmaker Jonas Mekas (the date was specifically October 9, 1972). Great. Party footage. Looks like they had fun. Good for them. ...

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News: Recording

Erik Friedlander - Fifty: 50 Miniatures for Improvising Quintet (2010)

September 19, 2010

By Pico Cello virtuoso Erik Friedlander must have found a second wind at 50 years old because yesterday he released his second album of all new material as many months. The album, incidentally, is called Fifty: 50 Miniatures For Improvising Quintet and in Friedlander's typically atypical fashion, it introduces a concept he hadn't tried on any ...

News: Opinion

Fear and Confidence-the Jazz Tight Rope

September 19, 2010

By Steve Provizer If you're an improviser who completely lacks confidence, you'll never get out of the practice room, but if you have no fear, you won't find The Edge. Most of us struggle to find a balance between the two. Some people have no fear in a studio, but freeze up in front of audiences. ...

News: Music Industry

AEG Responds to Jackson Family Lawsuit...

September 19, 2010

AEG Live is now slamming a Jackson family lawsuit as both unsubstantiated and without merit. The suit, filed by MJ's mom Katherine Jackson, accuses AEG of creating the conditions that led to Michael's death. But AEG pointed out that Dr. Conrad Murray—now battling charges of involuntary manslaughter—was hired by Michael, not AEG, and the responsibility ended ...

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Article: Live Review

Bill Frisell At The Stone

by AAJ Staff
September 18, 2010

Bill FrisellThe StoneNew York CitySeptember 7, 2010 Bill Frisell has captured the imagination of music fans of many types, since his first records in the 1980s. He is the world's favorite alternative take on guitar. Yet, he may be, instead, the next step in guitar rather than another side of ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Tomisheep

by AAJ Staff
September 18, 2010

Meet Tamas Barany (aka Tomisheep):I am a pianist/keyboardist, arranger and sound designer, based in Montreal, Canada, working predominantly as a composer of theme music and soundtracks for cinema, television, and advertising. I am also an independent artist/composer--just released Rhodes Trip under my own name--and perform sometimes as a guest pianist-keyboardist for other artists.

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Ben Syversen

by AAJ Staff
September 17, 2010

Meet Ben Syversen:During the nearly three years he has lived in Brooklyn, Ben has immersed himself fully in all that the city has to offer. In addition to performing with well established improvising musicians such as bassist Reuben Radding, he has been an active participant in the Balkan music scene, performing regularly with Raya ...

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Take Five With Todd Clouser

by AAJ Staff
September 16, 2010

Meet Todd Clouser:A young, genre-defying guitarist, composer, and writer, Berklee graduate Todd Clouser is an accomplished musician across the modern jazz and rock spectrum, leading a unique path to recognition as an up-and-coming act, finding his own voice performing with musicians from Keb' Mo' to Downtown NYC jazz legend, Steven Bernstein.Clouser's impassioned ...