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Take Five With Dylan Kay

by AAJ Staff
February 16, 2010

Meet Dylan Kay: Bandleader and guitarist Dylan Kay was educated at Berklee College of Music, the Guitar Institute and Oxford University. He has studied with some of the world's finest jazz teachers, including Mick Goodrick, Hal Crook, David Tronzo, Tim Miller and Richie Hart. Dylan has performed extensively in Boston, USA and throughout the UK, leading ...

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Take Five With Thomas McElroy

by AAJ Staff
February 15, 2010

Meet Thomas McElroy:Started playing at the age of 16 with classical lessons. Studied at Cornish Institute from 1979-1981. Left Cornish to go on the road. Moved to Dallas Texas and gigged with James Clay Marshall Ivery and Red Garland. Moved back to Seattle and have worked with everyone in town at one point or ...

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Take Five With Frank Barton

by AAJ Staff
February 14, 2010

Meet Frank Barton:Active in music since the 1980s, Frank is currently recording and playing music in Hawaii. In 2009, he recorded “Kodiak Shoreline" in Alaska- a collection of original instrumental compositions. He is the electric guitarist for the New York based band Funky Blue Muskrats--playing a mix of original material and songs by artists ...

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Take Five With Skii Harvey

by AAJ Staff
February 13, 2010

Meet Skii Harvey:Skii Harvey has been a life long singer/songwriter. Her voice has stopped the likes of Sting and Ricky May in their tracks but it is her songwriting that she holds most dear. Her second album Foolish Girl is a true journey, a journey in music and the story of a journey in ...

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Take Five With Stephan Earl

by AAJ Staff
February 12, 2010

Meet Stephan Earl:Embodying elements of Jazz, Rock, Down-tempo and New Age, composer / producer Stephan Earl's music flows across stylistic boundaries yet is focused on the principals of melody, harmony and rhythm. Enchanting and thought-provoking, Stephan composes music that is harmonically interesting and complex, yet accessible to the average listener. His music is the ...

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Take Five With The Rosenberg Trio

by AAJ Staff
February 11, 2010

Meet The Rosenberg Trio:After learning as gipsy boys do, by ear and restless practice since childhood days, Stochelo Rosenberg, Nonnie Rosenberg and Nous'che Rosenberg have become The Rosenberg Trio, the world's most prestigious and longest running band in the Style of Django Reinhardt. Stéphane Grappelli himself adopted them, toured and recorded with them, whom ...

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Take Five With Zack Albetta

by AAJ Staff
February 10, 2010

Meet Zack Albetta: Since coming to Kansas City in 2003, Zack has been active throughout the Midwest as a performer, composer/arranger, educator, author, adjudicator and clinician. His performance credits to date include Angela Hagenbach, The Kansas City Symphony, The Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Stan Kessler, The 18th & Vine Big Band, Mark Lowrey, Shay Estes, and ...

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Take Five With Kathy Sanborn

by AAJ Staff
February 7, 2010

Meet Kathy Sanborn: Known for her velvet voice, Kathy Sanborn performs her own original smooth jazz and adult contemporary songs with an elegance that can take your breath away. A keyboard and pianist, Sanborn composes and produces both jazz instrumentals and vocal tunes. She released her first CD, Peaceful Sounds, ...

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Article: Live From New York

February 2010

by AAJ Staff
February 4, 2010

Jack DeJohnette BirdlandNew York, NY January 5, 2010When Jack DeJohnette hires double-neck guitarist David Fuze" Fiuczynski and acclaimed altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa as the frontline in his new quintet, he's probably signaling an intention to shred. The legendary drummer did exactly that when he debuted the new Jack DeJohnette Group at ...

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Article: Album Review

Frank Glover: Politico

by AAJ Staff
February 4, 2010

First released independently but now re-released by Owl Studios, classically trained clarinetist Frank Glover's Politico is a smashing debut; an atmospheric, concatenated narrative. The clarinet is a peculiar wind instrument with a smooth, sometimes guttural sound that's either loved or hated. Not as bold as a trumpet, it could get overwhelmed in ...