Results for "AAJ Staff"

Take Five With Charley Langer

by AAJ Staff
January 8, 2010

Meet Charley Langer:Intelligent smooth jazz. Think “Phil Woods meets Boney James." So far, the reviews are very positive: “Charley Langer doesn't waste these tracks. If you take the time to listen, each one reveals a different side of his musical personality... What we see here is a jazz musician as jack of all trades, ...

Top Ten "Most Read" and "Most Recommended" CD Reviews: 2009

by AAJ Staff
January 1, 2010

All About Jazz tracks how often a CD Review is read and recommended, and the reviews listed below represent our top ten published from each category in 2009. Top 10 Most Read CD Reviews | Top 100 1.Henry Cow - Henry Cow: The 40th Anniversary ...

Top Ten "Most Read" and "Most Recommended" Articles: 2009

by AAJ Staff
January 1, 2010

All About Jazz tracks how often an article is read and recommended, and the articles listed below represent our top ten published from each category in 2009. Careers in Jazz by Bill Anschell was the clear winner generating over 40,000 page views since August. Top 10 Most Read Articles | Top 100

AAJ's Top 15 Interviews of 2009

by AAJ Staff
December 31, 2009

With nearly 150 interviews published in 2009, AAJ continues to provide the most extensive jazz coverage on the web. We also expanded our interview coverage to include, for those surrounding new CD releases: associated Daily Download tracks; accompanying CD reviews; contest giveaways; and more. As always, AAJ provided coverage of well-known artists ...

Seleno Clarke: Bringing The Music Back To Harlem

by AAJ Staff
December 22, 2009

Seleno ClarkeAmerican Legion248 W. 132nd St., New York City Jazz went east in the 1920s and '30s, moving from New Orleans and Chicago to Harlem. But jazz left Harlem in the 1960s, when it moved to clubs downtown and R&B and rock began to take over. Music in general began to leave; for ...

Vijay Iyer: Into The Mainstream

by AAJ Staff
December 21, 2009

New York-based pianist and composer Vijay Iyer is a rhythmic explorer whose piano trio album Historicity (ACT, 2009) is a cohesive and vibrant record that carries its creator and his colleagues firmly into the mainstream of modern music. The album stems from, among other sources, a succession of striking piano trio influences such as Duke Ellington's ...

Take Five With Brad Keller

by AAJ Staff
December 16, 2009

Meet Brad Keller: Brad Keller has been a professional musician and educator for over seventeen years. His multi-dimensional musical influences range through Jazz and Blues to Bluegrass and Country and continue through Rock, Classical and many varieties of World Music.In April of 2001 Brad co-founded The Creaking Tree String Quartet. The acoustic quartet also ...

December 2009

by AAJ Staff
December 13, 2009

Jesse Stacken and Kurt KnuffkeCornelia Street CafeNew York, NY November 8, 2009When pianist Jesse Stacken and trumpeter Kirk Knuffke played Cornelia Street Café (Nov. 8th) to celebrate their SteepleChase duo release Mockingbird, they surveyed not only Monk and Ellington tunes--the album's focus--but also demanding works by Lennie Tristano and Charles ...

Tampere Jazz Happening 2009

by AAJ Staff
December 10, 2009

Take Five With Michaela Rabitsch

by AAJ Staff
December 6, 2009

Meet Michaela Rabitsch:Michaela Rabitsch, singer, composer and Austria's only and top female jazz trumpet player has released Moods, her third CD together with guitarist Robert Pawlik. Moods presents ten songs that reflect the passion, energy and emotions of their life. This album is their first recording with exclusively original compositions, reflecting the core of ...