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Joe McBride: Lookin' for a Change
by Woodrow Wilkins
There is The Great American Songbook, that vast repertoire of songs culled from musicals, vintage jazz and early rock--songs that have been tapped dozens of times by artists young and old. It gets to the point that whenever the word “cover" is mentioned, eyes roll and stomachs begin to turn. So it's a pleasant change of ...
Up Close Personal with Tommy Lipuma
Three-Time Grammy Winner And Pop And Jazz Producer To Discuss Platinum Record Success, Hosted By National Public Radio's Ashley Kahn. Exclusive interview with Grammy-winning pop and jazz producer and Verve Music Group Chairman Emeritus Tommy LiPuma (Anita Baker, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, The Story) moderated Ashley Kahn, NPR's Morning Edition and author of Kind of Blue: ...
J.D. Walter: Being a Verb
by Victor L. Schermer
J.D. Walter is a jazz singers' singer--a purist and an innovator. Although his style has been compared to many vocal titans, it is in the same breath, uniquely his own, and he has become a singular phenomenon on the music scene. Respected and lauded by the great musicians of the contemporary circuit, ...
Take Five With April Hall
by AAJ Staff
Meet April Hall:April Hall, a Florida native, has roots steeped in southern tradition, music and culture. Her deep roots in southern gospel and blues combine with urban soulfulness and sophistication, to create music that's pure, gutsy, and unmistakably authentic. In 1993 April graduated from the Berklee College of Music, where ...
Ann Hampton Callaway: At Last
by Woodrow Wilkins
It takes a certain degree of nerve to take on “At Last," Mack Gordon and Harry Warren's classic ballad. Etta James' definitive recording is the standard by which most--if not all--renderings are judged. Singer Ann Hampton Callaway has that nerve, and then some. Callaway, a performer in the Broadway musical Swing!, composed and ...
Gary Husband: There were these three Yorkshiremen...
by Ian Patterson
Gary Husband has long cemented his reputation as one of fusion's premier drummers--hell, even Billy Cobham thought two was better than one and hired him as a second drummer. Husband's flexibility has seen him drum in the NDR Big Band, with jazz-funk outfit Level 42, and in a trio format with guitarist Robin Trower and bassist ...
Grammy Winner Al Jarreau Headlines "All That Jazz" Weekend at the Grove Park Inn
Al Jarreau, Kevin Mahogany & The Godfathers of Groove, The Cyrus Chestnut Trio, Bonnie Bramlett and Vince Lewis will perform at The Grove Park Inn ASHEVILLE, N.C. (January, 2009) - The seventeenth annual “All That Jazz" weekend at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa will bring legendary jazz artists to Asheville, North Carolina, January 30 ...
Grammy Winner Al Jarreau Headlines at All That Jazz Weekend
The seventeenth annual “All That Jazz" weekend at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa will bring legendary jazz artists to Asheville, North Carolina, January 30 -31. For two days of concerts with seven-time GRAMMY award winner Al Jarreau, DownBeat magazine's “Male Vocalist Of The Year" Kevin Mahogany, Cyrus Chestnut, Bonnie Bramlett, Vince Lewis and many ...
