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Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier: Travels To The West
by Bruce Lindsay
Guitar duos may not be quite as rare as hen's teeth in the world of jazz, but they're far from common. Yes, there are classic pairings such as Bucky Pizzarelli and George Barnes, or John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner; but given the instrument's ubiquity it's perhaps surprising that there aren't more such partnerships around. On Travels ...
Bruce Kamsinky: Entrepreneur, Businessman, Musical Diplomat
by Bruce Klauber
Saying that Bruce Kaminsky is, after almost 40 years, among the most sought-after bassists on the eastern US coast doesn't even begin to tell the whole story. Or saga, if you will. He maintains that being a musician is synonymous with being an entrepreneur. In line with that, his entrepreneurial activities have focused on ...
Arabic Roots in Blues, Jazz, Rock?
by Fradley Garner
Arabic Roots in Blues, Jazz, Rock? Yes, Says Hofstra ProfDoes Islamic music have anything to do with the blues, jazz and rock? A whole lot, asserts Dr. Hussein Rashid, a native New Yorker who teaches religion at Hofstra University. In a lecture at Southern Methodist University in Texas, Rashid spoke of several waves of ...
Hot Club Of San Francisco On Riverwalk Jazz This Week
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, acouistic guitarist Paul Mehling and the Hot Club of San Francisco join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate the great Gypsy Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. ...
New York City Jazz Guitar Festival 2012
Friday June 1st, Saturday June 2nd and Sunday June 3rd - 2012 At The NYC Jazz Guitar Festival 2012 a consortium of some of the world’s finest Jazz guitarists will perform and celebrate this rich and diverse music. Featured Guitarists: Bucky Pizzarelli, Ed Laub, Peter Bernstein, Gene Bertoncini, Ed Cherry, Ron Affif, Ilya Lushtak, JC Stylles, ...
John (and Bucky) Pizzarelli: First CD with Paul McCartney
by Fradley Garner
John--and Bucky--Pizzarelli's First CD with Paul McCartneyKisses on the Bottom (Hear Music, 2012), the album of vocal standards Paul McCartney always wanted to make with The Beatles, is the knighted bassist/singer's first release in nearly five years. Diana Krall and members of the pianist-arranger's band back him on most tracks. The New York Times ...
Trumpeter Bria Skonberg This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
In his book Preservation Hall, author William Carter asks whether traditional jazz will die out with the current generation, or “re-seed itself?” This week on Riverwalk Jazz, trumpeter Bria Skonberg, one of a new generation of gifted 20-something players, visits the stage of The Landing to perform classic jazz with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. The ...
Tribute To Bass Legend Milt Hinton This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
This week, Riverwalk Jazz presents a legacy broadcast featuring the iconic bassist Milt Hinton in a 1991 performance with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, live at The Landing in San Antoniio. Milt was 81. Milt Hinton used to say, “A person has to have lived to play great jazz…Unless you’ve lived, what could you say on ...
Take Five With Jonathan Smith
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jonathan Smith: Portland, Oregon jazz guitarist, playing in the stylistic tradition of Grant Green. Instrument(s): Guitar.Teachers and/or influences? Dan Balmer, Bruce Forman, and many other great musicians I've had the good fortune to spend time with. A few special influences are: Ingrid Jensen, Benny Green, ...
The 11th Annual Jazz Cruise: January 29-February 5, 2012
by Larry Taylor
Tributes to saxophonist Benny Golson and pianist Oscar Peterson highlighted the 11th annual Jazz Cruise, January 29 to February 5, 2012. As well, stellar performances were turned in by an assemblage of over 80 musicians, onboard for the Holland America cruise of the Caribbean. The spacious Westerdam ship was christened in 2004 and is one of ...
