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Article: Interview

Bern Nix: A History In Harmolodics

by AAJ Staff
August 24, 2009

New York-based free jazz guitarist Bern Nix is one of the few people who are well-versed in Ornette Coleman's “harmolodics" style. He played with Coleman from 1975-1987, and now leads the Bern Nix Trio in New York City. In his compositions and his intriguing covers of standards, he is always looking in the corners of the ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Christian

July 29, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Christian's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Charlie ChristianCharlie Christian - electric guitar (1916-1942) As the man who popularized the guitar in a jazz setting, his legacy lives on. Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916 in Bonham... more ...

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Article: Album Review

Attila Zoller Trio: Common Cause

Read "Common Cause" reviewed by Mike Neely

by Mike Neely
May 25, 2009

Among the legions of neglected jazz guitar players, the late Attila Zoller is one of the best. Enja's reissue of Common Cause presents all the evidence needed to make the case. Bassist Ron Carter and drummer Joe Chambers round out this fine trio recording, one that suggests a reassessment of Zoller is long overdue. ...

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Article: Album Review

Ximo Tebar: Steps

Read "Steps" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 19, 2009

Steps, by guitarist extraordinaire Ximo Tebar, may be his most deceptive yet. At first blush, it appears to channel the funky grooves of latter-day Miles Davis and Marcus Miller. But then, with complex melodic invention and accelerated rhythmic accentuation it soon becomes evident that this music embodies an ebullient sound of surprise. If anything, Tebar channels ...

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Article: Album Review

Erik Soderlind: Twist For Jimmy Smith

Read "Twist For Jimmy Smith" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
May 13, 2009

Erik Söderlind is a young man in no particular hurry. Not yet 30, he plays jazz guitar with supreme assurance, and on his debut album Twist For Jimmy Smith, he has put together a lovely, leisurely paced, always swinging collection of standards and originals that deserves worldwide recognition. Of course, he's unlikely to get it. We ...

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Article: Album Review

Oren Neiman: Frolic and Detour

Read "Frolic and Detour" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
April 12, 2009

Sometimes, the best way to renew tradition is to go back to it, which is exactly what Oren Neiman has done on Frolic and Detour, an album that finds the guitarist digging deep into his Israeli roots while still remaining true to the instrumental voice he established on First Of All (Self Published, 2007). Neiman still ...

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Article: Interview

John di Martino: Piano Man In/On Demand

by Marcia Hillman
March 31, 2009

John di Martino is a New York area based pianist, composer, arranger and Venus recording artist. He is a sought after musical director and is in demand by many singers as an accompanist, having accompanied such singers as Jon Hendricks, Sylvia Sims, Diane Schuur and Billy Eckstine. His talents as a pianist and arranger can be ...

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Article: Interview

Julian Lage: Stepping Into the Limelight

by R.J. DeLuke
March 23, 2009

A documentary film made in 1996 centers on an eight year-old guitarist who is already a professional and how he mixes that life with everything else, like family and being a kid. At one point, he's shown playing the guitar behind his neck, a la Jimi Hendrix, adroitly picking a melodic line. At another, he lays ...

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Article: Interview

Jim Hall: The Elegant Guitarist

by R.J. DeLuke
March 16, 2009

There's good news and better news for the many fans of guitar great Jim Hall--counted among them a number of established guitarists who are, themselves, eminent. It would be hard to find a guitarist who doesn't look up to Hall and whose playing has not been influenced by him in some way. Players relish Hall's rich ...

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Article: Talkin' Blues

Derek Trucks: Moving Forward, Back Where He Started

by Alan Bryson
February 24, 2009

Over the past few years guitarist Derek Trucks has been on the cover of Down Beat and Rolling Stone; he's been profiled in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal; he's toured with Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana; he's guested on recordings with J.J. Cale, Elvin Bishop, Buddy Guy, David Sanborn and Nashville dobro ...