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Tia Fuller: Stepping Forward Decisively
by R.J. DeLuke
For saxophonist Tia Fuller, becoming a musician, and concentrating on jazz, seems almost preordained. After all, she came from a musical family who loved and performed jazz. She started playing piano at the age of 3. Music has always been in her life. Then there's that family video where, at age 9, asked what ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Christian McBride
All About Jazz is celebrating Christian McBride's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Christian McBrideThe finest musicians to spring from the world of jazz have clearly had an advantage when it comes to branching into other genres of music. Their mastery of composition... more Website | ...
Take Five With Jason Hammers
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jason Hammers:Originally from Gaithersburg, MD, Jason Hammers grew up in Stafford, VA where began his musical journey on the alto saxophone at age 11. While a student at Stafford Senior High School, he was named to numerous All-County and All-District Bands and had established himself as a featured soloist with the school's jazz ...
Manhattan Jazz Venues
REZ ABBASI'S ACOUSTIC QUARTET (Friday) group featuring the vibraphonist Bill Ware, the bassist Stephan Crump and the drummer Eric McPherson. At 9 and 10:30 p.m. Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street, West Village (212) 989-9319 corneliastreetcafe.com MARCO BENEVENTO TRIO (Saturday) ...
Dana Lauren: It's You Or No One
by Dan Bilawsky
At the age of 21, vocalist Dana Lauren has a command of her instrument that many professional singers twice her age would envy. Lauren has a voice that's one part Roberta Gambarini and one part Diana Krall, with a dash of soul thrown in to spice things up, and she puts it good use on this ...
Dave Holland Quintet at Birdland, April 20, 2010
by David Miller
Dave Holland QuintetBirdlandNew York, NYApril 20, 2010The Dave Holland Quintet (DHQ) is one of those rarest of things in jazz--a working group. These days, due to a number of factors (cough$$cough), jazz musicians are spread very thin in terms of the number of projects they participate in. They jump fluidly from ...
Christian McBride & Inside Straight: Kind of Brown
by AAJ Italy Staff
Christian McBride & Inside Straight li avevamo ascoltati in uno dei migliori concerti dell'ultima estate romana [clicca qui per leggerne la recensione]: ritrovare quelle musiche a distanza di mesi in CD è un piacere e una conferma. L'energia vitale e comunicativa di quella serata, lo spessore del pensiero di McBride nell'organizzare il repertorio e arrangiarlo in ...
Christian McBride: Dritto al cuore
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sono anni che apprezziamo e ammiriamo la versatilità di Christian McBride, ed è difficile credere che questo straordinario contrabbassista, nato a Philadelphia, abbia solo 37 anni. Padroneggia uno strumento che per molti è la pura essenza del Jazz, per quel senso di unità e controllo che infonde. Quel che questo (ormai ex-) allievo della Juillard School ...
Dan Pratt Organ Quartet: Toe the Line
by Woodrow Wilkins
Toe the Line is a phrase which signifies unwavering obedience to a doctrine, structure, or rule, but the Dan Pratt Organ Quartet defies such a rule. The group conforms to the rule of playing with flair, but little else. Pratt, who plays tenor saxophone, was a member of the Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Star Band, ...
Resonance Records: Non-Profit Jazz Label with a Mission
by Samuel Chell
It's a story often heard before: musically, these are the best and worst of times. Only this time, in 2010, it seems different. Even as the pool of fresh talent expands, jazz continues to witness a dearth of venues along with the slump in CD sales. Uncounted numbers of talented musicians, young and otherwise, are reduced ...
