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Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans
by Jack Bowers
Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...
Joe Morris / Petr Cancura / Luther Gray: Wildlife
by Troy Collins
Widely revered in avant-garde music circles for his innovative approach to the electric guitar, Joe Morris' decision to take up the contrabass in 2002 was initially met with apprehension from certain corners of the new music community. Fears that the singular guitarist might disavow his primary axe have been dispelled, replaced by a burgeoning parallel discography ...
Steve Kuhn: Shimmering Beauty
by Maxwell Chandler
This interview was originally published on All About Jazz on March 2, 2009. Whether it is in his trio, collaborating with vocalists or accompanying an orchestra, pianist Steve Kuhn has always managed to effortlessly defy and combine genres. Whether it is an older recording or one of his newer albums, an inherent ability to ...
Jo Lawry: Singing Sideman
by Jason Crane
Australian vocalist Jo Lawry is quickly establishing herself among the top tier of current jazz vocalists. And she's doing it--at least some of the time--by being a sideman. Lawry hails from Adelaide, Australia. She's been in the U.S. for several years now pursuing advanced degrees in jazz, but she hasn't spent all her time ...
Jazz and Global Music Mix: Conga Kings with Tiempo Libre and John Patitucci, Rufus Reid and Danilo Prez at the Kimmel Center, May 8 and 9
The Kimmel Centers final weekend of jazz concerts for the 2008-09 season includes Miami-based, Cuban-born and internationally renowned artists bringing their own flair of global rhythms to jazz. Click on the name of the artist below for more information on each Kimmel Center performance: Jazz Fridays culminates with Conga Kings and Tiempo Libre performing polyrhythmic Latin ...
Tom Warner: Honoring the Legacy
by Victor L. Schermer
Tom Warner recently replaced Mervon Mehta as vice-president of programming for the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, when the latter took the head position at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Among his eclectic musical tastes, the accessible, warm and articulate Warner has a strong interest in jazz.
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Three: In the Spirit of Family
by John Kelman
Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Three: In the Spirit of Family The Documentary ChannelMay 4, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009In a 2005 AAJ interview, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel bemoaned the loss ...
Take Five With Michele Thomas
by AAJ Staff
Meet Michele Thomas: Messenger, the highly anticipated release by jazz vocalist Michele Thomas features bright new arrangements of Stevie Wonder's most spiritually intimate and socially provocative songs. Album includes: “If It's Magic," “Higher Ground," “Jesus People Of America," “They Won't Go When I Go," and much more. Moved by the current relevance ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time
by John Kelman
Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four ---> Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time The Documentary ChannelApril 27, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009After a promising launch on April 20, 2009, with ...
Luciana Souza to Release "Tide" May 26
Luciana Souza will release her new album Tide, May 26th. In describing her choice of material for Tide, Luciana Souza says “geography and language have played a big part in my life. Feeling uprooted and disoriented, but also aspiring to being centered and calm – a real dichotomy of feelings, but somehow thriving in the memories ...
