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Take Five With Barb Januszkiewicz
by AAJ Staff
Meet Barb Januszkiewicz: I am a painter who uses music in my work. I love jazz because it adds color to everything. I was first exposed to jazz by dad. I met Dave Liebman, and that everything changed for me because he showed me how we could mix jazz and art togetherreal fusion. He ...
Maud Hixson: Don't Let A Good Thing Get Away
by David Bittinger
This collection of songs by veteran composer Michael Leonard has deep roots but contemporary character. It was laid down in New York's legendary Nola Recording Studio, whose clients have included Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. The outstanding instrumentalists--cornetist Warren Vache, bassist Steve LaSpina, guitarist Gene Bertoncini, and pianist/arranger Tex Arnold--have worked with such luminaries as Benny ...
Take Five With Josh Brown
by AAJ Staff
Meet Josh Brown:Josh made the move to New York in the early 2000s. He quickly began establishing his name as an up-and-coming jazz trombonist, studying with jazz greats Slide Hampton, Steve Davis, and Barry Harris by day, while cutting his teeth on the local scene at night. Aside from his work as a leader, ...
Man Overboard: All Hands On Deck
by Bruce Lindsay
Swing. But which swing? According to London-based quintet Man Overboard, debut album All Hands On Deck is full of Hot Vintage Swing." According to Duke Ellington, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. Which begs the crucial question, does Man Overboard have that swing?Man Overboard (not to be confused with ...
Dot Time Records: Placing the Artist in the Center
by Jakob Baekgaard
One of the problems with the record industry is the potential distance between label owners and artists. This is especially the case with major labels, where there are many people involved in music production who care more about sales than the vision of the artist. Then there's a label like Dot Time Records ...
Washington, D.C. Reclaims its Role as a Jazz Destination
by Paula Phillips
Oxygen for the Ears: Living Jazz Oxygen for the Ears is a 2012 award-winning documentary film depicting the vibrancy of the jazz scene in the nation's capital. Made in three years by German-born astrophysicist Stefan Immler, the 94-minute documentary shows the city's key role in the past, present and future of jazz and is gaining attention ...
All About Sonny
by Dom Minasi
I bet you thought I meant Sonny Rollins. When you hear the name Sonny, it's usually synonymous with Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Fortune or even Sonny Sharrock; all of them jazz heroes. But there is a Sonny you probably have never heard of before who is a super hero.Who is he? His name ...
The Dixie Ticklers: Standing Pat
by Bruce Lindsay
The Dixie Ticklers play New Orleans jazz. The band's press release puts it even more emphatically: debut album Standing Pat is an in depth study of New Orleans jazz." If that phrase sends out alarm bells and anxieties about overly-reverential treatments of tired old trad standards, fear not. Because Standing Pat isn't really an in depth ...
Tio Family Clarinet Dynasty This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
It’s the story of The Tio Family, a New Orleans clarinet dynasty, this week on Riverwalk Jazz. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band welcomes Evan Christopher, a dynamic New Orleans-based clarinetist and student of early jazz. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from ...
Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri, Enrico Rava, Rock Candy Funk Party & Michael Hashim
by Martin Longley
Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri The Rubin Museum Of Art June 7, 2013 This was the first in a three-part series where the Rubin's acoustic-only theatre was taken over by artists from the ECM label, all of them celebrating the release of new albums. It was an ...


