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Lonnie Plaxico: Being Your Own Bird

by George Colligan
October 20, 2013

Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] Electric and acoustic bassist Lonnie Plaxico has been on the jazz scene in New York since 1980. He is on hundreds of recordings with everyone from Art Blakey, Cassandra Wilson, Jack Dejohnette, to Ravi Coltrane. He has 13 CDs as a leader, ...

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Jerome Harris: Guitar and Bass Doubler

by George Colligan
October 19, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]Jerome Harris is a highly underrated musician. He's proficient doubler on bass and guitar; he's been a regular on the former with Jack DeJohnette and the latter with Sonny Rollins. Add to that he's got a wonderful singing voice, and has also ...

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Brad Tolinski: Jimmy Page is a Complicated Interview

by Nenad Georgievski
October 19, 2013

For more than two decades, Brad Tolinski has been the editor in chief of some of the most popular and successful music magazines in the world: Guitar World Magazine, Guitar Aficionado and Revolver. In 2012 these three magazines were purchased by publisher NewBay Media and shortly after that he was named Editorial Director of the Music ...

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Tom Guarna: Mad Scientist

by George Colligan
October 18, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] I've known Brooklyn-born guitarist Tom Guarna for maybe twelve years, give or take. He used to literally live around the corner from my apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We worked together in a band that drumming phenomenon Rodney Holmes had put ...

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Josh Ginsburg: Intent

by George Colligan
October 17, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] I've been playing with bassist Josh Ginsburg off and on for about a decade. I always liked his healthy, muscular sound on the upright double bass, and his approach to soloing stuck me as virtuosic without sacrificing the bottom of the ...

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Greg Tardy: Wherever He Wants Me

by George Colligan
October 16, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] This past August, I did a concert with The Greg Tardy Quintet at Small's Jazz Club in New York City. The performance was significant in that it was the first time (except for one other gig earlier in the month) that ...

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David Berkman: Anecdotes

by George Colligan
October 15, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] David Berkman is a jazz pianist who in the past few decades has played with many of the major names in jazz, including Tom Harrell, Cecil McBee, and the Vanguard Orchestra. He has released a number of CDs on the Palmetto ...

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George Cables: The Pianist’s Dedication to the Group

by Victor L. Schermer
October 14, 2013

Anyone who is serious about jazz will tell you that George Cables belongs in the pantheon of the greatest jazz pianists. Everyone, that is, except George Cables. Exceptional in every way, he is yet a team player. He sees himself as part of the rhythm section, and has always emphasized the group over the soloist. He ...

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"Baida": Ralph Alessi ci racconta il suo nuovo disco per la ECM

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 14, 2013

Trombettista schivo, ma con le idee sempre chiare -supportate da un talento cristallino -Ralph Alessi sbarca in casa ECM con un disco che potrebbe riuscire nel sempre più difficile intento di piacere, come si diceva una volta, “a critica e pubblico," agli ascoltatori in cerca di suoni coraggiosi come a quelli più legati alla tradizione.

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Jeff Ballard: Paid Dues

by George Colligan
October 11, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] I recently did some teaching in the U.K. at the Birmingham Conservatoire; I was the lone guest clinician/guest performer. Last year, roughly around the same time of year, I teamed up with drumming great Jeff Ballard. I had kind of forgotten ...