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Yuwen Peng: Putting a Spin on Sizhukong
by Ian Patterson
Yuwen Peng doesn't like resting on her laurels. The pianist, composer and founder of Taiwanese sextet Sizhukong had already taken a bold step in integrating Western instruments, African music and jazz harmonies with traditional Taiwanese and Chinese folk songs on Sizhukong's self-titled debut recording in 2007. The follow-up to that, Paper Eagle (Sizhukong Records, 2009), followed ...
Branford Marsalis: Confident MF Playin’ Tunes
by R.J. DeLuke
Musicians evolve, and so do bands, if they're allowed to stay together long enough to develop their musical relationships--that certain chemistry. Such is the case with Branford Marsalis, the outstanding saxophonist who has been through so much in his storied career. It's also the case with his band, which he has kept together, with few personnel ...
Li Gao Yang: Locks, Stock and Smoking Barrel
by Ian Patterson
With dreadlocks tumbling over his shoulders, Li Gao Yang already cuts a striking figure. When he's on stage blowing his tenor saxophone and leading his quartet with quiet assurance, the impact is all the greater. Chinese jazz stars are few and far between, at home or abroad, but already this unassuming musician from Beijing has appeared ...
Sulle tracce di Michel: intervista a Tommaso Starace
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il saxofonista italo-australiano Tommaso Starace è tra i giovani musicisti più in vista nell'ambito mainstream degli ultimi tempi. La sua attività si divide tra due progetti che evidenziano il suo amore per l'Italia e per l'Inghilterra, paese in cui vive attualmente. Di recente è stato premiato al Barga Jazz Contest 2012 ed ha in agenda una ...
Jacqui Sutton: At the Edge of the Frontier
by C. Michael Bailey
Vocalist/bandleader Jacqui Sutton has a vision that was fully realized by the time she started recording. Her vision had a long incubation period, spent in a variety of musical wood sheds all leading to her debut, Billie and Dolly (Toy Blue Typewriter, 2010). And this was only the beginning.All About Jazz: In your press ...
Lavori in corso: intervista a Roberto Ottaviano
by AAJ Italy Staff
Roberto Ottaviano lavora lontano dalla luce dei riflettori. Insegna, si dedica a progetti interessanti, organizza festival e trova anche il tempo per andare a suonare a New York per una serata tributo a Steve Lacy. Ama definirsi freelance, un po' per sfuggire alla consuetudine della routine discografica “registrazione-album-tour promozionale," un po' perché questo gli consente di ...
Interview: James "Jimmy G" Gutzman Of High Brow And The Shades
Q: When and how did High Brow and the Shades form? A: High Brow started the way a lot of bands start — a couple of guys from one band and a couple from another. That was in 1998. The newly-formed band was fortunate in that we had four strong vocalists. We could all sing lead ...
Libera espressionista: intervista a Rossella Cangini
by AAJ Italy Staff
Rossella Cangini ha sviluppato, e continua a rifinire, un'estetica personale del canto. Attraverso un confronto continuo con altre forme d'arte e generi - dal tecnoteatro al jazz, alla libera improvvisazione -, ha tessuto una tela di collaborazioni che rivela una totale assenza di blocchi mentali. I recenti lavori in duo con Claudio Lodati e Fabrizio Elvetico ...
For Americana Recording Artist, Julie Christensen, Cathartic Journey Prompts Album -- Weeds Like Us -- While New Leonard Cohen Biography Marks Her Role In Legendary Career
Julie Christensen'S “WEEDS LIKE US” CD Candidly Reveals a Cathartic Journey of Loss and Survival Bringing “Great Plains Soul” to Acclaimed Career of Americana Singer-Songwriter While Release of New Leonard Cohen Biography Documents Christensen's Pivotal, Musical Role in Legendary Career Los Angeles, CA: It is a busy season for Julie Christensen, whose critically-acclaimed recordings, and longtime ...
