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STLJN Interview: Dan Loomis of the Wee Trio on Recording Live at Jazz at the Bistro

February 8, 2013

As mentioned several times before in this space, The Wee Trio (pictured, top left) are in St. Louis this weekend, performing and recording a live album on Friday and Saturday nights at Jazz at the Bistro. Though scheduling complications over the past week rendered fruitless our attempts to connect via phone with bassist and St. Louis ...

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Jeff Sultanof on Robert Farnon, Part 2

February 7, 2013

Robert Farnon composed several film scores, of which the best known is the music for Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951). The trombonist, composer and arranger J.J. Johnson told me that a theme from the film, “Lady Barbara” was one of his favorites. Johnson eventually recorded it with Farnon. We hear a bit of the theme in this ...

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Bill Evans: Molde, Norway

February 7, 2013

Just weeks before his death on September 15, 1980, pianist Bill Evans performed at the Molde Jazz Festival in Norway. Accompanying him in early August were Marc Johnson on bass and Joe LaBarbera on drums. It appears someone generously posted a crystal clear clip of the set a month ago at YouTube—with the trio playing Re: ...

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Donny McCaslin: Lightness and Gravity

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
February 5, 2013

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin seems like a young player, given his energy and inventiveness. But he has been playing jazz for three decades. As a child, he was part of his father's jazz ensemble and a member of his high school jazz band. He led his own bands after moving to New York from his native California, ...

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Eberhard Weber: Positive Pragmatism

by John Kelman
February 4, 2013

There are plenty of positives about getting older: wisdom, maturity and a more balanced outlook are just three of them. But it would be unrealistic to suggest that there aren't a few negatives thrown in there. When bassist Eberhard Weber woke up in his hotel room on the morning of April 23, 2007, in Berlin, Germany, ...

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Mostly Other People Do the Killing: intervista a Moppa Elliott

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 4, 2013

Hanno un nome tanto lungo quanto originale (anche se spesso viene poi ridotto a acronimo per praticità, MOPDTK). Compiono nel 2013 i dieci anni di attività. Sono una delle jazz band più irresistibili, ironiche, citazioniste e contagiose della scena odierna, una vera e propria rivelazione del jazz degli ultimi anni - nonostante i Festival di casa ...

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Jef Lee Johnson: It's Been So Long Since I've Seen with My Eyes

by Phil DiPietro
February 1, 2013

[ Editor's Note: This 2002 article was republished in memory of Jef Lee Johnson who died at age 54 on January 28, 2013. ]Jef Lee Johnson is a true American original and a true American gift to the musical world. Guys like Jef are the embodiment of every reason to use the phrase, “He's ...

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Interview: Anne-Marie Murray

February 1, 2013

Q: When did you begin to sing? Was your family musically active? Describe the environment in which you were raised. A: I began to sing in a golden childhood by the ocean in Newfoundland. My parents were singers in the choir and teachers of literature so I heard songs and poetry all the time. My mother's ...

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Steve Adubato, Jr. Interview With Cephas Bowles

January 31, 2013

Cephas Bowles, WBGO Jazz 88.3's President and CEO, is among the first guests to appear on Conversations at NJPAC with Steve Adubato, a dynamic, groundbreaking series of programs taped at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark (NJPAC) and produced by the Caucus Educational Corporation (CEC) whose original program, Caucus: New Jersey, celebrates 25 years ...

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Sara Serpa: A Musical Journey

by Hrayr Attarian
January 29, 2013

Vocalist and composer Sara Serpa is one of the most original and innovative musicians to emerge since the turn of the century. She has already made an indelible mark on the modern music scene in the span of a mere four years. Her unique style of vocalese allows her to utilize the full range of her ...