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Charlie Hunter: Roots, Hard Work & Inspiration

by Doug Collette
October 8, 2012

A self-proclaimed boutique artist, guitarist Charlie Hunter could not be more proud of his work or the audience that enjoys it. He is ultimately modest about his achievements, such as they are, emphasizing the work he's put in over the years in a variety of formats, honing a craft he honestly and rightly believes represents his ...

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Un’energia vitale: intervista a Carla Marciano

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 8, 2012

Carla Marciano è una vera. Folgorata in giovane età dalla figura musicale e spirituale di John Coltrane, porta avanti da dieci anni un discorso jazzistico che non conosce compromessi formali né espressivi. Stream of Consciousness è l'album che ne ribadisce la filosofia, che nasce dal fulcro dell'emozione per poi farsi idea concreta. La sua è una ...

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Interview: Wanda Jackson (PT. 3)

October 5, 2012

Wanda Jackson is still on the road performing. She'll be at the Highline Ballroom in New York on October 12. I caught her at a one-room blues bar on the outskirts of Memphis when I was down there. She was escorted to the stage by her husband Wendell Goodman and she proceeded to rock the house. ...

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Interview: Wanda Jackson (PT. 2)

October 4, 2012

What was it like to sit in the Jungle Room at Graceland with Wanda Jackson? Pretty neat. If you've visited Graceland, you know that this room—with its grass-green carpeting and Hawaiian theme—is off limits on tours. Small by today's McMansion standards—the Housewives of Any City, USA, have have larger and more elaborate homes—Graceland remains larger than ...

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Don Byron: Music Wikipedia

by George Colligan
October 3, 2012

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth ]I got my Bachelor's in Music Ed and Trumpet from Peabody Conservatory. I got my Master's in Jazz from Queens College. But I did my real graduate work playing with clarinetist Don Byron. My first gigs with Byron were playing Stravinsky ...

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Interview: Wanda Jackson (PT. 1)

October 3, 2012

Rockabilly is nothing more than jazz, blues and country all mixed around. You can hear the jazz and blues influence in the Western swing artists of the late '40s and early '50s. And like blues players, many original rockabilly artists came from poverty, trying to use music as a way out of their family's plight. As ...

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Io studio il suono: intervista a Emanuele Cisi

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 2, 2012

«Un attimo che poso il saxofono e arrivo, stavo studiando». Per questa intervista abbiamo sottratto una mezzora di studio a Emanuele Cisi, da diversi anni uno dei migliori sassofonisti della scena italiana e non, anche se quando si stilano le classifiche di fine anno spesso sono solo i più attenti a ricordarsi di lui. Sarà per ...

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Steven Wilson: Luck's What You Make It

by John Kelman
October 1, 2012

There was a time when progressive rock really meant what its name suggested: progressive music, music that pushed the boundaries of what rock music was, often by integrating elements of classical music and jazz into the mix. Milestone groups ranging from better-knowns like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator ...

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Musician friends celebrate Thielemans' 90 years

October 1, 2012

NEW YORK — Jazz harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans quipped that his legs don't work but his mouth does after he was pushed onstage in a wheelchair to a standing ovation during the first of two Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts this weekend celebrating his 90 years. And once he put his harmonica to his lips, he ...

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Belated Cheers to Buddy Guy

September 29, 2012

Buddy Guy is Best of the Blues A bit late on the draw, but one of the great blues man of all time has been named a recipient in the next round of Kennedy Center Honors, a prestigious national award in the field of the arts. Sonny Rollins is a recent recipient. Buddy Guy is one ...