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An Interview With Rashell
Q: When did you decide to become a singer? A: When I was a little girl I was often exposed to music of many genres. I had music all around me; a lot of my family members are musically inclined. One summer I went on an overnight camp to help my grandfather. He was a preacher ...
Burt Bacharach: Top of the Pops
When I visited with Burt Bacharach at his home back in October for my Wall Street Journal interview, we spoke about the Gershwin Prize he was due to receive in May. Burt seemed a bit stunned by the enormity of the award and generous in praise of the others who had won previously. On May 8, ...
Emozionalmente efficace: intervista a Claudio Fasoli
by AAJ Italy Staff
Claudio Fasoli è un musicista innamorato del proprio mestiere. Ha un rapporto diretto con la materia musicale e con i propri strumenti. Da molti anni sulla scena jazzastica non esclude nuove prospettive di sviluppo formale, anzi, se stimolato in maniera positiva reagisce con entusiasmo a istanze di cambiamento. Testimonianza di questa attitudine sono le sue più ...
Vangthanousone Bouaphanh: Lao Jazznova
by Ian Patterson
Cradling his Epiphone Emperor Regent as he stands against the backdrop of a Buddhist temple, guitarist Vangthanousone Bouaphanh cuts a dashing figure. Vangthanousone comes from the “Land of a Million Elephants," better known these days as Laos--a small, Buddhist/animist country sandwiched between Vietnam, China, Burma, Thailand and Cambodia. Vangthanousone may look like a star, but he's ...
Ron Carter: The Right Notes, Alright
by R.J. DeLuke
There can't be any jazz musician or jazz listener who doesn't know Ron Carter and his standing as one of the most successful and influential bass players in the history of music in America. He's a musician of the highest order, with a rich, immediately identifiable sound that has resonated in the jazz world for some ...
La mia duplice anima: intervista a Eugenio Macchia
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ha suonato al Dizzy's Club Coca Cola di New York presso il Lincoln Center, nel luglio 2010 ha vinto in piano solo la prestigiosa Luca Flores Piano Competition di Firenze, e appena due settimane dopo ha vinto l'International Jimmy Woode Award. È considerato tra i migliori pianisti emergenti e per Eugenio Macchia - classe 1981 -, ...
Putting Gil Evans in His Place
Gil Evans was a slow arranger. He tended to agonize over charts—at times missing deadlines as he pushed to make bigger impressionistic statements, set off more romantic contrasts or simply wound up entangled in revisions. In some cases, his focus on the music overshadowed the need to keep an eye on the clock. Hal McKusick's and ...
Plasmare suono ed emozioni: Roberto Tarenzi
by AAJ Italy Staff
Roberto Tarenzi suona il pianoforte dall'età di otto anni. Subito studi classici e poi l'attrazione per il jazz, o per la musica che “ti dà la possibilità di comporre istantaneamente qualcosa," come la definisce lui stesso nell'intervista che abbiamo realizzato prima dell'ennesimo volo, questa volta per gli States dove è atteso per la session di registrazione ...
Artist Interview: Adedeji, From West Africa To The World
Q: When would you say triggered your passion for music? How old were you at the time? A: My passion for music was triggered as far as I could remember; I was probably 5-years-old then. I seriously cannot remember how or when it started but I was teaching my sister and brother how to sing in ...
Luis Perdomo: Walking Towards the Light
by R.J. DeLuke
Pianist Luis Perdomo's fingers dart across the keys, eloquently telling the stories that traverse his mind in that instant; doing so in a manner that enraptures an audience. He moves people, and does so in a manner that appears, on the surface, easy. Like great athletes. Like other great musicians. This is one of the finer ...
