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Profile: Violinist Marissa Licata - From Alicia Keys To Recording A New Album With Her Father

May 30, 2012

Q: When would you say triggered your passion for music? How old were you at the time? A: My passion for music probably started before I began playing at three. There was always music in the house because of my father. The age that I recognized a serious passion was probably around age six. I had ...

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Interview: Mike Stoller (Part 2)

May 30, 2012

If you close your eyes, songwriter Mike Stoller sounds remarkably like comedian Larry David. The tone is distinctly New York—insistent and street smart. But unlike David, Mike's voice has tones that are more nasal and much gentler, the result of an upbringing in Queens, a borough of New York that's halfway to the suburbs of Long ...

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Interview: Mike Stoller (Part 1)

May 29, 2012

A few weeks ago I traveled to Los Angeles for the Wall Street Journal to interview Mike Stoller at his home in the Hollywood Hills. My conversation with rock 'n' roll's first successful songwriter—with hits dating back to 1951—appears in today's paper (or go here). [Photo of Jerry Leber and Mike Stoller by David Attie for Vogue's ...

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Rick Drumm: Seizing the Day

by Ian Patterson
May 28, 2012

It's good to have dreams, but it's even better to follow them, to see them take shape before your eyes and to live them. Rick Drumm has lived more than one dream. Three years as drummer with NORAD, the North American Air Defense Band, was followed by two years drumming in the famous Ringling Bros. and ...

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Oltre le parole - il jazz di Ulrich Drechsler

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 28, 2012

Dopo gli inizi alla tenera età di nove anni come clarinettista nella banda del suo paese, e gli studi classici a Stoccarda per essere ammesso al conservatorio, Ulrich Drechsler si fa affascinare dal suono del sax tenore, che inizia a studiare da autodidatta a 16 anni. Da quel momento l'interesse per l'improvvisazione e poi il jazz ...

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An Interview With Rashell

May 25, 2012

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 ...

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Burt Bacharach: Top of the Pops

May 25, 2012

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, ...

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Emozionalmente efficace: intervista a Claudio Fasoli

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 24, 2012

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 ...

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Vangthanousone Bouaphanh: Lao Jazznova

by Ian Patterson
May 23, 2012

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 ...

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Ron Carter: The Right Notes, Alright

by R.J. DeLuke
May 21, 2012

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 ...