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Tingvall Trio

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 13, 2012

All About Jazz: Come è nato il Tingvall Trio? Martin Tingvall: Dal 2000 al 2003 ho suonato molto le tastiere in gruppi pop e blues. Ero sempre in tournée e mi mancava moltissimo suonare la mia musica al piano acustico. Così nel 2003 decisi di fondare il Tingvall trio AAJ: Quando suoni il piano sembra che ...

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An interview with jazz vocalist Dheepa Chari: From Ella Fitzgerald to Depeche Mode

February 11, 2012

The growth of an artist is measured between records. In the case of New York-based jazz vocalist Dheepa Chari, it is the creative evolution unveiled from her 2010 debut EP, On 4th Street, to her new full-length debut, Some New Fashion. The first glimpse of development is already revealed on the first track, “Rocks in My ...

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Spotify's Daniel Ek on Streaming Royalties, Social Media and the Future [interview]

February 11, 2012

This interview by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek originally appeared on GRAMMY.com. Ek is keynoting the GRAMMY Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon & Scholarship Presentation today. For more information on the GRAMMY Foundation, visit vwww.grammyfoundation.org. The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards airs live on Sunday, Feb. 12 on CBS. Evolver.fm: Can you ...

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Guitarist Sinan Bakir, Turkey's Great Gift to Hartford's Ongoing Jazz Renaissance

February 10, 2012

Guitarist Sinan Bakir Next Up In Library Jazz Series: Turkish Musician Ultimately Makes Hartford His Home Guitarist Sinan Bakir, Turkey's great gift to Hartford's ongoing jazzrenaissance, was so homesick when he first arrived in Hartford 11 years ago as a scholarship student that he almost turned around and went home to his beloved hometown of Ankara, ...

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A Chat with Rodrigo Y Gabriela

February 10, 2012

By Dennis Cook Reinvention is a tricky business. Veer too far from the known and one loses existing fans, stick too close to well trod paths and risk being predictable and safe. Rodrigo y Gabriela have gone their own way since they emerged with a bang in the early 2000s as a hypnotizing duo that mingled ...

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Interview: Benny Golson

February 9, 2012

I hope when the Kennedy Center starts to think about this year's honoreers, they will give serious consideration to composer-saxophonist Benny Golson. As I write in today's Wall Street Journal (go here if you're a subscriber), Benny is the stylistic heir to Billy Strayhorn and Tadd Dameron. He is to jazz what Carole King and Harry ...

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In the Shadow of No Towers: Art Spiegelman, Marco Cappelli e l'11 settembre

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 9, 2012

L'impatto dell'11 settembre nell'arte andrebbe studiato anche per quanto riguarda la musica. Una curiosa voce di wikipedia (List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks) elenca per generi, opere, musiche, libri ispirati o semplicemente riguardanti il tragico evento. Il DVD In the Shadow of No Towers di Marco Cappelli si inquadra nel novero di questa ...

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Saxphone Colossus Sonny Rollins Interviewed at All About Jazz!

February 7, 2012

Making two trips to the White House within a calendar year, to receive two of the nation's most prestigious awards bestowed upon artists, is more than fairly momentous. Those are significant feathers in the ol' cap—surely reasons to crow or, at the very least, feel pretty satisfied about oneself. So it had to be a hell ...

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Sonny Rollins: Mark of Greatness

by R.J. DeLuke
February 7, 2012

Making two trips to the White House within a calendar year, to receive two of the nation's most prestigious awards bestowed upon artists, is more than fairly momentous. Those are significant feathers in the ol' cap--surely reasons to crow or, at the very least, feel pretty satisfied about oneself. So it had to be ...

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Jazz Face: Billy Peterson's Rhapsody

February 7, 2012

Outside of the Twin Cities, Billy Peterson is probably best known for his two+ decades of work with the Steve Miller Band. But here at home, and particularly over the past six months, Billy literally has served as the house bassist at the Artists Quarter, appearing with a wide range of jazz artists from vocalists to ...