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Interview: Arno Marsh (Part 1)

January 26, 2012

If you were a superb musician back in the 1940s and lived in a city or moved to one, you were likely going to find yourself auditioning for a name band pretty quickly. But for every great musician who wound up in a major orchestra, there were hundreds of others who remained in their smaller home ...

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Intervista a Giovanni Tommaso, enciclopedia vivente del jazz.

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 26, 2012

Parlare con Giovanni Tommaso è come sfogliare un'enciclopedia del jazz; si ha solo l'imbarazzo della scelta di quali argomenti approfondire. Nato a Lucca nel 1941, Tommaso ha cominciato a suonare in pubblico alla metà degli anni Cinquanta. Da allora ad oggi il contrabbassista ha collaborato con innumerevoli protagonisti del jazz mondiale ed ha vissuto in prima ...

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Chris McNulty: A Siren From Down Under

by Ludwig vanTrikt
January 24, 2012

Chris McNulty emigrated to New York City, from her native home in Melbourne, Australia, in 1988. Since then she's released five recordings, with Waltz For Debby (Discovery, 1991) first introducing the Australian singer to American audiences. On that record, she wrote what would ultimately become the official, published lyrics to Miles Davis' classic “Blue in Green." ...

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Lars Danielsson: Love is the Message

by James Pearse
January 23, 2012

Saturday night in an unusually mild December 2011 at Stockholm's premier jazz venue, Fasching, could only mean one thing: the place was heaving. As well as the unseasonable weather and the looming Christmas period, the reason so many festive Swedes were crammed in like tinned herring was to catch a rare glimpse of national hero Nils ...

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Col folk armeno nel cuore - Intervista a Tigran Hamasyan

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 23, 2012

Il ventiquattrenne pianista armeno è tra i musicisti più interessanti emersi di recente. Dopo alcuni dischi in trio e in quartetto (New Era e World Passion) il suo recente lavoro in solo pubblicato dalla Verve ( A Fable) ha rivelato al grande pubblico la sua originale vena creativa che lo porta a fondere climi musicali anche ...

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Jazz Face: Mike Lewis

January 21, 2012

If saxophonist Mike Lewis ever left the Twin Cities (and we are always afraid he will), there would be a sudden brown-out, at least musically. Aside from his amazing horn chops, Lewis infuses vital energy into everything he touches, from Fat Kid Wednesdays and Happy Apple to the Bryan Nichols Quintet, tours with Andrew Bird and ...

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Jazz Be Nimble

January 20, 2012

In the music “business," art is often eclipsed by commercialism, and these days, I find myself growing partial to songs that showcase vocals and instrumentation over electronic enhancements. I recently touched upon artists who present a retro sound that appeals to my nostalgia and longing for a modicum of purity. This type of player is perhaps ...

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Interview: Geri Allen (Part 3)

January 20, 2012

If you were to guess what pianist Geri Allen is like to talk to on the phone based solely on her music, you might say, “stormy," “short on patience" and “booming." Actually, the opposite is true on all counts. Geri is gentle, patient and embracing. In conversation, you hear the lyrical voice of a kind, caring ...

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Intervista a Salvatore Bonafede

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 19, 2012

Salvatore Bonafede si è trasferito giovanissimo negli States per conoscere di persona i suoi idoli. E si è ritrovato con Paul Bley che gli impartiva lezioni senza pretendere una lira (pardon un dollaro). Ma Sicilian Opening, registrato nel 2009 a New York, testimonia il crollo del suo sogno americano. Secondo il pianista di Palermo il jazz ...

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Interview: Geri Allen (Part 2)

January 19, 2012

Pianist Geri Allen loves drama. Whenever she opens a song, she sets the mood with dynamic intrigue. Whether the song is an original ballad like Flying Toward the Sound or the churning Soul Heir, Geri splashes the ear with sparkling beauty—instinctively knowing that to win audiences' hearts, you have to engage their ears fast with colorful ...