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Bunky Green: Urgency and Continuity
by Anil Prasad
Saxophonist Bunky Green bristles at the idea of playing by the rules. On more than one occasion, the Milwaukee, Wisconsin native was on his way to jazz stardom, but each time his principles guided him elsewhere. This is a significant reason why the highly influential musician has mostly remained unsung and out of the spotlight for ...
Omar Sosa - Il Mondo per il Mondo
by AAJ Italy Staff
di Simon J. Harper Il pianista e compositore Omar Sosa è nato a Cuba durante il primo decennio di governo di Fidel Castro, ed è cresciuto ascoltando il jazz - insieme ai suoi compagni di scuola - clandestinamente. Dopo qualche tempo le regole sarebbero cambiate, e anche a Cuba la musica americana divenne legittima. Dopo il ...
Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 1)
Norman Granz played perhaps the single biggest role in the spread of small-group jazz in the years following World War II. As a concert promoter and record company founder, Granz had tireless drive, a undiminished passion for the music and musicians, and a buzzsaw personality that came in handy along the way. Yet little is known ...
Intervista Fontana Mix. Conversazione con Francesco La Licata.
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il FontanaMIXensemble nasce nel 2002 dalla condivisione, da parte dei musicisti che ne fanno parte, di un progetto in cui interpreti e compositori lavorano in stretta collaborazione alla produzione di opere musicali a carattere anche multimediale. Lo studio e l'interpretazione di opere del secondo Novecento (da Sciarrino a Scelsi, Berio, Donatoni, Grisey, Bussotti, Cage, Crumb, Ligeti, ...
Something Else! Interview: Blues Legend Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard, co-founder of Roomful of Blues and a former member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, has earned high praise from none other than B.B. King—who labeled him “one of the great players." B.B. isn't the only one who's noticed: A Handy award winner for best blues guitarist in both 2000-01, Robillard received a Grammy nod for ...
Francesco Turrisi: In Pursuit of Ecstasy
by Ian Patterson
It has often been said that composer/harpsichordist/violinist Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was the first jazz musician. His contrapuntal techniques and ideas on harmony, rhythm and form have influenced countless jazz musicians. Numerous are the jazz musicians who have also studied classical music, usually prior to shifting to jazz. Few, however, are those who have taken a ...
Jazz Face: Adam Linz
The first time I heard Adam Linz was as a solo opening act for Happy Apple at the Cedar Cultural Center, before Happy Apple became an international sensation and before Adam trimmed off his dreadlocks. It was maybe the first time I heard solo bass. It intrigued me then, and even more so now. And now ...
Larry Carlton on smooth jazz: "I think it's run its course."
Legendary guitarist Larry Carlton will perform a special hometown show at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Friday, September 30. In an interview with Sterling Whitaker of Examiner.com the four-time Grammy winner talked about the upcoming show, his past career as a session man, his ongoing passion for the guitar, and his pride at his son following ...
Guitarist John Scofield Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!
Sometimes a recording comes together easily, with a minimum of muss or fuss. Other times, life seems to conspire against it, but that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't get done, or that it suffers as a result. Sometimes, in fact, it can make the end result even better. For John Scofield—one-third of a power trifecta of ...
Multi-Instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi Interviewed at All About Jazz!
It has often been said that composer/harpsichordist/violinist Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was the first jazz musician. His contrapuntal techniques and ideas on harmony, rhythm and form have influenced countless jazz musicians. Numerous are the jazz musicians who have also studied classical music, usually prior to shifting to jazz. Few, however, are those who have taken a ...
