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Noah Haidu: Carving Out His Place

by R.J. DeLuke
November 21, 2011

New York-based pianist Noah Haidu came to jazz through the blues, listening to the searing, soulful guitar moans of Buddy Guy and Albert King. But his training, at the age of six, had its advent in classical music. He also likes to experiment with electronics.All these things go into the musical blender of one ...

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Intervista a Mike Rivard - Il capo elfo

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 21, 2011

I Club D'Elf di Mike Rivard sono uno dei segreti meglio protetti della scena musicale americana. Un gruppo dalla formazione sempre variabile, che sa improvvisare in maniera eccellente, attorno a trame ipnotiche che si cibano di groove, dub, psichedelia, esotismi vissuti nel giusto modo, cioè in profondità e in coerenza con le culture del mondo. In ...

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Interview: Dick Hafer (Part 3)

November 17, 2011

After tenor saxophonist Dick Hafer left Woody Herman's band in 1955, he spent eight years recording top-shelf albums as a sideman on other musicians' dates. From 1964 on, Dick played in the orchestras of Broadway musicals and television shows. What's interesting about his 1956-63 period is that all of the albums all terrific. Not a dud among ...

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The Granz Memory

November 16, 2011

Tadd Hershorn's biography of Norman Granz (see below) is full of instances of the mentalacuity and toughness that helped see the promoter and record executive through countless challenging situations as he presented jazz and fought discrimination. He had a memory that was legendary among the musicians he worked with. Here is a story not in Hershorn's ...

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Interview: Dick Hafer (Part 2)

November 16, 2011

When you speak with tenor saxophonist Dick Hafer, you notice that his voice is as cool and easy-going as his horn. It's a gentle voice, a voice that has a mellifluous sound that makes you want to keep him talking just to hear it. Because his voice putsyou at ease. Like many tenor saxophonists who came ...

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Jazz Face: Sue Orfield

November 16, 2011

She was once known as “Seattle's Best Horn," but tenor saxophonist Sue Orfield, now based in Eau Claire, WI, should have recognition far beyond either locale. Playing this past weekend at the Artists Quarter with an organ trio already known for its playful, zesty firepower—the Tuesday Night Band—Orfield turned up the heat beyond boil. The TNB+1 ...

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Interview: Dick Hafer (Part 1)

November 15, 2011

Starting in the late 1940s, Dick Hafer (pronounced HAY-fer)was one of the finest big-band tenor saxophonists and soloists. Dick's sound rested somewhere between Lester Young's smooth linear delivery and Wardell Gray's eely bop attack. [Pictured: Dick Hafer in Woody Herman's 1952 band] As a result, Dick wound up in the sax sections of some of the finest ...

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Bunky Green: avanti tutta, nella continuità

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 14, 2011

Intervista di Anil Prasad Al sassofonista Bunky Green l'idea di suonare secondo le regole non va proprio a genio. In più di una occasione il musicista, originario di Milwaukee, è stato a un passo dall'entrare nel gotha dei jazzisti famosi, ma ogni volta i suoi principi lo hanno portato altrove. Ecco perché pur così influente è ...

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Ola Onabule Releases "Seven Shades Darker"

November 12, 2011

Soul and Jazz, Singer and songwriter, Ola Onabule returns to British Columbia this November for his third visit to Canada after his magnificent debut in 2009 on the main stage of the Montreal Jazz Festival on their 30th Anniversary. Ola Onabule will perform material from his 7th studio album, Seven Shades Darker, which will be released ...

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Kenny Burrell, Octogenarian

November 9, 2011

Kenny Burrell has joined the parade of major jazz artists entering octogenarianism and performing at a high level. The guitarist is of a generation of Detroit musicians including Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Elvin Jones, Roland Hanna and Louis Hayes that made a significant impact on jazz. Burrell's 80th birthday was a week ago. He is preparing ...