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Interview: Anne Phillips
Back in August, I poked fun at vocalist Anne Phillips. Well, not atAnne, personally, but at the cover of her 1959 album for Roulette, Born to Be Blue. Having her pose down at the rat-infested Brooklyn piers made the LP cover a natural target for my weekly “Oddball Album Cover" feature. Well, it turns out Anne ...
Intervista a Sonia Peana, anima del Quartetto Alborada e del progetto “Nidi di note”
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il fatto che Sonia Peana dal 2003 sia moglie di Paolo Fresu (entrambi sardi, si sono conosciuti a Faenza nel 2000 durante la registrazione della Messa Jazz di Alfredo Impullitti) non può essere ignorato ed ha certo un peso determinante nella sua vita privata; non deve però risultare fuorviante nell'affrontare un'intervista che cerca di approfondire le ...
Diane Monroe: Bridging Diverse Musical Worlds
by Victor L. Schermer
Listening to Diane Monroe play jazz violin--whether solo, duo, or in a group--what's immediately evident is how great an improviser she is, fitting seamlessly with the music and the group, breathing and moving with the music. Only then does it become clear that she possesses the precision, complexity, and technique of a classical concert violinist. Indeed, ...
Violinist Diane Monroe Interviewed at All About Jazz!
Listening to Diane Monroe play jazz violin—whether solo, duo, or in a group—what's immediately evident is how great an improviser she is, fitting seamlessly with the music and the group, breathing and moving with the music. Only then does it become clear that she possesses the precision, complexity, and technique of a classical concert violinist. Indeed, ...
Something Else! Interview: Jazz Legend Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb, the lone survivor of legendary jazz dates featuring Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Wes Montgomery and others, continues to furiously drum—even while carrying the torch. The 82-year-old's newest album is called Remembering Miles. Cobb will also begin a tour celebrating the music of Coltrane on Thursday, continuing through Nov. 5 with Javon Jackson, ...
The Shearing Sound Revived
Riding on the popularity of its late mentor, a new jazz group's low profile may be about to get higher. A year or so before he died early this year, pianist George Shearing gave his blessing to vibraharpist Charlie Shoemake's idea of forming a living tribute to Shearing's quintet, for decades one of the most successful ...
Interview: Smokey Robinson
My Girl was Motown's seventh No. 1 pop hit and 12th No. R&B chart hit. Released onDecember 21, 1964, the single reached the top position on Billboard's Hot 100 chart the first week of March 1965. It remained there for only one week before being knocked into the No. 2 spot by the Beatles' Eight Days a ...
Achille Succi: Nuances and Articulations
by Glenn Astarita
Saxophonist and bass clarinetist Achille Succi has recently been singled out as “one of the European musicians to keep an eye on in the next ten years" by (Bill Schoemaker in Giornale Della Musica (January 2010), while journalist Mario Gamba defines him as a “genius of Italian Jazz" in Alias (March 20th, 2010). Born ...
Exploring Dafnis Prieto, 2011 Macarthur Fellow: Prieto as Bandleader
Dafnis Prieto recently was honored as a 2011 MacArthur Fellow, being recognized for excellence in his artistic pursuits. From his studies in Cuba to his professional work in New York, Prieto has always been a musician committed to outstanding artistry and pushing the limits of his creative energy. This cutting edge attitude has led to a ...
Tom Everett: Jazz at Harvard
by Andrew J. Sammut
It's no accident that forty years of jazz at Harvard coincides with forty years of Tom Everett at the esteemed university. Everett founded Harvard University's first student jazz band, taught its first jazz history course and welcomed the campus' first visiting jazz artist. He now leads two jazz bands at the prestigious university, continues to teach ...
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