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Tim Collins: Mixing It Up

Read "Tim Collins: Mixing It Up" reviewed by Alan Bryson

by Alan Bryson

Tim Collins likes to mix it up. It starts at home; the vibraphonist is married to a successful concert violinist and is intimately connected to the world of classical music. Recording with pianist Matthias Bublath, Collins has also worked with guitarist Charlie Hunter, who produced his second album, mixing rock, jazz, and string quartets. He seeks ...

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Alan Pasqua on Bill Evans

Alan Pasqua on Bill Evans

It takes a lot of courage for a pianist to take on Bill Evans. It requires even more courage for that pianist to overdub himself recording Evans' songs. After all, any pianist who would attempt such a thing would be asking for a ton of trouble. Evans fans are pretty particular, passionate and protective of the ...

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's Chris Combs Interviewed at All About Jazz

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's Chris Combs Interviewed at All About Jazz

On a Memorial Day in 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, an encounter between a young black shoe shiner named Dick Rowland and a white elevator operator named Sarah Page—an incident that was reported with hazy details and shocking incompleteness—started one of the most brutal and tragic race riots in American history. Even more tragic, however, was how little ...

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Intervista a Stefano Battaglia

Read "Intervista a Stefano Battaglia" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

All About Jazz: Incidi per ECM dal 2004. Come è nato e come si è sviluppato il rapporto con l'etichetta bavarese e con il suo patron Manfred Eicher? Stefano Battaglia: Le cose vanno sempre come devono andare. Avevo da poco registrato delle improvvisazioni nello studio Artesuono con il violinista Dominique Pifarely e il percussionista Michele Rabbia. ...

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Chris Combs: Jacob Fred's Tulsa Tale

Read "Chris Combs: Jacob Fred's Tulsa Tale" reviewed by Daniel Lehner

by Daniel Lehner

On a Memorial Day in 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, an encounter between a young black shoe shiner named Dick Rowland and a white elevator operator named Sarah Page--an incident that was reported with hazy details and shocking incompleteness--started one of the most brutal and tragic race riots in American history. Even more tragic, however, was how little ...

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Branford Marsalis on KUOW

Branford Marsalis on KUOW

Branford Marsalis is a three—time Grammy winning saxophonist and composer. He works with new and established jazz musicians as the head of Marsalis Music, and teaches students new ways to think about jazz music. Today, Branford Marsalis joins us to talk about the legacy and future of jazz music, the importance keeping the culture of music ...

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Saxophone Prodigy Grace Kelly's Astounding Musical Journey

Saxophone Prodigy Grace Kelly's Astounding Musical Journey

When putting these interview articles together, sometimes I get an artist whose accomplishments are so impressive and numerous that it makes putting everything into a few paragraphs, well, kind of a pain in the tush. That said, thanks a lot Grace Kelly. I'll go ahead and list just a few of the bullet points here: Has ...

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Justin Kauflin: Blind VA Beach Pianist Jazzed to Be Competing in DC

Justin Kauflin: Blind VA Beach Pianist Jazzed to Be Competing in DC

Virginia Beach-reared Justin Kauflin strolled onto the stage for the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition on Sunday with a grin on his face and his guide dog, Candy, at his side. After settling in at the keyboards, and settling his black Labrador onto the floor beside him, he proceeded to play for a chance at ...

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Nick Hempton: The Way It Is

Read "Nick Hempton: The Way It Is" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann

The Business (Positone, 2011) is a milestone in the career of Nick Hempton. Since arriving in the USA from his native Australia in 2004, the 35-year-old saxophonist, composer, and bandleader has slowly but surely worked his way up the ladder of the notoriously competitive New York City jazz scene. Hempton's second date as a leader is ...

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Leading Questions: Bill Anschell

Leading Questions: Bill Anschell

When I was 14 I was a miscast classical clarinetist with no real interest in classical music or clarinet. Or jazz, for that matter. My guilty pleasure was playing pop tunes by ear on my family's upright piano. The piano is a climate-sensitive instrument that, sadly, can't tune itself no matter how nice it looks. Practice ...


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