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Ronnie Cuber on Maynard (PT. 1)

September 1, 2011

Ronnie Cuber is a baritone saxophonist with a beefy sound who came up through the big bands of the 1960s. During this problematic big band era, rock and soul put the squeeze on orchestras' abilities to earn a profit. Yet top-name leaders still managed to tour and record, in many cases by arranging rock and soul ...

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Interview: Eddie Floyd

August 31, 2011

As I write in today's Wall Street Journal (go here), the Stax Music Academy is working wonders down in Memphis giving at-risk high school students purpose and direction. Most interesting is that the academy treats soul like classical music and jazz—taking it seriously and teaching the next generation the essence and art of the music and ...

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Jimmy Scott: Across the Universe

by Chris M. Slawecki
August 30, 2011

Listening to Little Jimmy Scott sing is different from listening to any other singer. His high-pitched voice carries more emotion than any instrument can reasonably bear, and seems to come from a special place deep within his heart. Yet that voice also seems to resound from a profound source far beyond any one man, a place ...

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Dueling saxophones help make Rick Britto's new album among year's most unique releases

August 30, 2011

It is, without a doubt, one of the most original jazz releases of the year. Conversations with Erik & I is a unique experiment, two saxophonists engrossed in discussion, one that is told through the sounds of the instruments. The gentlemen in question are Rick Britto on tenor sax with Erik Van Dam on tenor/alto sax. ...

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Saxophonist David Sanchez Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!

August 29, 2011

What, besides music, transcends geopolitical divides so gracefully? What else unites people of different nationalities, political persuasions and religious creeds in common celebration just quite as harmoniously? Religions may have captured the hearts and minds of the majority of the planet's people, but remain bastions of ultra-conservatism and mistrust, despite all the rhetoric to the contrary. ...

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Intervista a Louis Sclavis

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 29, 2011

All About Jazz: [Mentre iniziamo a parlare Louis sfoglia una Bibbia] È religioso? Louis Sclavis: Sono ateo! Profondamente a convintamente ateo ma sono - diciamo--una persona spirituale ed in tutti i casi sono interessato alle religioni. AAJ: Si legge in giro di un suo nuovo progetto. Ci potrebbe dare qualche anticipazione? L.S.: Si chiamerà Louis Sclavis ...

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David Sanchez: Ninety-Mile Bridge

by Ian Patterson
August 29, 2011

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Singer Jimmy Scott Interviewed at All About Jazz

August 30, 2011

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Latin Jazz Conversations: (Part 2)

August 27, 2011

After indulging her passion for Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia, percussionist Ami Molinelli reached an important crossroads in her life. Heading back to the United States, Molinelli needed to decide just how deeply her involvement in music would be a part of her life. Molinelli followed her passion at this point, deciding that music would ...

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What Makes Saxophone Stalwart Mel Martin Tick?

August 26, 2011

Playing alongside giants such as Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Boz Scaggs, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, and B.B. King, Mel Martin has cut his teeth in the company of some of the jazz history's finest. With his outings as both a leader and solo artist, Martin has collected honors such as ...