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Latin Jazz Conversations: Bobby Sanabria (Part 2)
The most magical musical performances can be exploding within a certain area, and sometimes the world stays blind to these creative miracles. Before the Internet catapulted us into the Internet age, one could attribute some of this disconnected musical knowledge to distance. It's a musician's job to know about great artists though, and one has to ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Bobby Sanabria (Part 1)
Most successful people can remember a life altering moment that set their destiny clearly in their view, and for many musicians, this event revolves around a great performance. Coming into contact with live music always leaves a mark on someone with an interest in the art form, but watching a master at work burns a picture ...
Something Else! Interview: Adrian Belew, of King Crimson
Adrian Belew, at work these days a classical reformulation of his well-received 2009 trio project e, admits that he's unsure when King Crimson will reform. “No word right now," he says of the group, led since its late 1960s inception by Robert Fripp. “We're just waiting on a word of encouragement from dear Robert." It's not ...
Q&A: Donny McCaslin
One of my favorite tenor sax players is Donny McCaslin. I recall my childhood friend bassist Larry Grenadier telling me about him in the mid 80's. It was around that time that Donny and Larry were both members of the Gary Burton Quintet. Shortly thereafter, Donny joined Steps Ahead taking over the sax chair from the ...
Kyle Eastwood: Movies, Motown & Monterey
by Bruce Lindsay
Bassist/composer Kyle Eastwood can whistle. It's a talent to which few musicians lay claim, but it's one which he puts to good use on his version of Bob Haggart's “Big Noise (From Winnetka)," a tune that serves as a popular encore to his live set. The fact that Eastwood whistles in concert says much about the ...
Anthony Branker: Jazz Dialogics
by Victor L. Schermer
Anthony Branker is a musician for all seasons. He began his career as a trumpeter, including a stint with the Spirit of Life Ensemble, which honored its African-American and Afro-Caribbean roots during a multi-year tenure as the Monday night band at the legendary Sweet Basil club in New York City. Over time, Branker developed an increasing ...
Ryan Truesdell: 100 anni di Gil Evans
by AAJ Italy Staff
Abbiamo intervistato Ryan Truesdell, giovane arrangiatore americano, già noto per le sue collaborazioni con Maria Schneider, impegnato a riscoprire la musica del grande Gil Evans, in preparazione del centenario della nascita dell'arrangiatore canadese, in calendario per il prossimo anno. Con il supporto della famiglia di Gil, Ryan sta analizzando i manoscritti, le note, le registrazioni personali ...
Ageless Jazz Icons for the Ages -- Brubeck and Wein.
Blessing to those who have spent their lives doing what they love. For most of those people, even that ends at some point, eventually relegating those activities to “the good old days." But there are a fine few for whom it doesn't end. Those people are inspiring. Recent experiences in the jazz community brought to of ...
Nico Sanchez Quartet sizzles with tightly knit and propulsive chemistry on new album
Although he didn't enter the Barcelona, Spain jazz scene until 2004, guitarist Nico Sánchez certainly doesn't sound like a relative newcomer. In fact, his latest album with his quartet, De Visitante, is marked with the fingerprints of highly experienced musicians, displaying the keen skills of masters of the craft. Listen to how Sánchez's guitar sizzles on ...
Patronism Interview, Part Two: On Artist Applications, Breaking the Album Release Cycle, and Patronism's Future
Yesterday, we gave you the inside scoop on what led Patronism founder John Pointer to the idea for his platform. In part two of our interview, we discuss Patronism's artist application, breaking the album cycle, and his site's future. Here's what happened. One of the things you have currently in the beta phase is an artist's ...
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