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Eric Jackson over the years and at Jazz Week on May 2nd and May 6th
Learning about this music in the early 70s in greater Boston was, in retrospect, an unusual and happy coincidence for me. A friend handed me Volunteered Slavery from Rahsaan Roland Kirk and I was good to go. I got so much of my basic sense of the idiom from FM radio. It is important to note ...
Trilok Gurtu: Stirring the Big Old Pot
by Ian Patterson
There is a popular theory of mathematical probability, that if you put a typewriter in front of a monkey, it will, through a process of trial and error, eventually produce a play of William Shakespeare. Swayed by the same sweeping logic, others believe that if you put a trap kit and assorted percussive instruments in front ...
Massimo Altomare e il "suo" jazz
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un rocker col pallino della musica d'autore e un cuore affittato al jazz. Massimo Altomare è un artista cresciuto sulle note dei migliori dischi rock, autore di un capitolo fra i più felici della canzone italiana anni Settanta (Loy & Altomare), ha incrociato la via del più grande giornalista blues italiano, Ernesto De Pascale, scomparso di ...
Q&A: Kurt Elling
I remember when Kurt Elling came onto the scene back in the 1990's and he really stood out. The sound of his voice, phrasing and repertoire was refreshing and unique. He's been steadily refining his craft and on his latest album The Gate, Kurt continues to raise the bar. This time we find him working through ...
Bill Frisell: The ECM Years
by John Kelman
Nothing trumps right place, right time. Sure, most artists pay plenty of dues-- sometimes in the public eye, oftentimes not--but for some, there's that serendipitous event that leads to greater visibility. Bill Frisell, surely one of the most important and influential guitarists of his generation, undoubtedly deserves all the accolades and artistic freedom he's achieved in ...
The Good Vibes: intervista a Jason Adasiewicz
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il vibrafono oggi ha un nome facile facile da ricordare e un cognome impronunciabile per chi non ha dimestichezza con il polacco: Jason Adasiewicz. Oh, intendiamoci: di polacco c'è soltanto il cognome, perché il barbuto vibrafonista è nato nell'Illinois, periferia di Chicago. E a Chicago è cresciuto sguazzando nella fervente scena post-rock dei Novanta, facendosi le ...
Bill Frisell: Ramping It Up
by John Kelman
It's always been a not-so-hidden truth, especially in the jazz world, that fans only get a small window into what their favorite artists are about. Artists' commercial releases--usually no more than one per year--rarely document the entirety of the various projects with which they're involved in the course of those 12 months. And when you're someone ...
All About Jazz Launches Bill Frisell Week with Interviews, Reviews, Exclusive Downloads and More!
Guitarist Bill Frisell may have just turned 60 earlier this year, but it's done nothing to slow him down. He's touring more than ever, and between a new contract with Savoy Jazz, that has allowed him to speed up releases to accommodate more projects than ever before, and his ongoing Live Download Series, where new live ...
In the Studio with Kurt Elling - The Complete Jazz Singer
Kurt Elling stopped by our performance studio on April 15th. Check out the audio and video from the performance below. In the studio with Kurt Elling—The complete jazz singer By Justin Steyer, Nick Francis and Nick Morrison CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO Some jazz singers excel at singing standards. Others excel at scat-singing or vocalese (writing lyrics ...
La Vie En Satchmo
Speaking of roses... Oh, we weren't? Well, we are now. The resident rose expert around here informed me the other day that two famous roses are named in honor of Louis Armstrong. The same breeder developed both of them. His name is Sam McGredy (pictured), an Irishman who moved to New Zealand more than 40 years ...
