Results for "Interview"

Evan Weiss: Soundscapes

by Marshall Taylor
May 30, 2011

Stylistically, Evan Weiss, an up-and-coming composer, arranger and player in the jazz idiom, is a hard nut to crack. Weiss' recent release, Math or Magic (Inner Circle, 2010), contains soundscapes produced by an 11-piece ensemble. The tunes, rich and dense in their orchestration, tread through an array of musical environments teeming with subtly placed electronic sound ...

Happy Birthday, Miles Davis!

May 27, 2011

The most famous jazz musician to come from the St. Louis metropolitan area, Miles Davis (pictured) was born May 26, 1926 in Alton, IL and raised in East St. Louis. Today would have been Miles' 85th birthday, and the occasion is being celebrated across the country in many ways, including an official party at East St. ...

Plenty of Celebration on the 85th Birthday of Miles Davis

May 27, 2011

Miles Davis would have been 85 years old today, and the birth of the legendary trumpeter is being celebrated in several ways and places around the country today. LIFE.com just posted never-before-seen photos of Miles from 1958. According to LIFE.com: When LIFE photographer Robert W. Kelley snapped a few rolls of film at an intimate ...

Anthony Braxton Live & interview

May 25, 2011

Something Else! Interview: Jazz Pianist Michael Wolff

May 26, 2011

Jazz pianist Michael Wolff—an endlessly engaging player whom the New York Times has praised for “near impeccable good taste, technical facility and lyrical inventiveness" —joins us for an SER Sitdown to discuss the lasting importance of his old boss Julian “Cannonball" Adderley, Nancy Wilson's way with a song, the world's weird attaction of Elvis Presley—oh, and ...

Q&A: Cuong Vu

May 26, 2011

Cuong Vu has been one of the most creative musicians in jazz since the late 1990's. I remember first hearing his album Bound in 2000 and being blown away by the sheer scale of the music featured on that recording. His later album called Come Play With Me was even better. In 2003, I remember seeing ...

Chick Corea Plans Month-Long Jam Session for His 70th Birthday

May 26, 2011

It's safe to say that most people who reach their 70th birthday have started to slow down and take it a bit easier than in their youth. But that is certainly not the case for keyboardist Chick Corea, whose early career saw him make his debut as a leader in 1966 and perform alongside Joe Henderson ...

Buddy Defranco + Tommy Gumina

May 24, 2011

Among the least known but most fascinating jazz recordings of the early 1960s are five albums recorded by a quartet co-led by clarinetist Buddy DeFranco and accordionist Tommy Gumina. The first album was recorded for Decca in 1960 while the balance were done for Mercury through 1964. For some odd reason, none of the albums have ...

Tineke Postma: Keeping Honest in Holland

by R.J. DeLuke
May 24, 2011

Tineke Postma's bright voice from Holland has been making a mark on the U.S. scene over the last couple years, with its a bright, clear alto sax sound and a penchant for thoughtful, enthralling melodies. Postma started listening to classical music while growing up in Heerenveen in the northern part of The Netherlands, starting on flute ...

Torniamo a Schönberg! Un dialogo con Mauro Ottolini e Alfonso Santimone

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2011

Sono appena usciti sul mercato i CD di due tra i musicisti più interessanti e originali del panorama nazionale, Alfonso Santimone - pianista, compositore e cofondatore del collettivo El Gallo Rojo - e Mauro Ottolini - trombone, tuba e sousaphone dalla grande energia ed espressività, negli ultimi anni sulla cresta dell'onda. I due dischi - Ecce ...