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Something Else! Interview: Jazz Drumming Legend Alphonse Mouzon
By Nick Deriso A seminal force in the berth of fusion, the versatile Alphonse Mouzon has played drums alongside of dizzying array of jazz greats. Even today, it's no different. He worked with Gil Evans on his 1969 release Blues in Orbit, then Roy Ayers at the turn of the decade. Later, Mouzon collaborated with Jaco ...
Rusty Taylor: Jazz + Country = Southern Comfort
by Guy Zinger
Rusty Allen Taylor is an engaging example of a new a new country-jazz, male vocalist. With his touch of country zing, he creates a mix of sweetness and mellowness, on the one hand, and speckles it with dirt, on the other. This bittersweet mix is a parallel to his life and generates a truly unique sound. ...
What's New From Taylor Ho Bynum
New CDs Next, a trio recording with guitarist Joe Morris and bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck, is now available for pre-order from Porter Records; very intimate and intense improvisational chamber music. And two other recent CDs are still warm from the oven: The Throes, a quartet with Nate Wooley on trumpet, Ken Filiano on bass, and Tomas Fujiwara ...
Interview: Marcos Valle (Part 2)
Marcos Valle has a way with a melody, whether he's singing in Portuguese or English or simply playing the piano. Three albums are perfect evidence of his poetic ability: Braziliance! (1967) Samba '68 (1968) and Viola Enluarada (1968). In each case, you hear how Marcos baits a melody line to seduce the listener. Even songs with ...
Derek Gripper: Finding the New Cape
by Seton Hawkins
In 2002, Cape Town-based guitarist, violist, and composer Derek Gripper began a musical collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Alex van Heerden. In doing so, the two men sparked a musical partnership that would, in only a few months, smash through stylistic boundaries on their debut recording Sagtevlei > (New Cape Records, 2010). Drawing upon the rich ghoema musical ...
Interview: Marcos Valle (Part 1)
The bossa nova was conceived in Rio in the mid-'50s by a generation of highly gifted singer- songwriters who loved West Coast jazz and adapted its lyrical approach to cool off and personalize the samba. Among these Brazilian innovators were Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Luiz Bonfa, Joao Donato and Vinicius de Moraes. By the early ...
Chick Corea: Creative Giant
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
Virtuosity is a beautiful thing. One would somehow like to believe that anybody can learn how to play any given instrument with delicate, enchanting energy; but truth be told, some are simply born with a gift that most can only dream of. The ability to amaze others through music, enriching the hearts and widening the creative ...
Un italiano a Londra: a colloquio con Antonio Forcione
by AAJ Italy Staff
Si parla tanto di talenti italiani costretti ad andare all'estero. Ebbene, eccone uno che spopola in Inghilterra, suona in tutta Europa ed è stato perfino chiamato da Charlie Haden - uno che di chitarristi se ne intende - per registrare un disco in duo, ma che in Italia conoscono troppo pochi: Antonio Forcione, virtuoso della chitarra, ...
Interview: Booker T. Jones
Not sure who Booker T. Jones is? If I took away “Jones," would that help? Yep, he's that Booker T. In today's Wall Street Journal (go here), I interview Booker T. of Booker T. & the M.G.'s about his new solo album, The Road From Memphis, as well as a range of other topics. [Photo by ...
How to Handle Yourself in a Media Interview
You've spent months planning, researching, distributing, networking, and pitching your latest record, and it's finally landed you your first batch of media interviews. Congratulations! But wait! Before you sit back and relax, you need to prepare. Being prepared for an interview is not about media manipulation or being someone or something you're not. It's about communicating ...
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