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Chris Byars: Lucky Strikes Again
When the names of great tenor saxophonists are tossed around, the chain of succession generally runs like this: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. All, of course, were reed titans, and Sonny still is. A half-step below this esteemed group is a second tier of greats that include Don Byas, Wardell ...
A Love Letter to New Orleans - An Interview with Irvin Mayfield
I spoke by phone today with New Orleans trumpeter and educator Irvin Mayfield about his beautiful new book, “A Love Letter To New Orleans." Mr. Mayfield talks about the beauty of being influenced by the film Mo Better Blues, musical and cultural similarities between NOLA and places like Haiti, Cuba, Brazil, and the beauty of New ...
Intervista a Luca Aquino
by AAJ Italy Staff
Suona perfettamente a proprio agio in una antica chiesa di Benevento come in uno storico bagno turco di Skopje in Macedonia o nei sofisticati studi di registrazione di Oslo, Norvegia. La tromba ed il flicorno che utilizza devono essere rigorosamente costruiti dall'artigiano olandese Hub Van Laar per il loro suono semplice e puro, ma ama “giocare" ...
Leslie Pintchik: Two Different Kinds of Art
by Bruce Lindsay
The title of Leslie Pintchik's third album, We're Here To Listen (Pintch Hard Records, 2010), says much about the pianist and composer's musical philosophy. She recognizes the importance of technical skill, but she also values instinct, the open mind and the dismissal of boundaries between musical genres. It's an approach that Pintchik emphasizes throughout this interview, ...
UYS: Mark Dresser Interview
This interview is part of the book/DVD project “Under your Skin" which includes conversations with Ahmad Jamal, Anthony Braxton, Chuck D—Public Enemy, Yusef Lateef, Lenny White, Melvin Gibbs, Liu Fang, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, Esperanza Spalding, Lydia Lunch, Lee “Scratch" Perry, DJ KutMasta Kurt, Sepultura, Joe Bowie, ...
Moroccan Jazz Singer Malika Zarra Embraces Her Heritage on "Berber Taxi"
Whether one is improvising, composing or even just playing songs, music is a declaration of self. This is never more apparent than with singer and composer Malika Zarra. Born in Morocco and raised in France, Zarra draws upon her roots to inform her jazz by adding elements of North African chaâbi and well as traditional Moroccan ...
The Art of Jazz Still Thrives with Saxophonist Sonny Rollins
For all of the longtime jazz fans who habitually fret about what has become of the art form and whether it's endangered, Sonny Rollins offers a reassuring and typically philosophical response: “Jazz is a spirit. It is freedom. It is reality put into musical form. It will never leave until this planet leaves," says the revered ...
James Farm Takes Seed as New All-Star Jazz Band
Yes, many will call James Farm an all-star band. Featuring drummer Eric Harland, bassist Matt Penman, pianist Aaron Parks and saxophonist Joshua Redman, the band certainly has some of the leading lights of today's jazz scene. But to hear Harland and Parks speak about the band's origins, James Farm seems something organically grown rather than a ...
Shipp shape: Piano improv master Matthew Shipp has an ear for just about everything
He might be older and wiser, but Matthew Shipp has not mellowed with age. A galvanizing force among the heirs to jazz's avant-garde movement of the 1960s, the pianist has spent the past quarter century building a vast, roiling musical universe. As an invaluable sideman and prolific bandleader, as a sometimes caustic advocate and discerning curator ...
Intervista a Umberto Petrin
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dalla poesia all'impegno civile, passando per Monk ("il primo amore non si scorda mai!" recita un vecchio adagio) e il teatro. Sono alcune delle tappe della carriera di Umberto Petrin, musicista che ha sempre inseguito l'idea di una “babele" artistica. Lo abbiamo intervistato in occasione dell'uscita del suo ultimo disco in completa solitudine, A Dawn Will ...
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