Results for "Interview"

Something Else! Interview: Bobby Whitlock, of Derek and the Dominoes

May 1, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Keyboardist Bobby Whitlock reflects on Derek and the Dominoes' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, given a deluxe reissue Tuesday on its 40th anniversary, as well as signature dates alongside George Harrison, Sam and Dave and Delaney and Bonnie, among others. Discover which soul singer Whitlock had in mind when he, Eric Clapton ...

UYS: Larry Coryell Interview

May 1, 2011

Interview: Grace Slick

April 29, 2011

Grace Slick was Jefferson Airplane's lead singer. But she was  much more than that. In the history of rock, her iconic voice, with its passing-gear force, stinging vibrato and flower-power passion marked a turning point in the music. Last week I interviewed Grace on a range of topics by phone. My Q&A with the San Francisco ...

Lucky Thompson in Person

April 29, 2011

The logical followup to the piece below about Chris Byars' hero Lucky Thompson is a piece by Thompson. Here's a film from Paris in 1959 at the Blue Note. The rhythm section is Bud Powell, piano; Pierre Michelot, bass; Jimmy Gourley, guitar; Kenny Clarke, drums. The compostion is Dizzy Gillespie's and Charlie Parker's “Anthropology." The video ...

Eric Jackson over the years and at Jazz Week on May 2nd and May 6th

April 28, 2011

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
April 27, 2011

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
April 27, 2011

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

April 27, 2011

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
April 26, 2011

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
April 26, 2011

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 ...