Results for "Interview"

Diego Urcola: Musical Ecstasy

by R.J. DeLuke
April 5, 2011

Jazz music, its freedom and emphasis on self-expression through improvisation, has always had a strong pull on its practitioners, its artists. As fans and listeners, those qualities are also treasured. The infectious nature of those qualities is why jazz fans are passionate and loyal. It's music, born and bred in the United States, that has a ...

Pat Metheny Striking up the Band

April 5, 2011

Following overwhelming critical acclaim and sold-out concerts across the globe, Pat Metheny and his Orchestrion was featured on CBS News Sunday Morning. The segment included a behind-the-scenes look at the Orchestrion with Metheny explaining the inner workings of his cutting edge instruments and performance methods. He also discussed his personal inspiration for this inventive project. For ...

Ambrose Akinmusire: Emerging Heart

by R.J. DeLuke
April 4, 2011

"My favorite instrument is the cello," said the easygoing young musician in early February, from his apartment in Manhattan, where he referred to himself jokingly as “a hibernating jazzman." His West-Coast roots weren't taking a firm grip in the frigid temperatures of the Northeast. “Me and strings just don't get along. I can play piano; I ...

Intervista a Dan Kinzelman

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 4, 2011

Per necessità o per inclinazione, quasi per deformazione professionale, da sempre i jazzisti sono propensi (o costretti) a frequenti spostamenti, emigrando talvolta in nazioni lontane dal proprio luogo d'origine. Viene così disegnata un'intricata mappa di trasferimenti fra i vari continenti, una sorta di incrociata diaspora della creatività jazzistica. Fra gli italiani che si sono stabiliti all'estero ...

Brooklyn Jazz Hall Of Fame & Museum Induction & Awards

April 4, 2011

12 Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival Event at Brooklyn Historical Society! BROOKLYN JAZZ HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM INDUCTION & AWARDS Wally Gator, Alex Blake, Louis Reyes Rivera, The Muse and Tut Burks On: Thursday, April 28, 2011 At: Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont St @ Clinton St Ph. 718.222.4111 ...

Bridge over Troubled Water

April 4, 2011

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel don't get enough credit for their  contribution to American music. Their recordings from the '60s are rarely played today, never covered and largely viewed as adolescent folk-rock relics from days gone by. They weren't as dramatic as John and Paul, not nearly as menacing as Mick and Keith, not as angry ...

Jimmy Cobb interview - Royal Blue

April 4, 2011

Something Else! Featured Artist: Alan Parsons Project

April 3, 2011

The What-ing What Project? Never, perhaps, has a figure in rock music been simultaneously so famous and so ... anonymous. Alan Parsons, after all, was engineer on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Paul McCartney's Red Rose Speedway; producer for the Hollies' “The Air That I Breathe," Pilot's “Magic" and Al Stewart's “Year of ...

Marcus Shelby: Musician/Composer/Bandleader on a Mission

April 2, 2011

Bassist-composer Marcus Shelby is most definitely a man on a mission, and a man more intent on engaging serious subjects in his music than dazzling his audience with aimless instrumental technique. For his previous release his orchestra navigated his original score in tribute to the great emancipator Harriet Tubman. His latest effort is Soul of the ...

Interview: Discovr's Dave McKinney on the Limits of Music App Popularity, and What Happens to Your Data

April 2, 2011

Yesterday, we posted the beginnings of an interview we conducted with Dave McKinney, the multi-talented founder of Jammbox and the creator of Discovr, a highly touted music discovery application available on the iPhone and the iPad. Today, we present its conclusion, which includes a conversation about the state of the digital music market, and what his ...