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Photostory: Fayard Nicholas
Fayard Nicholas was half the Nicholas Brothers dance team, whose spectacular gravity-defying routines were the highlights of films like Sun Valley Serenade (1941), Orchestra Wives (1942), Stormy Weather (1943), The Pirate (1948) and many others. Paul Slaughter had the honor of photographing Fayard Nicholas several times. [Photo of Fayard Nicholas in 1983 by Paul Slaughter] Here's ...
Pledgemusic Starts "Record Label" and "Signs" Band - So What Does That Mean? [interview]
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Back in December, PledgeMusic, a fan-funding site, launched their own record label and publishing division and signed the indie rock group The Damnwells. Once the news broke, many questions arose. What does it mean to start a “record label" and “sign" a band? To answer these questions, I spoke with Alex Dezen, a member of The Damnwells. Benji Rogers, the ...
Hot Young Pianist Gerald Clayton Born into Jazz Experience
Many of today's top jazz artists adopted the music after being turned on by a great album, concert, or learning experience. Pianist Gerald Clayton was born into it. His father, bassist and arranger John Clayton, played in the Count Basie Orchestra before co-founding the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra “I was exposed to the lifestyle behind the music," ...
UYS: Bernard Fowler & Dave Abbruzzese (The IMF's) interviews
Bernard Fowler Dave Abbruzzese. These interviews are part of the book/dvd project “Under your skin" which includes conversations with Chuck D—Public Enemy, Sam Rivers, Yusef Lateef, ...
Intervista a David Tronzo (parte terza)
by AAJ Italy Staff
Parte terza [per leggere la prima parte clicca qui, per la seconda parte clicca qui] All About Jazz: Dopo il tour con John Hiatt, la mancata consacrazione discografica e il conseguente 'licenziamento' improvviso, cosa è successo? David Tronzo: Tornai a New York. Non in città ma nei dintorni, e ho fatto un po' di tutto, abbandonando ...
Kellylee Evans: Grazie Nina
by AAJ Italy Staff
Di R.J. DeLuke Si può dire che la cantante Kellylee Evans abbia bruciato le tappe della sua carriera musicale, sebbene abbia deciso relativamente tardi (considerando comunque la sua giovane età) di buttarsi nel mare magnum dello show business; un mare talvolta infido e agitato da tempeste. La giovane Canadese di Toronto aveva da poco deciso di ...
Artist's Point of View: JD Allen
One artist and band whose evolution has been palpable and consistently spiraling upward is saxophonist JD Allen and his trio. The Detroit-born Allen wields a brawny, constantly questing tenor saxophone and in the company of bassist Gregg August and drummer Rudy Royston he is forging new vistas for the saxophone trio. Their stream-of-consciousness set, with barely ...
Giacomo Gates' Vocalese Takes a New Turn
Randy Weston and his African Rhythms Sextet, with master drummer Lewis Nash joining the aggregation on traps, closed out the month of January with a splendid week at Dizzy's Club. The occasion was in part a celebration of Randy's latest release The Storyteller for the Motema label. Numerous good folks were on hand to join in ...
SoundExchange Names Micahel Huppe New President and Our Exclusive Interview
SoundExchange today named long-time Executive Vice President and General Counsel Michael Huppe as its new President. Huppe succeeds John Simson, who announced in July that he would be leaving SoundExchange after 10 years. On accepting his new position, Huppe promised to be “an eager champion of the music industry's future," and in an exclusive interview with ...
Moody-Inspired Fan Devotes Life to History of Jazz
“Jazz Is Freedom. You Think About That." -Thelonious Monk By Stan Lee Special to jazzstage.net That's what jazz brings to me. I have friends with whom I want to share this joy of artistry that started with me in 1986. That's the purpose of this project on jazz history. I started with the birth of jazz ...
