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Interview | Mike Pride
Mike Pride’s From Bacteria To Boys has undergone several personnel changes since its formation in 2005. Perpetually evolving in order to realize the development of Pride’s sonic vision, the current quartet version features Peter Bitenc, Darius Jones and Alexis Marcelo, and their Aum Fidelity debut, Betweenwhile, earned a spot on several 2010 year-end lists. In preparation ...
New NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman Week Begins at All About Jazz with Extensive Interview and More!
A few months shy of 65, saxophonist Dave Liebman may be having the busiest time of his career, now in its fifth decade. In the past 12 months, nearly a dozen releases have demonstrated the tremendous stylistic breadth of a musical oeuvre that kicked into high gear in the early 1970s. On January 11, 2011, Liebman ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Paquito D'Rivera (Part 2)
Very few musicians set out to influence people through the power of their music; they simply follow the heights of their artistic passions. Influence can't really be forced or created, it arises as a result of an artist's work; there's not really a formula that can guarantee the impact of music. An intensely focused passion towards ...
Interview: Junior Mance (Part 2)
Many great jazz pianists of the '40s started out as accompanists. The process of backing a singer or instrumentalist forces you to anticipate space, experiment with harmony and keep swinging time. As a young, confident, sensitive pianist, Junior Mance understood this supporting role perfectly. After he left the Army in 1953, Junior was the house pianist ...
RDIO COO Believes "Sense of Community" Will Differentiate Their Music Service from Rivals
This is part two of my interview with Carter Adamson, who is the COO of RDIO. In this segment, Adamson talks about the challenges of raising awareness for a music service and keeping fans actively engaged. Hypebot: What elements have you considered adding to RDIO—not now, but down the road? Carter Adamson: Rdio will continue to ...
Interview: Junior Mance (Part 3)
Pianist Junior Mance has a lot of church in his playing. But it's not purely the church of stomping gospel or frenzied revivals. Rather, Junior's playing channels both urban gospel and rural spirituals and hymns. What interesting about his quiet soul is that it garners both a physical reaction in listeners as well as self-reflection. Junior's ...
Billy Taylor's Legacy
To the Editor: Re “Billy Taylor, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 89" (obituary, Dec. 30): The arts world has lost a great friend in Billy Taylor, not just as a brilliant jazz pianist—which he was—but also as an educator, policy adviser and ardent spokesman for the arts. Some 30 years ago I had the privilege of working ...
An Interview with Thumbplay Music Ceo Evan Schwartz on Designing a Great Music Service
This is part two of my interview with Evan Schwartz, who is the CEO and co-Founder of Thumbplay Music. In this segment, Schwartz talks about balancing passive consumption with active engagement in the fan musical experience, as well as, how elements of gaming can be incorporated into a streaming music service. Hypebot: As we empower passive ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Paquito D'Rivera (Part 1)
True musical visionaries don't appear out of the blue; they are the result of a life immersed in music from every angle. From a very young age, these artists have access to a wide variety of music and musicians, checking out all the possibilities of a musical life. They spend time in the company of important ...
Interview: Junior Mance (Part 1)
Pianist Junior Mance has always been a natural. While still in his teens, he played and recorded with some of the most exceptional jazz stars of the late 1940s. What jazz greats admired most about Junior was his fearless confidence and fast hands. Back then, jazz pianists had to do triple duty. They had to be ...
