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Author Anil Prasad Interviewed at All About Jazz
He may not be a household name and you likely won't hear him mentioned in music journalism classes alongside Robert Christgau, Lester Bangs and Anthony DeCurtis. But for those familiar with his work, Anil Prasad is considered among the most knowledgeable, provocative and forward-thinking music journalists in the world today. In 1994, Prasad was dissatisfied with ...
Cupa ironia: intervista a Caterina Palazzi
by AAJ Italy Staff
Non si incontra tutti i giorni una musicista dalle idee chiare come Caterina Palazzi. Alla guida di un quartetto legato da amicizia e stima reciproca - completato da Danielle Di Majo (alto sax), Giacomo Ancillotti (chitarra) e Maurizio Chiavaro (batteria) - e forte del convincente album d'esordio Sudoku Killer, la giovane contrabbassista ci racconta come nascono ...
Jazz Drummer Blackman, Guitar Legend Santana Exchange Vows
Guitar legend Carlos Santana, 63, married fiancée Cindy Blackman, 51, in Maui on Sunday! She posed outside with her bridesmaids, though inclement weather moved their actual ceremony from the beach to an indoor venue. Click here for rundown from popsugar.com As many of you know, drummer Cindy Blackman and guitarist Carlos Santana were married Sunday, Dec. ...
Doug Wamble: A New Direction
by Matthew Warnock
It's never easy for an established artist to make a change in their musical output mid-career, especially if up until that point they have made a name for themselves in the realm of traditional jazz. While some of these artists make a switch because for monetary reasons or to reach a wider audience, others are drawn ...
Bill Evans and Joe Puma
Before he began recording exclusively as leader of a working trio, pianist Bill Evans was a prolific sideman. Between 1954 and 1958, Evans appeared on more than 20 recordings led by other artists. Except for New Jazz Conceptions, his first one-off trio date for Riverside in 1956, Evans was a top keyboard gun for hire in ...
George Duke: Facing the Music
by Jeff Winbush
In jazz, there are two seminal figures called “Duke." For Edward Kennedy Ellington, “Duke" was a nickname. For George Duke, it is his surname, but the similarities with Duke Ellington don't end there. As a pianist, arranger, songwriter, bandleader and composer, George Duke has solidified his reputation as one of jazz's most important figures. Also a ...
Interview with CEO of LyricFind: On "Lyrics for Free" and Fighting Lyric Pirates One Site at a Time
Recently, I spoke with Darryl Ballantyne, who is CEO of LyricFind, a legal lyric solution provider. In part one of this interview with Ballantyne, he talks about recent developments at his company and the challenges of disrupting lyric pirates. Hypebot: How will your “Lyrics For Free" option be helpful in relation to curving lyric piracy? Darryl ...
Rale Micic Charts New Ground with Crowdfunding
New York, NY—Rale Micic, who is being hailed as “one of the most interesting young guitarists on the New York City scene," has turned to crowd funding, a new way of financing independent, creative projects, to produce a high-quality jazz music video for his composition “Serbology." Crowd funding is a grassroots, web-based approach to raising money ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Samuel Quinto (Part 3)
The further an artist moves forward in their chosen musical direction, the more they define their artistic identity. It's a process that evolves over the course of years, as the musician moves through a series of milestones. These milestones are the moments that we remember historically, but it's really the events that lead to the milestones ...
Interview with OK Go: On File-Sharing, the Major Label System, and Balancing Creativity with Marketing
This interview is by Miranda Burnett of Pirate Verbatim. Follow her on Twitter. A few months back, Miranda Burnett started a blog called Pirate Verbatim, where she highlights artist's thoughts on file-sharing. Hypebot grew very excited about her efforts, as we had thought it would be great to give artists a voice and enable them to ...
