Results for "Interview"

Catherine Russell Arrives Fashionably Late to the Solo Jazz Vocal Party

January 30, 2011

I first became aware of singer Catherine Russell through fellow singer Carolyn Leonhart, who had good things to say about her fellow Steely Dan backup singer. I then found Russell's 2006 debut album, 'Cat,' a beguiling mix of old-time jazz, early blues, swing and the great American songbook (in the broadest sense of the word). But ...

Photostory: Steve McQueen

January 29, 2011

After my article on driving the Bullitt car-chase route appeared in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week, photographer Paul Slaughter sent along an email with two fabulous images he had taken of Steve McQueen, the late star of Bullitt. Rather than tell you about the photos, here's Paul to tell you in his own words: “In ...

UYS Interview: Doug Hammond - "An AmeriEuro Fantasia"

January 27, 2011

Latin Jazz Conversations: Wayne Wallace (Part 2)

January 28, 2011

The evolution of jazz charges into the future with the ferocity of a tidal wave, and the strongest musicians ride the momentum into the future. The conglomeration of musical styles and improvisational approaches that shape emerging trends in jazz push the musician through a test of flexibility and durability. Sometimes the musician successfully sails over the ...

Alan Trustman on Bullitt

January 28, 2011

Yesterday afternoon, an email arrived in my in-box with a curious subject line: “That's MY car chase. MINE!!" The writer was, of course, referring to my article in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal here on the famed car chase from Bullitt, the 1968 film starring Steve McQueen. Over the past weekend I was in San Francisco driving ...

Esperanza Spalding stands tall, hair and all

January 28, 2011

NEW YORK—When Esperanza Spalding plays her upright bass, the bulky instrument extends over her unruly mass of curls by half a foot as she bobs and weaves to complex jazz rhythms. The pairing's a visual mismatch, but there's no doubt she's in comm “Maybe it looks like I'm working hard, but I'm pretty relaxed," says the ...

Interview: Loren Janes of Bullitt

January 27, 2011

As a kid growing up in New York in the late '60s, I had a thing for the movie Bullitt starring Steve McQueen. While I didn't necessarily understand the plot, I was mesmerized by the car chase. At the local candy store, all of my friends talked obsessively about it, probably because watching the sequence felt ...

Intervista a David Tronzo (parte prima)

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 27, 2011

Questa lunghissima intervista a David Tronzo è rimasta per molti anni nel cassetto per motivi disparati: un po' di pigrizia, un po' di dubbi su come utilizzarla, insomma le solite cose. Ma Tronzo rimane un chitarrista formidabile che con la sua slide guitar sta cercando di dare voce alla nuova musica di un nuovo millennio che ...

Latin Jazz Conversations: Wayne Wallace (Part 1)

January 27, 2011

Community plays a powerful role in the creation of a musician; individuals evolve into artists through the impact of the world spinning around them. Musical movements often define a region, leaving their mark upon all its inhabitants. Some areas resonate with a single-minded focus upon one artistic direction while other places overflow with different ideas. For ...

BLN.KR - Update Your Band Profiles All at Once

January 27, 2011

If you're a regular reader of Hypebot, chances are, you're already updating your MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter all at once. However, everyone loves options and shiny new artist tools, so I'll hip you to a new site called Bln.ker. It enables you to share all of your new songs—with a single click—across multiple platforms, saving you ...