Results for "Interview"

Rockyoumentally: Robert Irving III, Corey Wilkes & Shannon Harris interviews.

January 21, 2011

Esperanza Spalding and Her Jazz Bass Still on the Move After Her Grammy Nomination

January 21, 2011

It was just over a year ago that I wrote about Esperanza Spalding in this space. Back then, the bassist was hot off her performances at the White House and President Obama's Nobel Prize awards ceremony. That is enough for most people to hang a career hat on, but then came the 2011 Grammy nominations: Spalding ...

Why a Music Social Network Won't Succeed - Less Fan Interest Than We Imagine [interview]

January 20, 2011

Recently, I spoke with Kevin Leflar, who is the Founder, President and CEO of officialCOMMUNITY, a leader in creating commercialized online communities for established recording artists. In this interview, Leflar talks about how shortening of fame cycles and the challenges in monetizing viral activity. Hypebot: How has the shortening of fame cycles affected the ability of ...

Chick Corea Headlines at Jazz at Lincoln Center

January 20, 2011

To judge by the latest whirlwind of activity, jazz great Chick Corea has no intention of slowing down after more than 50 years. Saturday he led a tribute to Herbie Hancock in Washington, D.C. Sunday he was in a Manhattan studio recording with Roy Haynes, who, at 85, may be the world's greatest living jazz drummer. ...

Amateurs Blur with Professionals - As Music Apps Get Better, the Music Will Too [interview]

January 19, 2011

This is part two of my interview with Suzanne Lainson. She is a marketing strategist who has worked with sports, tech, and music companies, and currently writes about the future of the music industry for the Brands Pus Music blog. In this interview, she talks about the implication of a global community of creators and how they ...

Sonny Rollins on His Favorite Soundtracks

January 19, 2011

New York magazine's Vulture site has an ongoing feature called Vulture Recommends in which artists of different stripes (actors, comedians, directors, writers, musicians) discuss their top five works in given categories. In the past, I've done Vulture Recommends with Vijay Iyer, The Bad Plus, Neil LaBute, and Joe Lovano. Last week, I interviewed the great Sonny ...

Mr Ho's Orchestrotica: Endless Bachelor Party

by Gordon Marshall
January 18, 2011

Led by pianist and multi-percussionist Brian O'Neill, Mr Ho's Orchestrotica plays the kind of music you can listen to with your mother. She'll love the '50s atmosphere of The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel (Exotica For Modern Living, 2010)--while you'll pick up all the left-of-center global hints--and she won't even know it's good for her! It's good, ...

A Future Where Everyone is a Music Maker - How Apps Will Change Cultural Creation [interview]

January 18, 2011

Recently, I spoke with Suzanne Lainson, who is a marketing strategist who has worked with sports, tech, and music companies, and currently writes about the future of the music industry for the Brands Pus Music blog. In this interview, she talks about the future of music apps and how they'll shape music culture. Hypebot: What do ...

Conference Call: Evolution of a Burning Bush

by Gordon Marshall
January 17, 2011

Conference Call can be as balanced and beautiful as an intricate organism, and just as soon rage with holy fire. The quartet--consisting of saxophonist Gebhard Ullman, bassist Joe Fonda, drummer George Schuller and pianist Michael Jefry Stevens--perpetually weaves in all three dimensions, as well as in time--its own, and music history's. Together since ...

Intervista a Zeno De Rossi

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 17, 2011

Nonostante da piccolo percuotesse tutto quello che aveva sottomano, la folgorazione per la batteria arriva quando si accorge di non poter diventare il portiere dell'Inter (tra i suoi idoli trova posto anche il mitico Ivano Bordon ). E' stato tra i primi musicisti italiani ad avere contatti con il downtown newyorchese suonando più volte al Tonic, ...