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Abstract Logix's Souvik Dutta Interviewed at All About Jazz
It's a remarkable story. Beginning life as an online shop for fusion music of the broadest possible variety, Abstract Logix has, since its first foray into releasing albums under its own imprint in 2005, rapidly grown into the preeminent record label on the fusion scene. With a roster that includes a number of established greats and ...
Lifetime Achievement Award Doesn't Stop Philippine Jazz Icon, Boy Katindig
By Ging Candelaria Boy K, receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award This year, by unanimous decision of the Philippine Association of the Recording Industry (PARI) board, Boy Katindig had been chosen to be one of the artists to receive the Dangal Ng Musikang Pilipino Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) in the 23rd Annual Awit Awards. He was recognized ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Victor Garcia (Part 1)
The history of jazz is broad and varied, staged in various locations across the United States; strangely enough, the history of Latin Jazz is written in one area. During the birth of jazz, Jelly Roll Morton claimed the Latin Tinge was an essential part of the music, a fact which was de-emphasized until the Big 3 ...
"Our Spend Per Fan Regularly Eclipses the $100 Mark," Says Benji Rogers of Pledgemusic. PT. 2
This is part two of my interview segment with Benji Rogers, founder of PledgeMusic, a crowdfunding platform for music and creativity. In the next segment, Rogers talks about the role of super fans in campaigns and their influence on sales, his optimism about the future of recorded music and artistry, and how his site plays into the ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Victor Garcia (Part 2)
Many elements effect the make-up of a musical scene, and as each piece evolves, so does the overall scene. The community of musicians within a city stays in a constant state of flux as artists come in and out of an area. When an important musical mainstay leaves the scene, the total artistic community feels ripples ...
Trombonist Steve Turre Regales With Tales of Shells and Bones
To look at the résumé of Steve Turre is to see a list of jazz's leading figures of the past 40 years. The trombonist got his start with Rahsaan Roland Kirk in 1970. From there, he quickly moved on to a flurry of people (including Van Morrison) before landing a Ray Charles world tour in 1972. ...
Lanfranco Malaguti: la matematica dell'improvvisazione
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il rigore della ricerca, spesso condotta in forma solitaria o con piccoli gruppi, è uno dei tratti distintivi del chitarrista romano residente da molti anni in un piccolo centro del Trevigiano. Una collocazione “appartata" che da un lato tiene il musicista piuttosto lontano dai riflettori (quest'intervista è la seconda pubblicata in una rivista specializzata dal 1990), ...
Exclusive Podcast Interview with Drummer Max Weinberg
Drummer Max Weinberg speaks about touring with his Big Band, growing up in NJ, auditioning for Bruce Springsteen and how he met Conan O'Brien. Tune in to SOPAC's exclusive podcast “FRONT ROW" at http://sopacnow.org/602/sopac-podcast. Max Weinberg is scheduled to perform in South Orange, NJ, at SOPAC NOV 6. About Front Row—The New SOPAC Podcast Hosted by ...
Gary Burton on John Gray
Yesterday, in my post on trombonist Bob Flanigan and guitarist John Gray, I wondered what became of Gray. A large gap exists in his discography between 1947 and 1956, and his recording career ends abruptly in 1968. Curious, I reached out to vibraphonist Gary Burton [pictured], who played with Gray in George Shearing's quintet in the ...
