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Yusef Lateef @ 90
Some years ago the Jazz Journalists Association, as a tribute to friend and colleague the late Harlem jazz writer Clarence Atkins sponsored a group of aspiring African American music writers to attend a journalism conference in California. I'm happy to say that for the most part they have continued to write particularly on jazz, and in ...
Interview: Albert Maysles (Part 2)
Watching Gimme Shelter with director Albert Maysles was one of my crazier long-shot ideas. But Albert immediately saw the value and agreed to do it. As we settled in several weeks ago and the film began to roll, I couldn't help but feel this electric surge. As with Sonny Rollins agreeing to take a drive uptown ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Jovino Santos Neto (Part 3)
Spending time with an influential musician during the height of their artistic output means a lot of different things. It's an amazing growth opportunity that results in one of the finest educations available—performing regularly with an innovative musician simply demands artistic evolution. The opportunity to experience the development of the artist's musical development is a priceless ...
Interview: David Amram at 80
David Amram turned 80 yesterday. If you know David, you know that hitting that age is almost a ridiculous concept. The musician and composer has the metabolism and mind of a 25-year old, and he's constantly traveling the country like jazz's Johnny Appleseed, performing and motivating all who cross his path. One grows winded just listening ...
Carl Broemel: Heaven Knows
By Dennis Cook Some albums seem illuminated by twinkling, magic catching light, birthed in quietude and redolent of domesticity and other simple pleasures that sustain us amidst the hustle 'n' bustle. This is the atmosphere of the solo debut from My Morning Jacket lead guitarist Carl Broemel, whose work outside MMJ has the shimmering, comforting timelessness ...
How 550,000 Artists Collaborate and Create Together
(Read part 1 of the interview here.) The proliferation of social production tools and aligning them with the intrinsic motivations of musicians isn't enough to bring about cultural change though; musicians need real-life opportunities to act on too. The way that musicians understand the opportunities available to them has changed drastically over the course of the ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Jovino Santos Neto (Part 4)
Every musician carries a tool box around to their gigs—it's not a physical collection of devices, but rather the sum total of their experience. Each performance arms them with another piece for their tool box, providing some insight or technical development that allows them to bump their performance to another level. In some cases, the tool ...
Helping Artists Embrace, Make Sense of the Chaos
(Read part one and two of this interview.) In his book Cognitive Surplus, Clay Shirky argues that the single greatest predictor of how much value can be derived from this surfeit of free time is how much we “allow and encourage one another to experiment, because the only group that can try everything is everybody." In ...
Guitarist Kevin Eubanks Interviewed at All About Jazz....and More!
For millions of people across the U.S. and abroad, Kevin Eubanks will always be associated with The Tonight Show band, after his 18 years alongside Jay Leno. But for those who have followed Eubanks' career off the set, where he has been a highly prolific composer and recording artist, it's his work as a guitarist that ...
Guitarist Sandro Albert Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!
Completely self-taught, guitarist Sandro Albert paid his dues in small clubs and shacks on the Brazilian circuit before he graduated to larger venues in Brazil that included music festivals. Two years ago, he played at the prestigious North Sea Jazz Festival at the invitation of Musical Director Claude Nobs. It was there that he performed with ...
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