Results for "Interview"

Brian Eno: The Dick Flash Interview

November 4, 2010

Interview: John King

November 4, 2010

Guitarist and violist John King has composed music for opera, theater, orchestras, chamber ensembles, rock bands, dance and film, and was Music Curator at New York City's The Kitchen from 1999-2003. He has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet, Ethel, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Mannheim Ballet, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, the Ballets de ...

Guitarist Fabrizio Sotti Interviewed at All About Jazz

November 3, 2010

Recording a jazz album is never easy. Compared to most genres of music, where everything is prearranged and planned out ahead of time, there is a large amount of spontaneity when it comes to laying down a jazz record. Many times, the best takes are the least thought-about beforehand—the ones where improvisational magic just jumps out ...

Interview: Will Friedwald (Part 1)

November 3, 2010

Will Friedwald is one of the most knowledgeable writers on American Songbook singers. Will's byline appears regularly in The Wall Street Journal, and he's author of eight books, including revealing works on Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. Will also is one of the nicest and most generous people around, and in this business, that's saying something. ...

Max Makes It Happen.

November 3, 2010

Maxim Micheliov is part of a robust Jazz advocacy community in Vilnius Lithuania that comes highly recommended by friends who have performed there. Max with Roy Campbell jr. 1. Describe your discovery of music. “The sounds of music have always been heard at our home. Both my parents love music. We had a quite big collection ...

Fabrizio Sotti: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make a Great Album

by Matthew Warnock
November 2, 2010

Recording a jazz album is never easy. Compared to most genres of music, where everything is prearranged and planned out ahead of time, there is a large amount of spontaneity when it comes to laying down a jazz record. Many times, the best takes are the least thought-about beforehand--the ones where improvisational magic just jumps out ...

Intervista a Joshua Redman

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 2, 2010

Nell'ultima apparizione pubblica newyorkese, la poetessa Beat Diane di Prima, alla domanda “Che tipo di jazz ascolta?" Ha risposto: “Di sicuro non ascolto il 99% di quello che nei negozzi di dischi di oggi compare sotto l'etichetta 'jazz' ma qualche contemporaneo c'è: Joshua Redman, per esempio." Cosa rende lo stile di Joshua Redman tale da insinuarsi ...

Akua Allrich: Washington Rising

by Franz A. Matzner
November 1, 2010

A native Washingtonian, vocalist Akua Allrich's music flows with a free, natural energy as engaging as her equally ingenuous personality. Although she graduated from Howard University's music department roughly a decade ago, Allrich has only recently thrown herself into forging a musical career. She originally opted not to pursue a singing career and turned instead to ...

Photographer Brian Rasic Interviewed at All About Jazz

November 10, 2010

Good photography can say more than a thousand words—it captures the moment and immortalizes it. Known for his brilliant photography, Serbian-born, London-based photographer Brian Branislav Rasić is known for producing some of rock's most memorable images. For more than three decades, Rasić has photographed the greatest artists in the music world and beyond. Name a few ...

Rockyoumentally interviews: Ronnie Scott's & Canary Wharf Jazz Festival.

October 31, 2010