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Latin Jazz Conversations: Eddie Palmieri (Part 2)
The first steps into a career as a bandleader offers a musician a choice—should they follow in the footsteps of their mentors or forge their own path? Retracing the steps of a teacher always serves as the safe route for a new bandleader. They can draw upon what they know, structure their work around defined models, ...
A Tale of Two CTI's (Part 1)
Thirty-two years ago, Creed Taylor lost control of his CTI record label. Overly ambitious international expansion plans in the late 1970s put enormous strain on CTI's revenue. A protracted legal battle with Warner Brothers over guitarist George Benson, a CTI artist, didn't help. [Photo of Creed Taylor in the 1970s by Chuck Stewart] To sustain the ...
Stefano Benini: tutti i colori del flauto jazz
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo l'apporto pionieristico di Gino Marinacci, il flauto jazz in Italia ha stabilito un proprio status grazie a Nicola Stilo e Stefano Benini. In particolare quest'ultimo aggiunge all'attività artistica e didattica, quella di studioso del flauto jazz e della sua storia. Di recente ha pubblicato il volume Il flauto jazz - La storia, i protagonisti, il ...
Nat Hentoff on Dizzy Gillespie
"In the 1980s, there was to be a concert at Lincoln Center honoring [trumpeter] Dizzy Gillespie. He and a big band were, of course, to be at the center of the celebration. A few days before, I went to a rehearsal. Everyone was there except Dizzy. [Photo of Dizzy Gillespie in 1963] “No music was played. ...
Newly produced interview with Dizzy Gillespie
Soulandjazz.com Presents: Talking Jazz with Ben Sidran Episode 2: Dizzy Gillespie Music Additions Remixed & Reproduced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" Click here to listen The story: Back in the mid-80's on National Public Radio (NPR) in America, a show ran called Sidran On Record. Presented by Ben Sidran, a musician, author, lecturer and ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Eddie Palmieri (Part 1)
The lives of legendary Latin Jazz artists always recount themselves like a master class in the major events of music history. When these musicians experience each historical landmark, they simply seem like the ups and downs of daily life. Looking at these events in retrospect, we place the weight of history upon them, giving them significance ...
Happy 85th Birthday, George Wein!
As NEA Jazz Master George Wein prepares to celebrate his 85th birthday George Wein quietly with family and friends on Sunday, October 3, he reflects on the past, present and future, including jazz and folk festivals in New York and Newport, performances in Barcelona (Spain), San Juan (PR), New York, Newport, Monterey and San Francisco and ...
Matthew Charles Heulitt: Sonic Magician
by Ian Patterson
Guitarist/composer Matthew Charles Heulitt has been around for a while, gigging for over a decade in drumming master Zigaboo Modeliste's funk band. Heulitt is also a member of ex-Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra drummer Narada Michael Walden's band; it is therefore no surprise that he displays an acute rhythmic sense in his playing. In fact, Heulitt's ...
A Tribute to the McCoy Brothers (October 3, 2010)
In the Thirties, one of the great folk-blues-hot jazz bands was the Harlem Hamfats, who recorded a great many rocking sides for Decca's “race records" line. The band was sparked by the string playing of “Kansas Joe" (guitar) and “Papa Charlie" McCoy (mandolin) — who are buried in unmarked graves. Arlo Leach has organized a daylong ...
Violinist Christian Howes Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!
It's not difficult to think of great blues artists—there's a roll call of honor as long as that of great jazz artists—and every sizeable town in the world has a blues band or two. So where is the violin? Great blues guitarist sand vocalists have never been in short supply, but the great blues violinist, once ...
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