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Herbie Hancock: "I Don't Feel That I'm Missing Miles Because I Don't Feel He's Gone."
Here's a quick look at an interview Herbie Hancock recently had with The Telegraph. Q Do you think that jazz has outlived itself? A I'm seeing a lot of new, young jazz players emerging from high schools, way more than I expected. They're talented, they're good and they want to play the music. To me ...
Lee Konitz at 82
Dan Tepfer i Lee Konitz, parada a Barcelona el 10 de novembre. Sis dècades al peu del canó, participant en tota mena d'aventures fundacionals, des del seu aprenentatge amb Lennie Tristano fins al Birth of the Cool de Miles Davis. Però el millor és que Lee Konitz continua avui encara buscant noves idees i nous camins ...
Yahoo's 'The New Now' Features Young Soul Sensation Eli "Paperboy" Reed.
Brooklyn-based soul singer, Eli “Paperboy" Reed blew out the doors of the Y! Music studios recently with his full scale soul revue. The high-energy performance was captured in three great performances. The full profile can be found here. Look for Reed's Capitol Records debut, Come and Get It on ...
A Note on Mitch Miller
Jazz fans owe a debt of gratitude to Mitch Miller, who passed away at the age of 99 on July 31. Miller may have been known to many from his shlocky 1960s television show, Sing Along With Mitch, but he played an indirect role in the success of jazz in the 1950s. Miller was an oboist ...
Looking For Louis, then and Now
But which one? The sound on the records, the iconic image on the television screen, or the actual person? In the spring of 1967, I was fourteen—someone who had secretly listening to Louis Armstrong records for a few years. And I was fortunate enough to be alive when Louis was popular—HELLO, DOLLY! was still vivid in ...
Drummer Lenny White Interviewed at AllAboutJazz.com...and More!
Since first showing up on the radar on Miles Davis' iconic Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) at the age of 19, drummer Lenny White has gone from success to success, most notably for his tenure as a member of Chick Corea's legendary electric group Return to Forever, which launched a successful comeback in 2008. White always has ...
Pianist Mark Soskin Interviewed at All About Jazz
In conversation with the immensely talented and engaging pianist Mark Soskin, the word “challenge" arises periodically. It's used in a good sense. Simply put, “I like to be able to be handed a challenge and then rise to it," he said in conversation, earlier in the summer of 2010. Diversity is also something he likes. The ...
WartaJazz.com's Agus Setiawan Interviewed at AllAboutJazz.com
In his book The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia's Quest for Wealth (HarperCollins, 2009), Michael Schuman writes, “In little more than a generation, Asia has emerged from centuries of stagnation to become the rising force of the global economy—a transformation so spectacular that some have called it a miracle." Given the sheer number of people—over ...
Interview: David Dufresne, New CEO at Bandzoogle
It was announced yesterday that David Dufresne is now the CEO at Bandzoogle, so I took a moment to catch up with David and ask him a few questions. How did you come to be the new CEO at Bandzoogle? David Dufresne: I met Chris Vinson (Bandzoogle's founder and visionary) a few months ago while I ...
Either/Orchestra Take a Respite From Ethiopian Sounds to Present Jazz Originals
It's easy to take the Either/Orchestra for granted. The Boston 10-piece has been around for 25 years, putting out consistently excellent albums on its own Accurate imprint. But it's not an easy slog being in a band this size—it takes patience as well as a flair for scheduling, not to mention some creative accounting to keep ...
