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Latin Jazz Conversations: Pete Escovedo (Part 1)
When a musician looks back upon their lifetime, their accomplishments leave an impact upon their musical community and the depth of this impact defines their legacy. Individuals destined to leave a major footprint upon the musical world generally start early, dedicating all their spare time to the pursuit of musical growth. These individuals spend all their ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Adriano Santos (Part 3)
Most musicians further their artistic development through a series of musical milestones, that become more defined as they come closer. When the musician starts on the journey, their future consists of general goals that may involve proficiency on their instrument, consistent work, or the ability to understand a certain musical style. As the musician attains some ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Adriano Santos (Part 2)
Even the most focused, dedicated, and thoughtful musicians hit roadblocks on their path towards musical goals. Plans laid at an early age seem certain at the time, based on unstoppable feelings of invincibility and power. Fate has a funny way of testing musicians though, seeing just how long they will persevere in order to reach their ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Adriano Santos (Part 1)
There are a lot of motivating factors to connect young people and performance, but the simple thrill of making music serves as the prime factor that pushes young people towards more lofty musical goals. Before they experience the act of creating music, just playing an instrument or singing seems magical, a dream that can't be touched. ...
How I Got Here: From music student to jazz master
How I Got Here" is a series of conversations with newsmakers about the path they took to their present place In America. (CNN)--Jason Moran is a jazz musician who has one foot in the past, one in the future and a career grounded in the present. From the past, Moran has built on the tradition of ...
Herbie Hancock's secret of great musicianship: Do your math and science homework!
If you've taken even the slightest interest in popular music over, oh, the last half-century or so, you've doubtless encountered the artistry of Herbie Hancock. Whether it's his suave jazz standards like “Watermelon Man" or his inspired guest stints as a pianist and keyboardist on scores of pop collaborations--his funky, elegant solo midway through Stevie Wonder's ...
Mike Durham's Brilliant Idea (Another One!)
Mike Durham is not only a fine trumpet player and soulful man. He's also the embodiment of musical generosity--with his wife Patti (herself inimitable) he has given the world twenty Whitley Bay International Jazz Festivals. The 2010 one was announced as the final one, and I think all the musicians and listeners had their joy tinged ...
"Pay Attention!" Celebrating Jake Hanna (August 8, 2010)
The greatest artists have a way of making us comfortable. We see them, unannounced, come on the stage, and we relax and get ready to be delighted. “This is going to be wonderful!" we think, before the first note has been played. Hank Jones and Milt Hinton and Ruby Braff and Vic Dickenson and another dozen ...
Interview: Paul Bacon (Part 4)
I should have told you this from the start but Paul Bacon has had a second career that has been even bigger than his first. Paul is perhaps best known today not as an LP-cover art director but as the inventor of book jacket design as we know it. Starting in the late 1950s, he has ...
He Just Keeps Gettin' Up: Pianist/Composer/Bandleader Orrin Evans
Last Tuesday evening at the Jazz Standard, fortified by a plate of succulent ribs and amidst an appreciative audience, sonic rewards were plentiful from pianist Orrin Evans once again offering ample evidence that his arc continues on the rise. That evening and the next at the agreeable East Side joint, Evans piloted a rough & ready ...
