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Alex Machacek: A Very Tall Tale
by Ian Patterson
Be careful what you wish for, for you may get it-so the saying goes. When Alex Machacek asked drummer Marco Minnemann if he had a drum solo he could pass his way to compose around, he could never have expected a drum improvisation lasting 51 minutes. Before he could say, “Hey, 13/16 is a really odd ...
Tickle the Ivories, Elmo
Elmo Hope, born on this date in 1923, was a self-taught hard bop pianist and composer who never achieved wide recognition but was influential on other bebop pianists. He was actually childhood friends with Bud Powell--they listened to classical music (J.S. Bach, in particular) together. Hope had a percussive style of playing that was generally rhythmic, ...
Trombonist Alan Ferber Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
Trombonist and composer Alan Ferber is a precise and thoughtful individual whose careful, deliberate expression is equally evident in both his insightful way of speaking--and his beautifully composed and executed recordings. As a freelancer, Ferber has tackled a wide breadth of music, everything from big band and small ensemble jazz to Broadway musicals and the beats ...
Pianist Fred Hersch Survives Coma to Write a New Chapter to His Jazz Career
Even though it was Sunday, the Village Vanguard was packed to catch the last night of pianist Fred Hersch's weeklong run. Hersch had played the legendary club in New York's West Village before, even releasing a live album recorded there, and the room had the energy of an artist restaking his claim as one of current ...
Alan Ferber: Developing String Theory
by Franz A. Matzner
Trombonist and composer Alan Ferber is a precise and thoughtful individual whose careful, deliberate expression is equally evident in both his insightful way of speaking--and his beautifully composed and executed recordings. As a freelancer, Ferber has tackled a wide breadth of music, everything from big band and small ensemble jazz to Broadway musicals and the beats ...
Dino Betti van der Noot
by AAJ Italy Staff
Si era a metà degli anni Ottanta, quando il mondo del jazz si accorgeva, d'un colpo, di un signore ormai cinquantenne, di professione pubblicitario, che dall'oggi al domani si scopriva essere il più insigne caporchestra di casa nostra. Come (a volte) accade, a capirlo erano per primi gli americani, per l'esattezza “USA Today," che nel 1986 ...
Interview: Stanley Kay (Part 2)
The late Stanley Kay told me he was most proud of two career highlights: being hired by Buddy Rich and founding the DIVA Jazz Orchestra. Let's cover the second one first: In 1990, Stanley was conducting a band in which Sherrie Maricle was playing drums. Taken with Sherrie's playing, Stanley asked her if other female jazz ...
Herbie Hancock: A Shared Commonality
By: Dennis Cook Hancock by Douglas Kirkland Herbie Hancock has been putting out albums since the early 1960s but he's never made one quite like The Imagine Project (released June 22 on his own Hancock Records). A far cry from the landmark jazz he created with Miles Davis or even the Headhunters, The Imagine Project took ...
Gregg Allman Receives Liver Transplant
UPDATES TO BE POSTED REGULARLY ON GREGGALLMAN.COM Gregg Allman As part of his continued recovery from Hepatitis C, Gregg Allman recently underwent a successful liver transplant operation at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. Allman had been on a waiting list for the transplant and is looking forward to a speedy recovery. I feel pretty ...
Interview: Lou Donaldson (Part 3)
Between mid-1955 and the start of 1957, Lou Donaldson did not record for reasons he outlines below. Instead, he booked a long string of urban clubs across the country and toured them back and forth while fronting a quintet that included organist Big John Patton. Along the way, Lou became creatively comfortable with the sax-organ sound, ...
