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Interview: Stanley Kay (Part 1)
Stanley Kay, Buddy Rich's drummer in the late 1940s, died on Monday (June 21st) in New York after a long illness. He was 86. To the uninitiated, my description of Stanley's occupation in the first sentence may sound odd. Buddy Rich's drummer? Buddy Rich was a drummer. Except that Stanley played drums when Buddy Rich sang ...
We All Make Music Interviews B.J. Jansen
B.J. Jansen was featured by the Music Industry Blog, “We All Make Music," today. Here is an excerpt from the feature article,"B.J. Jansen on Helping Artists Help Themselves." “B.J. Jansen accepts and welcomes the changes faced by the music industry. Rather than look at them as catastrophic, Jansen ...
Interview: Lou Donaldson (Part 2)
Jazz writers aren't in complete agreement about the first hard-bop recording. Many point to Miles Davis' Walkin', recorded in April 1954. Others choose recordings from slightly later. I'd have to say that the first hard-bop date--where the trumpet and saxophone operate in unison with an r&b feel, backed by big steady, swinging beat--would have to be ...
Jimmie Noone, Jazz Clarinet Pioneer
For those unfamiliar with the sound of clarinetist Jimmie Noone, here he is with his 1928 Apex Club Orchestra--Doc Poston, alto sax; Earl Hines, piano; Bud Scott, banjo; Johnny Wells, drums--playing EVERY EVENING (I MISS YOU) courtesy of “ptm51 on YouTube (see below). Noone (1894-1944) should be known to a wider audience today, and a new ...
Robert Randolph: Shot of Love
By: Dennis Cook Robert Randolph As Robert Randolph & The Family Band approach their first decade together, all evidence is their game is tighter than ever. Boldly emerging from the gospel community, Randolph - easily the greatest innovator on his weapon of choice, pedal steel guitar, since Red Rhodes reshaped the instrument with Michael Nesmith in ...
Noted Author Nat Hentoff Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
Nat Hentoff was eleven years old when, walking down the road one day in Boston, he heard music so exciting that he shouted with pleasure and ran into the shop to learn that the music was of clarinetist Artie Shaw. In that moment was born a love affair with jazz which has lasted seventy-four years thus ...
Pat O'Leary's Nightingale
If you had asked me, a few months ago, to tell you all I knew about Patrick O'Leary, I would have said, “Wonderful bass player--a real melodic sensibility and strong time--and an extraordinary jazz cellist. Witty fellow, a good sort." And I would have directed you to some of the videos I've taken at The Ear ...
Master Guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Mick Goodrick Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
When guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Mick Goodrick walked up to the stage on January 30th, 2008, they were not only preparing to record a live album for Muthspiel's Material Records label, they were celebrating a musical and personal relationship that stretches back more than two decades. First meeting at the New England Conservatory, where Muthspiel studied ...
Dark Star Orchestra Picks Jeff Mattson as New Guitarist
TRICKSTER GETS THE GIG Dark Star Orchestra announced today that Jeff Mattson will be taking on the Jerry Garcia role and welcomes him as a full time member of the group. The band's statement reads: “After months of touring and playing with Jeff, we have decided to offer him the full time gig, which he has ...
Music Veteran Alfonzo Blackwell Sizzles During Black Music Month
June 2010 Marks Black Music Month and American Saxophonist Alfonzo Blackwell continues to make Major Contributions to the History and Legacy of Black Music New York, NY (USA) American Jazz Saxophonist/Composer/Producer Alfonzo Blackwell is an African-American musician and entertainer who marks 2010 as his fifteenth year recording in the music business. He has much to celebrate ...
