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Farewell, Fred

July 7, 2010

A previous post harboring hope now has as a sobering finality to it... Fred Anderson is gone. Details are widely available regarding the particulars of his passing so I won't dwell on them here. Despite best laid plans, I wasn't able to immerse myself in Fred's recorded work to the degree that I had planned. That ...

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Legendary Pianist Ahmad Jamal Interviewed at AAJ

July 6, 2010

Ahmad Jamal, possibly the most influential of living jazz pianists, turned 80 years young on July 2, 2010. It is however, business as usual and instead of celebrating at home in his slippers, Jamal was wowing an audience at the Marciac Jazz festival in France. Jamal is touring now more than ever before, and is in ...

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Venti minuti con la storia del jazz italiano: intervista a Roberto Gatto

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 6, 2010

Quando Roberto Gatto mette giù la cornetta il nostro registratore segna venti minuti e zero secondi, spaccati. Un lasso di tempo sufficiente per saperne di più sulla sua ultima uscita discografica Remembering Shelly, un omaggio al batterista Shelly Manne; fare quattro passi attraverso una storia importante, quella del jazz italiano degli ultimi trent'anni; dare un'occhiata al ...

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Jan Bang: Head, Shoulders, Hips, Knees and Toes

by John Kelman
July 5, 2010

When it comes to organically integrating modern technology into music, few countries are innovating to the degree of Norway, and at the epicenter of that country's forward-thinking approach to melding improvisation with jazz and Norwegian traditionalism--not to mention contemporary classicism, pop, ambient and more; truly any and all musical markers--is producer/remixer/sampler Jan Bang, who has just ...

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Live Sampler Jan Bang Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

July 5, 2010

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Sketches from Spain

July 4, 2010

Interview with Mike Walker in Andalucia, Spain. 22nd June 2010The new Manchester Jazz Festival website includes a fifteen minute interview with Mike Walker that I managed to get while I was on Mike's advanced Jazz Guitar Master Class Retreat in Andalucia, Spain recently. I thought I'd include it here as well.Mike talks ...

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George Wein on the Rebel Festival

July 3, 2010

Most people are unaware that in 1960, Newport, R.I., hosted not one but two jazz festivals. There was the big one that had been produced by George Wein since 1954. And there was a smaller, alternative festival put on by Charles Mingus. But after the riot of July 2, 1960, the smaller concert series known as ...

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An Interview with Jeff Clayton

July 1, 2010

Now available on The Clayton Brother's “The New Song and Dance" project experience page is the second part of a recent interview with ArtistShare. In this interview, Jeff Clayton speaks about his influences and compositional process for “The New Song and Dance". This interview with Jeff offers an amazing insight into the creative process of The ...

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For Fred Anderson: A Remembrance of the Late Jazz Saxophonist

July 1, 2010

Saxophonist Fred Anderson passed away Thursday, June 24, leaving a hole in the Chicago and international avant-garde jazz scenes that will never be truly filled. The cause of death has not been given, but Anderson had suffered a heart attack on June 14 while in the hospital with complaints of stomach pains. He was 81. ...

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Singer Dana Lauren Interviewed at AAJ

June 30, 2010

What does it take for someone who has been singing since she was a toddler--and had her sights set singing as a vocation since in elementary school--to make a strong go of it? Great focus and a strong will would be necessary traits. Willingness to learn and a thick skin would also be valuable, particularly in ...