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Marco Cappelli: sulle corde dell'improvvisazione
by AAJ Italy Staff
Marco Cappelli è senza dubbio uno di quei personaggi da tenere sott'occhio e nell'orecchio per quanti si interessano di improvvisazione, musica radicale e musica classica contemporanea. Emancipatosi presto dai suoi pur ottimi studi accademici (S. Cecilia di Roma e Musik Akademie di Basilea con Oscar Ghiglia), Cappelli ha seguito l'iter classico dell'improviser tout court: tantissimo lavoro, ...
Jazz Pianist Aaron Parks is Back on the Farm -- The James Farm
When exactly the jazz pianist Aaron Parks became a prodigy is unclear, although he fit the description by the time he enrolled, at age 14, in the University of Washington to study music. Now 26, what Parks remembers more clearly is the day, about four years later, that it seemed his time was up, when someone ...
Jambase Questionnaire: Reed Mathis
Welcome back to JamBase's baker's dozen of probing, wide-ranging questions to the bright lights in the jam scene (and beyond). Last time we heard from Keller Williams and upcoming installments will include The Black Seeds, Scott Metzger, Plants and Animals and more! Few would argue with you if you said Reed Mathis is one of the ...
The Truth About Joe Maini
If you're a careful reader of West Coast jazz-album liner notes, you've likely come across Joe Maini's name. The alto saxophonist is rather obscure today, but back in the 1950s and early 1960s, he was one of Los Angeles' busiest and most distinctive studio musicians, sitting next to Charlie Parker in Gene Roland's Band That Never ...
Interview with the Clayton Brothers
ArtistShare recently spoke with John and Jeff Clayton about their upcoming ArtistShare fan-funded release The New Song and Dance". The first part of this interview is now available on The New Song and Dance" project experience page and features John speaking about the songs and dances that influenced his compositions on the upcoming record. With topics ...
Are You a 'Jazz Nerd'? Jason Marsalis Revisits and Clarifies the Term
In the wake of causing a minor firestorm in the online jazz community last month with a playful video decrying the influence of jazz nerds," drummer Jason Marsalis emailed me a clarification this morning that both expands on the definition, shares his inspiration for the video and offers further talking points that amount to a calling ...
Violinist Mark Feldman Interviewed at AAJ
Violinist Mark Feldman started out in Chicago playing classical music and bar gigs before moving on to the Nashville scene. He emerged in New York's downtown" circle with the likes of Arcado String Trio, trumpeter Dave Douglas, and composer-saxophonist John Zorn. His expressive, classically tinged technique was also sought for studio work with pop acts and ...
Jason Moran Shows off His Older, Wiser Side On 'Ten'
Pianist Jason Morans star has been on a long steady rise since making his debut on Blue Note in 1999 with 'Soundtrack to Human Emotion.' Barely into his 20s at the time, Moran was playing with saxophonist Greg Osby and had studied under Jaki Byard and others. The debut won a lot of strong notices and ...
Mark Feldman: Taking an Eclectic Path
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Violinist Mark Feldman started out in Chicago playing classical music and bar gigs before moving on to the Nashville scene. He emerged in New York's downtown" circle with the likes of Arcado String Trio, trumpeter Dave Douglas, and composer-saxophonist John Zorn. His expressive, classically tinged technique was also sought for studio work with pop acts and ...
Pianist Howard Riley Interviewed at AAJ
Howard Riley gave his performance in Vilnius, Lithuania in September, 2009. It was his first visit to the country in a five-decade career, and one of just a few eastern Europe destinations made at the time, by the British free jazz pianist. The concert was recorded and released in 2010 as the double-disc set, Solo in ...

