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Fats Waller in a Nutshell
Here's a beautifully written passage on pianist Fats Waller from Jazz (Norton), a deftly written book by Gary Giddins and Scott DeVeaux. Jazz provides you with a robust, friendly overview of the music and artists as well as an in-depth analysis of select recordings: “Adapting the guise of a Harlem dandy--in a derby, vest, and ...
Scheletri d'Africa negli armadi del groove! Intervista con Ben Lamdin
by AAJ Italy Staff
Una band che non esiste realmente. L'Africa e il jazz che reclamano con evidenza sempre maggiore la loro centralità nelle musiche della nostra imperfetta globalità. Un'occasione per riflettere su tutto questo viene dall'Inghilterra e in particolare dalla fervida attività del musicista e produttore Ben Lamdin, che abbiamo incominciato a conoscere e apprezzare sotto la sigla Nostalgia ...
Intervista a Giorgio Gaslini
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il 22 ottobre 2009 Giorgio Gaslini ha compiuto ottant'anni. Per l'occasione il festival Parma Jazz Frontiere gli ha dedicato la serata del 29 novembre, facendo eseguire sue composizioni da un tentetto di suoi collaboratori di ieri e di oggi, fra i quali Gianluigi Trovesi, Roberto Ottaviano e Roberto Dani, sotto la dinamica direzione di Roberto Bonati. ...
Cuban Pianist Roberto Fonseca Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
Recognition for the considerable talent of Cuban pianist, Roberto Fonseca has spread far and wide, and if there was another dimension to enter, it would be the one that qualifies an artist to greatness. However, Fonseca fights shy of any attention that distracts from his music. A deeply spiritual person, who just happens to express himself ...
Billy Verplanck Said It
In April 1958, Coleman Hawkins recorded Meets the Big Sax Section for Savoy. The session lived up to its billing. Hawkins was teamed with Count Basie's Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Frank Foster and Charlie Fowlkes. The result, as you can imagine, was heavenly, inserting Hawkins' big bossy tenor into Basie's refined saxes. I posted about this ...
Roberto Fonseca: A Life in the Spirit
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Recognition for the considerable talent of Cuban pianist, Roberto Fonseca has spread far and wide, and if there was another dimension to enter, it would be the one that qualifies an artist to greatness. However, Fonseca fights shy of any attention that distracts from his music. A deeply spiritual person, who just happens to express himself ...
Young Trumpet Phenom Christian Scott Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
Since emerging a mere eight years ago as a member of New Orleans native Donald Harrison's group, trumpeter Christian Scott has gone on to become one of the most exciting young players and bandleaders on the North American scene. With three releases already under his belt, including 2008's hot Live at Newport, Scott returned earlier this ...
Christian Scott: Breaking Boundaries, Crossing Lines
by Frederick Bernas
Christian Scott is lounging on a black leather couch, easy and relaxed before taking to the stage at a Moscow jazz club. The cold, gloomy Russian capital hosted the New Orleans trumpeter's quintet for a trio of gigs in February 2009--including a show at the US ambassador's cushy residence, in front of an elite audience of ...
Trombonist Luis Bonilla Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
Trombonist, composer, bandleader and professor Luis Bonilla is not a tortured artist. One cannot imagine him careening from one imbalanced extreme of self- reflection to the other or participating in anything particularly self-indulgent, whatsoever. He is a loving husband and a father who seems to inhale and exhale commitment to his two-year-old daughter. The middle son ...
Joey Baron: Just Say Yes!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Articolo di Sean Patrick Fitzell Joey Baron suona la batteria con esuberanza giocosa, combinando la maestria tecnica con un profondo senso del ritmo. Nel corso dei suoi 35 anni di carriera, ha dato la carica a sperimentatori come il chitarrista Bill Frisell e il sassofonista John Zorn, così come a musicisti più tradizionali come la cantante ...
