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Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater Interviewed at AAJ
It is almost inevitable for most people to think of Billie Holiday as a wounded human being who suffered, struggled and eased her pain with drugs and song lyrics on her way to self destruction in 1959. In her greatness, Billie was as devastating and as devastated as a summer with no water. And yet her ...
John Medeski & MMW: 18 anni e non sentirli
by AAJ Italy Staff
Articolo di R.J. DeLuke Medeski, Martin & Wood, che sin da da quando sono apparsi sulla scena come trio, più di 18 anni fa, riescono a raccogliere schiere di appassionati come una valanga raccoglie neve fresca mentre precipita a valle, spiazzano continuamente i fan suonando tutto fuorché quello che ci si aspetta da loro. Come se ...
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee on Billie
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
It is almost inevitable for most people to think of Billie Holiday as a wounded human being who suffered, struggled and eased her pain with drugs and song lyrics on her way to self destruction in 1959. In her greatness, Billie was as devastating and as devastated as a summer with no water. And yet her ...
Arturo Sandoval Can Freely Trumpet His Affinity for Jazz
Anyone who thinks Cuban-born trumpet great Arturo Sandoval's dramatic life story is worthy of being made into a movie is absolutely correct -- and a decade too late. “There is a movie about me that HBO made in 2000. Andy Garcia played me, and Charles Dutton played Dizzy," said Sandoval, who rose to international fame in ...
Interview: John Levy (Part 5)
Bassist John Levy spent the first half of his career as a jazz musician. Then, in 1951, he changed jobs and became a personal manager of jazz musicians. He had long yearned to be on the business side, and the surging popularity of the George Shearing Quintet gave him the opportunity. At first John represented only ...
Saxophonist David S. Ware - Featured Artist
Audio and video: “Mikuro's Blues" Live at the Sant'Anna Arresi Jazz Festival “Ganesh Sound (Renunciation)" with Peter Brotzmann Ensemble More Ware music at lala.com David S. Ware website ...
Stripling Remains True to Armstrong's Roots
"This music changed my life," said Byron Stripling, who paid homage to Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings from the Roaring '20s in an extraordinary concert last night in the Lincoln Theatre. Stripling, artistic director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, led seven other musicians in 17 mostly great renditions of Satchmo's signature tunes from ...
Interview: John Levy (Part 4)
In May 1947, Billie Holiday was arrested in New York for drug possession. After her conviction, she was sentenced to a year and a day at a West Virginia prison. She served 10 months. Upon her release in early March 1948, Holiday returned to the New York area. Upon her arrival, Holiday learned that her manager ...
Two on Two: Courvoisier & Feldman Are Both Jazz and Life Partners
By Tad Hendrickson Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and violinist Mark Feldman have had a long and creative partnership, performing onstage together since 1995 and collaborating on that life project called marriage since 2000. It's an interesting balancing act that some creative couples are never able to reconcile, but these two couldn't see it any other way.
Ace of Bass: Carol Kaye
One of the most recorded bassists in history, she has a purported 10,000-plus tracks to her credit You may not know Carol Kaye's name, but you know her work. You've probably heard at least a few dozen examples, and all the words, too. She spent the '60s as the most requested session bassist in L.A., playing ...
