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Still Thinkin' About Jackie
The inimitable Jackie McLean Shortly after posting the original Thinkin' About Jackie (McLean) (please scroll down) remembrance from drummer Carl Allen, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem presented another of its ongoing Jazz for Curious Listeners programs at its Harlem Visitor's Center, with a remembrance of the rich legacy of the great NEA Jazz Master Art ...
Dr. John Ciambotti
I just learned today that Dr. John Ciambotti has passed on. He was my chiropractor for years, but so much more. He was the bassist in the underground, influential band Clover, who became Elvis Costello's back-up band on My Aim Is True, Huey Lewis' band (Had songwriting credit on a song or two on ...
Interview: Jim Hall (Part 3)
When Jim Hall left the Jimmy Giuffre Trio in 1961, he was a new guitarist. Jim's extended period with Giuffre helped him develop a new way to slur notes on the instrument's neck rather than relying solely on the pick. This blending technique would come in handy on the monumental albums he would record in the ...
Interview: Jim Hall (Part 2)
In the late 1950s, Jim Hall was a founding member of two of the decade's most forward-thinking chamber jazz groups: the Chico Hamilton Quintet and the Jimmy Giuffre Trio. Both groups fused West Coast jazz with classical sensibilities, resulting in a swinging sound that was both breezy and ferociously competitive. The music at first seems genteel, ...
Bernstein and Schuller in the Third Stream
"Third Stream" seems a quaint term nearly half a century after it kicked up a bit of a fuss in jazz and classical circles. Still, it never quite goes away, as the recent Eric Dolphy posting reminded me. Two of the names that remain associated with the movement are Gunther Schuller and Leonard Bernstein. Several years ...
Onward with Ruth Price
Even before the recession, the business side of jazz was struggling. During the worst of the downturn, singer and nonprofit entrepreneur Ruth Price took a double hit when her Jazz Bakery lost its lease. The club is still looking for a home. Reporter Greg Burk tells the story in today's Los Angeles Times. The Jazz Bakery ...
Interview: Jim Hall (Part 1)
Jim Hall sounds like your heart. Whether the guitarist is playing in a medium-sized group or just a duo, your ear is instantly drawn to the hushed pulse of his tasteful chords and notes. There's a tenderness and shyness to Jim's playing that makes your soul want to seek him out, like the person at a ...
Metal Machine Trio's Ulrich Krieger Interviewed at AAJ
Lou Reed's 1975 release Metal Machine Music--often referred to as “MMM"--is one of the most notorious and misunderstood albums in rock history. Its four sides of guitar feedback were not well received by Reed fans used to songs and vocals. The album was critically panned and withdrawn three weeks after release. In the years that followed, ...
Ulrich Krieger: Bringing Metal Machine Music to Life
by John Eyles
Lou Reed's 1975 release Metal Machine Music--often referred to as “MMM"--is one of the most notorious and misunderstood albums in rock history. Its four sides of guitar feedback were not well received by Reed fans used to songs and vocals. The album was critically panned and withdrawn three weeks after release. Many who bought it returned ...
Intervista a Beppe Scardino
by AAJ Italy Staff
Membro del collettivo El Gallo Rojo, all'interno del quale lavora in diversi gruppi, dirige il sestetto Orange Room e codirige il duo Pospaghemme (clicca qui per leggere la recensione dell'omonimo disco); ma anche parte dell'acclamata Cosmic Band di Gianluca Petrella e frequente collaboratore del Dinamitri Jazz Folklore di Dimitri Espinoza (clicca qui per leggere la recensione ...
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