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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 ...
Luis Bonilla: I Talking Now
by Franz A. Matzner
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 ...
Lenny Kravitz Drummer Cindy Blackman Honors Jazz Legend Tony Williams
By Tad Hendrickson Cindy Blackman is best remembered by many up to this point as the badass woman behind the drum kit in Lenny Kravitz's band for many of his classic recordings and videos. Before, during and after the Kravitz gig, however, Blackman has drummed with countless jazz notables and young stars and released an eclectic ...
Victor Goines Follows Jazz Wherever It Leads Him
Victor Goines, saxophonist and clarinetist, and Wynton Marsalis, composer, trumpeter and music director of the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, have known each since they attended Martinez Kindergarten in New Orleans. While Marsalis lived in Kenner and Goines lived in the city, the young musicians nevertheless kept crossing paths, drawn together in honor bands and all-state ...
Galactic: A Long Time Coming
By: Wesley Hodges Galactic These are epic times to be in New Orleans, and that may be the understatement of the young decade. Although Carnival season officially got under way in early January, the full-bore pandemonium that generally commences the last week leading up to ...
Francesco Diodati: gatto con chitarra
by AAJ Italy Staff
Intervistiamo Francesco Diodati, giovane chitarrista romano (classe '83), che ha destato il nostro interesse dopo la pubblicazione di Purple Bra per la Auand Records, l'album d'esordio alla guida del quartetto Neko. Diodati è cresciuto ascoltando suo padre cantare Fabrizio De Andrè e Jimi Hendrix, fino a rimanere affascinato dal suono della chitarra e approfondirne lo studio ...
Ex-e.s.t. Bassist Dan Berglund Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
Bassist Dan Berglund became known as one-third of Swedish jazz superstar group e.s.t. (Esbjrn Svensson Trio), with CDs including From Gagarin's Point of View (ACT, 1999), Good Morning Susie Soho (ACT, 2000), Strange Place for Snow (ACT, 2002) and e.s.t.. Live in Hamburg (ACT, 2007)--one of The Times UK's top albums of the last decade--culminating in ...

