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Ubiquitous Ace Session Guitarist/Producer Louie Shelton Interviewed at AAJ
Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...
Louie Shelton: In Session
by Alan Bryson
Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...
Everything Clicks for Benin-Born Guitarist Everything Clicks for Benin-Born Guitarist Lionel Loueke
Like many artists who have explored and embraced music from across cultures, guitarist Lionel Loueke is wary about bringing exotic, unfamiliar sounds to mainstream audiences. Of course, in his case the audience in question is in Benin, where Loueke was born and raised. And the sounds are those of the modern jazz ...
Django Reinhardt: Less Gypsy, More Jazz
To celebrate Django Reinhardt's 100th birthday this past Saturday, I am pleased to bring my friend Paul Brady on board to write the first guest column for Lubricity! Paul is an expert on all things Django: he is currently completing his M.A. in Jazz History and Research at Rutgers University, where he has written a thesis ...
Bassist John Geggie Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
Most cities have them: musicians who act like a lightning rod, focusing and driving their jazz scenes. In Ottawa, Canada, bassist John Geggie has been one of those significant focal points for two decades, but in particular over the past ten years. He's one of the founding organizers and faculty members of Jazzworks which, amongst other ...
John Geggie: Unexpected Conversations
by John Kelman
Most cities have them: musicians who act like a lightning rod, focusing and driving their jazz scenes. In Ottawa, Canada, bassist John Geggie has been one of those significant focal points for two decades, but in particular over the past ten years. He's one of the founding organizers and faculty members of Jazzworks which, amongst other ...
Pianist Matthew Shipp Profiled at All About Jazz...And More!
On May 17, 2009, at 6 pm, Matthew Shipp walked through the front door of Roulette, a performance venue on the Lower East Side in New York City, for a recording session for his sixth solo album, 4D - his second for Thirsty Ear. The only people present for the session were the recording engineer; the ...
Intervista inedita con Horace Tapscott
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quest'intervista inedita con Horace Tapscott risale al 28 giugno 1987, il giorno prima del concerto del suo gruppo al Teatro Romano di Verona nell'ambito di “Verona Jazz". Il pianista texano di nascita ma californiano d'adozione [per leggere un approfondimento sulla sua sua figura clicca qui], giungeva per la seconda ed ultima volta in Italia, dopo aver ...
Photostory14: Jonah Jones
Trumpeter Jonah Jones began recording in 1936 and worked steadily in Cab Calloway's band between 1941 and 1950. In the 1950s, Jones recorded mostly for Capitol, churning out themed albums with crisp jazz renditions of standards. I love this photo of Jones by Hank O'Neal because it captured a certain melancholy in Jones' eyes while the ...
Elliott Brood: Stranger Than Fiction
By: Sarah Hagerman And how we love the evening The gaslight flooded streets We pour into the dance halls The floors jump through our feet Elliott Brood If the geographic west has long been settled, the idea of the ...
