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Leftover Salmon: Celebrating 20 Years Part 4
By: Michael 'Jersey' Gerity Download the final part of our Leftover Salmon Celebrating 20 Years sampler here. Every once in a blue moon, a group of musicians will get together and find that they have unleashed a spark of musical and personal compatibility that will not only change their lives but the many lives of the ...
Julius Vasylenko: Seeing Stars
by Gordon Marshall
Julius Vasylenko has earthy charisma. Because of his accent, people who come into his purlieu immediately assume an association with elite British improvisers. “Did he hang with Derek Bailey?" they wonder...I could say Vasylenko, a multi-reed and saxophonist now based in Boston, was John Butcher's and Evan Parker's kid brother. However, it ...
Interview: Sammy Nestico (Part 2)
The first thing you notice about Sammy Nestico when you speak with him is his jolly nature. There's a distinct twinkle in his personality, like that of a storybook toymaker. It's a trait that goes beyond charisma. Sammy's generosity and positive spirit are embracing and motivating Yet neither quality has distracted him from his work or ...
Charlie Hunter: A New Beginning
By: Jarrod Dicker Charlie Hunter by Greg Aiello Charlie Hunter can do it all. Creating an instrument that translates all his musical desires, Hunter simultaneously plays bass lines, rhythm guitar and lead with incredible ease; making him one of the most exceptional jazz players currently ...
TJAY Reveals His Almost-Baseball-Career on the Brink of the Release of "Take a Seat"
New York, NY -- After announcing the early release of his new album “Take a Seat," singer-songwriter TJAY wowed fans with a special interview and performance on the internet TV show “Rew and Who." Viewers saw TJAY perform in an intimate setting, and heard the upstate-New York native speak for the first time about his unique ...
Intervista a Kenny Wheeler
by AAJ Italy Staff
All About Jazz: Ci puoi parlare dei tuoi inizi professionali? Kenny Wheeler: Ho cominciato a suonare la tromba quando avevo 11-12 anni perché mio padre, che era un suonatore di trombone semiprofessionista, un giorno è tornato a casa con una cornetta per me, e così ho cominciato a suonare. All'epoca vivevo in un posto chiamato Owen ...
Tubaist/Noted Physician Eli Newberger Profiled at AAJ
Such is the nature of jazz tuba that few prominent players are household names outside their genre. Can you name “the Art Tatum of the tuba" or a “the Clifford Brown of the tuba"? Many of these instrumental performers are part-timers. Only, don't tell Eli Newberger that jazz is his secondary field: it ranks solidly in ...
Rendezvous: Merging Jazz with Electropop
By Alma Jones The one thing I dread in music is to hear two beautiful genres fused together in one sloppy song, like two awkward clumps of clay haphazardly slapped together. It's extremely difficult to pull off this stunt, especially if the genres in mind are not the least bit similar. That's why I'm quite relieved ...
Interview: Sammy Nestico (Part 1)
Count Basie's finest album of the 1960s is easily Straight Ahead. Recorded in 1968 for the Dot label, the album's tracks were composed and arranged from top to bottom by Sammy Nestico. He even conducted the band. What's remarkable about this album is how naturally Sammy's charts swing within the Basie idiom. Sammy's up-tempo numbers build ...
Singer/Songwriter David Sylvian Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
Many artists deliberately avoid taking risks, making changes instead opting for the safe, but David Sylvian is not one of them. Across his illustrious career, Sylvian has always sought to take listeners out of their comfort zone. Self-consciousness and introspection permeate every corner of his works. His mostriveting songs have explored various topics, including spirituality and ...
