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Interview: Lennie Niehaus (Part 3)
Up until now, I've focused this interview series on Lennie Niehaus' biography. Today, I want to turn to the alto saxophonist's work with Stan Kenton's band between 1954 and 1961. Lennie's contribution to Kenton's uptempo and ballad output during this period both as a player and writer cannot be overestimated. In Lennie's hands, you hear the ...
Interview: Lennie Niehaus (Part 2)
Growing up in Los Angeles in the mid-1940s, alto saxophonist Lennie Niehaus found himself rubbing elbows with other hungry young talented jazz musicians. In college in Los Angeles, Lennie studied composition with the West Coast's brightest and most advanced classical teachers and theorists. Everything was falling into place. When Stan Kenton called in late 1951 and ...
Interview: Lennie Niehaus (Part 1)
Lennie Niehaus is one of the giants of the West Coast linear ft=0,top=0' ); return false"> jazz sound. Along with Bill Holman, Shorty Rogers, Gerry Mulligan and Pete Rugolo, Lennie arranged prolifically for West Coast small groups and big bands in the 1950s, introducing a new dynamic, swinging approach. A highly trained classical musician, Lennie by ...
Fernando Huergo, a Latin Jazz/Chacarera Bass Master
By Myron Black Fernando Huergo is an acclaimed pioneer in the Latin jazz realm. He is often on the bandstand with Marta Gomez, Guillermo Klein and his own band, Jazz Argentino. Fernando was born in northern Argentina, and moved to Boston in the early 90's, where he's lived since then, although he often does gigs in ...
Free Jazz Reedman Frank Gratkowski Interviewed at AAJ
Virtuoso German reed specialist Frank Gratkowski enjoys a particularly fertile range of collaborations, settings and directional thrusts. He was back in New York in October, 2009 with a trio that has released three albums during the last six years: Kwast (Konnex, 2004), Unearth (Nuscope, 2005) and Palaë (Leo, 2006). Appearing at Roulette, Gratkowski was joined by ...
Frank Gratkowski: Accept Everything
by Martin Longley
Virtuoso German reed specialist Frank Gratkowski enjoys a particularly fertile range of collaborations, settings and directional thrusts. He was back in New York in October, 2009 with a trio that has released three albums during the last six years: Kwast (Konnex, 2004), Unearth (Nuscope, 2005) and Palaë (Leo, 2006). Appearing at Roulette, Gratkowski was joined by ...
Intervista a Stefano Senni
by AAJ Italy Staff
Stefano Senni è senza dubbio uno dei contrabbassisti più richiesti e apprezzati della scena italiana, vanta una lista interminabile di collaborazioni che spaziano da Oscar Klein a Tony Scott, da Cedar Walton a Chris Speed, da Tom Harrell ad Anthony Coleman, Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani, ma, curiosamente, ha all'attivo una sola incisione da leader. Benché sul ...
Rising Star Saxophonist Ricky Sweum Interviewed at AAJ
The fog has lifted off of the coast of Seattle with the rise of Origin Records. As the fisherman of jazz today, they've cast their nets and pulled in a catch of fresh, raw and bold talent. Their latest catch: saxophonist Ricky Sweum. Pulling Your Own Strings, which came out in mid-August 2009, has received some ...
Ricky Sweum: String Theory
by Cicily Janus
The fog has lifted off of the coast of Seattle with the rise of Origin Records. As the fisherman of jazz today, they've cast their nets and pulled in a catch of fresh, raw and bold talent. Their latest catch: saxophonist Ricky Sweum.Pulling Your Own Strings, which came out in mid-August 2009, has received ...
Innovative British Group Portico Quartet Interviewed at AAJ
The history of Portico Quartet is brief, but it's also eventful. Since forming in 2005, this young British band have seen their first album, Knee Deep In The North Sea (Babel, 2007), become a Mercury Music Award Album of the Year, they've gathered rave reviews for their second album, Isla (Real World, 2009), and they've introduced ...
