Results for "Interview"

Iswhat?! Interview

November 1, 2009

Sam Rivers Interview

November 1, 2009

This interview is part of the book project under your skin which includes Interviews with David Murray, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, Lydia Lunch, Lee “Scratch" Perry", Mike Stern, ...

Other Places: Doing Monk

October 30, 2009

In his blog I Witness, Ed Leimbacher muses about the pervasiveness of Thelonious Monk as a model for or influence on other pianists. In an essay packed with album citations, he acknowledges 18 pianists from Jelly Roll Morton to Keith Jarrett who have made an impact, then writes: ... but I still think that over the ...

Jamie Cullum on Fame, Fortune and All That Jazz

October 30, 2009

Jamie Cullum is telling me that he never dreamt of success on this scale. He is outlining the upcoming tours of the UK, France, the US, Japan, Australia and, oh, pretty much most of the known world, that will accompany the anticipated multimillion sales of his new album. “I honestly, honestly never thought it would pan ...

From Jazz Royalty, Boston Drum Talent Zeke Martin Makes a Musical Mark for Himself

October 29, 2009

You don't have to go back too far to find the musical inspiration in Zeke Martin's past. His father, Stu Martin, accompanied some of jazz's great talents, including Herbie Hancock, Charlies Mingus, Quincy Jones, and John McLaughlin. But the Brussels-born/Boston-bred offspring quickly began to make a name for himself, culminating in his band's newest record, U4RIA. ...

Joni Mitchell, Jazz Musician

October 29, 2009

Interview: Marty Sheller (Part 2)

October 29, 2009

Three forces transformed Latin music in the fall of 1962. First, the grittier, slinky funk of Horace Silver, Bobby Timmons and Art Blakey had a big impact on artists, shifting Latin music away from popular Cuban dances. Second, waves of Puerto Rican immigrants to New York in the 1950s had created a new youth market for ...

Bollani - cambiare per divertirsi

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 29, 2009

Bollani è in Brasile. È in viaggio, in TV, in radio, Bollani è su Topolino. Con tutti i Bollani che ci sono in giro siamo riusciti ad acciuffare quello targato ECM. Il suo Stone in the Water non contiene nessun messaggio subliminale in riferimento all'acqua frizzante, è il nuovo lavoro realizzato con i musicisti danesi - ...

Interview: Marty Sheller (Part 1)

October 28, 2009

The name Marty Sheller may not ring a bell. But anyone hip to Latin-jazz is aware of his enormous contribution to the music. First, that's Marty's trumpet solo on Mongo Santamaria's 1962 hit recording of Watermelon Man. The single helped launch the boogaloo, a dance beat that merged Puerto Rican and Cuban rhythms with jazz and ...

Bobby Bradford: Self-Determination in the Great Basin

by Clifford Allen
October 28, 2009

Born in Cleveland, Mississippi in 1934 and raised between Dallas and Los Angeles, trumpeter Bobby Bradford began playing with Ornette Coleman in Los Angeles in the 1950s, and replaced Don Cherry in an unrecorded Coleman quartet during the early 1960s. However, the most significant partnership in Bradford's musical life was with the clarinetist and composer John ...