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Bassist John Patitucci Interviewed at AAJ
As sayings go, “One man's trash is another man's treasure" is pretty straightforward, especially for those enamored with garage sales. For lovers of jazz music, it may hold a bit more significance, for it played a fateful role in the life of one of today's superlative artists in the genre. John Patitucci is one of the ...
John Patitucci: Celebrating Jazz Heroes
by R.J. DeLuke
As sayings go, “One man's trash is another man's treasure" is pretty straightforward, especially for those enamored with garage sales. For lovers of jazz music, it may hold a bit more significance, for it played a fateful role in the life of one of today's superlative artists in the genre. John Patitucci is one ...
Mauro Ottolini: tubista in gessato
by AAJ Italy Staff
E' fan sfegatato di Fred Buscaglione, possiede nell'armadio numerosi completi gessati uno diverso dall'altro, ha omaggiato in un disco l'arte di Garinei e Giovannini (Mauro Ottolini Orchestra “Ottovolante"), è stato membro per dodici anni dell'orchestra dell'Arena di Verona, ma frequenta musicisti free come Han Bennink, Sean Bergin e Daniele D'Agaro, così come il jazz italiano più ...
Tortoise: 20 Years of Evolution
By: Ron Hart Tortoise It's been five years since Chicago's intrepid instrumentalists Tortoise released new material, but that hasn't slowed fan appreciation or band reflection. Following 2004's It's All Around You, Tortoise released The Brave and the Bold where they backed Bonnie “Prince" Billy on a series of totally inventive covers, as well as their career-spanning ...
Interview: Howard Rumsey (Part 3)
Southern California in the early 1950s was a place of rapid transition. As cars became more affordable and local highways improved, teens in the warmer months gravitated toward the shore. At the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, manager Howard Rumsey found himself in the right place at the right time. With nighttime demographics skewing younger and suburban ...
Interview: Howard Rumsey (Part 2)
In 1949, when Howard Rumsey began contracting musicians for the Lighthouse, a seaside jazz club in Hermosa Beach, CA, he had more talent to choose from than could squeeze onto his small stage. Los Angeles was awash with winter-weary talent hungry for lucrative work in the movie and recording studios. In the years that followed, the ...
Live Interview Alert: Pianist Yaron Herman on Saturday, September 5th, from 5:30PM to 6PM ET
Watch the SortiesJazzNights.com live webcast interview with pianist Yaron Herman from the 24th Festi Jazz International de Rimouski on Saturday September 5th, from 5:30pm to 6pm. You can tune in and view the webcast live right here (see video box below) or at: Ustream.tv SortiesJazzNights.com Be sure to set your calendar program to remind you to ...
Interview: Howard Rumsey (Part 1)
If you dig West Coast jazz, you have bassist Howard Rumsey to thank. Howard is the last surviving member of Stan Kenton's original 1941 band. He also was responsible for turning the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, CA, into one of the most exciting jazz clubs of the late 1940s and 1950s. As the club's manager, house ...
Jazz That Dwells in the Present
If you're the kind of fan who likes his music in little boxes—jazz in one, funk in another, hip-hop rhythms stashed somewhere else—"Double Booked" (Blue Note) by Robert Glasper and “Urbanus" by Stefon Harris and his band Blackout may not be for you. For Mr. Glasper, age 32, and Mr. Harris, 36, jazz isn't defined by ...
Avant-Guitarist Keith Rowe Interviewed at AAJ
In early June 2009, multi-instrumentalist Keith Rowe made one of his rare visits to London to play a concert at Cafe Oto as part of Another Timbre's Unnamed Music Festival in a trio with saxophonists Martin Kuchen and Seymour Wright, before heading north to Leeds to play another set the following evening with the same trio. ...
