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Bern Nix: A History In Harmolodics
by AAJ Staff
New York-based free jazz guitarist Bern Nix is one of the few people who are well-versed in Ornette Coleman's “harmolodics" style. He played with Coleman from 1975-1987, and now leads the Bern Nix Trio in New York City. In his compositions and his intriguing covers of standards, he is always looking in the corners of the ...
A Onetime Sideman, Now Front and Center
AFTER 50 years as a darling of the cognoscenti, the pianist Steve Kuhn is expanding his reach among the jazz public. Mr. Kuhn — a sideman for luminaries like John Coltrane and a leader of pioneering trios — is gaining notice for a new CD on the ECM label, “Mostly Coltrane,” and a striking run of ...
Interview: Laurie Verchomin (PT. 5)
Today Laurie Verchomin resides in a small coastal village in British Columbia with her daughter Tara (12) and partner Brad. She also has two sons, Evan (22) and Niko (25). But back in 1979 and 1980, Laurie was pianist Bill Evans' lover. During their short 18 months together, Laurie learned about herself and the gritty underside ...
Steve Earle: Just Like Townes
By: Kayceman Steve Earle Maybe you know Townes Van Zandt as the drunken cult hero. Or maybe you know him as the broken folk singer that sealed his mouth shut huffing airplane glue, the country outlaw, the reckless junky, the manic-depressive or the guy who ...
Interview: Laurie Verchomin (PT. 4)
Fans of Bill Evans tend to idolize the pianist, creating in their minds a larger-than-life figure who simmered with quiet sensitivity and restless energy. Others who knew him see Evans as a cloistered prisoner of his own making, a powerful artist with an irreversible weakness for self-destructive behavior. In this regard, Evans is viewed as a ...
Interview: Laurie Verchomin (PT. 3)
Last Sunday Laurie Verchomin spent what would have been Bill Evans' 80th birthday at a local golf driving range. It was her daughter's first golf experience. Said Laurie: “Bill spent a lot of time on his father's driving range in New Jersey picking up golf balls with his brother Harry in the quiet of the evening." ...
The United States Army Field Band Assists Young Jazz Composer
By Heather Santos Fort George G. Meade, Md.-- When the Jazz Ambassadors--America's Big Band, a component of The United States Army Field Band (TUSAFB), were approached by Atholton High School Senior Jonathan Engelberg to assist him in submitting his original jazz composition for a National competition, the band jumped at the chance. The student of former ...
Bops, Hums and Pings, Turned into Jazz
The jazz drummer Ali Jackson generates a subtle but irresistible force when he plays, making even the smallest gestures advance his agenda of locomotion. Countless times during a crowded late set on Tuesday, in his first of two nights at Jazz Standard, he caught the ear with seemingly errant details — the ping of a stick ...
Aaron Akins: Thinking Love
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
Aaron Akins' music is something out of the ordinary. After all, a certain reminiscence of the voice of Nat “King" Cole wrapped up in the arms of a sophisticated Urban beat is not something heard every day. Jazz is an alive music. Its rawness leaves an open door for pure artistry to grow and ...
Interview: Laurie Verchomin (PT. 2)
Laurie Verchomin was Bill Evans' lover during the final 18 months of his life. Through this critical period, Laurie struggled with Bill's chronic cocaine habit and deteriorating health. But she also respected Evans' creative space at home in New Jersey and while accompanying him on grueling performing tours in the U.S. and abroad. For Laurie, these ...
