Results for "Interview"

Chris Byars: Studying Unsung Heroes

by Ludwig vanTrikt
September 30, 2009

[Introduction by Teddy Charles] It's not easy to be Chris Byars. With an incredible array of talents brought to bear on his composition, arrangements, and cooking jazz performances, it's no wonder he's worked his way to the forefront of the myriad of jazz players overwhelming the scene. For me, our felicitous association led to multiple gigs ...

Interview: Al Stewart (Part 1)

September 29, 2009

You may not recognize Al Stewart's name. But back in the late 1940s and 1950s he was one of the most in-demand East Coast trumpeters in the big-band business. Over the past 55 years, Al has played trumpet along side the biggest names in post-War jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bobby ...

Wu Fei Interviewed on Bon TV (NYC), Chinalogue Program: Traditional Chinese Music

September 29, 2009

Progressive Saxophonist/Flautist Theo Travis Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

September 29, 2009

British musician Theo Travis has one of the most varied performing and recording histories to be found among contemporary jazz musicians. A talented saxophonist, flautist and composer, Travis has performed solo, in duos and quartets, in straight ahead jazz combos and in electronic, improvisational groups. Despite his extensive back catalog, however, Theo Travis is not as ...

Theo Travis: From Prog to Jazz and Back Again

by Bruce Lindsay
September 29, 2009

British musician Theo Travis has one of the most varied performing and recording histories to be found among contemporary jazz musicians. A talented saxophonist, flautist and composer, Travis has performed solo, in duos and quartets, in straight ahead jazz combos and in electronic, improvisational groups. He has performed live soundtracks in cinemas, ...

Pianist Fred Hersch Interviewed at AAJ

September 28, 2009

From the start of his career as a sideman in the 1970s for such jazz luminaries as Joe Henderson, Art Farmer and Stan Getz to his own ensembles and solo projects, there has always been a great diversity and intensity to Fred Hersch's art. Having won a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for composition (2003) and having been ...

Bentornata Incus !

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 28, 2009

Dopo la scomparsa di Derek Bailey (il giorno di Natale del 2005) si erano un po' perse le tracce della Incus Records. L'atroce dubbio di chi scrive, mentre alcuni titoli del catalogo andavano scomparendo dagli scaffali dei negozi virtuali (l'ultima Bengodi di chi ancora si ostina a comprare dischi), era che l'etichetta fosse finita su un ...

Fred Hersch: No Limits

by Maxwell Chandler
September 28, 2009

From the start of his career as a sideman in the 1970s for such jazz luminaries as Joe Henderson, Art Farmer and Stan Getz to his own ensembles and solo projects, there has always been a great diversity and intensity to Fred Hersch's art. Having won a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for composition (2003) and having been ...

Living Colour: A Lively Conversation

September 26, 2009

By: Dennis Cook Living Colour by Bill Bernstein Who says a jazz band can't play dance music? Who says a rock band can't play funky? Who says a funk band can't play rock? Oh yeah! We're gonna play some funk so loud We're gonna rock and ...

Hank Jones Said It

September 26, 2009

"During the initial period when I first came to New York, Al Haig was the pianist. His style was quite a departure from what I had previously been trying to play, which was more oriented towards the Teddy Wilson school with hints of Art Tatum, only hints, faint hints. [Bop] was a different style. I suppose ...