Results for "Interview"

Jazz Bassist Ben Allison: "Free" to Be

September 26, 2009

Bassist Ben Allison has a boyish look to him, but he's carved out a impressive career for himself since graduating from New York University with a Jazz Performance degree in 1989. Here on his ninth album, 'Think Free,' Allison continues on in a recent direction that is more straightforward than the chamber jazz of earlier albums ...

Allan Holdsworth Trio Live Webcast Interview Set for Wednesday Sept 30th, from 5:30PM to 5:50PM EST

September 26, 2009

Interview: Don Friedman (Part 2)

September 24, 2009

Don Friedman was born and raised on the West Coast but in the late 1950s he became one of a handful of California jazz musicians who relocated to the East Coast. When he arrived in New York in 1957, Don found an apartment and roomed with bassist Scott LaFaro, whom he already had known from the ...

McCoy Tyner Live Webcast Interview Set for Thursday Sept 24th, from 6:30PM to 6:45PM EST

September 23, 2009

Eddie Benitez: Visions of Angels

September 23, 2009

By MaryEllen O'Brien An interview with renowned World Music/New Age Jazz guitarist Eddie Benitez is never a one track conversation. Like the many intriguing tracks on his new CD, Visions of Angelss, a conversation will take off in many directions, always with passionate views and, well, the company of angels if we are to take Eddie ...

Nathan Moore: Tip of the Iceberg

September 23, 2009

By: Andrew Bruss Nathan Moore Everything about singer/songwriter Nathan Moore is befitting of a modern-day troubadour. Whether it's his background, his nomadic lifestyle, his onstage persona or his speech patterns, Moore comes off as a man who was born for his craft. His latest release, ...

Interview: Don Friedman (Part 1)

September 23, 2009

Pianist Don Friedman arrived on the New York scene just as Bill Evans was making his mark as a solo player. Both were classically trained, both had similar sounds, and both played and recorded with bassist Scott LaFaro. But where Bill was Euro-centric, influenced primarily by George Russell and relatively conservative in his approach, Don was ...

Trumpeter Theo Croker Interviewed at AAJ

September 23, 2009

If you've never seen Theo Croker before, he's a pretty easy one to spot. He's the one with the trumpet by his side at all times. The neat dreadlocks and mischievous glint in his eye are also dead giveaways. Having grown up in the U.S. in a musically oriented family, Croker was introduced to the world ...

Theo Croker: Ace of Trumps

by Jenn Chan Lyman
September 23, 2009

If you've never seen Theo Croker before, he's a pretty easy one to spot. He's the one with the trumpet by his side at all times. The neat dreadlocks and mischievous glint in his eye are also dead giveaways. Having grown up in the U.S. in a musically oriented family, Croker was introduced to the world ...

Photostory9: Dizzy Gillespie

September 22, 2009

In the summer of 1965, Dizzy Gillespie performed at the Newport Jazz Festival and then played a series of club gigs in the Northeast. In August, Gillespie appeared at the Showboat in Washington, D.C. During his engagement, a note was passed to him from a woman in the audience. The note asked if he would consider ...