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Omar Sosa Interview
This interview is part of the book/dvd project “Under your skin" which will include Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Zap Mama, Chuck D / Public Enemy, Korn, Les Nubians, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Dj Vadim, ...
John Coltrane: Sheets of Sound
If you love listening to John Coltrane, then you know that the phrase “sheets of sound" refers to the tenor saxophonist's cascades of arpeggios. The term is so closely linked to Coltrane that it's hard to find an article or book about the jazz giant that doesn't use it somewhere to describe his massively energetic style ...
Singer/Songwriter Michael Tomlinson Interviewed at AAJ
Before smooth jazz, there was Michael Tomlinson--the radio format, that is. In the mid-'80s, Tomlinson became a staple among stations that would eventually evolve into smooth jazz or Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) such as KTWV “The Wave" in Los Angeles. In fact, it was one such FM outlet, the late KEZX in Seattle, where Tomlinson ...
The Roots: How They Got Over
By: Jim Welte Questlove & Black Thought - The Roots To longtime fans of The Roots, there was something exhilaratingly fresh about the band's two-hour set at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco late last month. That familiar Roots' sound, jazz-inflected and grounded in the essence of hip-hop, was certainly front-and-center, louder than a bomb in ...
Jimmy Rowles: Looking Back
Last week I happened to be listening to a Jimmy Rowles album he recorded with his daughter Stacy in 1988. One of the most interesting tracks on the CD is the moody waltz-time ballad Looking Back, a tune Rowles wrote in the 1960s. Over time, Rowles recorded Looking Back five times--once as an instrumental duet with ...
Lewis Nash: Professionalism and Respect
by Russ Musto
One of the busiest musicians in jazz today, Lewis Nash is the first-call drummer for some of the greatest artists in this music. Since moving to New York in the early '80s, the Phoenix, Arizona native has appeared on more than 400 recordings, from his earliest dates with the late great Betty Carter to his decade ...
Larry Slezak Interviewed on WGLT's Jazz Next Podcast
WGLT’s Jazz Next podcast featured an interview with Larry Slezak in last week’s episode! Listen to it here About WGLT WGLT Music Director and Jazz Host Jon Norton and Arts Editor and Jazz Host Laura Kennedy share their jazz picks in this weekly podcast. Listen for up-and-coming artists and tunes deserving a bit more attention. You’ll ...
Bill Anschell: The Hardest-Working Piano Man in Seattle
Simple or elaborate, this is what Anschell does best. In any given year, his arrangements or compositions might be on any one of a dozen albums, most not his own. His music even made its way to the television shows “The West Wing” and “The Wire.” But for his latest album, “We Couldn’t Agree More,” released ...
Keyboardist Craig Taborn Interviewed at AAJ
There is no place for fear or doubt in pianist Craig Taborn's playing--such states are banished from a mind that seeks to explore the musical possibilities of each moment with maximum freedom. Taborn's improvisational playing is a continual creation where the journey is the thing, and words like beautiful, ugly and mistake have virtually no meaning. ...
Il suono delle parole: incontro con Giovanni Fontana
by AAJ Italy Staff
Incontriamo Pier Luigi Ferro e Giovanni Fontana in occasione della giornata intitolata “Futuristi amorosi guerrieri," al Teatro Chiabrera di Savona (20 maggio 2009). Un'occasione speciale dato che il poeta e performer Giovanni Fontana ha eseguito una versione del “Poema del candore negro" di Farfa, ossia Vittorio Osvaldo Tommasini, futurista della prima ora insieme a Filippo Tommaso ...
