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Interview: Bob Brookmeyer (Part 2)
Bob Brookmeyer's early childhood was bleak--until he discovered music and jazz. Then he threw himself into learning the clarinet and trombone, quickly becoming a whiz sight-reader. By age 14, Bob was already a professional arranger and musician, rushing off after high school to play on local recording sessions. Not a fan of the slide trombone, Bob ...
The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra Interviewed at AAJ
For many people, the bonds forged at college serve as the foundation for lifelong friendships; bonds that often keep like-minded friends committing to get together once in awhile to share passions. The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra (JCO) was created along these lines, but instead of getting together for the occasional game of golf or fishing, whenever these ...
The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra: The Best is Yet to Come
by Barbara Salter Nelson
For many people, the bonds forged at college serve as the foundation for lifelong friendships; bonds that often keep like- minded friends committing to get together once in awhile to share passions. The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra (JCO) was created along these lines, but instead of getting together for the occasional game of golf or ...
Interview: Bob Brookmeyer (Part 1)
Before I interviewed Bob Brookmeyer several weeks ago, I was warned. “If you don't have it together, he'll take your head off," said one journalist friend. Another wagged a finger, saying “Bob can be very, very gruff." Well, I'm here to report that Bob Brookmeyer is one of the nicest guys in the world. We had ...
Trumpeter Chad McCullough Interviewed at AAJ
Seattle trumpeter Chad McCullough has been working hard to garner a reputation in his hometown and beyond as a versatile, creative musician. McCullough has performed with a wide range of artists, including Jay Thomas, Claudio Roditi, Marc Seales, Thomas Marriott, Ingrid Jensen and Bob Florence. He's toured extensively with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the jazz ...
Chad McCullough: Playing to the Gig
by John Barron
Seattle trumpeter Chad McCullough has been working hard to garner a reputation in his hometown and beyond as a versatile, creative musician. McCullough has performed with a wide range of artists, including Jay Thomas, Claudio Roditi, Marc Seales, Thomas Marriott, Ingrid Jensen and Bob Florence. He's toured extensively with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the jazz ...
Pianist/Bandleader Arturo O'Farrill Interviewed at AAJ
Arturo O'Farrill, an extraordinary pianist, admits he came out of the bebop school of playing, a Bud Powell disciple, and his strong chops would attest to that. He didn't pursue the music of his father--the great Chico O'Farrill--in his younger days, but he came upon it as he studied the music. He came to not only ...
Intervista a Massimo Barbiero
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nell'ambiente jazzistico si parla molto poco di Massimo Barbiero, malgrado la sua attività di percussionista e compositore abbia dato vita, in oltre venti anni di carriera, a due tra i progetti più intriganti e trasversali della Penisola, come Odwalla e Enten Eller, e una nutrita serie di collaborazioni e iniziative di vario genere. L'uscita del primo ...
Arturo O'Farrill: Upholding the Latin Tinge
by R.J. DeLuke
Arturo O'Farrill, an extraordinary pianist, admits he came out of the bebop school of playing, a Bud Powell disciple, and his strong chops would attest to that. He didn't pursue the music of his father—the great Chico O'Farrill—in his younger days, but he came upon it as he studied the music. He came to not only ...
Bob Enevoldsen: Smorgasbord
Back in the early 1950s, jazz musicians were impossibly gifted. A good number not only could play their primary instrument with enormous skill and flair, they often could play quite a few others. This was particularly true on the West Coast, where studio work was abundant but your share depended largely on how many axes you ...
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