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Ashley Henry: la bellezza della musica inclusiva
by Paolo Marra
Il pianista e compositore Ashley Henry è uno dei più interessanti talenti della nuova generazione di jazzisti britannici che si sta imponendo all'attenzione internazionale. Il suo album di debutto, Beautiful Vinyl Hunter (Sony, 2019), ha rivelato un universo nel quale jazz, grime, drum'n'bass e hip-hop convivono senza snaturare le radici profonde dei grandi jazzisti del passato. ...
Bobby West: 30 years performing abroad, but Leimert Park still home
by Doug Hall
Bobby West, jazz pianist, international performer, and composer, has split his professional career between Los Angeles, California and since 1993, living and performing abroad. He has successfully managed a transition to have residence and perform in Asia, the Middle East and Europe over the last 30 years. He is currently residing in Taiwan and playing in ...
John Clayton: Career Reflections
by Schaen Fox
John Clayton is as interesting to talk to as he is an artist of great talent and experience. The former has allowed him to interact with numerous major figures of his time as well as have long tenures performing with aggregations as diverse as Count Basie's band and the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. The latter gives him ...
Christian Pabst: Il momento del cambiamento
by Paolo Marra
Con il disco Balbec (etichetta Jazz Sick) il musicista e compositore Christian Pabst di origini tedesche ci trasporta nel luogo immaginario dove il protagonista de “Alla ricerca del tempo perduto" di Marcel Proust fugge per ritrovare un senso allo scorrere del tempo al di fuori del disordine urbano. Come nel libro, i sette brani originali contenuti ...
Interview: Hank O'Neal on Chiaroscuro Records
I've known Hank O'Neal since the start of JazzWax in 2007. An information hound since his days with the CIA, he somehow found out about me and JazzWax early on and was always there to help me track down legends to interview. In fact, I think George Wein hipped Hank to JazzWax and me to Hank, ...
Immanuel Wilkins: Omega is Just the Beginning
by Mark Robbins and Derrick Lucas
Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, in the midst of celebrating the success of his debut album Omega (Blue Note, 2020), appeared at the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival as the leader of his own band. With his band of four years, Micah Thomas on piano, bassist Daryl Johns and drummer Kweku Sumbry, Wilkins performed pieces from Omega as well ...
Meet Mulgrew Miller
by AAJ Staff
From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in June 2002. All About Jazz: You were born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and grew up listening to blues, gospel and R&B music. What attracted you to jazz? Mulgrew Miller: The thing that pulled me toward jazz was jazz itself. By ...
Markus Rutz In Conversation With Journeys Into Jazz Radio Host
Listen in for Chicago-based trumpeter / composer Markus Rutz's conversation with Chuck France of WORT Radio in Madison, Wisconsin. The interview was originally broadcast on June 2nd and the episode is accessible until end of August in the WORT archives (scroll down to August 18th Journeys Into Jazz rebroadcast). Markus had an opportunity to discuss his ...
Chien Chien Lu: On The Right Path
by William H. Snyder
Chien Chien Lu is a vibes and marimba player who lived the first quarter of a century of her life in Taiwan. This year she is closing in on 32 years of age. One of three children, she went to church with Dad and temple with Mom--her father being a Christian, and her mother a Buddhist. ...
Murray Brothers: A Law Unto Themselves
by Ian Patterson
They are two of the most promising jazz musicians to have emerged from Ireland in some years. Bassist Conor Murray and twin brother Micheal Murray (alto saxophone) grew up with Irish traditional music in the small, Gaeltacht—Gaelic-speaking—town of Falcarragh, in County Donegal. Both discovered jazz in their early teens and have been regulars at the annual ...
