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Saxophonist Eric Darius Interviewed at AAJ
Saxophonist Eric Darius has made his Blue Note label debut with Goin' All Out (Blue Note, 2008) and, as the title suggests, he is doing just that. The project includes covers of hits by Ne-Yo and Mary J. Blige, and he successfully puts his own spin on them. There is a new maturity in his music ...
Eric Darius: Goin' All Out
by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler
Saxophonist Eric Darius has made his Blue Note label debut with Goin' All Out (Blue Note, 2008) and, as the title suggests, he is doing just that. The project includes covers of hits by Ne-Yo and Mary J. Blige, and he successfully puts his own spin on them. There is a new maturity in his music ...
Trombonist Josh Brown Interviewed at AAJ
For many school children, education begins by learning the “three R's": Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmatic. For young Canadian (now New York--based) trombone player Josh Brown, his music education (some of it within school walls--most of it outside of them) began by learning--and living--the “three P's": Practice, Pride and Passion. Brown has a lot to say on ...
Josh Brown: The Education Of A Jazz Trombonist
by Trish Richardson
For many school children, education begins by learning the “three R's": Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmatic. For young Canadian (now New York--based) trombone player Josh Brown, his music education (some of it within school walls--most of it outside of them) began by learning--and living--the “three P's": Practice, Pride and Passion. Brown has a lot to say on ...
Drummer Lenny White Interviewed at AAJ
Miles Davis kicked the fusion door open in 1969 and some people still haven't gotten over it. Among the future jazz star innovators on Bitches Brew (Columbia/Legacy, 1969) was an unknown eighteen year-old Tony Williams fanatic named Lenny White, who found his recording debut making history. Now an elder statesman at almost sixty, White maintains a ...
Lenny White: Just Doing It
by Rex Butters
Miles Davis kicked the fusion door open in 1969 and some people still haven't gotten over it. Among the future jazz star innovators on Bitches Brew (Columbia/Legacy, 1969) was an unknown eighteen year-old Tony Williams fanatic named Lenny White, who found his recording debut making history. Now an elder statesman at almost sixty, White maintains a ...
Marty Ashby Labeled Jazz Genius
Marty Ashby's career constantly twists and turns, but he never gets lost. “Like music, your work doesn't always go from A to B," says the executive producer at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in the North Side. “It doesn't always go in a straight line." Straight lines seem nonexistent in the work of this jazz musician and ...
Janis Ian Society's Child Interview
A talk with the singer-songwriter and author of a new memoir, Society's Child. Janis Ian's initiation into rock 'n' roll was early and dramatic. In 1966, at the age of 15, she recorded Society's Child, a song she'd written about an interracial romance. It raced up the charts and caused an immediate firestorm. Ian soon became ...
Singer/Songwriter Rigmor Gustafsson Interviewed at AAJ
Singer/songwriter Rigmor Gustafsson is perhaps best known for her vocal interpretations of other great singers, including Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach. Gustafsson's unique songwriting style has, however, garnered her accolades and top-ranking hits; she is the recipient of gold records in both Germany and Sweden. With Alone With You (ACT, 2008), Gustafsson showcases her amalgamated sound ...
