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Mark Guiliana: New Beats
by Franz A. Matzner
Perhaps most recognized for his extended stint holding down the drum chair for bassist/composer Avishai Cohen, Mark Guiliana has been pushing the envelope of jazz drumming since first jumping onto the scene. Anyone who has heard--and particularly seen--Mark Guiliana play instantly recognizes not only his incredible technical facility, but also his unique take on percussion, based ...
Guitarist Gene Bertoncini Interviewed at AAJ
Whenever people write about Gene Bertoncini's music, the same words tend to appear: elegant, graceful, versatile. Lyrical. Master. Virtuoso. Writer Gene Lees called him “the Segovia of jazz," the perfect term for one who creates such poetry with the acoustic, nylon-stringed guitar. Still a busy performer, teacher, and clinician, Bertoncini has played in many styles and ...
Gene Bertoncini: Architect of the Guitar
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Whenever people write about Gene Bertoncini's music, the same words tend to appear: elegant, graceful, versatile. Lyrical. Master. Virtuoso. Writer Gene Lees called him “the Segovia of jazz," the perfect term for one who creates such poetry with the acoustic, nylon-stringed guitar. Still a busy performer, teacher, and clinician, Bertoncini has played in many styles and ...
"Musicista o grafico questo è il dilemma" Intervista con Håkon Kornstad
by AAJ Italy Staff
Håkon Kornstad, sassofonista e grafico a trent'anni, è una delle figure centrali della scena musicale norvegese dell'ultimo decennio. Nato a Oslo, Norvegia, il 5 di aprile del 1977, ha cominciato a suonare il clarinetto a scuola in giovane età, in seguito passato allo studio del sassofono presso il Conservatorio di Trondheim. Durante quel periodo ha incontrato ...
Pianist Tord Gustavsen Interviewed at AAJ
It's no surprise to fans of pianist Tord Gustavsen's trio that its most recent release, Being There (ECM, 2007), was selected 2007 Album of the Year by the critics of UK's Jazz Review. Born in Norway, this jazz Viking may well be on a world crusade for soulful and meaningful music, armed only with his meditative ...
Tord Gustavsen: Being There
by Joao Moreira dos Santos
It's no surprise to fans of pianist Tord Gustavsen's trio that its most recent release, Being There (ECM, 2007), was selected as 2007 Album of the Year by the critics of UK's Jazz Review. Born in Norway, this jazz Viking may well be on a world crusade for soulful and meaningful music, armed only with his ...
Bassist/Composer Terry Plumeri Interviewed at AAJ
Bassist Terry Plumeri wears several hats and wears them well. He has scored films, written his own symphonic tone poems, conducted symphonic orchestras all over the world and worked with some of the top names in jazz. AAJ contributor Maxwell Chandler spoke at length with Plumeri, covering his film, classical and jazz work, including his recently-reissued ...
Terry Plumeri: Singing Strings
by Maxwell Chandler
Bassist Terry Plumeri wears several hats and wears them well. He has scored films, written his own symphonic tone poems, conducted symphonic orchestras all over the world and worked with some of the top names in jazz.Conducting and Tchaikovsky All About Jazz: You have an affiliation of over a decade as a conductor of ...
Intervista a Stefano Bollani
by AAJ Italy Staff
Non c’è molto da dire per presentare Stefano Bollani, pianista di straordinario valore, plurivincitore di premi in Italia e all’estero e, una volta tanto, apprezzato anche da un pubblico non meramente “di nicchia” - forse grazie anche alla sua poliedricità, che lo porta ad essere anche scrittore [La sindrome di Brontolo (Baldini e Castoldi Dalai, 2006)], ...
