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Bassist Steve Swallow Interviewed at AAJ

Bassist Steve Swallow Interviewed at AAJ

For 50 years, Steve Swallow has represented the pinnacle of jazz bass playing. First on acoustic, then exclusively on electric bass, the versatile Swallow approaches every musical situation with grace and understated virtuosity. His discography reads like a Who's Who of the important improvisers of the 20th and early 21st Century. Swallow continues to tour extensively ...

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Steve Swallow: Embracing Music and Greater Awareness

Read "Steve Swallow: Embracing Music and Greater Awareness" reviewed by Matthew Miller

by Matthew Miller

For 50 years, Steve Swallow has represented the pinnacle of jazz bass playing. First on acoustic, then exclusively on electric bass, the versatile Swallow approaches every musical situation with grace and understated virtuosity. His discography reads like a Who's Who of the important improvisers of the 20th and early 21st Century. Swallow continues to tour extensively ...

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Pianist/Composer/Arranger Jim McNeely Interviewed at AAJ

Pianist/Composer/Arranger Jim McNeely Interviewed at AAJ

If you own some of the best records of the Stan Getz quartet or you dig the great jazz orchestras, then there is a good chance that you have heard--or better still--felt Jim McNeely's touch before. Either way, if you want to learn more about some of the jazz giants that McNeely has backed on piano, ...

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Jim McNeely: On the Up and Up

Read "Jim McNeely: On the Up and Up" reviewed by Joao Moreira dos Santos

by Joao Moreira dos Santos

If you own some of the best records of the Stan Getz quartet or you dig the great jazz orchestras, then there is a good chance that you have heard--or better still--felt Jim McNeely's touch before. Either way, if you want to learn more about some of the jazz giants that McNeely has backed on piano, ...

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Saxophonist Karsten Vogel and Multi-Instrumentalist Robin Taylor Interviewed at AAJ

Saxophonist Karsten Vogel and Multi-Instrumentalist Robin Taylor Interviewed at AAJ

Meeting two diametrically different individuals currently active on the fusion scene in Denmark only drives home the fact that a variety of paths can lead to the contemporary stage. How different are they? One adorned in biker boots and pulling on a well chewed briar pipe, the other dapper in black jacket and slacks, flitting between ...

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Karsten Vogel & Robin Taylor: The Bird and Bear of Danish Fusion

Read "Karsten Vogel & Robin Taylor: The Bird and Bear of Danish Fusion" reviewed by Anthony Shaw

by Anthony Shaw

Meeting two diametrically different individuals currently active on the fusion scene in Denmark only drives home the fact that a variety of paths can lead to the contemporary stage. How different are they? One adorned in biker boots and pulling on a well chewed briar pipe, the other dapper in black jacket and slacks, flitting between ...

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Vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin Interviewed at AAJ

Vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin Interviewed at AAJ

Sathima Bea Benjamin's amazing life reads like the plot to movie. She took time out of her busy schedule to recollect her life's journey from her childhood in pre-apartheid South Africa singing during movie house intermissions to self-imposed exile in Europe where she and pianist composer husband Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) were discovered by Duke Ellington. ...

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Sathima Bea Benjamin: Song Without End

Read "Sathima Bea Benjamin: Song Without End" reviewed by Maxwell Chandler

by Maxwell Chandler

Sathima Bea Benjamin's amazing life reads like the plot to movie. She took time out of her busy schedule to recollect her life's journey from her childhood in pre-apartheid South Africa singing during movie house intermissions to self-imposed exile in Europe where she and pianist composer husband Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) were discovered by Duke Ellington. ...

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Electric Bass Phenom Marcus Miller Interviewed at AAJ

Electric Bass Phenom Marcus Miller Interviewed at AAJ

Pictures of Marcus Miller often show him wearing what is almost a trademark porkpie hat. Truth is, the extraordinary musician wears many hats, some of them simultaneously. He's proven himself a master of the electric bass in any setting from jazz to pop to funk to R&B, always with a rich, soulful sound. He's also a ...

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Marcus Miller: The Man of Many Hats

Read "Marcus Miller: The Man of Many Hats" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Pictures of Marcus Miller often show him wearing what is almost a trademark porkpie hat. Truth is, the extraordinary musician wears many hats, some of them simultaneously.He's proven himself a master of the electric bass in any setting from jazz to pop to funk to R&B, always with a rich, soulful sound. He's also ...


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