Results for "Interview"

Guitarist Gene Bertoncini Interviewed at AAJ

April 7, 2008

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
April 7, 2008

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
April 7, 2008

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 ...

New Stations for Night Lights, Another Duke Ellington Mosaic Box, and Marc Myers' Interview with Bud Shank

April 4, 2008

Pianist Tord Gustavsen Interviewed at AAJ

April 2, 2008

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
April 2, 2008

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

March 31, 2008

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
March 31, 2008

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
March 31, 2008

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)], ...

Vocalist Chris McNulty Interviewed at AAJ

March 28, 2008

Chris McNulty may well be regarded not only as a fine jazz singer but also as the epitome of jazz globalization these days. Born in remote Australia, she made her career in the USA and in 2003 performed in Russia at the White Night's Jazz Festival to celebrate St. Petersburg's 300th Anniversary. How far McNulty wants ...