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Joshua Redman Interviewed at AAJ
Joshua Redman, one of the most consistently creative musicians of his generation, a fiend on whatever saxophone he chooses to pick up, and a thoughtful, imaginative person, is at it again. He's not re-inventing the wheel, he says with a chuckle when discussing Back East (Nonesuch, 2007). But this exploring musician has gone back to an ...
Keith Hall, Marian Petrescu Trio: Interview After the Sibiu Jazz Festival
"Piano trio music, of the kind that we perform anyway, is a very complex musical journey and as you say subtle, like the wings of a butterfly. We love to use dynamics and as you will remember, there are also places in the arrangements where we play quite powerfully. If there is a noisy audience, it ...
Joshua Redman: Takes On The Challenge of the Trio
by R.J. DeLuke
Joshua Redman, one of the most consistently creative musicians of his generation, a fiend on whatever saxophone he chooses to pick up, and a thoughtful, imaginative person, is at it again.He's not re-inventing the wheel, he says with a chuckle when discussing Back East (Nonesuch, 2007). But this exploring musician has gone back to ...
Harris Eisenstadt: Simultaneous Juxtapositions
by John Sharpe
Upcoming Canadian drummer and composer Harris Eisenstadt has rung the changes with each successive release so far. His sixth outing as leader, All Seeing Eye + Octets (Poobah, 2007), is not a departure in that sense only. Intriguingly, it combines a re-imagining of the Wayne Shorter Blue Note suite of the same name, with two of ...
Kate McGarry: The Turtle, The Paradox, and The Big Yes
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
It's a busy time for singer Kate McGarry, with European and U.S. tours, CD release festivities, imminent professoring at the New York Manhattan School of Music, and recording with the new vocal group, Moss. Her newest CD, The Target (Palmetto, 2007), hit Jazz Week at #37 and rose to #18 barely two weeks later; it's also ...
Jeff Lorber: He Had a Hat
by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler
Jeff Lorber never ceases to amaze. He Had a Hat (Blue Note, 2007) is Lorber at his pure and unadulterated best. The keyboardist teamed up with an all-star team of musicians including Bobby Colomby, the visionary producer behind many successful albums including trumpeter Chris Botti's When I Fall in Love (Columbia, 2004), To Love Again: The ...
Waer Interviews Cynthia Basinet
New York - Public radio station and NPR affiliate WAER.3 in Syracuse, New York will broadcast May 14 at 11am EST, Eric Cohen - jazz programmer's interview with actress/recording artist, Cynthia Basinet (aka “c. basinet"). Known for hits like “Santa Baby" and “Tea For Two". She was also nominated for a Nobel in '05. Cynthia discusses ...
Nicole Mitchell Interviewed at AAJ
Composer, bandleader and flutist Nicole Mitchell isn't quite a household name in jazz circles outside Chicago, but there's not a more talented flute player--or, for that matter, composer, or large-ensemble bandleader--working in improvised music today. It's not surprising she's a co-president of the Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), the Chicago collective associated with Windy ...
Nicole Mitchell: Flute, Healing and Wanting the Best
by Paul Olson
Composer, bandleader and flutist Nicole Mitchell isn't quite a household name in jazz circles outside Chicago, but there's not a more talented flautist--or, for that matter, composer, or large-ensemble bandleader--working in improvised music today. It's not surprising she's a co-president of the Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), the Chicago collective associated with Windy City ...
Jimmy Cobb: Standard-Bearer
by Terrell Kent Holmes
One night in 2006, drummer Jimmy Cobb walked through the foyer of a New York jazz club with a lit stogie jammed coolly between his teeth. Someone standing in line for the next show wondered aloud if smoking was allowed in the club. Another patron waiting nearby figured that anyone who could survive the uncertainties of ...
