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Violinist Jean-Luc Ponty Interviewed at AAJ
As a violinist in the changing music world of the 1960s and 1970s, Jean-Luc Ponty was it. He was a pioneer on the instrument, plugging in to be heard with screeching guitars and blaring horns. He not only had the chops-busting harmonic and rhythmic language of bebop down pat, but he had virtuoso abilities from his ...
Jean-Luc Ponty: Strong As Ever
by R.J. DeLuke
As a violinist in the changing music world of the 1960s and 1970s, Jean-Luc Ponty was it. He was a pioneer on the instrument, plugging in to be heard with screeching guitars and blaring horns. He not only had the chops-busting harmonic and rhythmic language of bebop down pat, but he had virtuoso abilities from his ...
Reedman Michael Marcus Interviewed at AAJ
Philadelphia performance artist “Skip" Homer Jackson recently asked about a number of jazz artists who have been overlooked because they were great stylists who played in the shadows of great players. Booker Ervin's relationship to John Coltrane came immediately to mind, as did Booker Little, who ironically was little (no pun intended) appreciated during the 1960's ...
Michael Marcus: Truth, Love and Soul
by Ludwig vanTrikt
Philadelphia performance artist “Skip" Homer Jackson recently asked my opinion about a number of jazz artists who have been overlooked because they were great stylists who played in the shadows of great players. I immediately thought of Booker Ervin in relationship to John Coltrane; and Booker Little, who ironically was little (no pun intended) appreciated during ...
Legendary Producer Orrin Keepnews Interviewed at AAJ
As a city boy who took a liking to jazz music and extended it into a budding career as a journalist, Orrin Keepnews may have inadvertently veered into the record-producing arena that generated classic albums from a wide range of unforgettable artists. Maybe it was a fortunate accident. Maybe fate. Maybe it's a word he uses ...
Keyboardist Paolo Rustichelli Interviewed at AAJ
Paolo Rustichelli is a futuristic visionary whose music is highly distinctive. Miles Davis, when he collaborated with Rustichelli near the end of his life, called the keyboardist's music “Total Music." Carlos Santana, having signed Paolo to his Guts and Grace label, has said: “Paolo Rustichelli's music is hauntingly beautiful...a romantic, mysterious soundtrack for life." Rustichelli recently ...
Paolo Rustichelli: Mystic Man
by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler
Paolo Rustichelli is a futuristic visionary whose music is highly distinctive. Miles Davis, when he collaborated with Rustichelli near the end of his life, called the keyboardist's music “Total Music." Carlos Santana, having signed Paolo to his Guts and Grace label, has said: “Paolo Rustichelli's music is hauntingly beautiful... a romantic, mysterious soundtrack for life. Rustichelli ...
Pianist Aaron Goldberg Interviewed at AAJ
Listening to Worlds (Sunnyside, 2006) makes one want to talk to the man behind the music. That's why AAJ contributor Joao Moreira dos Santos decided to meet Aaron Goldberg at the Hot Clube de Portugal, in Lisbon, determined to both find out more about this talented young pianist/composer/arranger and to hear his music live. His show ...
Aaron Goldberg: Growing as a Band Leader
by Joao Moreira dos Santos
Listening to Worlds (Sunnyside, 2006) makes one want to talk to the man behind the music. That's why AAJ contributor João Moreira dos Santos decided to meet Aaron Goldberg at the Hot Clube de Portugal, in Lisbon, determined to both find out more about this talented young pianist/composer/arranger and to hear his music live. His show ...
Guitarist John Abercrombie Interviewed at AAJ
John Abercrombie is the most important living jazz guitarist. That caught your attention, didn't it? Well, I'll insist it's true. No guitarist has a stronger recorded legacy than Abercrombie's. He moved to New York City in 1969 and immediately began carving out a reputation as a peerless, fearless player, doing road work with organist Johnny Hammond ...
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