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Scott Kinsey: It's About Meaning
by Ian Patterson
It has taken fifteen years, but keyboardist Scott Kinsey's eagerly awaited debut recording as leader, Kinesthetics (Abstract Logix, 2006) is out and receiving rave reviews. Kinsey made his name in Tribal Tech, one of the most important bands in the electro/jazz-fusion scene of the last twenty-five years. Joining Tribal Tech straight out of Berklee, Kinsey remained ...
Bassist Scott Colley Interviewed at AAJ
Scott Colley can be found adding his big-toned, always appropriate contra bass to a number of settings. He's been a staple on the New York music scene for some time now, with older established musicians like Pat Metheny, Andrew Hill, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Michael Brecker, Clifford Jordan, Herbie Hancock and many, many more. But also ...
Scott Colley: Music Architect
by R.J. DeLuke
Scott Colley can be found adding his big-toned, always appropriate contra bass to a number of settings. He's been a staple on the New York music scene for some time now, with older established musicians like Pat Metheny, Andrew Hill, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Michael Brecker, Clifford Jordan, Herbie Hancock and many, many more. But also ...
Billy Harper
by Russ Musto
Billy Harper has one of the most impressive resumes in jazz, including stints with Gil Evans, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Lee Morgan, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, Charles Tolliver and Randy Weston, but it is his unique sound on the tenor and distinctive style as a composer that has brought him international acclaim and truly sets ...
Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs Interviewed at AAJ
Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs has been successful in a wide array of musical styles for more than thirty years, from arranging and performing pop and R&B tunes for Phyllis Hyman, Norman Connors and Noel Pointer, to blowing on top-notch straight-ahead stuff with Woody Shaw and Betty Carter, among others. And things in between. But it is ...
A Chat with Sharp Nine's Marc Edelman
by C. Andrew Hovan
In the summer of 1995, jazz enthusiast Marc Edelman launched a venture, Sharp Nine Records, with a very simple premise. As expressed in the mission statement found on his very first release (Brian Lynch's Keep Your Circle Small), the label was formed to “record and promote modern jazz music- bebop and beyond." In addition, Sharp Nine ...
Onaje Allan Gumbs: Music Heard, and Felt
by R.J. DeLuke
“I recently did it on a gig and one of the patrons told me, in her words, she was 'messed up.' It affected her. I gave a little intro into where the song is coming from. The band got into it. I finished the tune. Went through a whole bunch of other songs. When I got ...
Maria Schneider Interviewed at AAJ
From a certain angle, it would almost appear that composer, arranger extraordinaire Maria Schneider is living in a fantasy world. Her music is highly acclaimed, her performances are killer. The commissions for compositions, conducting and arranging having come steadily, for other musical organizations as well as her own work. Her last recording not only won a ...
Maria Schneider: Fantasies Come True
by R.J. DeLuke
From a certain angle, it would almost appear that composer, arranger extraordinaire Maria Schneider is living in a fantasy world. Her music is highly acclaimed, her performances are killer. The commissions for compositions, conducting and arranging having come steadily, for other musical organizations as well as her own work. Her last recording not only won a ...
Sergey Letov
by AAJ Italy Staff
INDICE Introduzione Improvvisazione Pentagramma Sergey Kuryokhin Sergey Letov Parla Di Sergey Letov Approfondimenti INTRODUZIONE Sergey Letov è senza ombra di dubbio un musicista chiave per capire il mondo dell’improvvisazione russa contemporanea. Suona sassofoni soprano, tenore e baritono, flauto, alto e piccolo, basso clarinetto, kurai. Nato a Semipalatinsk, nel Kazakhstan orientale, nel 1956, è poi vissuto a ...
