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Reggie Workman: Sculptured Sounds
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Bassist Reggie Workman has spent almost 50 years participating in the shaping of modern jazz, playing with groups led by Art Blakey, Cecil Taylor, Thelonious Monk, Archie Shepp and John Coltrane, using those experiences to form his own unique brand of improvising and composing. Just a few months short of 70, Workman continues to record and ...
Don Byron: Moving Towards the Idiomatic
by Paul Olson
Don Byron is one the most familiar names in contemporary jazz music and by far the most prominent clarinetist of the last 20 years. Born in the Bronx--and proud of it--Byron was introduced to an eclectic world of music and culture at a very young age by his pianist mother and bass-playing father. His early years ...
Dave Koz: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler
The name Dave Koz is synonymous with his craft. He is a fixture within the contemporary jazz community, and deservedly so. Koz is quite occupied as he is very much in demand. He is a world renowned artist whose career has spanned twenty years and is, even now, advancing full steam ahead. But, he is also ...
Pianist Brad Mehldau Interviewed at AAJ
It's not easy to be a musician these days. There may well be more critics than musicians, but looking at any genre's past there's an enormous amount of music created by thousands of musicians. Still, very few of them can be considered groundbreaking artists who have expanded, informed and enlivened the genre they work in. Ironically, ...
Brad Mehldau: Excitement and Energy
by Nenad Georgievski
It's not easy to be a musician these days. There may well be more critics than musicians, but looking at any genre's past there's an enormous amount of music created by thousands of musicians. Still, very few of them can be considered groundbreaking artists who have expanded, informed and enlivened the genre they work in. Ironically, ...
Bassist Steve Swallow Interviewed at AAJ
Steve Swallow is more than just an innovator on electric bass: he's a composer who has written many contemporary jazz classics including “Arise, Her Eyes," “Hullo Bolinas" and “Falling Grace." He's enjoyed long musical associations with vibraphonist Gary Burton and pianist/composer/arranger Carla Bley, as well as more occasional projects with John Taylor, John Scofield and Paul ...
Steve Swallow: The Poetry Of Music
by Jason Crane
Bassist Steve Swallow and poet Robert Creeley were friends for 30 years. Swallow first read Creeley's work in the 1950s, and instantly fell in love with what Creeley had to say and the way he said it. Twenty years later, a chance meeting with Creeley led to a personal and professional relationship. Creeley's work inspired two ...
Pino Minafra ha molte cose da dire
by AAJ Italy Staff
Trombettista e leader di punta del jazz italiano, Pino Minafra parla dello stato attuale della sua carriera artistica, dei suoi progetti e dell'Italian Instabile Orchestra, affrontando con passione e giudizi trancianti, temi di politica culturale. E nella discussione c'è spazio per ricordare Nino Rota, direttore del Conservatorio di Bari. All About Jazz: Recentemente hai svolto un ...
Yellowjackets Keyboardist Russell Ferrante Interviewed at AAJ
2006 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Yellowjackets. It has been a quarter of a century of continuous evolution, both musically and in terms of changes in band personnel. From their R&B beginnings with guitarist Robben Ford in '81 right through to the sophisticated and utterly distinctive brand of jazz that they play today, the Yellowjackets ...
Yellowjackets: What's In a Name?
by Ian Patterson
2006 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Yellowjackets. It has been a quarter of a century of continuous evolution, both musically and in terms of changes in band personnel. From their R&B beginnings with guitarist Robben Ford in '81 right through to the sophisticated and utterly distinctive brand of jazz that they play today, ...
