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Vocalist Roberta Gambarini Interviewed at AAJ
Although Italian-born vocalist Roberta Gambarini moved to the U.S. eight years ago, up to now she's been best-known and respected among her fellow musicians. With the release of her North American debut CD, Easy to Love (Groovin' High, 2006), the general public is finally being introduced to the exceptional beauty, talent and professionalism that's been impressing ...
Roberta Gambarini: Very Easy to Love
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Although Italian-born vocalist Roberta Gambarini moved to the U.S. eight years ago, up to now she's been best-known and respected among her fellow musicians. With the release of her North American debut CD Easy to Love (Groovin' High, 2006), the general public is finally being introduced to the exceptional beauty, talent and professionalism that's been impressing ...
Norwegian Nu Jazz Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer Interviewed at AAJ
There's no overstating the impact that Nils Petter Molvaer's debut CD Khmer made when it was released on the ECM label in 1997. It was the first shot across the bow of the jazz world that a new concept for improvised music had arrived--one where live sampling, beats and turntables coexist beside conventional instruments, albeit ones ...
Intervista a Walter Kolosky
by AAJ Italy Staff
All About Jazz Italia: Walter, dicci qualcosa di te. Quanti anni hai, dove vivi e per quale ragione hai deciso di scrivere un libro sulla Mahavishnu Orchestra, Power, Passion and Beauty. Walter Kolosky: I miei anni li potete ricavare se considerate che avevo sedici anni quando ho visto la Mahavishnu Orchestra in televisione nel 1972. Vivo ...
Bill Frisell Interviewed at AAJ
Bill Frisell is well suited to Seattle's leisurely pace. The Grammy-winning guitarist and composer moved here in 1989 and immediately took to the area. Unlike the high-strung, overcrowded populace of New York City, Seattle residents drive a little slower and breathe a little deeper. All About Jazz Seattle's Jason West caught up with the stylistically unbound ...
Bill Frisell: Why So Stressed Out?
by Jason West
Bill Frisell is well suited to Seattle's leisurely pace. The Grammy-winning guitarist and composer moved here in 1989 and immediately took to the area. “I had been living in New York for ten years before I came here, Frisell said when I spoke to him last month. “I was sort of looking for an atmosphere where ...
Chris Walden Interviewed at AAJ
Chris Walden is a highly gifted and creative composer and arranger who is equally at home writing and conducting music for film, TV, and jazz venues. His recent Grammy nominations for his debut big band CD Home of My Heart (Origin, 2005) and the release of the follow-up CD, No Bounds (Origin, 2006), provided the occasion ...
Intervista a Petra Magoni e Ferruccio Spinetti - Musica Nuda
by AAJ Italy Staff
Duo particolarissimo e dalla difficile collocazione di genere - suonano di tutto, dal pop al jazz, dalla classica ai brani originali--Petra Magoni, voce, e Ferruccio Spinetti, contrabbasso, in arte Musica Nuda, hanno nei due anni di attività successivi al loro primo disco ottenuto un imprevedibile quanto consistente successo di critica e di pubblico. Adesso, in occasione ...
Chris Walden: Big Band Magic With No Bounds
by Victor L. Schermer
Chris Walden is a highly gifted and creative composer and arranger who is equally at home writing and conducting music for film, TV, and jazz venues. Based in Los Angeles, he came to the U.S. from Germany in 1996, where, in his twenties, he had already established a fine reputation in multiple aspects of the music ...
Interview with Michele Hendricks at Jazzitalia
"...one of my battles when I teach is that I'm trying to get rid of that bad reputation that singers have. Singers should know a little bit about what they're doing. They should understand the chord progression...they should have the same understanding of what's going on in a song that a musician does..." (Chrissie Carpenter Oppedisano) ...
