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Lonnie Plaxico
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Lonnie Plaxico's first recording on Blue Note is a treat for a musician who, in his early 40s, already has an exciting veteran career in jazz circles, although he played mostly R&B in Chicago. He left his native Windy City to come play for Wynton Marsalis. The famed trumpet player heard a demo tape from Plaxico ...
Drummer Jeff Hamilton Interviewed at AAJ
When it comes to mainstream drummers there are few who can match Jeff Hamilton. He's played with everyone from Monty Alexander to Diana Krall, the perfect confluence of traditional swing and textural innovation. AAJ contributor Dr. Judith Schlesinger had the very good fortune of being on a jazz cruise with Hamilton, and took the opportunity to ...
Paul Motian Interviewed at AAJ
Veteran drummer Paul Motian has always been a busy guy, but since renewing his relationship with ECM a couple of years back he's moved into overdrive, releasing two albums of his own (I Have the Room Above Her last year, with his longstanding trio featuring guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Joe Lovano, and this year's Garden ...
An AAJ Interview with Chris Speed
by AAJ Staff
In an effort to avoid having their work artistically typecast, many musicians have chosen to incorporate a variety of styles into their own vernacular. Although this frequently results in fascinating results, there are several distinct challenges and problems with the eclectic approach. The first is simply that of failing to convince, perhaps better stated as a ...
Dom Minasi "Live" Interview
You are cordially invited to join Lester French & guitarist Dom Minasi on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 from 8:00 to 10:00 PM for Streams of Consciousness, WMEB's home for jazz and improvised music from the University of Maine campus. Streams of Consciousness can be heard only on the web @ http://www.umaine.edu/wmeb/ WMEB, 91.9 FM, Orono, ME. ...
Charles Gayle: Always Reaching
by Rex Butters
Charles Gayle's life and art must certainly inspire anyone choosing to look at it. A humble, articulate man who laughs easily, he's seen more than his share of hard times. Yet now, at 65, his creative arc takes the upswing as critics and audiences begin to catch up. A highly original saxophonist, Gayle resumed his piano ...
Erik Friedlander Interviewed at AAJ
The cello may be one of the most under-rated instruments in jazz, but Erik Friedlander hasn't let that stop him from becoming the most visible and in-demand cellists on the scene. Along with high profile work with artists including John Zorn, Michael Brecker, Fred Hersch and Dave Douglas, Friedlander has led a number of his own ...
Erik Friedlander: Complexity, Simplicity and Arc
by Paul Olson
Arguably the premier cellist in improvised music, New York musician Erik Friedlander has played with John Zorn, Dar Williams, Clogs, Laurie Anderson, Dave Douglas and Hole. His own groups have run the gamut from the chamber jazz--"chamber being a term Friedlander's come to loathe--of Chimera to the improvisational groove of Topaz. He's also a fine solo ...
Truth, Tradition & Karrin Allyson
by Mathew Bahl
Honesty...“That's the goal," explains jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson. “I think it's important to be honest when you're singing and playing and not to sound like someone else. We all have influences and people we love, but we are own people."Nearly every aspiring jazz singer talks about finding his or her unique voice. ...
Il super-musician che considera la musica una scienza
by AAJ Italy Staff
Andrea Ravagnan ha condiviso la realizzazione dell'intervista e la stesura di questo articolo “Parmi, oltre a ciò, di scorgere nel Sarsi ferma credenza, che nel filosofare sia necessario appoggiarsi all’opinioni di qualche celebre autore, sì che la mente nostra, quando non si maritasse col discorso d’un altro, ne dovesse in tutto rimanere sterile ed infeconda; e ...
