Results for "Interview"

Chris Potter Interviewed at AAJ

April 17, 2006

If Chris Potter's rising star seems to have no limit it's because his recognizable sound and flexible approach has become so in-demand that other artists are literally lining up to work with him. But his own projects, fourteen to date since he released Presenting Chris Potter in 1992 at the age of 21, are taking increasing ...

Intervista a Szilard Mezei

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 17, 2006

Szilard Mezei è un violinista e compositore di nazionalità serba e di cultura ungherese, appartenendo alla minoranza etnica magiara che vive in Vojvodina. Nato nel 1974, dirige varie formazioni (da piccoli e medi organici ad altri d'ampie dimensioni) lavorando ad una sintesi tra jazz, folklore ungherese, musica classica e contemporanea (Lutoslawski, Szabados, Braxton). Il suo recente ...

Chris Potter: Raising the Bar

by Mike Brannon
April 17, 2006

Like the ripples in a still lake, emanating in every direction across its surface, sometimes certain realizations strike you repeatedly within a short period—like becoming aware of something or someone for the first time, and then referencing it again and again from different sources as your awareness catches up to your first perception. At that point ...

Billy Hart: A Hart of a Drummer

by AAJ Staff
April 11, 2006

Billy Hart is one of the unsung giants of jazz drumming. Appearing on classic recordings by Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner and Pharoah Sanders, Hart continues to push forward in performances and recordings with Charles Lloyd, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano and Don Byron's Ivey-Divey trio. If he's not in New York playing, he's either touring ...

Lee Rocker Interviewed at AAJ

April 10, 2006

Rockabilly roots-rocker Lee Rocker may have made his name as the upright bassist with The Stray Cats, but he's been anything but silent since the million-selling group dissolved. With eight albums under his own name, he's worked with legends including Carl Perkins and Dave Edmunds. Senior Editor Chris Slawecki caught up with Rocker recently to talk ...

Lee Rocker: Road Tested, American Made

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 10, 2006

If there's a club or a bar or a theatre that has a stage with electricity and amplification, no matter how obscure or winding the road it's on, it's almost a sure bet that Lee Rocker and his upright bass have played a gig there. Rocker's stock in trade has been the American roots ...

Terje Rypdal: In a Miles Mood

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 9, 2006

Di R.J. DeLuke Il norvegese Terje Rypdal, un’icona della chitarra jazz, più di trent’anni fa si rivelava come una nuova voce nel mondo jazzistico, ma il suo ambito di provenienza era quello della musica rock non jazz. Fortemente influenzato dal jazz elettrico degli ultimi anni sessanta/primi anni settanta, attirò l’attenzione degli appassionati con i suoi primi ...

Chicago Underground Duo Interviewed at AAJ

April 3, 2006

The Chicago Underground collective has been a trio, a quartet and, more recently, a duo. But its two mainstays--percussionist Chad Taylor and cornetist Rob Mazurek--have never been less than completely intriguing and forward-reaching. Contributing Editor Paul Olson's insightful interview with Taylor and Mazurek, Chicago Underground Duo: Two Voices, One Sound is up today, and of interest ...

Chicago Underground Duo: Two Voices, One Sound

by Paul Olson
April 3, 2006

Percussionist Chad Taylor and cornet player Rob Mazurek are the Chicago Underground Duo. Since the Chicago Underground collective expands or contracts with each project, they're also two-thirds of the Chicago Underground Trio and half of the Chicago Underground Quartet. Born in the 1990s out of the fertile Chicago improv scene, the group has, in its various ...

Dom Minasi/Loften Emenari Interview Saturday, April 1

March 31, 2006