Results for "Interview"

Dave Weckl: Rhythm Talk

by Stefanee Freedman
March 9, 2006

When any jazz enthusiasts start talking about drummers, one of the first names that comes to mind is sure to be Dave Weckl. This major innovator of modern jazz drumming has grooved with more players since he started playing in the New York club scene in the early '80s. His most notable stint started in 1985 ...

Dizzy Reece Interviewed at AAJ

March 7, 2006

Dizzy Reece: From In to Out

by Clifford Allen
March 7, 2006

Born January 5, 1931, in Kingston, Jamaica, trumpeter Alphonso Son “Dizzy" Reece moved to England in 1948 to continue his jazz studies, as his countrymen alto saxophonist Joe Harriott and tenor man Ken Terroade would also do. Following some time in Paris, Reece recorded with Ronnie Scott, Victor Feldman and Tubby Hayes for the Tempo and ...

Terje Rypdal Interviewed at AAJ

March 6, 2006

Norwegian guitar legend Terje Rypdal has been a mainstay of the ECM label nearly since its inception. His latest release, Vossabrygg, finds him returning to, but expanding on, the music of early albums like What Comes After (ECM, 1974). He makes no bones about the impact Miles Davis' electric music has had on him, and AAJ ...

Terje Rypdal: In A Miles Mood

by R.J. DeLuke
March 6, 2006

Norwegian guitar icon Terje Rypdal surfaced more than three decades ago as a new guitar voice, but he strode out of the fields of rock music, not jazz. He was influenced a great deal by the electronic jazz/fusion of the late 1960s and early 1970s and his early work with the likes of saxophonist Jan Garbarek ...

Intervista a Joelle Léandre

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 5, 2006

Indice Maestri Improvvisazione, Composizione, Interpretazione Musica afro-americana e musica occidentale Derek Bailey European Women's Improvising Group - Les Diaboliques Sovversione e trascendenza Maestri Il Festival Scelsi è stata un’importante occasione per incontrare Joelle Léandre. Inevitabilmente cominciamo a parlare di Giacinto Scelsi che per la contrabbassista francese è stato un maestro, insieme a Derek Bailey e John ...

Lou Donaldson: Old School... and Still Cool

by AAJ Staff
March 2, 2006

Born in Badin, North Carolina on November 1, 1926, Lou Donaldson is still going strong at the age of 79, playing the same brand of soulful, swinging jazz that established him as one of the most popular alto saxophonists to ever record for the famed Blue Note label. Donaldson, who recorded for Blue Note ...

Gerald Wilson: In His Time

by Rex Butters
March 2, 2006

At 87, Gerald Wilson casts a long shadow over the history of jazz. His new collection In My Time sizzles with power and joy, as a New York allstar ensemble ignites his dazzling arrangements. His musical associations and friendships catalogue some of the best musicians of the last 60 years: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, ...

Andrew Hill Interview at AAJ

February 28, 2006

To coincide with the release of pianist/composer Andrew Hill's Time Lines--his first album for Blue Note in 16 years--AAJ's Paul Olson had the opportunity to sit down with Hill and discuss the past, present and future at length. The interview can be found here: Coming Back Full Circle, and is well worth checking out if you've ...

Jamie Saft Interview at AAJ

February 28, 2006

Keyboardist Jamie Saft has long been a fixture on the Downtown Music Scene in New York City, mainly for with his work for John Zorn's Tzadik label, although his work on Jane Ira Bloom's latest ArtistShare disc, Like Silver, Like Song is equally noteworthy. In July, 2005, Saft released the first in a new series of ...