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Jamie Saft: Experience Transcending the Speakers

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 28, 2006

Quite often the busiest ones are the ones behind the scenes. Musician, producer and sound engineer Jamie Saft is one of those figures on the Downtown New York music scene. He operates his own Frank Booth studio in Brooklyn, where many of the Tzadik label releases are recorded; he plays and records with such prominent leaders ...

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Andrew Hill: Coming Back Full Circle

by Paul Olson
February 27, 2006

Although pianist/composer Andrew Hill has recorded for a variety of record labels, he is, in many ways, one of the quintessential Blue Note recording artists. Signed to the label after relocating to New York from his native Chicago in the early 1960s by label founder Alfred Lion (who later referred to the pianist/composer/bandleader as his “last ...

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Mulgrew Miller: Reshaping the Familiar

by AAJ Staff
February 23, 2006

Pianist Mulgrew Miller may not have the star power of Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner or Herbie Hancock. Nor has he ever been a “flavor du jour --possessing the passing but often fleeting large-scale popularity that may look good while it lasts, but rarely bodes well in the long term. But one look at his massive discography, ...

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Annie Ross: Let Me Sing

by Marcia Hillman
February 23, 2006

She may be best known as member of seminal vocalese group Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, but septuagenarian singer Annie Ross has also enjoyed a long and successful career are a solo performer, with over a dozen releases to her name. All About Jazz caught up with Ross to discuss her new record on Consolidated Arts Productions, ...

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Jenny Scheinman: Touching Many Strings

by R.J. DeLuke
February 20, 2006

Jenny Scheinman, a violinist of eclectic style and taste, has been coming into her own in the music world; the jazz music world, if you will. This young woman, raised in an ultra rural section of California, now imbedded in the Big Apple, is full of music. She's also down to earth, and so are the ...

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I primi 10 anni del Pomigliano Jazz Festival

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 20, 2006

Come omaggiare un festival di jazz che per dieci anni ti ha tenuto compagnia, offrendo musica di altissimo livello, organizzando seminari e guide all'ascolto completamente gratis? Il Pomigliano Jazz Festival e' una kermesse inaugurata nel 1996 con un concerto di Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland e Craig Handy. Con “10 edizioni in 10 anni" - come ama ...

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Marty Morell: A Leader at Last

by Ken Dryden
February 16, 2006

Marty Morell recently began his fifth decade on the international jazz scene, but it was only recently that he recorded his first CD as a leader. Best known for his long stint as the drummer in the Bill Evans Trio between 1968 and 1974, after leaving Evans he lived and worked in Toronto for a number ...

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Bill Ward: From Jazz to Black Sabbath Part 2-2

by Jack Gold-Molina
February 16, 2006

Part 1 | Part 2In part one of this interview—which took place on August 10, 2005, the day before Ozzfest pummeled through Seattle with an outstanding line-up that featured Rob Zombie, Shadows Fall, Zakk Wilde's Black Label Society, and Iron Maiden with Black Sabbath headlining and proving once again, after more than 35 years, ...

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Scott Amendola: Unlimited Possibilities

by Forrest Dylan Bryant
February 13, 2006

When Scott Amendola sits down at his drum kit, almost anything can happen. That's not mere hyperbole; it's a fact. From his base in Berkeley, California, Amendola provides the rhythmic drive for some of the most creative and acclaimed ensembles in the jazz avant- garde, including the Nels Cline Singers and his own Scott Amendola Band. ...

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Bill Evans - Nel bluegrass l'anima degli Stati Uniti?

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 12, 2006

All About Jazz: Bill, dopo più di 25 anni sulla scena, qual è il tuo punto di vista sullo stato di salute del jazz? Bill Evans: Quando ho cominciato ad andare in tour con Miles Davis nei primi anni ottanta, c'erano molte più sovvenzioni per le arti in Europa e negli Stati Uniti. C'erano più Festival, ...