Results for "Interview"

Tim Ries: It's Only Rock n' Roll, But He Likes It

by R.J. DeLuke
August 29, 2005

Saxophonist Tim Ries knows what its like to play with a big band. His first gig out of college was with Maynard Ferguson. More recently, he's been a part of Maria Schneider's critically acclaimed orchestra, including the recording of the multiple award-winning Concert in the Garden. But the big band he's with now has nothing to ...

Kne-O'chaw Hampton will be Interviewed by Jaijai Jackson, the Daughter of Bassist Chubby Jackson

August 29, 2005

August 27, 2005 -- Kne-O'chaw Hampton will be interviewed by Jaijai Jackson of Five String Productions. Jaijai Jackson is the daughter of jazz legend-bassist Chubby Jackson. JaiJai recently launched her own jazz radio show through xradio.biz/lasvegas as the “Woman of Jazz." Jackson brings her experience and background to the benefit of launching new independent jazz artists ...

Joe Morris: Singularity, Part 1-2

by AAJ Staff
August 25, 2005

Part 1 | Part 2 Joe Morris first started playing the guitar in 1969, at the age of 14. He immediately took to the instrument and started a long process of self-instruction. During his high school years, he spent time playing with other students and listening to a wide variety of recorded and live music. Morris's ...

Joe Morris: Singularity, Part 2-2

by AAJ Staff
August 25, 2005

Part 1 | Part 2 Joe Morris first started playing the guitar in 1969, at the age of 14. He immediately took to the instrument and started a long process of self-instruction. During his high school years, he spent time playing with other students and listening to a wide variety of recorded and live music. Morris's ...

Dzijan Emin: Flood Of Ideas, Part 1-2

by Nenad Georgievski
August 25, 2005

Part 1 | Part 2 Few people can match the experiences that keyboardist Dzijan Emin has had as a musician. Times are hard for musicians, who are expected to be proficient and versatile in a variety of genres. Those who are proficient--and available--can be seen playing with different people in various musical contexts. ...

Russ Johnson: Working on the Tightrope

by Paul Olson
August 22, 2005

New York trumpet player Russ Johnson's got a substantial résumé as a sideman on projects with players like Curtis Fowlkes, Johnnie Valentino, and Jenny Scheinman, but he's perhaps best known as a co-leader with Ohad Talmor in the longstanding Other Quartet. The side projects demonstrate his astonishing versatility, sensitivity and a technique that is unsurpassed by ...

Ingrid Laubrock: Playing with the Future

by Chris May
August 15, 2005

Born and brought up in Germany, but resident in London since 1990, saxophonist, composer and bandleader Ingrid Laubrock started getting noticed on the UK scene in 1997, with the release of her first solo album, Who Is It?. The same year she began recording with Brazilian singer Monica Vasconcelos' band Nois, a collaboration which continues on ...

David "Fathead" Newman: Keeper of the Flame

by Gary Firstenberg
August 14, 2005

Saxophonist David “Fathead" Newman is best known for his many years playing in Ray Charles' bands from 1954 to the mid '60s and again in the early '70s. He got his start in Dallas and acquired his trademark nickname at Lincoln High, when band director J.K. Miller called him “Fathead" after he bungled a note in ...

James Blood Ulmer: There is Another Place to Go

by Paul Olson
August 9, 2005

Guitarist James Blood Ulmer's played his way through a veritable history of American music. Beginning guitar as a four-year-old in 1946, Ulmer was singing professionally with the gospel group The Southern Sons while still in grade school. Ulmer went on to play guitar on the national R&B/doo-wop chitlin' circuit until he devoted himself to jazz, becoming ...

Interview with Andy Davies

August 9, 2005