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Stephan Micus: Solitary Pursuits
by John Kelman
Multi-instrumentalist Stephan Micus has been working outside the musical mainstream for over 30 years. With more than 15 albums for the German ECM label and, in the early days, its sister label JAPO, Micus has created a body of work that is the result of years of extensive traveling around the world to both acquire and ...
Branford Marsalis: It's All About the Band
by Russ Musto
Branford Marsalis is one of this music's most recognizable figures. The eldest brother of jazz's first family, he's been an honored constituent of the community since first joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1980. As a member of the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, saxophonist with Sting and director of the Tonight Show band he has been at ...
Vince Giordano: Hot Jazz for The Aviator
by David French
Vince Giordano, 52, has long been the premier authority on performing 1920s and '30s jazz and popular music. Woody Allen, Madonna, Terry Zweigoff, Garrison Keillor and the New York Philharmonic have all used Giordano and his eleven-piece big band, the Nighthawks, to summon up the days of Busby Berkeley and bathtub gin. Most recently the Nighthawks ...
Mimi Fox: Getting Her Due
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
Mimi Fox is slowly but surely beginning to get her due. Named a “rising star" in the DownBeat magazine critics' poll in 2003 and again in 2004, signed to a growing young label (Favored Nations), and with a discography that's up to seven discs under her own name (alongside dozens of side gigs), Fox's fluid guitar ...
Dave Ellis: Of Jams and Jazz
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
Tenor saxophonist Dave Ellis has been a stalwart of the Bay Area jazz scene for years. An East Bay native, he honed his craft in the famed Berkeley High School jazz program and, appropriately enough, the Berklee school of Music in Boston. After returning to the Bay Area, he spent time in the original version Charlie ...
Vocalist Alma Micic live interview on WAER Jazz 88 FM with Eric Cohen
"Introducing Alma" by Alma Micic can be heard on both NPR and College radio stations nationwide. Tune in WAER Jazz 88 FM on January 5, 2005 (EST) where Alma will be talking to jazz host Eric Cohen (named Jazz Programmer of the Year 2001 by Gavin Magazine). Interview will be broadcasted live on the web at: ...
Dafnis Prieto: About the Monks
by Tomas Pena
His arrival in the U.S. has been compared to that of an asteroid hitting New York. Indeed, in the relatively short period of time Dafnis Prieto's revolutionary drumming techniques have had an astronomical impact on both the Latin and jazz music scene,locally and internationally.As a youngster Prieto studied at the school of Fine Arts ...
Meet Pianist Manuel Rocheman
by Wajdi Cherif
Manuel Rocheman grew up in a rich and stimulating musical environment as both his parents and grandparents were musicians. His father, a guitarist and actor was the founder of the “Hootenanny" in the American centre in Paris, a place where artists come to perform from all around the globe. A major musical events in Rocheman's childhood ...
A Fireside Chat with The Cosmosamatics
by AAJ Staff
While uninspired free jazz lingers in mediocrity, meandering aimlessly by the guise of minimalism, The Cosmosamatics have demanded invention, observing the lineage and celebrating the history. Inspired by the awareness of Sonny Simmons and the enlightenment of Michael Marcus, The Cosmosamatics champion the relevancy of the music.All About Jazz: The Cosmosamatics have been in ...
A Fireside Chat with the Ramon Banda
by AAJ Staff
Dabbling is effortless, inviting little labor. Commit-ment, however, is exhausting, demanding and often times complicated. The Banda Brothers (Ramon and Tony) are committed to Latin jazz. And having played it for 30 years, they require little practice. But their loyalty has afforded their music an audible truth. Commitment comes at a price, but its rewards can ...
