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Steve Williams: Explaining A Drummer's Role
by Matt Merewitz
A career sideman to Washington's own, the legendary singer-pianist Shirley Horn, fellow DC- native drummer Steve Williams has been around the proverbial jazz block and is here to tell you a bit about his ride. Williams has a jovial air that shows he's unmistakably joyous about living life. But there are issues that come to light ...
Creed Taylor, Incorporated: The AAJ Interview, Part 3-3: 2004 State of the Union
by Chris M. Slawecki
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Introduction Without the contributions of producer and entrepreneur Creed Taylor, the past, present and future of jazz would be differently written. Five decades ago, Creed Taylor produced some of Bethlehem Records' best albums, including sets by Charles Mingus, Kai Winding with J.J. Johnson, ...
Creed Taylor, Incorporated: The AAJ Interview, Part 2-3
by Chris M. Slawecki
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Introduction Without the contributions of producer and entrepreneur Creed Taylor, the past, present and future of jazz would be differently written.Five decades ago, Creed Taylor produced some of Bethlehem Records' best albums, including sets by Charles Mingus, Kai Winding with J.J. Johnson, and singer Chris ...
Joe Lovano: The Beauty of Expression
by R.J. DeLuke
There are few things as soulful, it seems, as the sound of the tenor saxophone when played by Joe Lovano. Call him the next great Italian tenor, if you will. He plays with full, robust sound and the instrument, in his hands, is liable to be sweet and ethereal at one moment, or volcanic and explosive ...
An Exclusive Interview to Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan tells her life through a long and exclusive interview: “...I often saw cats like Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell...I was beat up because people did not want to see young white girls or young white people with black people, these were my friends! These were the only people that I could go to, ...
Joe Locke: On the Ascension, Part 2-2
by John Kelman
Part 1 | Part 2 Vibraphonist Joe Locke, while present on the music scene for over twenty years, has only recently begun to carve a unique place for himself with projects including woodwind player Tim Garland's Storms/Nocturnes Trio and his own 4 Walls of Freedom band. Part 1 of this interview examined Locke's development ...
Joe Locke: On the Ascension, Part 1-2
by John Kelman
Part 1 | Part 2 While vibraphonist Joe Locke has been on the scene for over twenty years, it is only in the past half decade or so that his name has begun to reach a broader audience. This is in no small part due to his participation in two seminal groups: British reed ...
Tomasz Stanko: A Mix of Two Extremes
by Cezary L. Lerski
I've always been a mix of two extremes... The conversation with Tomasz Stanko. This interview was conducted via phone on May 18th, 2004 by Cezary Lerski from Polish Jazz Network one month before Tomasz Stanko Quartet tour in the United States and Canada. All About Jazz: Dear Tomasz, your music has always been for ...
Pianist Burton Greene
by Clifford Allen
Pianist Burton Greene was born June 14, 1937 in Chicago. Following a brief stay in San Francisco he moved to New York in the early ‘60s and quickly became part of the nascent free jazz movement, playing with Alan Silva in the Free Form Improvisation Ensemble. He was a member of the Jazz Composers’ Guild, worked ...
The Jazz Artistry of Ron Thomas: Interfacing Jazz and Classical Music
by Victor L. Schermer
Ron Thomas' persona reminds me a bit of the Archangel Gabriel, who appears on all those great Renaissance paintings playing the trumpet, except that Ron is a pianist. Ron, like Gabriel, stays in the background, but has a big influence on what goes on, and you know he's always up to something musical while affecting the ...
