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Ted Sirota: Drummer with the Soul of a Rebel
by R.J. DeLuke
Ted Sirota out of Chicago is a thinker. He’s politically astute and socially conscious. He’s also a musician, drummer and composer by trade. He sees struggle in all realms — political, social and art — but he rolls with the punches and moves with the times. And he’s combined a sound statement on the political and ...
AAJ Interviews Ted Sirota, Toots Thielemans, John O'Gallagher and more this Week (April 11, 2004)
AAJ posted four interviews last week with Brad Mehldau, The World Saxophone Quartet (David Murray & Oliver Lake), Joe La Barbera and Dave Douglas. To read these interviews, click here. Look for the following interviews this week... * Ted Sirota * Willie Oteri * Toots Thielemans ...
A Fireside Chat with Brad Mehldau
by AAJ Staff
Jazz is a fickle sonance, often dogmatic and always insistent. One moment, favoring celebrity and the next, consuming the very identity that allowed for such acclaim, jazz is not unlike life. A beacon of musical sincerity among the modern mercenaries, Brad Mehldau (unedited and in his own words) has an incorruptibility that jazz nor Hollywood could ...
A Fireside Chat with The World Saxophone Quartet
by AAJ Staff
The muscularity and imposing sound of the World Saxophone Quartet can be overwhelming to neophytes. Practiced listeners welcome WSQ's stately resonance and unpretentious tenor. And although the second alto chair vacated by the departure and passing of the late Julius Hemphill has evolved, a permanent substitute seems remote. The seasoned Oliver Lake, established Hamiett Bluiett, and ...
A Fireside Chat with Joe La Barbera
by AAJ Staff
Familiarity breeds a docile apathy. And certainly the temperamental constitution of Tinseltown commits to one constant - inconsistency. But not among those in the arena. Bona fide heroes of the Los Angeles standard like Joe La Barbera (unedited and in his own words), who elevate the routine to an art. Perhaps spectators ought to be beholden ...
Dave Douglas: No Labels, No Compromises
by John Kelman
Trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dave Douglas has managed what few other jazz artists have; to be associated with and widely promoted by a major record company, creating a diverse body of work that is completely without compromise, at a time when most are looking for the next Diana Krall or Norah Jones. In the past five years Douglas has ...
Kathy Kemp Ridl: Creator and Creative Muse
by Victor L. Schermer
Kathy Kemp Ridl is the wife of “rising star” jazz pianist, Jim Ridl. In keeping with the expanding role of women in our society, she herself is a gifted and active creative artist both visually and musically. Coming from a musical family, Kathy is not only a skilled classical and jazz violist and bassist, she is ...
Classic Jackie McLean
by WBGO 88.3FM
Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean has maintained a prolific career as a performer and composer that has spanned four decades. Here he talks about his latest Blue Note release Fire and Love, career experiences and his steadfast work as a music educator. Gary Walker: On your latest recording Fire and Love are your son René ...
Guitarist Steve Khan
by Mike Brannon
When Japan's Jazz Life Magazine took a poll of the 22 greatest Jazz guitarists, Steve Khan was on the list, alongside greats (on any instrument) like Wes, Martino, Hall, Django, Christian, Benson, McLaughlin, Metheny, Stern, Sco and Frisell. As both player and sometimes producer, Khan's had the fortune to work alongside the likes of Brecker, Stern, ...
Mike Stern: Playing by Heart
by Mike Brannon
A little history: Mike Stern was the controversial guitarist that accompanied Miles Davis on Saturday Night Live in 1981 as he made his historic and unexpected return to the world stage and studio after a seven year hiatus; both taking critial heat for the music's rock edge. Miles' now famous directions to his new guitarist, “Turn ...
