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Ed Bradley: Journalist and Jazzman
by R.J. DeLuke
This aricle first appeared on All About Jazz on November 2002.People know Ed Bradley as a journalist in his 22nd season with the award-winning CBS television news magazine “60 Minutes," and now “60 Minutes II." You've watched him report on diverse subjects, his stories taking him around the country and around the globe. You've ...
Bill Kirchner: Renaissance Man
by R.J. DeLuke
Like it or not, it's a 'What have you done for me lately?' world in many respects. If that phrase has grown tiresome on you, consider Bill Kirchner in the world of jazz music. With him, it's more like 'What haven't you done?' Period.The art form has gone through periods of struggle in the ...
A Fireside Chat with Bill Frisell
by AAJ Staff
Having spent most of my youth in the Reagan Eighties, I matured with the impression that bassists were all like Mick Mars and guitarists all mirrored The Edge. This was acceptable behavior in my youth, but would be considered juvenile now. And although I appreciate staying “young at heart," I am grateful to have been cultured ...
A Fireside Chat with Archie Shepp
by AAJ Staff
I have read Archie Shepp described as “radical," “controversial," or “disturbing." Why? What is so “disturbing" about speaking your mind about subjects beyond the music? And why should writers even be focusing on Shepp's political views anyway? He is first and foremost an artist and as one, we should judge him by his discography, not his ...
A Fireside Chat with Evan Parker
by AAJ Staff
In 1968, poet and noted authority on black music Amiri Baraka wrote, “Most jazz critics have been white Americans, but most important jazz musicians have not been." Politics of race aside, in 1968, Baraka's words were not opinion, but fact. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Cecil Taylor, ...
A Fireside Chat with Gerry Teekens
by AAJ Staff
This week, I start profiling a handful of indie labels I think are superior to most of the massive amounts of titles being released each week. I think one week last year I counted more than fifty releases on tap. That is saturating an already small market so most listeners have no clue what to buy. ...
A Fireside Chat with Greg Osby
by AAJ Staff
For as long as I have known Greg Osby, he has been searching. Perhaps that is why I admire Osby the man, the searching. Osby has been searching, is searching, and odds are will continue to search. So I really have no business speaking for him and will give the mic to Oz, the man, the ...
A Fireside Chat with Jeff Parker
by AAJ Staff
It is not always necessary to classify things. Sure, it makes it easy for the consumer in all of us to be able to find or relate to something if it is referred to as a four letter word, “jazz," “blues," or “rock," but does that mean Elvis, the proposed “king" of rock, has anything remotely ...
A Fireside Chat with Jim Hall
by AAJ Staff
Ignore the robust tone of Sonny Rollins tenor on “God Bless the Child" (The Bridge ) and you will hear the subtle elegance of Jim Hall. The man is class. The guitarist appears on one classic after another. The short list is as follows: Stan Getz's Cool Velvet, Ella Fitzgerald's Ella in Berlin (the one where ...
A Fireside Chat with John Medeski
by AAJ Staff
As a member of Medeski, Martin, and Wood, John Medeski sees the future of jazz on a nightly basis. The audiences at MMW's shows average at about 21 years of age and they dance to the groove that is being produced on stage. That makes Medeski an authority on the future of the music. Afterall, he ...
