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A Conversation with Brian Patneaude
by Alexander M. Stern
New York's Capital District--the collective sobriquet for Albany, Schenectady, and Troy as well as Saratoga and a few outlying areas--has produced two major names in jazz: Baritone saxophonist Nick Brignola and vibraphonist and Blue Note recording artist Stefon Harris. Indeed, right up until his recent death, Brignola was Upstate New York's greatest contribution to modern jazz. ...
Either/Orchestra Handles All Tough Turns of Jazz Road
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist Russ Gershon is on the horns of a dilemma with his sparkling band, the Either/Orchestra, the rock-solid 10-piece organization that churns out all kinds of music. The surprising sounds are steeped in jazz, but like a Luis Tiant pitch, the thunder the band emits can come from just about any angle. Critics have loved them. ...
Kelvin Roy at The Loaded Hog
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Kelvin Roy is a North America émigré who lives in New Zealand. He has released three compact discs to date and his latest is Around the World of Music Live at The Loaded Hog with the BlueStars. Aside from singing, composing and arranging his own material, he also plays the bass trumpet. Herein a conversation concerning ...
Q&A with All About Jazz's Founder & Publisher Michael Ricci
by Vanessa Asell
This interview was conducted in August 2003 and was republished with permission from Jazznin magazine.Jazznin: In many ways All About Jazz has the same aim as Jazznin magazine. You want to be a hub for jazz lovers. You say it's a site whose mission is to spread the word about jazz to a larger ...
Boston's Randy Roos-A Local Legend Sustains Infinitely
by Phil DiPietro
I had the good fortune of attending Boston University during the particularly fertile music period of 1976-1980. I lived near Kenmore Square, and on any given night, friends would head out, especially to the now-legendary “Rat" (Kenmore's “Rathskellar"), a mid-size rock bar, to hear future theater-packers such as the Talking Heads, U2, The Police, The Clash, ...
The Energy Is One: An Interview with Hiromi Uehara
by Wayne Zade
All About Jazz: Your earliest musical studies were at the Yamaha School of Music. Please describe your experience there. Was this in Tokyo? Hiromi Uehara: It was in Shizuoka, where my home was. I first attended this school when I was five years old. I also attended a regular elementary school, and I was ...
A Conversation with John McLaughlin
by Walter Kolosky
Trying to classify guitarist and composer John McLaughlin's music is like trying to grab a handful of mercury. McLaughlin himself is fond of pointing out that words can't describe music anyway. Music must be experienced. For over forty years McLaughlin's compositions and unparalleled guitar playing have helped us experience blues, rock, jazz, jazz-rock fusion, Indian ragas ...
Dave Ellis: Talented Tenor on the March
by R.J. DeLuke
Why Not? So many jazz musicians have been heralded as the next “big thing” since the 80s it’s hard to keep track. It can cause one, after a while, to cast a sideways glance at the next pronouncement. But when a saxophonist creeps up on you with a lively, burnished tone and a swagger ...
Eddie Henderson: Healing with Music
by R.J. DeLuke
Jazz trumpeter extraordinaire Eddie Henderson always had talent. After all, his first informal lesson on the instrument at the age of 9 was from Louis Armstrong. But his studies went well beyond that. As a teenager he was learning legitimate trumpet at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and performing with the San Francisco Conservatory Symphony ...
A Fireside Chat With The Art Ensemble Of Chicago
by AAJ Staff
I once read how Sam Rivers heard Billie Holiday and, listening to the anguish in her voice, wept. Jazz can be just that profound because it is history. But along with history comes the inevitable politics and prejudices. Jazz is not beyond such human frailties, but it can be. As exemplified by the Art Ensemble of ...
