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A Fireside Chat with Marc Ribot

by AAJ Staff
February 21, 2004

I love pleasant surprises. Like watching the new X-Men movie and expecting tragedy to unfold on screen and instead, getting quite an entertaining couple of hours for my cynicism. That is the same pleasant experience I had in listening to Marc Ribot's Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos, one of my top ten recordings of that ...

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A Fireside Chat with Michael Marcus

by AAJ Staff
February 21, 2004

I like originals. The way Dolphy mimicked bird sounds, the way Coltrane turned chaos into serenity, Tapscott reaching into the folds of a grand piano and plucking strings like a harp, and sheer instrumental vocabulary of Golia, make listening to this music in this age easier. I like Michael Marcus. He's an original. Jaki Byard liked ...

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A Fireside Chat with Nicholas Payton

by AAJ Staff
February 21, 2004

The term “young lion" has followed Nicholas Payton for the duration of his budding career. Fueled by urban legends of Wynton's personal involvement, pressure for Payton must now seem par for the course. Judging by Sonic Trance, his new album for Warner Bros., Payton has survived and more importantly, matured from the industry's unforgiving process. This ...

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A Fireside Chat with Wolfgang Fuchs

by AAJ Staff
February 21, 2004

As the leader of the King 'b' 'rchestr', Wolfgang Fuchs' place in the European improvisation lineage is safe. Moreover, Fuchs' '89 recordings of various duets with Evan Parker, Louis Sclavis, and Hans Koch on the FMP label (Duets, Dithyrambisch) is a case study in duel improvisation. In particular, Fuchs and Parker are monsters. Fuchs sat down ...

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A Fireside Chat with Roswell Rudd

by AAJ Staff
February 21, 2004

I once saw Roswell Rudd play a show with Steve Lacy where he rapped about soap. At the time, in the confusion, I was unable to fully appreciate what it was he was doing. I thought it was avant, but now (with maturity and the grace of wisdom in age) I have come to realize that ...

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Tony Monaco: Master Chops T

by R.J. DeLuke
February 13, 2004

Listen to Tony Monaco play the celebrated Hammond B3 organ. He swings like mad, solos like hell, and locks into soulful, vibrant grooves. The instrument has had a great resurgence in recent years. Listen to either of his two CDs and you can see that Monaco, while unheralded, is one of those few who can really ...

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A Fireside Chat with Horace Silver

by AAJ Staff
February 13, 2004

I have interviewed Horace Silver through the years and he remains an icon to me. The more I appreciate the Lion/Wolff Blue Note days of yesteryear, the more admirable Silver's Blue Notes are. There is enough bio and cred info on Silver's career, done in a more fitting manner than I could, so allow me folks, ...

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Donny McCaslin: On The Way Through

by Franz A. Matzner
February 13, 2004

Saxophonist and composer Donny McCaslin has already made his presence felt on the scene for some time. Playing with a wide variety of jazz's current talents, he has developed a truly distinct voice, both as player and writer. Dedicated to pushing jazz into new realms, McCaslin's voice has never been more clear and directed than on ...

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Eliane Elias: Music for All Purposes

by R.J. DeLuke
February 13, 2004

Eliane Elias, the Brazilian-born pianist and composer, plays with astonishing technique and assuredness, full of passion yet instilled with a delicate sense of romance and a palpable spirit of exploration. A musical child prodigy raised in the land of Baden Powell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Joao Gilberto and so many more, the spirit of ...

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James Spaulding: '60s Sideman Extraordinaire

by Clifford Allen
February 11, 2004

Born July 30th, 1937, alto saxophonist/flutist James Spaulding spent his formative years in Indianapolis, and moved to Chicago in the latter half of the '50s, appearing on early recordings by the Sun Ra Arkestra. Following a brief return to Indianapolis in 1962, he moved to New York and played with Freddie Hubbard, Randy Weston and Max ...