Results for "Interview"

Joel Frahm's Musical Reunion

by Ed Trefzger
February 9, 2004

Joel Frahm's Don't Explain is just one of many reunions between the saxophonist and his high school classmate, pianist Brad Mehldau. The recording was a natural next step after the two reunited for two concerts to raise money for the nationally-known music program at their alma mater, William H. Hall High School, in West Hartford, Conn. ...

An AAJ Interview with Issi Rozen

by AAJ Staff
February 5, 2004

“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" ' H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927 “The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?" ' David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920's 'There ...

AAJ Now Archiving WBGO 88.3 FM On-Air Interviews

February 4, 2004

Diana Krall

by WBGO 88.3FM
February 3, 2004

WBGO Afternoon Jazz host Michael Bourne chats with pianist and singer Diana Krall. They discuss her upcoming performance at Radio City Music Hall and her latest album The Look of Love. Michael Bourne: Do you ever feel dizzy from the whirlwind of everything that's been happening? Diana Krall: I think I was ...

Barbara Sfraga at IAJE

by Franz A. Matzner
February 2, 2004

With her recent release, Under The Moon, singer/songwriter Barbara Sfraga has proven herself one of jazz’s foremost vocalists. More than willing to step away from standard arrangements and approach multiple genres, Sfraga is not only a talented performer, she’s an innovative arranger. Catching up with Ms. Sfraga at this year’s International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) ...

Cassandra Wilson on Belly of the Sun

by WBGO 88.3FM
January 31, 2004

WBGO-FM Midday Jazz host Rhonda Hamilton briefly spoke to Cassandra Wilson about her life and her new CD Belly of the Sun. Rhonda Hamilton: On Belly of the Sun you took inspiration from the Mississippi Delta where it was recorded. You are from Mississippi, born in Jackson, and you decided to go home to ...

The Son Also Rises: Chris Brubeck, the new Gershwin?

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
January 28, 2004

I caught up with Chris Brubeck, a son of Dave, somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. On the 2003 M/S Maasdam Jazz Cruise, he played electric bass and trombone in the Taylor Eigsti trio, with brother Dan on drums. A superb, high-energy configuration, it was buoyed (pun fully intended) by the tremendous good humor of the siblings. ...

Abbey Lincoln: Spirited and Spiritual

by R.J. DeLuke
January 26, 2004

Music serves many purposes for people on this planet. It's fun. It can be an escape. It can be soothing and even nostalgic. But for some it carries a deeper meaning, a deeper purpose. In this realm lies the art of Abbey Lincoln. At age 73, she is one of the last of the great jazz ...

Jane Ira Bloom

by Franz A. Matzner
January 17, 2004

Innovative instrumentalist and composer Jane Ira Bloom recently released the album Chasing Paint: Jane Ira Bloom Meets Jackson Pollock. Working with Fred Hersch on piano, Mark Dresser on bass, and Bobby Previte on drums, Bloom composed a nine movement suite inspired by her longtime interest in abstract expressionism and Pollock specifically. It was my distinct privilege ...

Pearl Django: A Decade of 'Hot Club' Jazz

by Jason West
January 15, 2004

It’s a crisp, autumn evening on the streets of Fremont, but inside Bouchee restaurant it’s toasty warm with standing room only to hear Pearl Django perform barn-burning gypsy jazz tunes, medium-swing melodies and lush string ballads—all of which recall the era of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, when post-war Europe was rapidly adopting jazz into it’s ...