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A Conversation Between William Hooker & Ras Moshe
by A. Henkin
William Hooker is a spirit drummer who has shared his energy with musicians from Billy Bang, David Murray and David S. Ware to DJ Spooky and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. He has been given the opportunity to hone the minds and souls of children by teaching social studies and literacy with components of ...
A Fireside Chat With Peter Cincotti
by AAJ Staff
I don't know if comparisons to Norah Jones are warranted (what jazz singer wants to be compared to Norah Jones), but Peter Cincotti certainly has a little something something. The kicker is his cadence. And I don't want to use this tired analogy, but Cincotti's ebb and flow is reminiscent of the king (not Elvis), Frank ...
A Fireside Chat With Mike Clark
by AAJ Staff
When I was a kid, most my age were tuning in to watch Tootie and Blair on The Facts of Life or Gary Coleman say “Whatcha talkin' bout Willis." I would run home from school to catch What's Happening. Not only was the theme song funky, but Rerun (the best character ever on TV) was a ...
Charlie Haden Remembers Tomorrow
by Mike Brannon
"As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish." --Charlie Haden “The whole underlying theme for the new music...is to communicate honest, human values, and in doing that to try to improve the quality of life."--Charlie ...
Erik Friedlander: Cello Ahead
by Ludovico Granvassu
Together with artists like Ernst Reijseger, Vincent Courtois, Peggy Lee, Fred Lonberg-Holm or Rufus Cappadocia, Erik Friedlander is one of the 'new wave' of cellists in jazz and improvised music. Oscar Pettiford, Harry Babasin, Sam Jones and Ray Brown pioneered the introduction of cello in jazz, but they mainly were bassists (like later Ron Carter, Buell ...
A Fireside Chat With Jimmy Amadie
by AAJ Staff
To say that Jimmy Amadie is 'remarkable' would be an understatement. Amadie has suffered from sever tendentious for the better part of his life and virtually twice my own. This kind of pain has been career ending in sports. What makes his story even more 'remarkable' is Amadie is not a wide receiver for the Eagles. ...
Greg Osby: Q & A
by AAJ Staff
Saxophonist Greg Osby is a musician who doesn't believe in standing still. Born in St. Louis in 1960, Osby became one of the founders of the influential, innovative M-Base musical collective in New York City in the late 1980s. Osby has also produced one of the most interesting,diverse series of recordings in jazz over the past ...
A Fireside Chat With Hamid Drake
by AAJ Staff
I make no bones about the fact that Hamid Drake is a personal favorite of mine. But my argument is a substantial one. No other drummer has worked with as many heavy hitters as Hamid (a list that includes Peter Brotzmann, Fred Anderson, George Lewis, Don Cherry, Misha Mengelberg, Pharoah Sanders, Jemeel Moondoc, William Parker, Roy ...
Rachel Z Shocks the Bunny
by Mike Brannon
Ok, quick...name all the artists you can think of with a last name starting with Z. Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet...but they're all in the Zappa family, right? Ok, Zamfir, if you've really gotta go there. Well, now there's another worthy of that elusive 26th letter... pianist/keyboardist Rachel Niccolazzo or Rachel Z, for short. Numbered among her many ...
A Fireside Chat With Greg Kelley
by AAJ Staff
If the music is to move forward, it will move forward on the wings of warriors like Greg Kelley. Kelley is not a trend or a term or a magazine cover. Kelley is however, a player and I dig players. Kelley's trumpet is not for everyone. But neither was Ayler and neither is Braxton. But that ...
