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Nick Brignola: Between A Rock And The Jazz Place, Part 2

by Rob Rosenblum
Part 1 | Part 2 This interview was originally published in 1969 in an Albany, New York area arts publication called Transition. It documents a time when saxophonist Nick Brignola was in the process of trying to break out of the confines of bebop and incorporate some of the elements of fusion that was ...
Beyond Genre: Brian Marsella’s Expanding Musical Universe

by Nenad Georgievski
Brian Marsella is a pianist and composer whose work defies easy categorization. Whether leading his genre-blurring trio with bassist Trevor Dunn and drummer Kenny Wollesen , or collaborating with avant-garde luminary John Zorn, Marsella brings a rare blend of technical brilliance and emotional depth to every performance. Born in Philadelphia and based in New York since ...
Meet Andy Bey

by Chris M. Slawecki
From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared on All About Jazz in February 2000. Listening for the first time to Andy Bey is like stepping into a quiet, still lake. Your foot first parts a surface that's smooth and tranquil, but you can't really tell from that surface how deeply your foot must ...
Sam Sadigursky: Making Things

by Katchie Cartwright
Los Angeles-bred New York-based clarinetist and multi-reedist Sam Sadigursky enjoys a varied and distinguished career, performing and recording with a number of renowned ensembles, including those of composers Darcy James Argue and Philip Glass, pianists Brad Mehldau and Fred Hersch, pop stars David Byrne and Tom Jones, among others, in addition to his own projects.
Jan Lundgren On Storytelling In Jazz Improvisation

by Sven Bjerstedt
It was nice to finally, after all these years, have the opportunity to sit down with the celebrated jazz pianist Jan Lundgren and talk about what it actually is that we do as jazz musicians when we improvise. Jan and I have known each other for almost four decades now. Jan was born in 1966; I'm ...
Marilyn Crispell: Fearless, Deeply Sensitive and Shaping the Moment

by Dean Nardi
As Marilyn Crispell talked about her multitude of recent recordings, either solo or with this trio or that quartet, she mentioned needing to pack her bags before going out on tour. She has lived in Woodstock, New York since 1977 and is comfortable there. When I'm at home, not out recording, I look out in the ...
Nicole Zuraitis: The Up and Down and Up Journey to Newport

by Mark Robbins
Nicole Zuraitis should receive a Grammy Award just for her laugh! It's deep, loud, energetic and a treat to hear. Not taking herself too seriously, her conversation is peppered with laughter while she talks about the high and lows of her travels from a struggling young jazz vocalist/composer to her surprising (to her) Grammy win. Her ...
Michael Buckley: Blowing Hot

by Ian Patterson
An early spring vacation to New York saw Michael Buckley and his wife take in what he describes as the usual sights." But for the Dublin saxophonist that also meant trips to three or four saxophone shops." Once a tenor saxophonist, always a tenor saxophonist. Buckley, in fact, started out on the flute, playing ...
La Dodicilune di Maurizio Bizzochetti

by Libero Farnè
Nella produzione della Dodicilune, nata nel 1995 come associazione culturale prima che diventasse etichetta, la prima cosa che caratterizza i suoi dischi, prevalentemente CD, è l'inconfondibile, coerente e qualificata veste grafica. E questo è già un aspetto importante per quanto riguarda la comunicativa editoriale; la politica produttiva invece, che in trent'anni ha pubblicato quasi quattrocento incisioni, ...
Savina Yannatou: Letting the Voice Go Where It Goes

by Katchie Cartwright
Savina Yannatou flies through vast reaches of space and time as she works, like the swallows and warblers who traverse the Sahara, stopping in Greece on their annual pilgrimage to breeding grounds in the North, thousands of miles away. She is an artist beyond category," to borrow Duke Ellington's phrase, whose programs and performances combine Mediterranean ...