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Take Five with Simon Little
by AAJ Staff
Meet Simon Little: I'm a session bassist living in London. I was born in London and started learning the double bass at school in Dorset with Barry Glynn. I went on to study at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London (1999-2003) receiving tuition from Kevin Rundell, Jeff Clyne and ...
Pianist Maureen Girard's new CD exudes tranquility and evergreen beauty of Pacific Northwest
There is a rain-soaked ambience that haunts the piano jazz of Portrait in Four Colors, the debut album from Maureen Girard. Girard recorded the album in South Whidbey Island in the Pacific Northwest, and it exudes the tranquility and evergreen beauty of that region. This is one of the few records that you could see as ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 4-6: June 26-28, 2011
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 T D Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 23-July 3, 2011 Well, the numbers are in, and the opening weekend of the 2011 TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival has broken all previous records, despite a day of heavy rain severely impacting attendance for ...
New Dutch band Taconieuwenhuizen Group blossoms with infectiously energetic album
For bassist Taco Nieuwenhuizen, there was a mystique to the instrument that reeled him in at the age of 17. “The coolness; the sound of the instrument," Nieuwenhuizen revealed, almost like the affection for detail that an adoring husband has for his wife. “There is magic around the bass guitar. The thickness of the strings; you ...
Take Five With The Brett Sandler Trio
by AAJ Staff
Meet The Brett Sandler Trio: Brett Sandler: I'm a classically trained pianist who began studying Jazz in college. I started composing my own jazz tunes after listening to Wayne Shorter for the first time. I love music, movies, and videogames and enjoy spending my time on those three pursuits. I grew up in Rocky ...
Pear: extemp’ore
by Mark Corroto
The improvising duo of Pear--keyboardist Nick Pierone and percussionist Rick Milne-- plays a fanciful game of six degrees of separation on extemp'ore. The opening “Dewey Miles" is a piece of cake, with the sampled voice of Miles Davis whispering “play what you hear" to some Betty, or maybe Jean-Pierre in the backseat. Pierone's piano ...
Borneo Jazz 2011
by Ian Patterson
Borneo JazzMiri, Sarawak, BorneoMay 12-15, 2011 Borneo Jazz--known as the Miri International Jazz Festival for the previous five editions--has undergone a certain amount of rebranding in an effort to promote its growing stature as one of the leading jazz festivals in the region. This year the festival has increased from two to ...
Take Five With Erin Dickins
by AAJ Staff
Meet Erin Dickins: I am a jazz singer and a founding member of the Manhattan Transfer. I have performed and recorded with everyone from Jaco Pastorius and The Talking Heads to Leonard Cohen and Dr. John. After taking a hiatus, I have returned to jazz with a new solo CD, Nice Girls. I am ...
Jaco Pastorius: Donna Lee Live at Budokan ‘82
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il bassista americano Jaco Pastorius è stato un artista straordinario che ha caratterizzato la sua esistenza con comportamenti impulsivi spesso bizzarri ed incomprensibili, ma sempre sostanzialmente generosi, anche se spesso autodistruttivi. Questo altalenarsi esistenziale ha segnato anche il suo percorso artistico, pieno di alti e bassi, specialmente negli ultimi anni della sua tormentata esistenza. L'avventura con ...
Walter Kolosky: Affairs of the Heart
by Ian Patterson
It took journalist Walter Kolosky eight months to put together Follow Your Heart: John McLaughlin Song by Song (Abstract Logix, 2010), though, in effect, this impressive listener's guide has been the culmination of a lifetime listening to the English guitarist's music. Kolosky has written extensively on McLaughlin's music for many years, and has interviewed him many ...
