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Take Five With Tyler Hornby

by AAJ Staff
Meet Tyler Hornby:Tyler started drumming at age ten, honed his artistry in high school big bands and experimental jazz combos, and has since blossomed into one of Canada's most innovative and sought-after young drummers. Hornby has also become a gifted composer by expanding his musical tastes, studying the craft with ...
Odean Pope: Odean's List

by Troy Collins
Though best known for his lengthy tenure accompanying legendary drummer Max Roach, Philadelphia-based tenor saxophonist Odean Pope has long demonstrated a flair for writing and arranging that is as impressive as his sideman work. His most arresting compositions have been conceived for his decades-old Saxophone Choir, while smaller-scale projects have featured his improvisational prowess in collaboration ...
Odean Pope: Odean's List

by Dan Bilawsky
Odean Pope Odean's List In+Out Records 2009 Saxophonist Odean Pope is probably one of the most underappreciated jazz musicians of his generation. While Pope is most often cited for his long tenure with drummer Max Roach, his own recordings--from trio outings to his explosive saxophone choir albums--show a tough-toned tenor ...
Dee Dee Bridgewater Brings Lady Day to Dusseldorf

by Phillip Woolever
Dee Dee Bridgewater Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Germany March 2, 2010 Dee Dee Bridgewater and a stellar supporting band delivered a scintillating one-hour and forty-minute set that provided pitch perfect illustration, worthwhile reinterpretations, and a relevant history lesson. The fans were primed for the course. It was the type of concert for ...
Frank Vignola: 100 Years of Django

by J Hunter
Of all the things guitarist Django Reinhardt accomplished in his 43 years on earth, two stand out: He proved you don't have to have a big band in order to swing, and you don't have to play soft and slow in order to be intimate. Reinhardt's Le Hot Club Quintet of France (formed with violinist Stéphane ...
Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater Interviewed at AAJ

It is almost inevitable for most people to think of Billie Holiday as a wounded human being who suffered, struggled and eased her pain with drugs and song lyrics on her way to self destruction in 1959. In her greatness, Billie was as devastating and as devastated as a summer with no water. And yet her ...
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee on Billie

by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
It is almost inevitable for most people to think of Billie Holiday as a wounded human being who suffered, struggled and eased her pain with drugs and song lyrics on her way to self destruction in 1959. In her greatness, Billie was as devastating and as devastated as a summer with no water. And yet her ...
Two Tributes to Bille Holiday: Dee Dee Bridgewater and Stepanie Nakasian

by Joel Roberts
Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Emarcy 2010 Stephanie Nakasian Billie Remembered: The Classic Songs of Billie Holiday Inner City 2010 Dee Dee ...
February 2010

by AAJ Staff
Jack DeJohnette BirdlandNew York, NY January 5, 2010When Jack DeJohnette hires double-neck guitarist David “Fuze" Fiuczynski and acclaimed altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa as the frontline in his new quintet, he's probably signaling an intention to shred. The legendary drummer did exactly that when he debuted the new Jack DeJohnette Group at ...
Craig Taborn Trio at the Vortex, London, England

by John Sharpe
Craig Taborn Trio Vortex London, England December 7, 2009 Judging by the number of young musicians in the audience, pianist Craig Taborn has something of a reputation among the cognoscenti. That many of them were pianists too just whetted the appetite even more for his leadership debut in the UK ...