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Take Five With Marco Oppedisano
by AAJ Staff
Meet Marco Oppedisano: Marco Oppedisano is a New York City-based composer, guitarist, instructor, and producer with recording and performance experience that spans almost 20 years. Marco started playing guitar at the age of 12. He was primarily a self-taught rock guitarist before beginning his formal music education at Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn ...
Jim Hall & Joey Baron: Conversations
by Dan Bilawsky
The art of the duo is nothing new to guitar legend Jim Hall. His one-on-one encounters with bassist Ron Carter have been wowing jazz fans for decades. More recent mano a mano musical encounters with equally sublime artists, like pianist Geoffrey Keezer, and guitarist Bill Frisell, have produced works that challenge but, ultimately, remain largely listenable. ...
Guitars In NYC: Fred Frith, Frank Zappa, Jonathan Richman, Robert Cray, Lenny Kaye, Bob Mould, Frank Marino, Jim Hall & Roky Erickson
by Martin Longley
Fred Frith The Stone October 30, 2010 In the old days, when English guitarist Fred Frith lived in New York, locals could bask in his constant presence on the scene. Following this 14 year period, from 1979, Frith moved to Stuttgart in Germany, and has now been teaching at ...
Steve Gadd's "Live at Voce" (Deluxe Edition)
One of the most recorded drummers of all time, Steve Gadd has worked with everyone from Chick Corea to Paul Simon, Maynard Ferguson to Eric Clapton. When it comes to his own projects, Gadd loves to play good-time groove music that has the danceable qualities and bluesiness of the best R&B along with the adventurous solos ...
Eric Harland: Voyager Live By Night
by John Kelman
In the space of a few short years, he's become drummer of choice for icons like saxophonist Charles Lloyd and bassist Dave Holland, established next-generationers including trumpeter Terence Blanchard and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, and young up-and-comers such as pianists Taylor Eigsti and Aaron Parks. Behind all of them--and as a member of the SFJAZZ Collective since ...
Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar
by Mark Corroto
There are no fans of the guitar in today's creative music--they are better described as fanatics, or devotees. But then the guitar has always caused listeners to choose sides. I'm a fan of Jimmy Page and you, Pete Townshend--or do you prefer Wes Montgomery to my Jim Hall. John McLaughlin or Pete Cosey? Some of these ...
Sonny Brings the Presents to His Own 80th Birthday
by Dan Morgenstern
Sonny Rollins threw himself an 80th birthday party at New York's restored Beacon Theater on September 10---he was born on the 7th---and it was he who brought the gifts. And what a cornucopia! This was one of those rare times when you know that you're in the best of all possible places in the world. In ...
Sonny Rollins + Ornette Coleman at the Beacon
Toward the end of his concert at the Beacon Theatre, the great Sonny Rollins announced that there was someone in the house “with a horn" who wanted to wish him a happy 80th birthday. The announcement suggested the imminent appearance of the mystery guest, but Rollins plunged into his next number, “Sonnymoon for Two," without any ...
Variations on a Theme: Perspectives on Fan Relationships
by Brian Camelio
Something I've learned since starting ArtistShare is that the new “music business" is not so much a business but a platform for creating bonds between the artist and the fan. From that bond, fans will show their appreciation for the music in various ways which may include a purchase of some kind but also may not. ...
Announcing the Winners of the "Jim Hall - The Art of Listening" Giveaway
Peter Grosett, Ben Rosenblum, Len Corman, Jesse Simpson and Elizabeth Thomas, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the ArtistShare “Jim Hall - The Art of Listening" giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit ArtistShare for more releases. Enjoy the ...
