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Jazz Goes Green: Musical Explorations On A Secondary Color Of Note
by Dan Bilawsky
With spring taking hold and summer on the way, it's hard to avoid encounters with the color green. The drab gray and white of winter is now no more and a vibrant green color scheme has taken over. A drive along the Long Island Expressway--which leads to Manhattan and some of the greatest jazz clubs in ...
Peter Bernstein: Peter Bernstein Quartet, Live at Smalls
by Laurel Gross
Peter Bernstein is one of the most pleasing and accomplished guitarists around, a must-hear, go-see for fans of straight-ahead jazz with a fresh, of-the-moment feel. A fixture on the New York scene and beyond, Bernstein deserves to be even better-known for his intricately beautiful melodic lines, harmonic sophistication, spot-on improvisation and good taste. ...
Rale Micic: 3
by Joshua Weiner
Rale Micic has emerged over the past few years as one of the most interesting young guitarists on the New York City scene. Beginning with Bridges, a fantastic quintet date from 2003 featuring some exciting saxophone work from Bob Reynolds, and continuing on 2006's Serbia featuring the great Tom Harrell on trumpet, Micic has established a ...
Nels Cline: Of Singers and Sound
by Rex Butters
Mimi Melnick's Salons feature some of Los Angeles' best improvising musicians in the most intimate of settings--her home, at the top of a hillside overlooking the San Fernando Valley. This afternoon's trio tunes, and tests sound levels. Bass wizard and longtime UCLA professor Roberto Miranda banters with veteran drummer Bert Karl, while the group's lanky guitarist, ...
"Intuition: The Music of Bill Evans" at Jazz at Lincoln Center (May 14-15)
INTUITION: THE MUSIC OF BILL EVANS. FEATURING BILL CHARLAP, THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA AND GUEST JIM HALL ON MAY 14-15 Bill Evans, one of the most influential pianists of modern jazz, possessed a lyrical style that has inspired generations of musicians. Led by guest music director Bill Charlap, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra ...
Andre Matos: Fantasies Realized
by William Carey
There is no doubt that André Matos has chops to burn. Placed firmly in the tradition of John Abercrombie and Pat Martino, with a bit of Sonny Sharrock at moments, a lot of Berklee (College of Music) influence is readily apparent, but with a bit of headiness that also reflects the guitarist's time at the New ...
Take Five with Assaf Kehati
by AAJ Staff
Meet Assaf Kehati:Israeli/Bostonian jazz guitarist Assaf Kehati has been performing with legendary drummer Billy Hart and up-and-coming bassist Noam Wiesenberg for the past two years. For a recent Regattabar concert, Kehati's trio expanded to a quartet after renowned saxophonist Eli Degibri (Al Foster's Band) joined the group. The quartet plays both Kehati's and Hart's ...
Nelson Veras: Solo Session Vol. 1
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Guitarist Nelson Veras's considerable sideman experience has favored the acoustic instrument--a highlight is his mild-mannered straight man to Manu Codjia's volatile electric guitar on Christophe Wallemme's fine large-ensemble Namaste (Bee Jazz, 2006).The relationship between Veras's playing and classic Brazilian guitar--Hélio Delmiro, João Gilberto, Bola Sete--is like that between James Blood Ulmer's playing and the ...
Interview: Jim Hall (Part 3)
When Jim Hall left the Jimmy Giuffre Trio in 1961, he was a new guitarist. Jim's extended period with Giuffre helped him develop a new way to slur notes on the instrument's neck rather than relying solely on the pick. This blending technique would come in handy on the monumental albums he would record in the ...
Interview: Jim Hall (Part 2)
In the late 1950s, Jim Hall was a founding member of two of the decade's most forward-thinking chamber jazz groups: the Chico Hamilton Quintet and the Jimmy Giuffre Trio. Both groups fused West Coast jazz with classical sensibilities, resulting in a swinging sound that was both breezy and ferociously competitive. The music at first seems genteel, ...
