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Terell Stafford: Trial and Inspiration
by Andrew J. Sammut
Terell Stafford is as likely to credit his influences as he is to impress his listeners. Coming to jazz comparatively later than many players, and even with his busy schedule as a sideman, leader and educator, he remains devoted to exploring the music's roots, while expressing a relentless desire to learn more. Stafford ...
Take Five With Dave Bryant
by AAJ Staff
Meet Dave Bryant: Keyboardist and composer, Dave Bryant is best known for his work as a member of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time group. Bryant's addition to the group marked Coleman's first extended work with a keyboard instrument in decades.Instrument(s): Keyboards.Teachers and/or influences? I went through a ...
Take Five With Al Scott
by AAJ Staff
Meet Al Scott: Al Scott has been playing the piano for over 10 years, and first became influenced by the music of Michael Jackson. It must have been the Quincy Jones element that influenced him. Although his main passion is for jazz music, Al has done session work for various producers, and featured live ...
Juhani Aaltonen & Heikki Sarmanto: Conversations
by Eyal Hareuveni
Saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen and pianist Heikki Sarmanto are two icons of the Finnish jazz scene. Collaborating constantly for almost fifty years in myriad outfits and formats, despite many moves in their busy musical careers, they have never recorded as a duo. These two “incurable romantics," as Aaltonen defines it, use this opportunity to record an album ...
Sandy Evans: When the Sky Cries Rainbows
by Ian Patterson
The multifaceted Sandy Evans is often described as one of Australia's finest jazz musicians and composers. True enough, but as When the Sky Cries Rainbows amply demonstrates, this saxophonist surely ranks as one of the best contemporary jazz composers/musicians anywhere. A musical response to her husband, clarinetist Tony Gorman's multiple sclerosis, this sixty-minute, suite-like work conveys ...
The Teaching: 12.26.09 Live at Dazzle
by Florence Wetzel
One of the most inspiring stories in jazz concerns saxophonist John Coltrane's valiant attempt to kick heroin. In the midst of a physical firestorm, Coltrane had a spiritual awakening, and he asked God to give him the means and privilege to make others happy through music--which he ultimately did, creating jazz history in the process.
Paul Dunmall Quartet : London, England, January 9, 2012
by John Sharpe
Paul Dunmall / Matthew Bourne / Steve Davis / Dave KaneVortex Jazz ClubLondon, UKJanuary 9, 2012 Although saxophonist Paul Dunmall performs in London with reasonable frequency, he rarely appears in the same configuration twice. But for anyone who's heard his excellent Moment To Moment (Slam, 2009), tonight's gig was not to ...
Juhani Aaltonen and Heikki Sarmanto: Conversations
by Dan McClenaghan
Many musicians from other countries come to the United States to study their art and then remain to build careers. Others, like saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen and pianist Heikki Sarmanto, both from Finland, attended programs in the US--in both cases at Boston's Berklee College--and then returned home to perform and record.With a history of five ...
Jazz Bridge presents Jimi Odell at the Collingswood Community Center on February 2nd
Appearing at Jazz in the Wood at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on February 2nd will be guitarist/singer Jimi Odell with his band. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 856-858-8914. Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists our local jazz and ...
Gimme Five: Jazz's Greatest Final Recordings from John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Others
"Thank you very much, you make me feel so wonderful. It's been a pleasure being here but I really must go now, it's so hot."—Clifford Brown at the end of his final performance, June 25, 1956. Jazz history is full of personal tragedies; so many of the greats who for various reasons, left us far too ...
