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Take Five With Omar Tamez
by AAJ Staff
Meet Omar Tamez:He studied music with master in composition. He studied with the composer and teacher Nicandro Tamez. Skillful courses of composition and/or conferences with André Richard, Daniel Catán, Mario Lavista, Manuel de Elí¬as, Helmut Lachmann, Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Has made concerts in Mexico, United States, Italy, Instrument(s):Guitars, ...
Roxy Coss: Roxy Coss
by Wilbert Sostre
With the exception of a few instrumentalists like pianist Mary Lou Williams, most women in the so called golden era of jazz were singers. That situation has changed in the last few years, with more and more extraordinaire female musicians entering the jazz scene. Bassist Esperanza Spalding, pianist Hiromi, drummer Cindy Blackman and saxophonist/clarinetist Anat Cohen ...
John Coltrane: The Complete 1962 Copenhagen Concert
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il concerto documentato da questo doppio CD (Falkonercentret di Copenhagen, 22 novembre '62) compariva già nel megabox in dodici CD Live Trane: Underground (dischetti 7 e 8, per l'esattezza), mentre, su LP, le italiane Ingo e Jazz Up ne avevano inserito fin dagli anni Ottanta tre brani ("Chasin' the Trane," The Inchworm" e Every Time We ...
Matthew Garrison: Core Matter
by Ian Patterson
Bassist/composer Matthew Garrison is, without a doubt, one of the most technically gifted musicians of his generation. Over the last two decades he has been employed by such high-caliber leaders as [pianist-keyboardists] Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock and Geri Allen; [saxophonists] Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker and Steve Coleman; [guitarists] John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, John Scofield; [drummers] Jack ...
Dave Stryker Organ Quartet at Cecil's Jazz Club
by David A. Orthmann
Dave Stryker Organ QuartetCecil's Jazz ClubWest Orange, NJDecember 4, 2010 Guitarist and bandleader Dave Stryker straddles the line between art and entertainment as well as anyone in jazz. For those who simply wanted to have a good time, the opening set on the second night of his two night stand ...
Take Five With Jay Smith
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jay Smith:Jay Smith has performed with dozens of groups all over California, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain in a wide range of music, from bebop and gypsy jazz to Latin rock and funk. He has worked with groups and musicians as Kelulu, Mento Buru, The Fresno Philharmonic, David Baron Stevens, Andre Bush, Mike ...
Luther Hughes / Cannonball-Coltrane Project: Things Are Getting Better
by Woodrow Wilkins
Match the stylings of two of the most revered jazz saxophonists, and you're likely to come up with The Cannonball-Coltrane Project. This five-piece ensemble pays homage to Julian “Cannonball" Adderley and John Coltrane. Bassist Luther Hughes says the idea came to him as he was listening to The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (Mercury, ...
Take Five With Tim Collins
by AAJ Staff
Tim Collins is a vibraphonist/drummer originally from NY, now living in Munich, Germany. He's played with Ingrid Jensen, Aaron Parks, John Ellis, Aaron Goldberg, Charlie Hunter, John Hollenbeck, George Porter, and Mike Moreno. His two albums, 'Valcour and Fade received 3 and 4 stars respectively in Downbeat Magazine. Look for a third album in 2011, featuring ...
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (Impulse! 1965)
Saxophonist and composer John Coltrane's humble offering to Him" has become one of the most revered albums in jazz and indeed all of American music. A deeply spiritual man who claimed to have experienced a religious epiphany that allowed him to cast aside alcohol and drugs and fully commit himself to a musical and spiritual quest ...
Petter Wettre: The Only Way To Travel 2
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist Petter Wettre cannot help but draw many references to the great Sonny Rollins. It's his sound--a big, warm voice with muscular articulation. On the download-only The Only Way To Travel 2, he teams up with drummer Audun Kleive, to reprise Volume One (2000), made ten years ago.With t"Medley," it's only Wettre's horn that's ...


