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Pianist Nobu Stowe Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!
The music of NS (Nobu) Stowe is synonymous with the musical storytelling characterized with spontaneity and melodic romanticism—a true rarity in the field of fully improvised music. Stowe has not only mastered the art of total improvisation—a method of fully improvised music that embraces song-like melody, tonal harmony and rhythmic propulsion as well as more commonly ...
Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon Interviewed at All About Jazz
Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon knows what versatility is all about, although his humbleness won't allow for cocky behavior. One of the best trombonist of his generation, and one of the finest in jazz history, this composer/musician/-teacher carries a heavy torch with the steadiness of an old soul and the conviction of a man who knows what matters ...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Pictures At An Exhibition - Special Edition
by John Kelman
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pictures At An Exhibition: Special Edition Eagle Vision 2010 With the return of Emerson, Lake & Palmer at the recent High Voltage festival something of a resounding thud--preliminary YouTube videos portraying a bloated, embarrassing group where keyboardist Emerson's unfortunate hand problems caused the group to slow originally ...
Los Lobos: Tin Can Trust
by John Kelman
Prolificity ain't all it's cracked up to be. With but a dozen studio releases in three decades, Los Lobos' discography may be small, but combines substance and style. Since the breakthrough How Will the Wolf Survive? (Slash, 1984) and massive radio hit--a re-visioning of Richie Valens' classic “La Bamba," from the 1987 bio-pic of the same ...
Javid Afsari Rad: Afarinesh
by John Kelman
Every festival has its sleeper hit, the show that leaves attendees talking long after it's over, and those who missed it wishing they hadn't. Iranian expat Javid Afsari Rad's Molde 2010 performance was, with perhaps 75 people crammed into the small wooden chapel of the Romsdal Museum, one of the festival's most unexpected gems--a gentle but ...
Marc Copland Trio: Haunted Heart
by John Kelman
Originally released in 2001, Marc Copland's Haunted Heart deserves re-examination and re-evaluation, as hatOLOGY brings one of the perennially undervalued pianist's most sublime trio recordings back into print. With the original subtitle--And Other Ballads--removed, those familiar with Copland's intimate approach will already know what to expect, especially with a trio that, in the early part of ...
Jaga Jazzist: Live at Cosmopolite
by John Kelman
Jaga Jazzist Live at Cosmopolite Smalltown Supersound 2010 With 30 dates already performed in 2010 since the release of One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune, 2010)--its first studio record in five years--Jaga Jazzist is keeping the momentum of its comeback rolling, with a variety of free download tracks and a vinyl-only remix EP, ...
Jaga Jazzist: Bananfluer Overalt
by John Kelman
At a time when the amount of new music being released each and every month is at an all-time high, it's hard enough for artists to get their music heard, let alone maintain momentum between releases. For many, gigging is the only way to ensure their names remain on the radar, but for bands like Jaga ...
Drummer Lenny White Interviewed at AllAboutJazz.com...and More!
Since first showing up on the radar on Miles Davis' iconic Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) at the age of 19, drummer Lenny White has gone from success to success, most notably for his tenure as a member of Chick Corea's legendary electric group Return to Forever, which launched a successful comeback in 2008. White always has ...
Pianist Mark Soskin Interviewed at All About Jazz
In conversation with the immensely talented and engaging pianist Mark Soskin, the word “challenge" arises periodically. It's used in a good sense. Simply put, “I like to be able to be handed a challenge and then rise to it," he said in conversation, earlier in the summer of 2010. Diversity is also something he likes. The ...
