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Joni on Point Interview with Joni Mitchell
With her provocative ballet, The Fiddle and the Drum, Mitchell finds a new grooveand a new lens on her past Though her 1968 debut album, Song to a Seagull, was no small feat of folk glory, it was by Joni Mitchells third and fourth releasesLadies of the Canyon and Bluethat her status as one of the ...
Take Five With Jackie Allen
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jackie Allen: Critically acclaimed vocalist, songwriter and Blue Note recording artist Jackie Allen celebrates the release of her ninth album, Starry Night, live with chamber orchestra. Her CD features star-themed songs arranged by seven extraordinary arrangers who have written for such legendary artists as Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Doc Severinson, Bobby McFerrin, and Diana Krall. ...
Kairos 4tet: Kairos Moment
by Chris May
A luminous debut album from four young London musicians which, unexpectedly, affirms the eternal verities of acoustic jazz. Supple rhythms, strong melodies, inventive harmonies, flowing improvisation...it's all here and it bucks the trend. Since the adoption of Acoustic Ladyland by the mainstream media round about the release of the band's album Last Chance Disco (Babel, 2005), ...
Mike Moreno: Focusing on the Music
by Matthew Warnock
A native of Houston Texas, guitarist Mike Moreno has been making waves. After graduating from the famed Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Moreno received a scholarship to study jazz at the New School in New York. Moreno first paid his dues playing gigs around New York, and has since been ...
Pablo Held: Forest of Oblivion
by Dan McClenaghan
In every review of Pablo Held's debut, Forest of Oblivion, the pianist's age will be discussed. Don't blame the writers. Held, hailing from Germany, was born in 1986. His age, at the time the CD was recorded, was 21. It's a remarkably tender age for having crafted an original musical statement; it's even more remarkable for ...
John McLaughlin/Chick Corea: Five Peace Band, Montreal, Canada, April 28, 2009
by John Kelman
John McLaughlin / Chick Corea Five Peace BandSalle Wilfred-Pelletier Montreal, Canada April 28, 2009 The chance to experience the evolution of a one-time group over the course of a single tour is a rare one. Even if a live album is released, it's more often than not recorded ...
Drummer/Singer/Songwriter Brian Blade Interviewed at AAJ
Known in the jazz world for his slick and superlative drumming skills, Brian Blade is engaged in making other musical statements these days. Statements that are outside the jazz genre, but are an essential part of this enlightened man and serious musician whose musical tastes run “between Bela Bartok and Wayne Shorter to Al Green," who, ...
Brian Blade: Songs From His Heart
by R.J. DeLuke
Known in the jazz world for his slick and superlative drumming skills, Brian Blade is engaged in making other musical statements these days. Statements that are outside the jazz genre, but are an essential part of this enlightened man and serious musician whose musical tastes run “between Bela Bartok and Wayne Shorter to Al Green," who, ...
Kyle Eastwood Now
Kyle Eastwood, France's #1 Jazz artist release of NOW, offers a cool twist of genre jumping selections that swirl a post-modern jazz sensibility with a hip Euro electronica lounge vibe. Eastwood's Now is an interesting hybrid of style. The title track is the most successful with its addictive chugging rhythms of Manu Katche on drums and ...
Enthralled by Jazz, Joni Mitchell Set New Moods
Joni Mitchell deserves more credit for her early-'80s output. Mitchell's work took an unexpected turn with Mingus, her streaky and often brilliant 1979 collaboration with jazz bassist Charles Mingus. Before it, she was the sharp-eyed songwriter stringing songs about troubled relationships across vast open prairie. After it, she sounded wiser and hipper, a jazz sophisticate whose ...
