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Article: SoCal Jazz

David Sanborn: The Curtain Rises on Sanborn Sessions

by Jim Worsley
November 14, 2019

Listed alphabetically, as opposed to first, second, and third place, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker, and David Sanborn are as good as it gets when discussing the best and most influential alto saxophone players of all-time. Now before you say what about Phil Woods or Kenny Garrett or any number of others, let me qualify that this ...

Article: Jazzmatazz

Jazz, Zen, and Hip-Hop: The 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival

by Matt Hooke
July 16, 2019

Exploring the grounds of the Montreal Jazz Festival is like going to all you can eat Las Vegas buffet. “Look over there at table four; there's Dixieland. Wait at table six, there's Latin jazz, supposedly the main table as a new head chef, let's go there." You can stuff yourself by going ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Statik Link

by AAJ Staff
June 30, 2019

About Statik Link Hello, all! I'm Statik Link. I'm a jazz, funk, soul and hip-hop musician and producer originally from Toledo, OH and now live in New York City. I'm a teacher, multi-instrumentalist, and music connoisseur. Here is a little more about me from my bio.... Hailing from the Midwest, Statik Link, ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Black Tie Brass

by AAJ Staff
February 7, 2019

About Black Tie Brass: Black Tie Brass is a horn driven jazz funk band. Lead by Ryan McNulty, most of the band met at college in New York and have been playing together since 2008 and formed BTB is 2013. We released our first self-titled album after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014. We ...

Article: Album Review

Swarvy: Anti-Anxiety

Read "Anti-Anxiety" reviewed by John Bricker

by John Bricker
September 7, 2018

Swarvy's Anti-Anxiety is a lo-fi jazz rap album that showcases talented indie rappers and packs plenty of fascinating instrumental ideas into its short runtime, despite a few underdeveloped and derivative tracks. Mark Sweeny, also known as Swarvy, is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer from Philadelphia. He now contributes to the Los Angeles music scene ...

Article: Live Review

Flow Festival 2018

by Anthony Shaw
August 14, 2018

Flow Festival Helsinki, Finland August 10-12, 2018 Once the fizz and thud of a modern outdoor festival fades, in my case behind numerous trees and double glazing 1½ miles away, one wonders how much art has been expended with such a concentration of energy put out. Flow Festival, based in the steampunk ...

Article: Album Review

Kamasi Washington: Harmony of Difference

Read "Harmony of Difference" reviewed by Phil Barnes

by Phil Barnes
October 18, 2017

Being lauded as the “saviour of jazz" would weigh heavy on the shoulders of any young artist, even one so confident as to release a 170 minute treble CD as their 2015 debut. Yet Kamasi Washington pulled it off on the appropriately titled The Epic, with its ambitious, eclectic subject matter and surface similarities to spiritual ...

Article: Book Review

50 Years of Rolling Stone: The Music, Politics and People that Shaped Our Culture

by Doug Collette
July 29, 2017

50 Years of Rolling Stone: The Music, Politics and People that Shaped Our Culture 288 Pages ISBN: #1419724460 Harry N. Abrams 2017 A coffee table book for a generation, this near seven-pound tome entitles 50 Years of Rolling Stone is as philosophically weighty as its subtitle would imply. Or so ...

Article: Interview

Miles Mosley, contrabbassista per ogni stagione

by Andrea Murgia
May 15, 2017

Bassista, cantante, compositore di colonne sonore: Miles Mosley è tutto questo e molto ancora. Dopo aver studiato con titani del contrabbasso come John Clayton e Ray Brown, Mosley ha cominciato a supportare in tour musicisti del calibro di Lauryn Hill, Jeff Beck, Gnarls Barkley e Mos Def e registrare sui dischi di Jonathan Davis dei Korn ...

Article: Interview

Arto Lindsay: Watch Out Madames!

by AAJ Staff
April 25, 2017

Since his DNA and Ambitious Lovers adventures, Arto Lindsay's artistry has been defined by a tireless drive and capacity to bridge musical cultures, sounds and arts, making him one of the most intriguing musicians of our times. His new album, the first CD of new songs in over a decade, Cuidado Madame (Northern ...