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Matt Wilson: Leaving a Mark
by Matt Wilson
Often times just being in the right place at the right time will provide us with moments that inspire us for a lifetime. We should all be grateful for the moments where someone has done or said something that leaves a mark on our lives. Here are five “leave a mark" moments in my ...
The Art of Listening: A Sense of Place
by AAJ Staff
By Gerry Hemingway I am writing to offer my insights about the experience of listening from the perspective of being a musician. The art of listening is, of course, a somewhat open-ended topic that, for the sake of this article, will concentrate primarily on a few points of what I have observed and can ...
Sam Newsome: To Play or Not to Play the Soprano
by Sam Newsome
When I think about the radical move I made 14 years ago, switching from the tenor to the soprano saxophone, I sometimes ask myself: “What in the hell were you thinking?" Even though in hindsight I look back on my decision with amazement and disbelief, I'm happy to say that it's one I've never regretted. Becoming ...
Reinventing Myself: My Journey Back to Music
by Steven Tjernagel
As a child I imagined myself playing guitar. I didn't actually have a guitar, but a tennis racket sort of looked like one and that was enough.When I did finally get my hands on a guitar for the first time, I figured out that, using only the open strings (luckily it was tuned), I ...
Marshall Allen: A Universe of Achievement
by AAJ Staff
Posted on behalf of Marshall Allen. It feels good to be receiving this Lifetime Achievement Award at the Vision Festival this month. Whenever somebody achieves something worthy, it's great to be recognized for it. The musicians who have received this award in the past include people that I have performed with, know and respect. ...
Frankie Manning: Dancers and Musicians - A Mutually Beneficial Relationship
by AAJ Staff
Editor's Note: Frankie Manning died on April 27th at New York City's Lenox Hill Hospital of pneumonia. He was 94.By Frankie Manning (with Cynthia R. Millman) I've been a Lindy hopper since the '30s, when the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem became my second home and I started working with Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. ...
Fulfilling what has been lacking...
by AAJ Staff
By Mickey Bass Jazz, as we once knew it, has become a thing of the past. For a lot of years clubs and promoters have been saying that this music is dead. My response to that statement is, “How can jazz be dead when its creators are still alive and well and creating?" ...
Eric Reed: Sacred Jazz
by Eric Reed
Generally, the idea of “sacred jazz" either brings to mind Duke Ellington's three sacred concerts or causes confusion in the minds of those who are not cognizant of what is “sacred" or “jazz." Is it John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Mary Lou Williams' Black Christ of the Andes or Ahmad Jamal's After Fajr? In all these ...
Charles Tolliver: Monk at Town Hall
by AAJ Staff
By Charles TolliverThelonious Monk was and is a central and seminal figure, along with Bird and Diz, et. al., responsible for the creation and growth of the jazz idiom. His patented and innovative stride-intervallic improvisatorial style was inextricably tied to his harmonic genius as a composer. In fact, nearly all of these original innovators ...
How To Completely Miss The Point Of Music
by AAJ Staff
By Kevin Dorn Step 1: Take stylistic labels very seriously. Study all the various names for different styles of jazz, such as Mainstream, Traditional, Dixieland, Swing, Bebop, Hard bop, Post-bop, etc. Before you play, decide in which style you are going to perform. If possible, attend a class at a music school to learn ...
