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Take Five With Alessandro Bottura

by AAJ Staff
Meet Alessandro Bottura: Alessandro Bottura, was born in Italy on 03/06/1984, and started to get interested in music when he was a child, studying piano for five years, then guitar and drums until 2000, when he came to the bass, for which he is self-taught. Alessandro performed many live shows throughout Modena with the rock band ...
Mike Stern And Kenny Garrett at Iridium, New York

by AAJ Staff
Mike Stern and Kenny GarrettIridiumNew York, New YorkDecember 31, 2008 It is New Year's Eve, and the temperature shown on the buildings around Time Square as minus 12!... I had just seen Mike Stern, jazz-fusion guitarist extraordinaire, at Broadway's Iridium jazz club. To get there, I had to sacrifice a backpack, ...
Grammy Winner 2009: Jazz

= winner Category 45 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Randy In Brasil Randy Brecker [MAMA Records] Floating Point John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix] Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball ...
The Story of Jazz Guitar

by AAJ Staff
While in its early days, jazz guitar was considered a rhythm instrument alongside the banjo of Dixieland. In 1940, Charlie Christian and his Gibson ES-150 changed that and elevated guitar to lead instrument status alongside the saxophone and trumpet--instruments that could acoustically cut through the sound of a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. Here, we encapsulate some of ...
Ray Levier: Ray's Way

by C. Michael Bailey
If drumming is the subatomic glue that holds a jazz performance together, then Ray Levier is the Einstein of jazz drumming. On his debut recording, Ray's Way, Levier provides a veritable masters class on the seamless and relative incorporation of drums into the melody of a song. Add to this that Idit Shner joins Levier in ...
Ray Levier: Ray's Way

by Dan McClenaghan
New York-based drummer Ray Levier contends for debut CD of the year with Ray's Way. He's assembled an all-star cast, including two of the finest guitarists plying the six string trade: John Abercrombie and Mike Stern, on five and four cuts respectively.Levier's drumming has a serve the music" approach that can be subtle or ...
Who Let the Cats Out?

By Mike Stern
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2006
Track listing: Tumble Home; KT; Good Question; Language; We
Jean Pierre
Featuring the music of Mike Stern
Duration: 4:23
Mike Stern: Who Let the Cats Out?

by Woodrow Wilkins
Mike Stern has outdone himself with Who Let the Cats Out?, the award-winning, three-time Grammy-nominated guitarist's thirteenth release as a leader. This collection of jazz, rock, blues and funk styles is comprised of eleven original songs. The title is both a playful tribute to Stern's wife, who loves cats, and the free expression displayed in the ...
One Liners
Featuring the music of Mike Stern
Duration: 9:19