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Take Five With Alessandro Bottura

Read "Take Five With Alessandro Bottura" reviewed 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 ...

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Article: Live Review

Mike Stern And Kenny Garrett at Iridium, New York

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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, ...

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News: Award / Grant

Grammy Winner 2009: Jazz

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 ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

The Story of Jazz Guitar

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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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Ray Levier: Ray's Way

Read "Ray's Way" reviewed 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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Ray Levier: Ray's Way

Read "Ray's Way" reviewed 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 ...

Album

Who Let the Cats Out?

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2006
Track listing: Tumble Home; KT; Good Question; Language; We

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Video

Jean Pierre

Featuring the music of Mike Stern
Duration: 4:23

Guitarist Mike Stern's group play Jean Pierre
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Article: Album Review

Mike Stern: Who Let the Cats Out?

Read "Who Let the Cats Out?" reviewed 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 ...

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One Liners

Featuring the music of Mike Stern
Duration: 9:19

Mike Stern performing "One liners" in Hamburg 1996.

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