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Steve Smith: Drummer For All Seasons
by R.J. DeLuke
Drummer Steve Smith has traced the history of jazz drumming--pretty much most of American music drumming--in his storied career that has seen him drive big bands, small jazz combos, and fiery fusion groups, including tenures with Jean Luc Ponty and the rock band Journey. Though sometimes--as in the case of jazz-rock fusion--he was thrown ...
Pianist Yelena Eckemoff Reaches New Heights Working With The Norwegian Dream Team Of Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, And Tore Brunborg On "Everblue"
By Dan Bilawsky When pianist Yelena Eckemoff released Cold Sun (L & H Production, 2010)—a trio date with drumming legend Peter Erskine and Danish bass whiz Mads Vinding—the jazz world was introduced to a startlingly fresh voice destined for great things. Over the course of the six albums that followed, Eckemoff lived up to that promise, ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Peter Erskine
All About Jazz is celebrating Peter Erskine's birthday today! Peter Erskine - drums Peter Erskine began playing the drums at the age of four, and has now been at the forefront of world-class jazz ensembles for thirty years. His first major professional work was with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, which he joined in 1972. After a ...
Weekend Extra: Steps Ahead, Still Ahead
The modern jazz sub-genre called jazz fusion emerged in the 1960s, attracted a wide audience and received extensive radio air play through the second half of the twentieth century. The music combined elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, rock, funk and, often, time signatures that were challenging for both musicians and listeners. Fusion came in for ...
Pat Petrillo: Performance, Education, and Groovalution
by Ben Scholz
Recognized as one of the first instructional video producers, drummer Pat Petrillo set a standard for educational media with his landmark 1987 recording Snare Drum Rudiments. Since then he has developed a remarkable career as a performer and educator. Pat and I sat down at the APAP convention in New York City to discuss his history, ...
A dialogo con Alessandro Galati
by Neri Pollastri
Alessandro Galati è un pianista fiorentino che può vantare una carriera estremamente ricca di esperienze in direzioni anche molto diverse -come testimoniato dai nomi di alcuni dei più noti musicisti con cui ha collaborato in modo continuativo: Kenny Wheeler, Arild Andersen, Dave Liebman. Oggi è possibile racchiudere idealmente la sua esperienza artistica nel ...
Alessandro Galati Trio: Seals
by Neri Pollastri
Dopo aver esordito giusto vent'anni fa con un piano trio che lo vedeva affiancato nientemeno che da Palle Danielsson e Peter Erskine e aver lavorato continuativamente in trio con altri due “mostri sacri" come Arild Andersen e Paolo Vinaccia, il pianista fiorentino Alessandro Galati ha stavolta messo assieme un trio del quale è pienamente leader, con ...
Marshall Gilkes: Relishing Big Band Success
by R.J. DeLuke
Marshall Gilkes is a trombonist of monster chops and great taste whenever he puts the brass to his lips in any performance. He's seen sitting in the trombone section of the Maria Schneider Orchestra in recent years, and has associations with other big bands, either subbing in, or as a member of the WDR Big Band ...
Mike Collins: And Suddenly, Evening
by Bruce Lindsay
Based in the Georgian splendour of the west of England town of Bath, pianist Mike Collins writes and plays music characterized by a melodic sensibility that seems to match his home town's air of respectability. Of course, the respectable surface of this Georgian town can readily hide an undercurrent of romance and powerful emotions--as Jane Austen ...
Joged Kahyangan
By Dewa Budjana
Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Foggy Cloud; Joged Kahyangan; Dang Hyang Story; As You Leave My Nest;
Majik Blue; Erskoman; Guru Mandala; Borra’s Ballad.
