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Interview: Anne-Marie Murray
Q: When did you begin to sing? Was your family musically active? Describe the environment in which you were raised. A: I began to sing in a golden childhood by the ocean in Newfoundland. My parents were singers in the choir and teachers of literature so I heard songs and poetry all the time. My mother's ...
Saxaphone Legend Maceo Parker Releases Autobiography
“Maceo, I want you to blow!” cried James Brown and the name of one the world’s greatest living saxophonists was written into musical history. Maceo Parker recounts his warm and astonishing story in his new autobiography 98% Funky Stuff: My Life in Music (Chicago Review Press, February 2013). Maceo has had an unequaled career playing for ...
Greg Abate: The World Can Sleep Better
by Rob Mariani
Only about 10 minutes late for a lunchtime interview with saxophonist Greg Abate, driving up to the restaurant he's clearly visible, standing by the door looking at his watch and scanning the parking lot with a slightly anxious expression on his face. Unlike some of the other famous and infamous players of bebop and jazz, Abate ...
Take Five With Tony Vitti
by AAJ Staff
Meet Tony Vitti: In 2008, I was a singer in a metal band, but I decided to play jazz and blues in 2012, after some tours, some scenes. Instrument(s): I'm a singer, even if I play guitar, I sing, sing and sing again. Teachers and/or influences?
Manami Morita: When Skies Are Grey
by Ian Patterson
Japanese pianist Manami Morita has made a name for herself in Boston since arriving in 2006 to study at Berklee College of Music. Whether solo, in guitarist Colin Cannon's quartet or leading her own trio, Morita's impressive technique harnesses energy and finesse in equal measure, qualities to the fore on her fourth release as leader. Morita ...
Take Five With Dmitri Matheny
by AAJ Staff
Meet Dmitri Matheny: Celebrated for his warm tone, soaring lyricism and masterful technique, Dmitri Matheny has been lauded as “the first breakthrough flugelhornist since Chuck Mangione" (San Jose Mercury News). An honors graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Berklee College of Music, Matheny was first introduced to jazz audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of ...
John McLaughlin: Risk, Magic And Mystery
by Ian Patterson
Shortly after completing a successful European tour with the 4th Dimension, guitarist John McLaughlin has some time to put his well-traveled feet up at his home in Monaco and reflect on the evolution of this band, its second CD, Now Here This (Abstract Logix, 2012), and the mysteries of live performance. Yet, just two days before ...
Ray Charles: The Complete ABC Recordings 1959-1961
By Ray Charles
Label: Le Chant du Monde
Released: 2012
Track listing: CD1: Them That Got; Who You Gonna Love; My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do); Georgia On My Mind; Moonlight In Vermont; Moon Over Miami; Blue Hawaii; Chattanooga Choo-Choo; Basin Street Blues; Deep In The Heart of Texas; Mississippi Mud; Alabamy Bound; California, Here I Come; New York's My Home; Carry Me Back To Old Virginny; I Wonder; Sticks And Stones; Worried Life Blues. CD2: Nancy (With The Laughing Face); Ruby; Stella By Starlight; Cherry; Candy; Diane; Margie; Sweet Georgia Brown; Hardhearted Hannah; Rosetta; Marie; Josephine; I've Got News For You; Mister C; Stompin' Room Only; From The Heart; Moanin'; Strike Up The Band. CD3: Birth Of The Blues; Let's Go; One Mint Julep; I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town; Goodbye / We'll Be Together Again; Alone Together; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; For All We Knew; Cocktails For Two; You And I; Takes Two To Tango; Side By Side; Baby, It's Cold Outside; Together; People Will Say We're In Love; Just You, Just Me; Unchain My Heart; Hit The Road Jack; The Danger Zone; But On The Other Hand Baby.
