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Scott Yanow

The Sixth Sense By Roman Miroschnichenko—Setting The Standard For XXI Century Fusion Guitar

March 27, 2021

When one listens to the powerful guitar playing of Roman Miroschnichenko, it is easy to be reminded of Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin during his Mahavishnu days, but it soon becomes apparent that Miroschnichenko has his own sound within fusion. While he is never shy to cut loose, he also uses subtlety, mood variations and ...

Rolf Jardemark

Born: November 23, 1960

A top guitarist from Sweden, Rolf Jardemark is a versatile player with a long series of recordings for the Imogena label. Jardemark started on guitar when he was 12. ”I bought my first guitar from a friend for one dollar! I had no teacher. I started with a blues record and a chord book.” Inspired by Barney Kessel, Larry Carlton and Pat Metheny, Jardemark also learned about jazz from Peter Almqvist when they both worked in a guitar store. Jardemark went to music college when he was 16 and after that went on to The Academy of Music in Gothenburg - studying classical guitar but playing jazz at night

Hentoff helped pave way for jazz journalism’s acceptance

by Jim Trageser
January 12, 2017

Nat Hentoff's passing last week left me feeling, well, old. Whenever we lose a mentor--a grandparent, a teacher, someone who encouraged us--it's a reminder of our own mortality, that we are, in the parlance of football coaches, the next ones up. I don't feel anywhere near to ready or worthy or capable of assuming ...

Janice Borla Group: Promises to Burn

by C. Michael Bailey
February 27, 2014

The artist title is a hint: “The Janice Borla Group." Borla is a vocalist with a reputation for taking chances as evidenced on her three previous recordings, all released on Tall Grass records, From Every Angle (2006), Agents of Change (2003) and Lunar Octave (1996). What she effectively does on the current Promises to Burn is ...

David Ian: Valentine’s Day

by C. Michael Bailey
February 13, 2014

"A familiar world of jazz classics with the vintage feel..." Is it possible for jazz to have the same “historically-informed performance" preoccupation as classical music has since the 1970s?. This is not the same as the “period instrument" preoccupation of the same period in classical recording, though they do go hand-in-hand. “Historically informed" means the period ...

Scott Yanow On Jazz Films This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

October 18, 2012

Get the popcorn ready.The curtain is about to go up on Kid Ory—Lionel Hampton—and Louis Armstrong. This week, we take a look at some of the world’s top jazz artists—who not only provided music for Hollywood movies—but appear on the silver screen as well. Scott Yanow, author of Jazz on Film, joins David Holt in the ...

Tamela D'Amico and her Septet Perform at Ivan Kane's Cafe Was on April 17

March 9, 2011

The multi-talented artist Tamela D'Amico has been gaining a great deal of attention as a formidable song stylist and highly appealing jazz singer. She will be performing fresh arrangements of standards from her CD Got A Little Story, her new single “Down With Love," and originals co-written with singer/songwriter Billy Vera at Cafe Was on Vine ...

Mort Weiss: Mort Weiss Meets Bill Cunliffe

by C. Michael Bailey
March 5, 2011

If it is a Mort Weiss recording, bebop cannot be very far away. Competent bop clarinetists are as scarce as hen's teeth, the most critically accepted being Tony Scott, Buddy Defranco and Weiss. Weiss' most recent recordings, Mort Weiss Meets Sam Most (SMS Jazz, 2006) and B3 and Me (SMS Jazz, 2006), reflect his solid bop ...

The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide

by Suzanne Lorge
February 13, 2009

The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide Scott Yanow Paperback; 264 pages ISBN: 0879308257 Backbeat Books 2008 Gosh, there are a heck of a lot of jazz singers out there. More than 700 at least, according to Scott Yanow, who takes on the daunting task ...