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Jazzkaar Journal: Dianne Reeves, George Duke and Tallinn Shine
by Phillip Woolever
Jazzkaar 2010 Tallinn, Estonia April 28-30, 2010 Baltic Background A pair of cousins from the USA, Dianne Reeves and George Duke, provided the biggest fireworks during an inspired festival that included many highlights from many regions. Tallinn is a charming city of approximately 400,000 of whom each seemed to show some beautiful ...
Alper Yilmaz: Over The Clouds
by Mark F. Turner
If Alper Yilmaz's 2007 debut Clashes (Kayique Records) was a precursor, then his sophomore release Over The Clouds solidifies the Turkish-born bassist as a force to be reckoned with. With an electric bass as his axe of choice, he delivers muscularity and ingenuity in the vein of the great Jaco Pastorius and present day players like ...
Bass Virtuoso Stanley Clarke Releases His 28th Album
Bass virtuoso Stanley Clarke, the American jazz performer, composer, bandleader who rose to prominence in the 1970s and single-handedly brought the electric bass to the forefront of jazz and R&B teams with up-and-coming star, Japanese virtuoso Hiromi Uehara, keyboard master, Ruslan Sirota, and fierce drummer Ronald Bruner Jr, in a special “sneak peak" showcase of his ...
Take Five With Osaru
by AAJ Staff
Meet Osaru:Osaru is an incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer. He owns and runs a production house in the Winston-Salem area of North Carolina, where he is working on a variety of Smooth Jazz and R&B projects. His second CD, Home With The Keys, is smooth jazz at its best. From silky soprano phrases ...
Nik Turner: Bringing the Music to the People
by Jack Gold-Molina
Nik Turner is perhaps best known as the founding saxophonist and flautist for pioneering “space rock" band Hawkwind. As well as contributing to the profound influence that this band has had on rock and punk with its focus on community and grassroots movements--including its many benefit shows and long-standing support of England's free festivals, Turner may ...
Hiromi: Place To Be
by Jeff Winbush
Some musicians take the tortured artist thing too far. With their on-stage, “in the zone" demeanor, some pianists look as if they're on the verge of a heart attack. If they relaxed a bit would anyone think less of them? Hiromi Uehara is certainly a serious musician yet never leaves the impression of taking herself too ...
Louie Shelton: In Session
by Alan Bryson
Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...
Mads Tolling: The Playmaker
by Woodrow Wilkins
Former wide receiver Michael Irvin earned his nickname, “The Playmaker," for his leadership and performance with the Dallas Cowboys. Violinist Mads Tolling honors several others whose play-making proficiency has helped their teams, whether in the athletic arena or on the stage. A two-time Grammy Award-winner, Tolling is a native of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is ...
Jazz in the Garden
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2009
Track listing: Paradigm Shift (Election Day 2008); Sakura Sakura; Sicilian Blue; Take the Coltrane; Wrong Notes; Someday My Prince Will Come; Isotope; Bass Folk Song No. 5 & 6; Global Tweak; Solar; Brain Training; Under the Bridge.
