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Take Five With Margot Malone

by AAJ Staff
April 1, 2007

Meet Margot Malone:Instrument(s): vocals.Teachers and/or influences? Life. Living in the French Quarter when I was small and hearing jazz and blues all around me in the fifties. I have had many influences from my dad to John Lennon and the Beatles, and Barbara Streisand to Peggy Lee, Julie London, Dinah Washington, and ...

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Take Five With Mickey Bass

by AAJ Staff
April 1, 2007

Meet Mickey Bass:Instrument(s): BassTeachers and/or influences? My first teacher, William Lewis, with whom I studied in Pittsburgh. The greatest influences on me, musically and compositionally speaking, have been John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Maurice Ravel and Lili Boulangere.I knew I wanted to be a musician when... I was twelve ...

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Take Five With Brian Adler

by AAJ Staff
March 27, 2007

Meet Brian Adler: Drummer Brian Adler is well-versed in many forms of improvised music including jazz, avant-garde, folk, and Indian music. He is known for his uniquely delicate, earthy sound and sparseness on the drums. Brian has shared the stage with Ran Blake, Bob Brookmeyer, Dave “Fuze" Fiuczynski, Dave Holland, Erik Lawrence, Joe Lovano, Kate McGarry, ...

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Take Five With Michael Wolff

by AAJ Staff
March 27, 2007

Meet Michael Wolff: Michael Wolff is a genuine hipster--a Manhattan-based family man and internationally acclaimed pianist-composer-bandleader whose late night, blue light singing on Love and Destruction, his tenth album, brings new cool to an inspired selection of rock/pop classics as well as his own tunes about the well-lived life.A baby boomer in his prime, ...

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Take Five With Sylvia Bennett

by AAJ Staff
March 22, 2007

Meet Sylvia Bennett : People have tried to compare Sylvia Bennett's voice to other great singers of the past and present. But perhaps late great jazz legend Lionel Hampton described Sylvia best when he said, “Man, the lady can sing! Her magic gets to the ears and hearts of the audience. Sylvia is truly an original!"

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Take Five With Lynne Fiddmont

by AAJ Staff
March 18, 2007

Meet Lynne Fiddmont: After being the go-to singer for an astounding and diverse roster of musical talents that includes Phil Collins, Patti Austin, Stevie Wonder, Kenny “Babyface" Edmonds, Yolanda Adams, Norman Brown, Bill Withers, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Whitney Houston and Seal, this lady is ready for the world to hear her voice, her music, and ...

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Take Five With Brian Swartz

by AAJ Staff
March 17, 2007

Meet Brian Swartz:Instrument(s): trumpet, flugelhorn, Akai/Steiner EVI.Teachers and/or influences? Clarence Mitchell, John Coppola, Delbert Bump, Bill Bing, Gary Pratt, Bobby Shew, Tony Lujan, John Thomas, Tom Harrell, Uan Rasey.I knew I wanted to be a musician when... When I started high school, I wanted to be in the band but ...

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Take Five With Jason Steele

by AAJ Staff
March 17, 2007

Meet Jason Steele: Originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jason received his B.M. in Jazz Composition from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Prior to arriving in Chicago, he attended Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas under the tutelage of trumpeter/educator Bryce Luty and drummer Eugene “Bones" Hutchinson. During this time, Jason was selected ...

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Take Five With Joan Cartwright

by AAJ Staff
March 17, 2007

Meet Joan Cartwright: World-traveled jazz/blues singer, composer, author and historian.Instrument(s): vocals, piano.Teachers and/or influences? Gerald Price, Betty Carter, Joe Lee Wilson, Gloria LynneI knew I wanted to be a musician when... At age four, when I performed in front of two thousand people with the Bernice Johnson Dance Troupe, in ...

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Take Five With David Bixler

by AAJ Staff
March 13, 2007

Meet David Bixler: Alto saxophonist David Bixler has been active on the New York jazz scene for the last ten years. As lead alto with the Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, he has toured the US, Europe, and Central America in addition to performing each Sunday evening at Birdland in New York City. His third release ...