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Take Five With Gavin Barras

by AAJ Staff
June 15, 2012

Meet Gavin Barras: Born in Kendal, Cumbria in the UK, bassist Gavin Barras studied music at the University of Manchester, receiving private tuition from Roberto Carillo-Garcia and Corin Long. Whist studying classical music, Gavin continued developing his love for jazz and received lessons from Steve Berry in jazz bass. Gavin is a busy working ...

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Take Five With Damon K Clark

by AAJ Staff
June 8, 2012

Meet Damon K Clark: Born in Los Angeles, California, Damon K. Clark was raised by two musically eclectic parents. His mother enjoyed the sounds of Motown as well as musical theater, while his father was partial to jazz and classical music.From an early age, Clark exhibited artistic talent in several mediums such ...

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Take Five With Michael McNeill

by AAJ Staff
June 7, 2012

Meet Michael McNeill: Michael McNeill has become an integral part of Buffalo, NY's thriving jazz and improvised music scene, performing with bands led by Kelly Bucheger and Ravi Padmanabha, and co-leading a quartet with John Bacon. He's also collaborated with trumpet legend Paul Smoker on projects of standards and of original compositions. McNeill also ...

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Take Five With Phil Cavalieri

by AAJ Staff
May 27, 2012

Meet Phil Cavalieri: Born in 1974, Filippo “Phil" Cavalieri grew up in an era where jazz-rock was at its peak. His formative musical years took place in Ferrara, Italy, where he played in the clubs with all kinds of bands playing everything from Jimi Hendrix to Barry White. As he was learning his instrument, ...

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Take Five With Douglas Johnson

by AAJ Staff
May 23, 2012

Meet Douglas Johnson: Douglas Johnson is a bassist, composer and bandleader in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a bachelors' degree in music performance from Northwestern University, studying with Jeff Bradetich, and has been a Fellow for the Tanglewood Music Institute and Bach Aria Festival.Doug served as Associate Principal Bass of the Honolulu Symphony ...

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Take Five With Eric Hofbauer

by AAJ Staff
May 22, 2012

Meet Eric Hofbauer: Known as “a crucial instigator in Boston's DIY avant-jazz scene" (Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix), Eric Hofbauer has been one of the city's most active musicians and organizers for the past decade. When not documenting his own distinctive approach as a solo guitarist, or leading his working quartet, The Infrared Band, he ...

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Take Five With Ric Harris

by AAJ Staff
May 21, 2012

Meet Ric Harris: An article in Guitar Player magazine about the Old Town School of Folk Music caused me to leave North Carolina and move to Chicago. I caught Ira Sullivan and Joe Diorio at the Jazz Showcase one night and moved to Los Angeles to attend the Guitar Institute of Technology a few ...

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Take Five With Tanya Balakyrska

by AAJ Staff
May 20, 2012

Meet Tanya Balakyrska: A singer-songwriter, originating from the Ukraine and residing in Russia. Tanya's music style is quite difficult to distinguish: indie, minimalism, some bits of jazz, pop, lounge and sympho-fusion are mixed in it, depending on a particular lineup chosen. Tanya performs at various international jazz and contemporary music festivals in CIS and ...

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Take Five With Moksha Trio

by AAJ Staff
May 19, 2012

Meet Moksha Trio: Neighborhood sounds.Conceived by experienced musicians, Moksha Trio has created an acoustic exemplar--intense and well-designed. “Moksha," from Sanskrit, means freedom, liberation, and diversion. It represents what the musicians seek musically, specifically “a fusion of jazz characteristics and contemporary classical music elements, having Brazilian-Afro rhythmic structures as support." Using these three ...

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Take Five with Lisa Hilton

by AAJ Staff
May 3, 2012

Meet Lisa Hilton: Pianist Lisa Hilton is driven to compose. Her compositions--rich in blues inflections and soul--make precise use of harmony and rhythm, welcoming audiences into a unique exchange between composer and listener, a human intersection where magic happens. The result is a fresh sound that is evocative, engaging and infused with 21st century ...