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Take Five With Dave Scoven

by AAJ Staff
August 13, 2011

Meet Dave Scoven: Dave Scoven is an avant-garde composer/percussionist from Richmond, Virginia. Dave released Drum set Meditations: Solo Compositions for Film and Dance in July, 2011. Drum set Meditations is a collection of 15 spontaneous solo compositions for drums and percussion. The compositions are themselves rhythmic meditations, influenced primarily by rhythms and tones from ...

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Take Five With Joe Blessett

by AAJ Staff
August 13, 2011

Meet Joe Blessett: Started out on alto sax, put it down pick up a six-string, got real and got day job. Now just a civilian making good noise in my spare time. Thanks to advances in technology and changes in the music industry I am afforded the opportunity to develop and produce my own ...

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Take Five With Jackson Evans

by AAJ Staff
August 10, 2011

Meet Jackson Evans: Based in Savannah, Georgia, Jackson is known throughout the southeast as an in-demand band leader, composer, arranger and accompanist. In addition to organizing several regional tours he has performed in concert series and festivals including an appearance as a featured guest at the Savannah Jazz Festival.Jackson holds a BM ...

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Take Five With Brian McCarthy

by AAJ Staff
August 9, 2011

Meet Brian McCarthy: A staple of the ongoing music scene from Vermont to New York, equally comfortable in modern jazz settings, Latin ensembles, and funk outfits. Brian is a first-rate saxophonist, arranger, and composer currently performing with Ray Vega's Quintet and the Grippo Funk Band. He has arranged for jazz heavyweights Kenny Garrett and ...

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Take Five With Michael Simon

by AAJ Staff
August 8, 2011

Meet Michael Simon: Michael's musical background goes back to Punta Cardón (his native town), in Venezuela in the 1980s, when he was only ten years old, already jamming with his brothers. His musical studies cover a wide spectrum, first in Cuba where he went to the Ignacio Cervantes music school to study trumpet, and ...

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Take Five With Savio Rego

by AAJ Staff
August 7, 2011

Meet Savio Rego: It has been said by those that know his music that the sound of Savio Rego's guitar is soft and lush, creating layers of silky smoothness while his voice expresses intimacy and calm reflection immediately evoking passionate and romantic feelings. Having captured the minds and hearts of many followers with his ...

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Take Five With Christian Grimshei

by AAJ Staff
August 6, 2011

Meet Christian Grimshei: I started out as a techno DJ in the '90s. I worked on several projects with Erik Hillestad from Kirkelig Kulturverksted (KKV) in Norway, including Acid Queen: Tranzania (1997). Then I got very sick and didn't make music for 10 years. I studied the history of music during this time. I ...

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Take Five With Steve Slater

by AAJ Staff
July 21, 2011

Meet Steve Slater: I am the drummer/songwriter for Park St. Trio. I play a lot of music with a lot of groups, from rock to jazz to classical. My greatest love though is writing for my jazz group. I find the most joy comes from creating new, original tunes for people to enjoy, and ...

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Take Five With Abdiel Flores

by AAJ Staff
July 20, 2011

Meet Abdiel Flores: Currently, Abdiel Flores is premiering his first soloist production El cuida de mia. It is a compilation of traditional hymns harmonized and arranged with jazz influences and Latin rhythms. Musicians with great experience in the jazz genre, such as Ramon Vazquez, Leobadis Gonzalez, Isaac Lausell, Elias Santos, and Jan Carlos Artime ...

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Take Five With Tim Richards

by AAJ Staff
July 19, 2011

Meet Tim Richards: Tim's first encounter with a piano was at the age of eight, in a dentist's waiting room. After classical piano lessons he taught himself jazz and blues from the age of 14, after seeing Thelonious Monk on TV.Since forming the long-lived modern jazz quartet Spirit Level in Bristol in ...