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Take Five With Bob Albanese

by AAJ Staff
August 12, 2009

Meet Bob Albanese: Bob Albanese was born in Newark, N.J. in 1957. Growing up and the Jersey shore, he began practicing the piano at age 8. At age 15, he won top honors in the Garden State Talent Expo which culminated in a solo performance at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J. This was ...

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Take Five With Charmaine Clamor

by AAJ Staff
August 11, 2009

Meet Charmaine Clamor: The creator of Jazzipino, Charmaine Clamor is America's foremost Filipina jazz and world vocalist. With two consecutive albums in the JazzWeek World Music Top-10, Charmaine has been credited with introducing Filipino languages, melodies, and musical instruments to listeners around the globe. She records internationally for Viva Records and in the United States for ...

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Take Five With Guitares Cinematiques

by AAJ Staff
August 10, 2009

Meet Guitares Cinématiques: Studied physics, classical guitar, and foreign languages in college. I was always a huge fan of the group Oregon. Instrument(s):Classical guitar.Teachers and/or influences?My early guitar teachers were Gene Watson and Mario Abril. I attended the FSU School of Music and studied with Bruce ...

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Take Five With Agustin Barreto

by AAJ Staff
August 9, 2009

Meet Agustin Barreto: Barreto, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico started playing electric bass at age 16 and soon discovered his gift and passion for music. After a few years of “gigging around town" with a local rock band, he landed several jobs playing on local TV shows. With the encouragement of his peers he ...

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Take Five With Jake Hanlon

by AAJ Staff
August 8, 2009

Meet Jake Hanlon: Performer, composer and educator, Jake Hanlon currently resides in Antigonish Nova Scotia, a Professor of Music at Saint Francis Xavier University. A native of Nova Scotia Canada, Hanlon has had the opportunity to work some of the brightest and talented students and teachers in the world. In 2003 he graduated with Honors from ...

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Take Five With Quintin Gerard W.

by AAJ Staff
August 1, 2009

Instrument(s):Saxophones, flute, keyboards. Teachers and/or influences? Earl Turbinton (teacher), Rick Margitza (teacher), Kenny Garrett (teacher), Dexter Gordon (influence), Miles Davis (influence).I knew I wanted to be a musician when... I first heard my older brother perform in the local high school marching band. He played clarinet and my ...

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Take Five With Mike Mainieri

by AAJ Staff
July 30, 2009

Meet Mike Mainieri: Primarily recognized as an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri's equally remarkable talents as producer, performer, arranger, and composer have contributed to shaping the cutting edge in music. During '50s and early '60s, he performed with such legendary artists as Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, and Wes Montgomery. ...

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Take Five With Mark Alban Lotz

by AAJ Staff
July 30, 2009

Meet Mark Alban Lotz: Improviser and composer. Exponent of the new generation of truly European jazz musicians. Highly skilled and broadly informed heading for something new. Gained a lot international acclaim for his interpretations of Afro-Cuban religious folklore, quickly followed by his creations of: “Pygmee-Bop" and “Whisper Music." In his music Mark builds a bridge between ...

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Take Five With Adam Shulman

by AAJ Staff
July 29, 2009

Meet Adam Shulman:Adam Shulman has been a staple of the San Francisco jazz scene since he moved to the city in 2002. Before the move, Adam was a student at UC Santa Cruz, where he studied with the great Smith Dobson and trumpeter/arranger Ray Brown. He received his degree in classical performance under the ...

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Take Five With Jim Miller

by AAJ Staff
July 28, 2009

Meet Jim Miller:Administrator of ElectroJazz Music (BMI, 1980); founded Encounter Records in 1986 and Dreambox Media in 1995, resulting in Philadelphia Magazine's choice award for 1999 Best of Philly Jazz Record Label; Produced Evelyn Simms' On My Own, awarded Best Jazz Recording of 1989 by the Philadelphia Music Foundation.Currently working and recording ...