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Take Five With Noah Becker

by AAJ Staff
July 17, 2009

Meet Noah Becker:Noah Becker is a tenor saxophonist. A resident of New York City since 2004. Becker has recorded with Terry Deane, Kurt Rosenwinkel, George Colligan and many other prominent musicians.Instrument(s): Tenor, alto and soprano sax.Teachers and/or influences? Pat LaBarbera, Bob Mover, Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz, John Coltrane.I ...

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Take Five With Domina Catrina

by AAJ Staff
July 16, 2009

Instrument(s):Left-handed acoustic guitar, high-strung acoustic guitar, virtual instruments (basses, percussions, ethnic instruments, etc) triggered from M-Audio oxygen-8 keyboard into MacBook using Apple loops (usually modified in some way), Indonesian flute (suling), soprano recorder, alto recorder.Teachers and/or influences? I spent six or seven months from September '86 studying guitar at the Musicians' Institute. ...

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Take Five With Adam Shulman

by AAJ Staff
July 14, 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 the trumpeter/arranger Ray Brown. He received his degree in classical performance under the ...

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Take Five With Larry Slezak

by AAJ Staff
June 30, 2009

Meet Larry Slezak:Larry Slezak is one of Houston's great jazz saxophonists. But outside of well-known jazz venues in the southwest, he has seldom been heard on record. His debut release, No Worries treats listeners from Houston and beyond to Slezak's versatility, expressive ideas, energy and mastery of the saxophone.Instrument(s): Saxophone.I ...

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Take Five With Tor E Bekken

by AAJ Staff
June 27, 2009

Meet Tor E Bekken:Born 1964 in Norway. Played piano since childhood. Professional musician since the late 1980s. Works with blues-based material, as well as free form solo piano improvisation and Norwegian folk music. Played with New Orleans artists such as Marva Wright, Benny Turner, Big Al Carson and the late Eddie Bo. Lives in ...

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Take Five With B.D. Lenz

by AAJ Staff
June 11, 2009

Instrument(s): Grew up playing saxophone, but now only play guitar. Teachers and/or influences? I'm influenced by so many different styles of music from Stravinsky, to Miles, to U2, to Squarepusher, to Rush. Of course there were many guitar players who have directly influenced my own playing/writing, namely, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, John ...

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Take Five With JooZz

by AAJ Staff
June 10, 2009

Meet JooZz:The music of JooZz is best described as “coming from nowhere, going places." Starting from scratch, JooZz takes you along to many exciting musical destinations, transferring breathtaking vistas into jewels of brilliant sound. Sometimes danceable, always rich, spiked with healthy doses of melancholy and lessons of life. Using the piano as a base ...

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Take Five With Iordache

by AAJ Staff
June 9, 2009

Meet Iordache:I was born in 1967 in Bucharest, Romania, where I still live. I started playing saxophone in 1990. My first gigs were with rock groups. In 2000 I started a band which was dedicated to the music of Sun Ra, called Outer Space Five. After my tunes started to outnumber the others I ...

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Take Five With Jackie Allen

by AAJ Staff
June 6, 2009

Meet Jackie Allen: Critically acclaimed vocalist, songwriter and Blue Note recording artist Jackie Allen celebrates the release of her ninth album, Starry Night, live with chamber orchestra. Her CD features star-themed songs arranged by seven extraordinary arrangers who have written for such legendary artists as Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Doc Severinson, Bobby McFerrin, and Diana Krall. ...

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Take Five With Alan Steward

by AAJ Staff
June 5, 2009

Meet Alan Steward:I started making music when I was 13 and I was always fascinated by technology. In my early years performing, I traveled with 12 keyboards and drum machines and even though I was considered an electronic artist, There was always a good dose of funk and soul in my music. Today, my ...