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Taek Five With Eric John Eigner

by AAJ Staff
June 4, 2009

Meet Eric John Eigner: Eric John Eigner plays drum set, table-top percussion and bass clarinet. Eigner has released three CDs from his Mysterium Project on Eavesdrop Records, a label he set up as a platform for contemporary work. Eigner works in a number of diverse Soundpainting projects and has performed with the Walter Thompson Orchestra, the ...

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Take Five With D.J. Sweeney

by AAJ Staff
June 3, 2009

Meet D.J. Sweeney:She's sung all her life, but just recently started singing at clubs with some of the greatest jazz musicians in Kansas City.Instrument(s):Vocal, guitar, piano bass and drums. An occasional trumpet or sax.Teachers and/or influences? Carol Comer, Everette DeVan and Rich Hill. All of these are Kansas ...

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Take Five With Nils

by AAJ Staff
May 24, 2009

Meet Nils:Moving to Los Angeles in the mid-'80s, Nils began studying composition, arrangement and film composition. While acquiring his production skills as a studio engineer in the '90s, he started doing sessions as a rhythm guitarist for everyone from Rick Braun to The Temptations and George Benson. Nils contributed as a musician and co-writer ...

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Take Five With Charlie Harrington

by AAJ Staff
May 23, 2009

Meet Charlie Harrington: The consummate Charlie Harrington has been playing drums since the age of five and has played professionally since the age of 15. He studied with Ray Bauduc for two years and later with Tim Tull and went on to finish First Place in the Slingerland/Louie Bellson National Drum Contest.

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Take Five With The Oscillators

by AAJ Staff
May 22, 2009

Meet The Oscillators: The Oscillators is a unique and progressive group composed of some of Washington DC's top jazz musicians. The group seeks to break boundaries and forge a new sound in today's ever-fragmented world of modern jazz. The Oscillators' repertoire is almost exclusively original, its sound anchored by syncopated bass and drum rhythms that provide ...

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Take Five With Marc Brenken

by AAJ Staff
May 21, 2009

Meet Marc Brenken:Marc Brenken (born June 17th, 1973) started to play piano at the age of eight and has constantly been developing his own musical language since his studies at the Folkwang Academy of music in Essen, Germany. In 2006 his debut cd eight short stories (with his quartet featuring trumpeter Christian Kappe) was ...

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Take Five With Joe Higham

by AAJ Staff
May 20, 2009

Instrument(s):Saxophones, clarinets.Teachers and/or influences? John Ruocco, Charlie Banacos.I knew I wanted to be a musician when... I saw Elton Dean and Ninesense play. I was at art college, hesitating between playing music and making art, but seeing Elton's band start up with the likes of Louis Moholo, Harry Miller, Keith ...

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Take Five With Georg Cocron

by AAJ Staff
May 19, 2009

Meet Georg Cocron:Independent musician/guitarist, Georg Cocron, is a versatile, skilled guitarist whose creative escapades include five solo CDs and numerous session guitar credits. Inspired by jazz and rock legends such as Al Di Meola, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and classical composers J.S. Bach, and George Frederic Handel, Cocron has branched out with avant-garde, electro-acoustic ...

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Take Five With Steve Lehman

by AAJ Staff
May 18, 2009

Meet Steve Lehman: Named a Rising Star on the alto saxophone in 2006, 2007, and 2008 by the Down Beat Magazine International Critics Poll, Steve Lehman is a saxophonist and composer whose work resides on the frontier of contemporary music. He has been recognized as one of today's truly original creative voices by The ...

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Take Five With Ron Jackson

by AAJ Staff
May 17, 2009

Meet Ron Jackson:Ron Jackson is a New York based guitarist, composer, arranger, producer, recording artist, and instructor.Ron's style of guitar playing and compositions is a blend of jazz, and other American styles such as soul, rhythm and blues, pop that is influenced by his roots in the Philippines. Ron has five CDs ...