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Take Five With Maria Neckam

by AAJ Staff
October 10, 2008

Meet Maria Neckam:Maria's voice is one of those you either love or hate, and so is her music. Uncompromising in her musical approach as well as performance she hits truth right at it's core and strikes a chord in you. Her clear, airy sound has been compared to that of ...

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Take Five With Laura Wolfe

by AAJ Staff
October 7, 2008

Meet Laura Wolfe:The lovely entertainer Laura Wolfe embodies the description "triple threat," a handle defining her equal abilities as an actor, singer and dancer. It's an accurate description, though it doesn't sufficiently explain what happens when all aspects of a talented performer's training and discipline come to bear, as they do in ...

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Take Five With Jerry Tachoir

by AAJ Staff
September 28, 2008

Meet Jerry Tachoir: Grammy nominated contemporary jazz mallet artist, Jerry Tachoir has performed at most of the major jazz festivals, universities, and concert halls throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. Artist/clinician for the Ludwig/Musser division of the Conn-Selmer company since 1972, when signed as a Musser artist/clinician while in High School. Author of A ...

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Take Five With Oscar Utterstrom

by AAJ Staff
September 28, 2008

Meet Oscar Utterstrom:Trombonist Oscar Utterstrom plays his horn with a warm and sensitive tone. Mixing straight ahead jazz with elements of rock and electronica, the Oscar Utterstrom Quintet is the ultimate experience in improvised music. Oscar's writing mixes his Swedish roots with the American jazz tradition, giving the finished product a unique sound. To ...

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Take Five with Andre Hoxter

by AAJ Staff
July 11, 2008

Meet Andre Hoxter: I grew up in Roxbury, Mass, a town just out side of Boston. I attended and preformed many talent shows in the Boston and surrounding areas, I played with some pretty cool musicians. I later moved to Wilmington, DE were I studied at the Christiana Cultural Art Center.

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Take Five With Ondrej Pivec

by AAJ Staff
June 17, 2008

Meet Ondrej Pivec: Ondrej Pivec started his career as a classical pianist, but soon turned to jazz--he started to play the Hammond organ before he was 20 years old. He was inspired by such important organists such as Sam Yahel, Larry Goldings, Jimmy Smith, Larry Young and others. He has also taken lessons from ...

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Take Five With Tim Soper

by AAJ Staff
February 4, 2008

Meet Tim Soper: All music was composed, performed and recorded on digital pianos supplied by Mitchell's Piano Gallery of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Tim has been playing keyboard instruments for over 45 years. He was raised in the piano business in his hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi.Tim moved to the Washington, DC metro area for ...

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Take Five With Dorothy Doring

by AAJ Staff
February 4, 2008

Meet Dorothy Doring: Dorothy Doring is a Minnesota-based jazz vocalist and music educator. She successfully balances employment between teaching for the Saint Paul Public Schools and performing at various clubs in the Twin Cities area. Doring prefers to use her free time reading, traveling and listening to music. Dorothy Doring recorded Southern Exposure in New Orleans ...

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Take Five With Melani Skybell

by AAJ Staff
February 4, 2008

Meet Melani SkybellWhile breakthrough ability may not be a word, according to Webster, Melani L. Skybell's musical talent certainly should compel the editors of today's New World Dictionary to consider adding it to the book.Her repertoire includes traditional jazz numbers, sultry ballads, swing standards, bossa novas, pop classics, and her original jazz-pop ...

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Take Five With Alex Clements

by AAJ Staff
February 4, 2008

Meet Alex Clements: Alex Clements; so many adjectives can be used to describe the many facets of this talented, creative, well-rounded Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Clements is an internationally recognized artist, performing in the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Morocco, and Cyprus. One of Clements' highest accomplishments is an Alberta Achievement ...