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Take Five With Mike Baggetta
by AAJ Staff
Meet Mike Baggetta: Guitarist and composer Mike Baggetta is originally from Agawam, Massachusetts, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Inspired by his father, he began playing the guitar while in high school after previously studying violin and trombone.Mike went on to study music at Rutgers University, where he received his Bachelor of Music ...
Take Five With Tut Burks
by AAJ Staff
Meet Tut Burks: Brilliant Soul is King Tut's introduction to the world. In a musical era where increasingly more entertainers come assembly-line packaged from image to content, King Tut as a producer, writer, arranger, lyricist, and overall musician commands a second glance.As a classically trained saxophonist reigning from New Orleans, Louisiana, King Tut has ...
Take Five With Chris Hodges
by AAJ Staff
Meet Chris Hodges : I began playing electric bass at the age of fourteen. I played rock, country, pop, etc. When I was seventeen, I bought Jaco's Jaco Pastorious (Epic, 1976) and absolutely became hooked on jazz. At age nineteen, I began to play upright because I had gotten into a lot of old jazz.
Take Five With Joan Clarke
by AAJ Staff
Meet Joan Clarke: A sensational smooth jazz artist. Her sound is jazzical, joyful, jewelous with a touch of sweetness melodiousness inspired sound that's recreated and comparable to that of the late Phyllis Hyman.Her stage performance is silky and smooth. Her voice is sexy and soothing and unforgettable, South Florida at it's best!Instrument(s): ...
Take Five With Steven Messenger
by AAJ Staff
Meet Steven Messenger: Steven Messenger is a smooth contemporary jazz artist who has a knack for producing uncluttered yet interesting and innovative soundscapes for the ears that just plain make you feel good.Steven began his career as a musician in the early 70's, touring and recording with some of the rock and soul classics ...
Take Five With Josh Sinton
by AAJ Staff
Meet Josh Sinton: Born in western Massachusetts but raised in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, Josh Sinton began playing music in the third grade, starting on piano, trombone and clarinet. He finally convinced his parents to get him an alto saxophone in high school. However,it wasn't until he was twenty-five that he finally came to ...
Take Five With Dana Leong
by AAJ Staff
Meet Dana Leong: Described as crafting “lines of sublime lyric content" (Chicago Tribune), and “sizzling, highly stylized solos" (Philadelphia Inquirer), Dana started his impressive career with the rare skill of commanding both the cello and trombone. He has held roles as both a performer and composer with top artists including: the 2006 Grammy-nominated ...
Take Five With Jochen Rueckert
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jochen Rueckert: Jochen Rueckert was born in 1975 near Koeln, Germany and started playing drums at age six. In 1995 he moved to Brooklyn, NY, where he lives now. He has been playing and recording with a variety of bands including Marc Copland trio, Nils Wogram quartet, Kurt Rosenwinkel Group, Marc Turner Band, ...
Take Five With Seguida
by AAJ Staff
Meet SEGUIDA: The Latin-Rock explosion began, when Santana first burst onto the music scene in the late sixties and early Seventies. While Santana was becoming popular on the West Coast, a young group of Hispanic musicians from the Bronx in New York City wanted to build upon the Caribbean roots of Afro/Cuban jazz, Rhythm and Blues, ...
Take Five With Sam Sadigursky
by AAJ Staff
Meet Sam Sadigursky: Saxophonist Sam Sadigursky has played and recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Brown and Brad Mehldau. He is the winner of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award (2003, 2005), the NFAA/IAJE Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship (1997), and the John Coltrane Young Artist Award (1996). Currently residing in Brooklyn, New York, he performs ...
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