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Take Five With Jeff Kashiwa

by AAJ Staff
June 13, 2007

Teachers and/or influences?Leo Potts, saxophone instructor at Cal State Long Beach. Outstanding teacher. Changed my approach to the saxophone. His tonal concepts are with me always. Charlie Shoemake, Jazz improvisation teacher. Clarified jazz harmony for me.I knew I wanted to be a musician when... I heard Chuck Mangione and his band play ...

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Take Five With Diane Nalini

by AAJ Staff
May 27, 2007

Meet Diane Nalini: Singer/songwriter Diane Nalini started singing jazz at the age of three. She was born in Montreal, Canada, and is of Belgian and Goan descent. “She captures jazz at its most sophisticated and joyous level, writes Elle Magazine Canada. The Montreal Gazette writes: “Diane Nalini has the voice, the phrasing, confidence, clarity and control ...

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Take Five With Robert Miller

by AAJ Staff
May 27, 2007

Meet Robert Miller: I play electric bass. I've been playing jazz since the early 1970s. I lived in Boston then and had the privilege of playing with all the great musicians who came through town. My group at the time included Anton Fig, David Letterman's drummer. I later recorded two CDs as leader [Child's Play (Wildcat ...

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Take Five With Blip Fool

by AAJ Staff
May 27, 2007

Meet Blip Fool: Blip Fool utilizes analog and digital synthesizers, guitars and effects to create jazz-influenced progressive electronic music.Instrument(s): synthesizers, electronics, guitars and effects.Teachers and/or influences? Brian Eno, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck & Jan Hammer, The Album Leaf, Porcupine Tree, Rush, M(S)MW, Particle, Beck, Tunnels, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jean-Luc Ponty, Thomas Dolby, Saga, ...

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Take Five With Frances Nero

by AAJ Staff
May 16, 2007

Meet Frances Nero: African-American and Cherokee descent. Born--Asheville, NC. Attended Stephens-Lee High School. Other professions--Cosmetologist & Makeup Artist, Cosmetology Instructor, Linen Designer, Cosmetic Entrepreneur and former Motown recording artist with a jazz background.Dinah Washington inspired me to become a singer with clear diction. Actress Doris Day was also an inspiration. I have written mini-plays ...

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Take Five With Dayna

by AAJ Staff
May 16, 2007

Meet dayna: Dayna Stephens was born in Brooklyn, New York August 1st, 1978, and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began playing the saxophone at age thirteen. He attended the prestigious Berkeley High School and took part in their jazz ensemble. Dayna was then accepted to Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA ...

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Take Five With Aaron Aranita

by AAJ Staff
May 16, 2007

Instrument(s): alto, tenor and soprano saxophone, flute, piano, bass, drums. Teachers and/or influences? I started sax lessons at Leeward Comm. College in Hawaii with Floyd Uchima and Bill Noble. At the Berklee School of Music in Boston, I studied with Bill Thompson and the great Joe Viola. Charlie Parker was my first ...

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Take Five With Alexey Lapin

by AAJ Staff
May 15, 2007

Meet Alexey Lapin: One day I was born in not so big town of Russia, another day I saw the piano, and then I knew what I want from that life. Meanwhile my parents were absolutely sure I should be an engineer. Instead of arguing with them, I went to university, took an external degree and ...

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Take Five With Patrizia...The Sultry Lady of Jazz

by AAJ Staff
May 13, 2007

Meet Patrizia...The Sultry Lady of Jazz: Patrizia, nicknamed The Sultry Lady of Jazz by her fans during one of her performances because of her naturally pure way of creating strong emotions in her listeners, is a popular San Diego based jazz vocalist who now resides in La Costa, California with her five daughters. A Denver, Colorado ...

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Take Five With Thomson Kneeland

by AAJ Staff
May 13, 2007

Meet Thomson Kneeland: Double bassist Thomson Kneeland moved to New York four years ago to free himself from the musical doldrums of New England. He has performed on over thirty albums and has released three self-produced projects on his label Weltschmerz Records, the latest being Kakalla's The Seeds of Analog Rebellion. He tours internationally with Lynne ...