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Take Five With Ben Tyree

by AAJ Staff
May 9, 2007

Instrument(s):Guitar (electric and acoustic). Teachers and/or influences?Teachers: I learned the basics and how to structure songs, as well as recording techniques, from Rachel-Ann Cross. Tom Newman taught me how to play in the pocket as well as helped me develop advanced harmonic concepts. He also instilled within me a love ...

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Take Five With Rick Gallagher

by AAJ Staff
May 8, 2007

Meet Rick Gallagher:Jazz pianist, composer, arranger and teacher from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Over the years Rick has done solo and group work in a wide range of contemporary styles but has found a voice as a player and composer in classic jazz. Rick is a father of four.Instrument(s):piano.Teachers and/or ...

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Take Five With Jessica Medina

by AAJ Staff
April 29, 2007

Meet Jessica Medina: Known for her captivating, sultry voice and her exotic interpretation of jazz, Jessica Medina melds culture, beauty and song in stunning harmony. Fluent in three languages, she fearlessly crosses borders with a fresh, seductive flavor that creatively blends Spanish, French, American and Brazilian sounds.Born in New York City of Dominican and ...

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Take Five With Nick Manson

by AAJ Staff
April 24, 2007

Meet Nick Manson: Originally from Seattle, Nick studied classical piano, privately for many years. He began writing music for big band as a sophomore in high school. He attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and the Dick Grove School in Los Angeles. He has performed, arranged, and produced on numerous occasions in the past ...

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Take Five With Michael Stephans

by AAJ Staff
April 22, 2007

Meet Michael Stephans: Jazz drummer/poet/writer/teacher Michael Stephans has played with dozens of jazz luminaries. Currently performing in groups with Dave Liebman, Bennie Maupin, and Bob Brookmeyer, Michael has recently come home to the East Coast, after a thirty-year hiatus in Los Angeles as a studio and performing musician and teacher. His new CD, OM/ShalOM, was released ...

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Take Five With Ronny Smith

by AAJ Staff
April 22, 2007

Meet Ronny Smith: Ronny has performed as a backup musician a wide range of artists from a variety of schools of musical thought, including the Marvelettes, Melba Moore, and jazz drummer Bobby Durham. Ronny has performed as a guitarist for various Army bands in Europe, Texas, Washington D.C., Maryland, and Delaware and with various University jazz ...

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Take Five With JC Stylles

by AAJ Staff
April 18, 2007

Meet Jason Campbell:JC Stylles ("Jason Campbell"), guitarist, specializes in working within the organ combo format. Originally from Australia, he lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and works the Harlem organ rooms, keeping alive the tradition of the guitar's importance in the role popularized by Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, George Benson ...

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Take Five With Thomas Heflin

by AAJ Staff
April 16, 2007

Meet Thomas Heflin: Website bio:Jazz trumpeter Thomas Heflin is the newest rising star in the jazz world. In 2005, he made waves on the international jazz scene when he placed second in the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition in Seattle, WA. One of the most esteemed jazz trumpet competitions in the world, ...

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Take Five with Shinobu Ito

by AAJ Staff
April 16, 2007

Meet Shinobu Ito: Shinobu met Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1975, who introduced him to many musicians and strongly suggested to him that he go to New York to learn and play jazz on his next visit to the States.When he returned to Japan in 1975, He resumed activities with many top class Japanese musicians. He ...

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Take Five With Billy Fox

by AAJ Staff
April 16, 2007

Meet Billy Fox: Originally trained as a drummer and Latin percussionist, my focus today is composing. My music interweaves composition and improvisation, and draws from a variety of styles: modal and free jazz; Western classical; and Japanese tonal systems.Instrument(s): Composition.Teachers and/or influences? My primary influence as a composer has been Jane Ira ...