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Bob Margolin
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When you talk to blues guitarist, songwriter and singer Bob Margolin, you get the sense this is a man who deeply cares about family, friends, those he meets and animals. Those who know him use words like, “He is a very nice man,” to describe him. It is perhaps those sensitivities that have infused the sensibilities that he brings...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Kitty Margolis
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On her new CD, singer Kitty Margolis draws listeners into her world.
“Left Coast Life” (Mad-Kat Records) is Margolis’ fourth recording and her most personal to date. Using a mix of original songs, pop standards and unconventional covers, the San Francisco-based vocalist illuminates and celebrates the attitudes and characters found out West. “Jaded poseur modern cool,” she writes...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Renee Marie
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With each album, Rene Marie proves herself to be one of the most daring vocalists around. She is fearless in singing about difficult situations or tackling a diverse songbook.
Her newest release, “Serene Renegade,” may be her most uncompromising, yet. Marie takes listeners on a journey of her life with nine original songs about herself and her family. She...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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René Marie
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Rene Marie is proving that she’s not just another girl singer. Unafraid to take risks, she created one of the most powerful recordings of 2001 with the unlikely pairing of “Dixie” and “Strange Fruit.” In addition to being a bold new interpreter, she showed that she’s a gifted songwriter with three original compositions on the album.
“Vertigo,” her second MAXJAZZ...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Maroon
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Thelonious Monk once said, “Jazz and freedom go hand in hand.” There are many ways to approach this tradition; some combine new sounds and meaning, and some find fulfillment in opening up the past and present to the future. Still, others make their own music according to their own light. All these, in their different ways, are what keep...
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Artist Interview by Beatrice Richardson
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Delfeayo Marsalis
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The Marsalis name has always been synonymous with Jazz music and some good ole’ Nawlings sound. Those Marsalis boys -- Wynton, Branford, Jason and Delfeayo have followed in the footsteps of patriarch Ellis for a sound that is uniquely theirs.
Delfeayo plays the trombone. It's an instrument he admits he has had a love affair with for years.
“It suits my...
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Artist Interview by Asha Small
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Veronica Martell
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The worlds of pop and jazz have always mingled, especially among vocalists. In the ‘40s and ‘50s, such musical icons as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald were quite adept at straddling both idioms. Today we have artists like Antia Baker, Sting and Nora Jones, who expertly incorporate a variety of genres in their music. Now add vocalist...
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Artist Interview by Lawrence Williams
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Glynis John Martin
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Singer, songwriter and bass player Glynis John Martin (aka Black Ice) delivers a familiar sounding R&B/smooth soul mixture on his self-titled debut release, Black Ice, which recalls of Motown artists like Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye. Martin’s familiar sound might be partly due to the fact that he was exposed to Motown’s music from having been born and raised...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Claire Martin
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Claire Martin, ‘UK’s best jazz vocalist,’ made her debut at The Oak Room of the legendary Algonquin Hotel, on New York’s West Forty Forth Street this summer.
Coinciding with the release of her twelfth album, He Never Mentioned Love, a tribute to the late, great Shirley Horn. We spoke with Claire on her return to the UK about The Algonquin, her musical friends...
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Artist Interview by Helen Pearse
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Rebecca Martin
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Rebecca Martin doesn’t worry too much about fitting into any single category.
She’s too busy making music, whether it’s a fresh take on old standards or writing her own original, intimate tunes.
The singer-songwriter is showing that she can do both with equal grace and skill.
The Maine native proved to be an innovative interpreter of jazz standards with her acclaimed...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Peter Martin
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Peter Martin wears a lot of hats these days. The 30-year old solo artist, composer,
leader, and New Orleans-based pianist for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, has just released, “Something Unexpected,” his debut CD for the MaxJazz label.
Martin has worked with are Wynton Marsalis (in the Lincoln Center group), Terence Blanchard, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman and Nicholas Payton. He...
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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Sue Maskaleris
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Sue Maskaleris in her
debut CD titled "Unbreakable Heart" brings to the listening audience a new and
wonderful jazz vocalist. She writes all of her music and lyrics and is a
powerhouse of new jazz talent. For those who like Brazilian and contemporary
jazz, Sue Maskaleris is a most welcome entertainer! Sue Maskaleris is also a
gifted composer at...
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Artist Interview by Lee Prosser
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Erica Mather Trio
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The release party for the Erica Mather Trio’s new CD, The Millennium Song Cycle, did not come off exactly as planned, but good music, especially good jazz, seldom does. It was scheduled to begin at 9:00. I arrived five minutes early only to find the Corral Room, a deep but narrow softly lit space in the basement...
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Artist Interview by Kurt Spielmann
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Roman Matin
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"A wonderful new talent with deep feeling," said legendary Sheila Jordan,
when she heard Roman’s music for the first time, and the famous Tom Waits’
saxophonist Ralph Carney exclaimed, "At last, an original voice!"
Roman Matin is a Russian guitarist and composer whose name is just beginning
to become famous for the American and European audience. The creator of a...
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Artist Interview by John Douglas
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Kazu Matsui
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Narada sent me Kazu Matsui's album Stone Monkey awhile back and I admit I put off listening for a while. My mistake. This is interesting, creative, and risk taking in its boldest sense. We spoke by phone when Kuzu Matsui was in LA working on a movie soundtrack with James Horner. Talking to the guy made me feel a...
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Artist Interview by Paul Adams
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Keiko Matsui
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There are times in our lives when we tend to face the doorway to our abyss with trepidation and apprehension, an unknown entity that never seems to evade us, filled with turmoil. However, some are able to defend fear by escaping to a place devoid of hate, complexity and turbulence…land geographically located in our minds that enables us to...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Keiko Matsui
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Keyboardist Keiko Matsui is not only an international artist of instrumental music; she is a person who truly cares about the international community. Just like Matsui's CD The Ring she communicated to her audience a message of peace, compassion and humanity. Her latest CD Wildflower shows both sides of her international influence. The spirit of Wildflower comes from a...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Keiko Matsui
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Keiko Matsui, first lady of contemporary jazz, offers a brand new
"collection" of recordings, adding to her never-ending search for the perfect
melody. Keiko Matsui's new release "Deep Blue," shows her artistic depth in
full tandem with her re-acquaintance with acoustic piano.
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Keiko's recordings always feature keyboards and acoustic piano, her reflective
collection boast a grand piano...
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Artist Interview by Ron Miller
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Kazu Matsui
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Kazu Matsui is synonymous with American cinema music,
particularly the films that feature Ry Cooder and James Horner as composers.
Bursting on the scene in the early eighties with his eerie, suspense-laden
accompaniment of the epic TV movie SHOGUN, he has been an ever-growing staple
of action films. While he is a resident of Huntington Beach, CA, Kazu is...
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Artist Interview by Ron Miller
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Kazu Matsui Project
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New Age and Smooth Jazz artist Kazu Matsui was born in Tokyo on June 5, 1954. He studied ethnic arts at UCLA after traveling through Europe and India in the mid 1970’s. He went back to Tokyo to teach Educational Theories at Toyoeiwa Woman's University. At the same time, Matsui began his music career with studio sessions that included...
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Artist Interview by Mary Jo Conniff
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Virginia Mayhew
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With a lung capacity as mighty as the woolly-mammoth, saxophonist Virginia Mayhew shows that life is unpredictable, but always worth the challenges. Her battle with breast cancer put a halt to her recordings in 2005, although she released Sandan Shuffle in 2006 with her quartet. She tells, "I actually recorded Sandan Shuffle right before I discovered I had breast cancer. I...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Virginia Mayhew
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For the past sixteen years, saxophonist-composer-arranger Virginia Mayhew has been an active participant in the New York jazz scene. A native of San Francisco, Virginia came to New York in 1987, where she enrolled in the New School’s Jazz performance program and was awarded its Zoot Sims Memorial Scholarship.
Since her arrival, Virginia has worked with such renowned artists...
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Artist Interview by Beatrice Richardson
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Virginia Mayhew
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Like a novel, an album title usually characterizes a
unifying theme or offers a flavor of the music. Sometimes they are obvious and
straightforward. Sometimes they can reveal a pervasive mood (Miles Davis' Kind
of Blue) or offer an affectionate requiem (Duke Ellington's …And His
Mother Called Him Bill). Occasionally, they can reveal the subterranean
inspirations of a musician....
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Artist Interview by John Doll
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Lyle Mays
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The Co-Author The Pat Metheny Group, which is actually touring after having taken a break for four years, is not only one of the longest existing but also one of the most successful existing jazz groups ever. It is distinguished by not having lost its identity as a result of popularity. Some have concluded that the group's success points at...
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Artist Interview by Unknown User
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Lyle Mays
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What if you were to look beyond the obvious of what you normally do each day,
and learned to see beyond? What if your mind and ears were always open, yet you stayed deeply focused and unwavering from your concentration on the moment?
Lyle Mays pulled that which was not obvious...
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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