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Najee Rasheed
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August 2005 - With a style all his own, saxophonist Najee Rasheed put the "ooow" in smooth, taking jazz into the mainstream, along with his brother, Fareed, playing guitar. Najee’s works hit the charts as soon as they hit the air during the early 1980s, making listeners beg for more. His millions of fans have stayed with him, waiting for his next album.
The innovative...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Bob Reynolds
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December 2006 - Tenor saxophonist Bob Reynolds will be touring with John Mayer early in 2007. The two Berklee alumni have kept in touch over the years and although Reynolds has played the Monterey Jazz Festival, toured Japan and performed at the Kennedy Center, the upcoming gig with one of the music industry’s hottest young stars have to rate at the top...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Richard Elliot & Rick Braun
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September 2007 - It had to happen! Hot horns, mellow tunes, master musicians and lots of soul, after years of performing together, trumpeter Rick Braun and sax man, Richard Elliot along with co-producers Jeff Lorber, Rex Rideout and Philippe Saisse have produced a slamming, jamming scorcher, showcasing talents of all the artists, commanding attention of their listeners, thrilling their fans with this...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Rex Rideout
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- Forever, For Always, For Luther is the project of the year, undertaken by producer Rex Rideout as his tribute of love to the world famous Luther Vandross.
Crossing all boundaries musically, emotionally and culturally, as he crooned his way into the hearts and souls of listeners around the globe for more than twenty years, Luther became a household word. ...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Claire Ritter
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August 2005 - On June 24, 2005 I had the distinct, pleasant opportunity to speak with composer, pianist Claire Ritter, about her recent album, “Greener Than Blue,” and about some current and future projects that she is working on. Prior to speaking with Claire, I listened to the album several times, featuring seventeen original pieces of music, sixteen of which Claire wrote. It...
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Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien
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Claire Ritter
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- A single label can’t confine Claire Ritter. She’s a pianist and a composer and a teacher. Her music isn’t strictly jazz, nor is it purely classical. It’s her own 'Ritter'ary style.
While most artists are satisfied with releasing their CDs one at a time, Ritter goes against convention and gives us two. She recently released both “River...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Sam Rivers
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- At seventy-seven,
saxophone legend and sixties free jazz explorer Sam Rivers still has the energy
and force of Niagara Falls. Yet until the past two years he'd somehow escaped
the usual celebratory nod the jazz community bestows on its elder statesmen.
1998 changed all that. With one two-day recording project that yielded a pair
of superb discs - 1999's...
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Artist Interview by Bill Smith
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Jimmy Roberts
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- Forget about beans and cornbread! Growing up on a steady diet of Maceo Parker, Stanley Turrentine, and Junior Walker, nourished the soulfulness of saxophonist Jimmy Roberts. This Suffolk, Virginia native heaped his plate with healthy portions of R&B jazz, and rock, and after more than three decades, Jimmy Roberts still hungers for the taste of good music.
Roberts paid...
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Artist Interview by Monica India Johnson
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Marcus Roberts
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- A prolific composer,
Roberts has released twelve recordings as a leader of his own groups, and all
have enjoyed critical acclaim and much success. He was the first to have his
first three recordings reach number One on Billboard's traditional jazz
chart.
Roberts is a very dedicated artist still in his mid-thirties, he
has attained a level of achievement most...
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Artist Interview by Beatrice Richardson
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Reuben Rogers
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September 2006 - "There is something about when you are so close and people can almost touch you. It is another feeling and that is the way I like it,” Reuben Rogers says in replying to my question about the type of venue that best suits him as an artist. The highly acclaimed bassist who earlier this year debuted his self-titled solo...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Sonny Rollins
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March 2008 - Jazz great Sonny Rollins is gearing up for an ambitious touring season which will take him from the West Coast (April 3 at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall and April 5 at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in Southern California)then East for appearances at Kennedy Center, April 18, and Morristown, N.J., April 26.
In May he will play in...
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Artist Interview by Larry Taylor
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Sonny Rollins
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March 2007 - Catch as catch can. Many times interviews with musicians are done as they’re rushing to a rehearsal, while they’re desperately trying to finish a meal begun an hour ago, in the middle of practicing, putting the kids to bed or doing laundry. But on that occasion when an artist is found in a treasured moment of peace in their...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson
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Sonny Rollins
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February 2007 - It is very difficult to know exactly what to ask someone like Sonny Rollins. What is there left to ask him? He has been here for more years than some of us can remember, he has worked with many who remain among the giants of the jazz world, and he has outlasted most. Do you ask if he still...
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Artist Interview by Jim McElroy
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Dennis Rollins
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- Since 1991, British trombonist, Dennis "Badbone" Rollins, has
made a jazz noise in saxophonist Courtney Pine's challenging band. And, he's
done the super bad soul thing with funk fusionaires like Brand New Heavies, US3
and Jamiroquai. Now he's exploring his own groove, gathering together a band of
jazz-funk pranksters called Badbone & Co. They've just released an
eponymously titled...
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Artist Interview by Bill Smith
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Rory Rory Partin Band
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- Rory Partin is a renaissance man in the world of big band swing music. Although he wasn’t born when many of the standards that appear on his new CD The Very Thought of You were first written, he sings them with the same charm that made Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin and Nat King Cole household names.
One of the...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Kurt Rosenwinkel
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February 2005 - Wow. My 1st interview assignment for JazzReview is with current jazz guitar icon Kurt Rosenwinkel. The world is indeed a strange and beautiful place. Presently, Rosenwinkel is one of the most original and thoughtful player/composers in what we refer to as ‘jazz music.’ His new recording, Deep Song comes out in March and is, at turns, beautiful and burning. Kurt and...
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Artist Interview by John Dworkin
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Kurt Rosenwinkel
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- Who is Kurt Rosenwinkel? If you don’t know by now your ears are probably collecting dust in an old record collection. His Verve debut The Enemies of Energy in 2000, followed by The Next Step in 2002 put the 32-year old guitarist/composer on the map as one of the most unique voices in contemporary jazz; But don’t sit down...
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Artist Interview by Fred Gerantab
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Rosey
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May 2008 - The tectonic plates of the music industry crust shifted when a certain star descended upon jazz’s earthly threshold. The cross-over from pop to jazz brought a new feel to the magnificence of this vocal seductress and songster, escorted by a youthful rule. This voiced architect envisions jazz as her destiny, with its many attitudes and arrangements yet cultivates the genre...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Annie Ross
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August 2006 - I had the opportunity to go to the Hollywood bowl on July 19, 2006 to see John Pizzarelli and guests perform under the stars. The guests included Bill Henderson, Kurt Elling, Tierney Sutton and Annie Ross. Each of the five singers (John also sang) was in top form. One of the real highlights of the evening was when Annie...
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Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien
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Rollins Ross' Soul Source
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Thursday August 24, 2006 - Roxbury native Rollins Ross recently returned from Puerto Rico where he was on tour at the San Juan Hotel and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Martha’s Vineyard Cottagers.
Despite the whirlwind travel, Ross was upbeat and relaxed when I entered his Mattapan home for our interview. His living room was filled with CDs, DVDs, a piano and music...
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Artist Interview by Nina LaNegra
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Lin Rountree
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June 2008 - Composer, arranger and trumpeter Lin Rountree is about to release Sumthin’ Good, his latest album produced by him and his long-time friend Billy Meadows. Rountree gushes with pride when he talks about the album telling that it was made to offer something good to audiences. “I want them to really enjoy the music. I want them to feel the...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Lin Rountree
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- For all of you saxophone players who think you are the only sexy horn musicians out there, trumpeter Lin Rountree has a message for you—"Not So!" Actually, the focus of our conversation was not on the sex appeal of either type of brass player, but came out of a larger conversation in which we briefly discussed the opportunities for...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Vanessa Rubin
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- Dubbed one of the "Diva Nouvelles" by Essence magazine, Vanessa
Rubin is a jazz singer who was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where she
began her music career before moving to New York (after earning a degree in
journalism). Over the past two decades she has sung with such jazz legends as
Barry Harris, Frank Foster, and Lionel...
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Artist Interview by Molly Johnson
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Jackie Ryan
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APril 2007 - Jackie Ryan is an international jazz star. She frequently plays both coasts and overseas, where her gig at Ronnie Scott’s in London garnered the critical praise: "One of the finest singers to perform at Ronnie's since Shirley Horn.” --The London Evening Standard.
Ryan has shared the stage and recording studio with many greats including Clark Terry, Red Holloway and...
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Artist Interview by Maxwell Chandler
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Jackie Ryan
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- Jackie Ryan is a singer who bridges different musical styles with jazz at the center, and different cultures.
Ryan’s last CD “Passion Flower” earned critical acclaim and made the Top 20 on Jazz Week’s nationwide chart. Her eagerly anticipated follow-up CD, “This Heart of Mine” will only add to her growing reputation.
On the new CD special guests Toots...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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