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Spyro Spyro Gyra	Funksters Spyro Gyra, whose music has traversed numerous genres and drawn from numerous eclectic musical influences during the course of their almost thirty year career, recorded an excellent Christmas jazz album, A Night Before Christmas, while the cherry trees were blossoming in New York. Joining Spyro Gyra’s regular cast, which consists of Jay Beckenstein (saxophones), Tom Schuman (pianist), Julio...
Artist Interview by Joe Montague

Spyro Gyra	In February, Spyro Gyra was nominated for their ninth Grammy award in the best pop instrumental album category for Wrapped in a Dream. However, even though four of the five nominees were smooth jazz artists, the award was given out to rocker Peter Frampton's instrumental album Fingertips. Jay Beckenstein, leader and sax man of the group, says, The Grammys...
Artist Interview by Norm Breest

Spyro Gyra	Nearly thirty years into performing, Spyro Gyra is still at the top of their game and still known as jazz fusion’s most original group. While other groups are ready to retire, Spyro Gyra is ready to keep on "keepin’ on" with a wealth of creative talents, adding young, fresh performers as they go. Sure, this group has a signature...
Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich

Spyro Gyra	After 25 years of being together, Spyro Gyra needed to make a statement about who they are to not only their fans, but the music industry as well. Their newest release Original Cinema shows that they strive to be on the cutting edge of smooth jazz. Founder/saxophonist Jay Beckenstein says in the last few releases, they pleased their smooth...
Artist Interview by Norm Breest

Mary Stallings	The audience applauds. The band jumps into a song, and then Mary Stallings effortlessly joins in. "I love the east, I love the west," she sings in a voice that's as warm and true as a convertible ride through the heart of spring. "I love the north and south, they're the best, only go there as a guest, cause...
Artist Interview by Donna Kimura

Chris Standring	Chris Standring is a well known jazz guitarist who has performed live and done a great deal of session work with many super stars of smooth jazz. Today he performed in Avalon on Catalina Island at the 13th Annual Jazz Trax Festival. He played music from his current CD, Velvet, and his soon to be released CD, Hip Sway....
Artist Interview by Dennis Webb

Mike Stern	A cat is out making some serious noise that has a career that spans three decades and a discography that includes more than a dozen eclectic and innovative recordings. Three-time GRAMMY nominee Mike Stern has established himself as one of the premier jazz cats and jazz-fusion guitarist and composer. Stern makes his Heads Up International debut with a new...
Artist Interview by H. Allen Williams

Mike Stern	Guitarist Mike Stern has spent over twenty-five years honing a style that blends the harmonic depth of bebop with a rock and roll sensibility. Equal parts Jim Hall and Jimi Hendrix, Stern has made a career out of listening and playing from the heart. “For me jazz does not necessarily mean that it’s better because it’s more...
Artist Interview by David Binder

Miles Stiebel	Jazz music for contemporary times is what violinist Miles Stiebel provides to audiences in his second solo album Excellent Distraction. Produced by Bob Dawson who has worked on numerous Grammy nominated projects, and mastered by Ted Jensen, a Grammy-winning engineer with Norah Jones, Excellent Distraction achieves what Stiebel envisioned, which he describes on his website, “When I write music,...
Artist Interview by Susan Frances

Curtis Stigers	Just over a decade ago, Curtis Stigers was living the pop star dream that serves as the highest goal for many performers; a platinum album, hit singles, international tours with Elton John and Eric Clapton, featured spots on big studio soundtracks. All would seem to be the stuff of dreams, but while he’s been very successfully marketed, Stigers...
Artist Interview by Shaun Dale

Karolina Strassmayer	Amid the mindless self-indulgence of the music industry there is that unique flickering moment, when one brushes up against a professional jazz musician, uncontaminated and untainted from the mainstream mayhem of music. One who sets aside the self centered, self-absorbed attitudes to go forth and just make music for the love of the act, not the rewards there in....
Artist Interview by Karl Stober

Marcus Strickland	"If you are a jazz musician at a concert and all you see in the audience are jazz saxophone geeks and nobody else, then there is something wrong. You have missed the point,” says Marcus Strickland an accomplished tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer. “There should be doctors, lawyers and beauticians there. There should be people from all walks...
Artist Interview by Joe Montague

Marcus Strickland	New York City was the attraction that tenor/soprano saxophonist, Marcus Strickland, was drawn to like a magnet. Relocating from his hometown in Miami, Florida, New York dangled the proverbial jazz carrot that would further his musical education and place him smack-dab in the heart of America’s jazz scene. Since moving there in 1997, Strickland has be seen...
Artist Interview by Unknown User

String Planet	In this industry of cookie cutter manufacturing of talent, it is ultimately stimulating to touch upon artists who take innovation to the edge. Contemplating the thought of new sounds and techniques, and creating the vision by way of risk, is a dynamic undertaking. Novi Novog and Larry Tuttle took the path of risk and engaged their talent to give...
Artist Interview by Karl Stober

David Stryker	Dave Stryker and I met at the Lincoln Center Barnes and Noble bookstore in Manhattan. I was thrilled to meet this amazing guitarist, whose distinctive personal writing style and soulful blend of blues and jazz has gained him recognition as one of the most unique guitarists of our time. Genuine and forthcoming, he talked about his beginnings as a...
Artist Interview by Jennifer Scheer

Dave Stryker / Slagle Band	Album: The Scene Musicians: Dave Stryker: Guitar, Steve Slagle: alto and soprano sax, flute Jay Anderson: bass, Victor Lewis: drums, Special Guest: Joe Lovano Tracks: Skee, The Scene, Six Four Teo, Two Sense, Kindred Spirits, Hopewell’s Last, Brighter Days, Fingers In The wind, Strikology The Stryker/Slagle Band with Joe Lovano Interviewing Dave Stryker JazzReview: Your group is very busy. You have been featured weekly...
Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich

Jane Stuart	“My mother took me to a Broadway show when I was about seven years old. I remember very vividly the moment I looked at the performance that I could do that! I can and will do it. That was the start.” From the Moser Starlights stage at age five, to her off Broadway performance of “Curley McDimple,” the stage...
Artist Interview by Karl Stober

Melissa Stylianou	Some actors learn how to sing and occasionally dance so they can land a plumb role on Broadway or another big stage, but this is the story of an actress who decided to turn to singing and we are the lucky ones. Melissa Stylianou is an incredibly gifted jazz vocalist who arrived in New York City from Toronto, Canada...
Artist Interview by Joe Montague

Tierney Sutton	Telarc Jazz recording artist, Tierney Sutton, is a jazz vocalist quite unlike any performing today; she has a genuine and unique approach to jazz resulting in a sound that is hers and hers alone. Tierney would say that the sound is not hers alone, she is a member of the band, and the sound is theirs alone. I believe...
Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien

Tierney Sutton	Working with the same band for an extended period of time has some obvious advantages. Getting to know someone well means coming to know how they think musically, being able to predict what they are going to play under certain circumstances, how they are going to respond to certain musical cues. “We’re so attuned to each other and listen...
Artist Interview by Richard C. Anderson

Tierney Sutton	I recently spoke with vocalist Tierney Sutton, who has just released her seventh CD and her first live recording. This album consists of twelve standards, beautifully interpreted by Tierney and her group, which includes Christian Jacob on piano, Trey Henry on bass, Kevin Axt on bass and Ray Brinker on drums. The CD is entitled “I’M WITH THE BAND,”...
Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien

Tierney Sutton	An utter jewel in the crown of Telarc International is the exquisite Tierney Sutton with vocals and timing so impeccable, you would be hard pressed to find a contrary word among the toughest critics. With her equally flawless trio of the past ten years consisting of Christian Jacob on piano, Trey Henry – bass and Ray Brinker –...
Artist Interview by Suzi Price

Tierney Sutton	On her new CD, “Something Cool,” vocalist Tierney Sutton puts a fresh spin on some old favorites and some unexpected covers. Sutton tackles a wide selection of material, including an inventive version of “Route 66,” a trio of songs from “My Fair Lady” and even a pair of Patsy Cline tunes, proving she’s one of jazz music’s most...
Artist Interview by Donna Kimura

Tierney Sutton Group	Tierney Sutton is a happy person. She has just released ON THE OTHER SIDE on Telarc, which may be the best work she and the band she sings with, have yet done. Tierney Sutton is a very happy vocalist because she and the band she sings with, having completed the foundation, have erected a musical temple that is as...
Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien

Steve Swallow	Steve Swallow may not be a household word, at least in most households, but if you've listened to contemporary jazz over the last thirty years, you've likely heard him on one side of the studio glass or the other. Swallow's not just a great and very unique electric jazz bassist but also a trusted producer of sessions which have...
Artist Interview by Mike Brannon

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