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Ray Bryant
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January 2005 - Ray Bryant has been playing jazz for over 50 years, and during that time he has accompanied jazz legends like Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Lester Young. In addition, Bryant achieved wider popular recognition during the 1960’s with some of his most widely recognized songs like “Cubano Chant” and “Slow Freight.”
Born into a musical family, Bryant is...
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Artist Interview by Don Williamson
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Anatholi Bulkin
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- JazzReview.com: Where were you born?
Anatholi Bulkin: I was born in Kalmar in the southeastern part of Sweden just outside of Nybro where we lived at the time. We moved around quite a bit after that though, and I was raised in a small town about 1 hour drive to the west from Stockholm called Surahammar. The first Swedish car...
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Artist Interview by Randy McElligott
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Sandip Burman
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- It's impossible to not be affected by Sandip Burman's energy.
Much like his drumming, the Calcutta, India native speaks at a brisk pace,
punctuated by hearty laughter. He began formal study of the tabla drums at the
age of six with Pandit Shyamal Bose of Calcutta, one of India's distinguished
tabla maestros. While still not well known in America,...
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Artist Interview by Michael Bettine
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Vicki Burns
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- Vicki Burns’ new release, Live at Anna’s Jazz Island, tells a lot about her both musically and personally.
Instead of the traditional hard CD format, it is primarily a digital release that serves multiple purposes. First, it gets Burns’ music, a rich blend of jazz genres, out into the world. The digital format, however, serves to cut down on the...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Kenny Burrell
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- Kenny Burrell has been an inescapable force in the world of jazz and
popular music for the last half-century, having released close to a
hundred albums under his own name and played on countless sessions with
everyone from Ray Brown to James Brown.
Mr. Burrell has also distinguished himself in the realm of academia. For the past
twenty-five years he has...
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Artist Interview by Edward Kane
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Gary Burton
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- If you had to choose one living musician who has
pioneered the current state and techniques of his instrument, championed jazz
education and performed with most of the current crop of established,
contemporary jazz artists (Chick, Metheny, Jarrett, Herbie) plus has
'discovered' and been instrumental in bringing up new leaders in his own bands
(Metheny, Makoto Ozone, Tommy Smith,...
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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Jonathan Butler
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December 2005 - It all started out as four superstars of smooth jazz--Dave Koz, David Benoit, Peter White and Brenda Russell. All wanted to send Season's Greetings to their fans by doing a special Christmas concert series. It has become one of the great traditions in holiday music. This year is no exception as Koz, Benoit, Patti Austin, Kirk Whalum and Jonathan...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Donn Bynum
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August 2008 - Rarely does a musician start his career at the top. Even more rare is staying on
top for three decades, but that’s exactly what Donn Bynum did. Still down to
earth, this mega star is debuting with his own creation—capturing the hearts and
minds of all his listeners.
Playing with Bootsy Collins, The Commodores and The Brothers Johnson, Bynum...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Michel Camilo
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May 2007 - Michel Camilo is a blessed person--blessed with the gift of musicianship, blessed with the genius of creativity, and blessed with a vision that keeps expanding to new heights. You might say that this pianist/composer/bandleader/educator has reached a pinnacle of success due to hard work and study…but beyond all this wonderment, it is that special something within him that rises...
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Artist Interview by Suzi Price
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Michel Camilo
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- I first heard Michel Camilo play with his trio at Founder’s Hall, which is located in the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. When the opportunity to interview him presented itself, I was thrilled. As I started doing my research on this pianist/composer, I was awe struck by his accomplishments. There are amazing musicians playing jazz piano...
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Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien
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Michel Camilo
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February 2005 - Fabulously talented composer, pianist, educator and Grammy winner, Michel Camilo, presents his deepest statement yet with his 16th and latest CD, “Solo” on Telarc – combining a trilogy of entrancing Brazilian and jazz-related standards, and original compositions. One has only to listen to appreciate the depth of Camilo’s poignant musical statement. Live, Camilo’s musical energy lifts...
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Artist Interview by Beatrice Richardson
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Michel Camilo
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- Pianist and composer, Michel Camilo, is a prominent figure in the Latin jazz scene. With a rich knowledge of both classical and jazz, Michel has the fire and excitement of Tito Puente and the sophistication of Bill Evans.
Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Michel showed an early interest in music, composing his first song at the age...
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Artist Interview by Unknown User
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Rosie Carlino
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- “It comes back to that same thing; if I want to move you as a listener then it (the song) has to move me as a singer. Sometimes it is about the lyric and sometimes it is the melody or the arrangement,” says jazz vocalist Rosie Carlino.
Carlino confesses to be a romantic and being passionate about love songs, “It...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Paul Carlon
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March 2008 - Cha-cha, bossa nova, mambo, conga, mariachi, salsa, rumba, and flamenco, may all be familiar to you as descriptions of Latin rhythms, but saxophonist Paul Carlon has taken his music much deeper into the inner circles of the Latin world. Whether he is composing music as a backup musician for another recording artist or with his Octet, a jazz quartet,...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Larry Carlton
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February 2004 - With his experience performing with artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand and Chet Atkins, and with a solo career plus working in the smooth jazz super group Fourplay, guitarist Larry Carlton always goes back to where he got started, with the blues. When he heard his first blues album by B.B. King back when he...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Brenda Carol
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- JAZZREVIEW.COM: Brenda
Carol, it is a pleasure to interview you! Let's start with some basics for the
jazz listeners and jazz readers! What were the musical influences during your
childhood and teenage years?
Brenda Carol: Firstly, thank you
for the opportunity. I am both honored and elated to be interviewed by you.
Thanks for your continued support and encouragement...
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Artist Interview by Lee Prosser
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Barbara Caroll
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- Each year at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Mary Lou Williams Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to one of the most extraordinary female jazz performers in the world. This year the prestigious honor will be awarded to the elegant jazz pianist, composer and vocalist Barbara Carroll.
I recently had the opportunity to speak to Ms. Carroll...
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Artist Interview by Beatrice Richardson
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Liane Carroll
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May 2008 - Liane Carroll was the UK's best kept, jazz secret. Not any longer. In a
week that saw her win ‘Jazz Musician of the Year’ at the Parliamentary Jazz
Awards, I met the multi-award winning artist and discovered that
lunching with Liane is very much like hearing her play live. One moment you’re
laughing along with her, sharing her joy, the next moment...
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Artist Interview by Helen Pearse
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James Carter
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April 2004 - It has been more than a decade since James Carter burst on to the jazz scene, literally blowing away fans, critics and musicians alike with his powerful saxophone. Carter's ninth CD as bandleader is the brand new Live At Baker's Keyboard Lounge. The album was recorded at the famous jazz club in Detroit--by reputation, the oldest existing jazz club...
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Artist Interview by Edward Kane
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Marc Cary
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July 2006 - Think back to keyboardist Marc Cary’s first four releases. His debut as a leader, 1994’s Cary On (enja) immediately demanded our attention with its clarity and imprint of his emerging style and presence. His next two for Arabesque Recordings - 1996’s Listen, containing the beautifully bluesy “Conditional Statement” by flutist Y.C. Laws, and 1998’s The Antidote, an entrancing collection...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson
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Oscar Castro-Neves
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March 2006 - It is very difficult to try and place Oscar Castro-Neves in any one category,
but the nice thing about it is you don't have to. Guitarist, composer,
arranger, singer and producer, Castro-Neves fits in all places all at once. This
is very readily on display on his new recording All One on
Mack Avenue records. When I spoke to him recently,...
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Artist Interview by Jim McElroy
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Bill Charlap
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- Bill Charlap has been quietly and conscientiously paying his dues for years, accompanying the likes of Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Carol Sloane, Tony Bennett and Gerry Mulligan. With an unpretentious, swinging style that combines intricate delicacies with personalized interpretation, Charlap has shown respect for the origins of the materials he plays--that of the composers themselves.
That makes sense when you...
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Artist Interview by Don Williamson
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Ray Charles
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- If the study of mythology has taught us anything, it’s that legends have the most meaning when they have an ending. Would the Norse Gods be half as glorious without the knowledge of the final Ragnorok? Would Homer’s Odyssey be the same without the eventual homecoming? This year saw the passing of one of American music’s...
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Artist Interview by Alexander M. Stern
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Shari Chaskin
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- “I guess I am like an actor in a role, if I can relate to a song, then I put myself in the writer’s shoes. I try to deliver it as though I am the writer (of the song) and I try to get the story told. During the couple of years that I was with Les Miserables (she...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Ray Chew
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- A bandleader, versatile keyboardist, judicial negotiator, and devoted family man all describe Ray Chew equally. As the Music Director for NBC’s TV show The Singing Bee, Chew balances these duties with his numerous other projects that include being the Music Director for NBC’s TV series Showtime At the Apollo and managing Chew Entertainment Production alongside with his wife Vivian.
“My...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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