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Clairdee
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Clairdee is one of the most refreshing and original jazz
vocalists to appear recently in the jazz world. She has a voice that is pure,
straight-forward, and sensitive in approach to singing, a voice that will
delight, entertain, and captivate audiences everywhere! Clairdee is a treasure,
a vocalist with a genuine touch and feel for interpreting the American
Songbook....
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Artist Interview by Lee Prosser
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Charmaine Clamor
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Filipino native Charmaine Clamor is making an impact wherever she performs, quickly finding her name on numerous marquees across the globe. Wherever this young and sultry jazz siren blankets her voice, heads turn to embrace her signature elegance. Ms Clamor not only vocalizes emotions, she sculpts memories with her hypnotic presence in sync with her sensual injection of jazz melodies.
The...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Stanley Clarke
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Bassist and composer Stanley Clarke, like his good friend Chick Corea with whom he has been touring this summer as part of the quartet Return Forever, has long been considered a musical genius and innovator in the world of music. Prior to embarking on this summer’s tour, which also includes Lenny White and Al Di Meola, Clarke took time...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Stanley Clarke
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In his just released CD, The Toys of Men, Stanley Clarke explores the many varied facets of war. Despite the fact that Stanley was battling his own war with the recent brushfires in California threatening his home, Stanley made time to discuss his latest CD, upcoming projects, and life in general.
For most jazz lovers, Stanley Clarke is a household...
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Artist Interview by Eric Thornhill
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Stanley Clarke
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Stanley Clarke’s artistry has spanned classical, jazz, R&B and pop idioms. The word “legend” was used to describe Clarke by the time he was only 25-years old! He single-handedly started the 1970s “bass revolution,” paving the way for all bassist/soloist/bandleaders to follow. In 1976, Clarke released School Days, of which the title track is now a bona fide bass anthem. ...
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Artist Interview by H. Allen Williams
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Benn Clatworthy
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It would be difficult for me to think of a harder
working musician than Benn Clatworthy. A tenor saxophonist that is every bit
the player that Joshua Redman is, Clatworthy has been a staple in Los Angeles
clubs for the past two decades. He has a brand new album, "Let's Face the
Music" (available by calling 562-698-8267 or by email Mmaestro@aol.com) and we
spoke...
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Artist Interview by Fred Jung
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Alex Clements
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More than any instrument, the piano is the constant conductor of musical memoirs. The emotion of any one keystroke ignites the mood by maintaining equilibrium with its ivory expressions. Pianists are plentiful, however, few have the charismatic flair and compositional manifestation as does Alex Clements, to attain such a task. From studio performances to the silver screen, Alex demonstrates the...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Tim Coffman
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Tim Coffman, producer, songwriter and musician, has been around the music scene since the early sixties and like most fine wines, he is getting better with age. His CD Nonstop to Paris has been ripping up the Jazz charts in Europe for the past year. Beach and Guitar (2004) and Music from Beach Boulevard (2005) created an entirely new...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Steve Cole
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Steve Cole: Chicago's Sound In smooth jazz, there has always been primarily two types of smooth jazz, West Coast style and East Coast style. However, there has been a growing voice out of Chicago that is giving smooth jazz listeners a third style that has a flavor all its own. Starting with pianist Ramsey Lewis, many artists who have...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Steve Cole
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Throughout his career, saxophonist Steve Cole broke the mold with each new endeavor. First trained to play classical music at Northwestern University, Cole decided to perform his true love, jazz and R&B music.
He performed with many bands in the Chicago area and wrote music for pianist Bob Mamet and keyboardist Brian Culbertson. From 1995 through 1997, he...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Freddy Cole
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Freddy Cole has been called the Prince of Song. He has an exhilarating voice with a richness that truly opens the mystery of love.
In The Name of Love, Cole’s exciting new album of contemporary music on the Telarc label, is filled with just such mystery. Cole gets romantic with the unique interpretations of eleven celebrated love songs,...
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Artist Interview by Beatrice Richardson
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Cookie Coleman
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At what point in your life did you know that you wanted to become a musician?
I was in 7th grade and I asked the person in charge of the community Christmas pageant at the Town Hall if I could sing a solo. I wasn’t content to sing in the chorus. He asked me to sing something right...
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Artist Interview by Randy McElligott
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Nick Colionne
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Nick Colionne has become a guitarist that is setting the pace in smooth jazz diversity. His style is all together different than many other guitarists, even though he respects the abilities of his mentors. He knows that in today's world of music where it's not only how you play, but the way you present yourself to the audience, you...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Carla Cook
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Seeing Carla Cook perform is watching joy in motion. She sings with an ease that makes an audience instantly comfortable with her; yet she can turn on the intensity at a moment’s notice. She glides through a song, nodding to each of her instrumentalists as they take their turn at the spotlight. In acknowledging the applause, she...
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Artist Interview by Ann Stahmer
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Carla Cook
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Carla Cook is one of the brightest young stars on the jazz scene. Her 1999 MAXJAZZ debut, “It’s All About Love,” earned the Detroit native a Grammy nomination for best jazz vocals and a long list of other honors. Proving it wasn’t just beginner’s luck, she responded with a highly regarded second CD last year titled "Dem Bones.”
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Rita Coolidge
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Rita Coolidge has finally made the album that she has wanted to for so many years.
The Grammy-award winning singer who had a string of pop hits in the 1970s, including “The Way You Do The Things You Do” and “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher,” has released a sophisticated jazz record, “And So Is Love,” on...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Joyce Cooling
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Keeping up in a conversation with Joyce Cooling is almost as difficult as it
would be to match her fabulous guitar work. As I spoke to the smooth jazz
artist, several times in typical Cooling fashion, she stopped, changed
directions, and left me in the dust as she enthusiastically spoke about some
event, person in her life or a...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Joyce Cooling
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Much like Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice who followed a nattily attired talking rabbit down a hole, I was equally intrigued as I recently spent an all too short hour speaking with contemporary Jazz guitarist Joyce Cooling. The San Francisco Bay area composer/musician readily admits that having a conversation with her can be both an adventure and elusive. At one...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Joyce Cooling
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On the same day of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, guitarist Joyce Cooling released her last CD Third Wish. She says on that day, "We got a taste of it on our own soil. This kind of thing goes on in other countries. People live with this type of disaster happening all the time. This was the...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Joyce Cooling
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Americans went through a period of grief after the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, DC and Pennsylvania on September 11th. On that same day, GRP/Verve released guitarist Joyce Cooling's first release on their label, Third Wish. Joyce said that during the time following the attacks, she "didn't care about how the CD was doing and was...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Sheila Cooper
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When you talk to alto saxophone player and evocative Jazz vocalist Sheila Cooper, amazing is a word that populates her conversation as she enthuses about a person, project or piece of music. Cooper who makes her home in New York City comes across as a warm energetic woman. She will completely immerse herself in answering a journalist's question and...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Chick Corea
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His musical genius never in doubt, his opinions never dull and with his creativity seemingly getting ever sharper Jazz composer/pianist Chick Corea took a few minutes out from an ambitious tour schedule to talk to me about his newest creation The Ultimate Adventure CD and a program that he has created for Vienna Austria's celebration of Mozart's 250th birthday....
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Chick Corea
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Chick Corea easily rates as one of the greatest and most prolific artists in jazz history, whether the measuring stick is applied to the number and quality of his recordings or to the number of styles with which he has experimented and mastered during his long career. In his fifth decade at the pinnacle of jazz, Chick Corea’s recent...
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Artist Interview by Edward Kane
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Jamie Craig
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Music often echoes the soul and significance of a man's expedition. Through the notes, they mirror tears that fall from pains of the past, melodies give birth to one’s chronicles, and the arrangement is the evolution of one’s existence. This sole performance, by means of the vision of Jamie Craig, is just that--a retrospect of his life. Titanic eruptions...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Randy Crawford
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I have always thought that Randy Crawford was the most undiscovered smooth jazz vocalist in the U.S. Most smooth jazz radio stations do not play her releases and I can't understand why they don't. She has always been the most consistent vocalist in the genre today, yet has a stronger following outside the United States. She...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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