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Chris Botti
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July, 2006 - Soaring on the wings of critical acclaim and success, Chris Botti has reached a pristine zenith of achievement in his career. Most importantly, he has done so without compromising his vision.
Chris Botti is intent on imparting awareness of the importance of music in the lives of children, as well as the parental involvement that is necessary in aiding...
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Artist Interview by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler
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Brett Boyd
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August 2006 - He lives in New York, just finished high school, plays a sweet trumpet and can sing the pants off any of today's "singers.” His name is Brett Boyd.
Brett comes from a most musical family; one grandfather played trombone in big bands with Tommy Dorsey, Sammy Kaye and Ted Lewis. His other grandfather sang and used to open for...
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Artist Interview by Linda Marcota
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Shilts
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- The group Down to the Bone has always been in the forefront of breaking the smooth jazz mold. One of the group's signature personnel is saxophonist Paul "Shilts" Weimar, who is the group's longest running member. After working nine years with Down to the Bone, Shilts is breaking out with his own style of music in a solo project...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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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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Larry Vuckovich
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August 2006 - When you first see his face on the cover of his latest CD release Street Scene, Larry Vuckovich looks like your grandfather; the grey hair sticking out from under the black beret, the trench coat tied at his waist, the knowing world weary look on his face. He sort of looks like one of those tough guys in the old nineteen forties movies,...
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Artist Interview by Jim McElroy
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Gordon Goodwin
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July 2006 - Inspired by creative genius, fueled by love for their art, driven by high energy, and delivering with impeccable performance, the Big Phat Band infuses their complex musical arrangements with plenty of humor and fun.
There’s never a dull moment nor lack of variety with Gordon Goodwin and his latest CD-DVD release, The Phat Pack, consisting of Goodwin’s Big Band...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Ignacio Berroa
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- On a warm summer evening in Havana, Cuba, a young man stands outside a concert hall talking with some friends. He is ecstatic and he is telling this friends that his life can end now and he will go peacefully because he has seen the great Dizzy Gillespie perform. Performances such as this are a rare thing in Havana and this...
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Artist Interview by Jim McElroy
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Harvie S
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July 2006 - Harvie S is one of the most adventurous musicians working on the scene today. On his latest CD, “Funky Cha,” the bassist continues to push into new territory, exploring the meeting of jazz and Afro-Cuban music.
The album features reworkings of a few familiar tunes by Thelonious Monk and Cole Porter, but it’s mostly made of up six original tunes...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Joyce Cooling
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July 2006 - 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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Randy Brecker
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- Forty years after he began his music career, Jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker comes to life as he talks about the new directions emerging in the genre. Brecker says that the globalization of Jazz music, "just adds to the spicy mix of Jazz." He points to bassist Richard Bona from Minta Eastern Cameroon as a perfect example of someone who...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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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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Don Braden
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July 2006 - One car ride with tenor saxophonist Don Braden is like a trip around the world. Within an hour of dropping off his instruments for repairs and locating our destination for a chat, we talked about finding spirituality in The Big Apple, the presence of God in the music industry, his four-year old Lexus, our disappointment in the present political...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson
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Quinn Lemley
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July 25,2006 8:00pm - The 1940s and 1950s are fondly remembered for many reasons. Two of the main ones are the great movies that were made and the great jazz that was featured in them. In addition to brilliant composition and some of the best players that ever lived, those movies also had great singers. Some of the actors, it turns out, were...
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Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien
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Christian McBride
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June 2006 - An artist who needs no introduction, Christian McBride, who is clearly en route to becoming a household name, is busy as ever. Not only is Christian a consummate musician, but he also makes the time to give back to the young musicians of the United States in the hope of affecting a positive change; to provide opportunities for young...
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Artist Interview by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler
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Joe Lovano
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July 2006 - I’m excited to interview Joe Lovano about his impressive 18th Blue Note CD--recorded by James Farber on Blue Note Records at Avatar Studios in New York--in which his producing, composing, conducting, as well as tenor saxophone, alto clarinet and aulochrome talents are displayed. This saxophone giant features a lot of his friends on the “Streams of Expression” CD, out...
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Artist Interview by Carla Rupp
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Nancy King
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July 2006 - The rest of the world is finally catching up to Nancy King.
The respected, yet underrated, jazz singer is on the charts with two CDs. She appears on Karrin Allyson’s No. 1 album, Footprints, and King’s own Live at Jazz Standard was recently No. 23 on the charts and climbing.
The success is an overdue nod to an artist who...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Eldar Djanjirov
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- Last September, I saw Eldar at Founder’s Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, Calfornia. There was a lot of hype about this young man and I was a little skeptical going into the concert.
He came out with his trio and sat down at his piano. Then he started playing and about half way through the first...
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Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien
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Eddie Daniels
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- I had the opportunity to speak with the “Spokesman for the Clarinet,” Eddie Daniels, about making his new CD with Hank Jones, the language of jazz and playing the saxophone and clarinet. The conversation was an education and Eddie Daniels is a remarkable teacher. After you read this, I hope you have the opportunity to hear Say What You...
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Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien
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Mark Elf
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- Guitarist, Mark Elf, is dedicated to celebrating his music, his career and his life. For more than 30 years, Elf has written songs, played guitar, taught and recorded music. Now head of his own label at www.jenbayjazz.com, Mark Elf is glad to be alive, and glad to be doing what he does, in a voice that’s all his own....
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Pieces Of A Dream
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June 2006 - Cool is as cool sounds…and that is still true over three decades of the contemporary phenomena known as Pieces of A Dream, a jack hammer of hits with sweet sounds filtering through every jazz venue here and abroad. With that said, it was my pleasure to sit and discover the heart of this machine--this personality and creative elixir, Pillow...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Nick Colionne
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June 2006 - 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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Nancy Kelly
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June 2006 - Nancy Kelly’s refined vocal style is a study in phrasing, style and the ability to swing. Kelly’s powerful singing has captured many awards and the ears of many jazz fans around the globe. With a new CD that continues to demonstrate why critics have called Nancy Kelly “the real deal,” Kelly is back and keeping the jazz world swinging.
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Artist Interview by H. Allen Williams
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Allan Harris
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June 2006 - Allan Harris has an impressive musical pedigree. His mother was a classical pianist. His aunt was an opera singer turned blues performer who welcomed famed music producer Clarence Williams and jazz great Louis Armstrong to the household as dinner guests. Allan has sung the standards of the foremost jazz vocalists and performed with jazz orchestras throughout the world. His...
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Artist Interview by Ann Stahmer
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Grace Kelly
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June 2006 - Comedian Bill Cosby said, “Ours is a youth culture, and like a golf tournament, we honor only low scores.” There seems to be a young prodigy born every minute and a record label circling in search of its next savior to record. Barely a release or two are issued and their careers are deflated due to insufficient sales and...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson
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Sheila Cooper
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June 2006 - 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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