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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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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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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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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.
JazzReview:...
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Artist Interview by H. Allen Williams
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Allan Harris
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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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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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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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Christian Scott
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I spoke with trumpeter Christian Scott from his place in New York City on May 2006. He was preparing for gigs in Boston and St. Louis. He just got the news that he’d been booked at this year’s JVC Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, August 11-13. His new release on Concord Records is entitled Rewind That.
JazzReview: What...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson
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Tony Terry
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Tony Terry's
silky smooth R&B/Jazz vocals and his Adonis-like looks have often left many
a woman swooning over his love songs. It was therefore very fitting that this
personable crooner was once cast as Prince Charming in the stage production of
Sisterella.
The
thirty-two year old Terry's career was kick started in the late eighties when he
had the audacity...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Lori Perry
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Lori
Perry grew up in Bakersfield, California, listening to Spanish, Gospel and
Country music. Yet today, Lori Perry is best known as the soulful passionate
lady of Jazz and R&B who has recorded with the likes of Brian Culbertson,
Cher, Elton John and George Michael. Along with her three sisters Carol, Darlene
and Sharon, Lori Perry comprised Perri one of...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Youman Wilder
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After performing In New York, Africa and Europe, Wilder has been hailed as the next big thing.
He just performed with hip-hop singer "Case" who he blew off the stage, and then turned the Montreal Jazz Festival on it's ear's with the best concerts in 10 year's of the legendary Jazz Festival.
Montreal has been a hotbed for singers and musicians....
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Artist Interview by Ken Dunlap
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Benny Golson
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A while ago I started interviewing and writing about George Russell and I fell
in love with his latest album New
York N.Y., which was originally
released on Decca. The line up of musicians on the album is absolutely
incredible so I decided that I would try to speak with as many of the musicians
who had played on...
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Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien
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Grant Geissman
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Guitarist Grant Geissman, who played a classic solo on Chuck Mangione's Feel So Good, is standing up against smooth jazz radio programmers. He says they are just like people who want to colorize old movies. However, he says, "It's worse than that because it's saying 'we like this part of your movie, but we don't like this part, so...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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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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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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Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
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Maria Schneider is not yet a household name. Many musicians have become fixtures of modern or other bygone eras: The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra, Beethoven - these are household names and there are many others. But under the umbrella of jazz, there are not so many: John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and maybe a few others.
Percentage-wise, jazz...
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Artist Interview by John Dworkin
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Oscar Castro-Neves
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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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Victor Fields
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Victor Fields sings really, really well with a voice that covers a double range from baritone through tenor, and a very skillfully developed delivery. I put VICTOR, Mr. Fields latest release on Regina Records, on the office CD player and all of my office mates really dug it. They even let me play it again, which isn’t usual for...
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Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien
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Spyro Gyra
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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...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Susie Arioli
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On the new album, “Learn to Smile Again,” from the Susie Arioli band, there is a sound--a sound that you do not usually hear on recordings. It's faint, but there. What is it you ask? Perhaps it's something that should have been taken off the final product. The sound is breathing--Susie Arioli's breathing to be exact, and it's there...
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Artist Interview by Jim McElroy
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Hiromi
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To play free of musical stereotypes, to express free of barriers and to expose philosophies free of restraint, is a goal many artists labor to accomplish. For keyboardist Hiromi, it is a prerequisite to setting free her style and compositions to the world of music. Dub or label her what you desire. For Hiromi, her music defines what she...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo has released a joyous and habit-forming album of South African scapula singing called the LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, which is part of the “Heads Up Africa Series” on the Heads Up International Label. Heads Up International is a division of Telarc International Corp.
When LONG WALK TO FREEDOM arrived I first read through the beautiful sixteen-page booklet...
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Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien
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Lisa Hilton
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Lisa Hilton is the candelabrum affixed atop jazz with that everlasting
twinkle of class. From the early days to her present spin “My Favorite Things,”
Ms. Hilton’s gift has that touch and feel of true jazz. Amongst the clutter and
nonsense of the industry lie many gems of which she shines brighter than most.
The arrangements are fresh, selections...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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