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Judy Wexler
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August 2005 - At times it has been stated, "Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking, but a full-on metamorphosis." When a career takes this road, the words are just as powerful. Keeping that in mind, just sit and spin awhile with jazz vocalist Judy Wexler....
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Rita Coolidge
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August 2005 - 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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Bradley Leighton
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August 2005 - Bradley Leighton’s career has taken some interesting twists and turns. He grew up in Washington State, spent time at Fort Lewis in the military band and then later, Korea. He taught and played in Seoul, but he eventually returned home to Seattle where he honed his chops for the next 15 years playing flute in funk and R&B bands,...
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Artist Interview by Ed Tankus
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Claire Ritter
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August 2005 - On June 24, 2005 I had the distinct, pleasant opportunity to speak with composer, pianist Claire Ritter, about her recent album, “Greener Than Blue,” and about some current and future projects that she is working on. Prior to speaking with Claire, I listened to the album several times, featuring seventeen original pieces of music, sixteen of which Claire wrote. It...
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Artist Interview by Gerard W. O'Brien
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Kazu Matsui
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August 2005 - Narada sent me Kazu Matsui's album Stone Monkey awhile back and I admit I put off listening for a while. My mistake. This is interesting, creative, and risk taking in its boldest sense. We spoke by phone when Kuzu Matsui was in LA working on a movie soundtrack with James Horner. Talking to the guy made me feel a...
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Artist Interview by Paul Adams
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Frank Vignola and Joe Ascione
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July 2005 - The title "66 2/3," connotes the right combination of nostalgia and humor to represent the vibe and intent of The Frank & Joe Show’s recently released sophomore record. While the music and packaging on their new recording often draws heavily on the past, in no way is The Frank & Joe Show strictly a ‘nostalgia’ act. In fact, it...
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Artist Interview by John Dworkin
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Ron Blake
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June 2005 - By way of sandy beaches, tropical breezes and a place where one takes time to listen, learn, love and appreciate the sound of music. Ron Blake is a jazz musician who plays in many different genres. He is a tenor of choice amongst many types of music. His new disc “Sonic Tonic” proves that jazz can, but does not...
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Artist Interview by LeRoy Downs
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Julie Lavender
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July 2005 - An epiphany in thought is by all standards an event many of us embrace. It
changes the axis of our lives and many times our inner direction. In music, this
is a welcome occurrence. It opens a new dimension and purpose to one’s
gift—a crossroads to a legacy.
For singer/songwriter/musician Julie Lavender, “Never Felt the Sun” may be
the...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Brian Culbertson
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July 2005 - Multi-instrumentalist Brian Culbertson is one of the premier performers in smooth jazz. His shows are primarily upbeat in nature and the audience senses the energy that Culbertson brings to his performance. He says, That's kind of what I like to do. The albums are one thing and you go out and see a live performance and it's a whole...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Scott Henderson
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July 2005 - Scott Henderson has recently released another trio record entitled "Live." It's with his long-standing members John Humphrey on bass and Kirk Covington on drums and vocals. This one is more along the lines of his blues/rock vibe and much of it is very unrestrained, 'in your face' playing--as it should be for a guitarist who is so eclectic in...
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Artist Interview by John Dworkin
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Gerald Veasley
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July 2005 - Gerald Veasley, who started playing bass at the age of 12, has been into music for a very long time. He remembers the first record he ever bought, Curtis Mayfield's We're a Winner. He says Mayfield had this beautiful voice that was somewhat fragile, but yet there was a power in it at the same time. After his father...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Richard Elliot
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June 2005 - Richard Elliot has always been one who has made his own trail to success. The Glasgow, Scotland-born saxophonist started his career by touring with the Pointer Sisters and Natalie Cole and then played as a studio musician for Smokey Robinson, the Four Tops, the Temptations and the Yellowjackets. His Yellowjacket work helped Elliot gain a spot on their tour...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Veronica Martell
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June 2005 - The worlds of pop and jazz have always mingled, especially among vocalists. In the ‘40s and ‘50s, such musical icons as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald were quite adept at straddling both idioms. Today we have artists like Antia Baker, Sting and Nora Jones, who expertly incorporate a variety of genres in their music. Now add vocalist...
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Artist Interview by Lawrence Williams
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Keiko Matsui
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July 2005 - There are times in our lives when we tend to face the doorway to our abyss with trepidation and apprehension, an unknown entity that never seems to evade us, filled with turmoil. However, some are able to defend fear by escaping to a place devoid of hate, complexity and turbulence…land geographically located in our minds that enables us to...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Ron Levy
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May 2005 - With credit for more than 200 songs, coupled with 35 years of touring, Ron
levy is no stranger to discipline or the B-3 organ. His album, Green
Eyed Soul aptly describes the feel of Levy’s get down and jam style of
rhythm.
Finally able to do what he enjoys—the creative process of growing music, Levy
no longer has to spend...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Terence Blanchard
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May 2005 - Jazz musicians are some of the coolest cats on the planet. Creative, down to earth, and soulful are just a few short descriptions for these individuals who take life and transform it into beautiful, intense and crazy expressions. Their language is based on reality and keeping it real is what straight ahead music is all about. Straight ahead, forward...
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Artist Interview by LeRoy Downs
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Devoted Spirits
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May 2005 - Without a doubt, Earth Wind & Fire was the most dynamic band to hit the scene during the 1970s and 80s—crossing every line, culturally and musically. They also cut through the age divide.
Officially beginning in 1969 in the Chicago area, by producer Maurice White, this group was unique from the very start. Like most bands, a little tweaking...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Lizz Wright
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May 2005 - "Music lives in that place where anything can be picked up. It can become a different statement in someone else’s hands than in my hands. The fact that it can be passed from hand to hand is something beautiful, almost spiritual. It means different things in different places and I approached this record as if there is no history....
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Artist Interview by Beatrice Richardson
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Cheryl Bentyne
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April 2005 - Cheryl Bentyne has been the soprano voice of the world-renown vocal group The Manhattan Transfer since 1979. She has won Grammys (and countless other awards), toured the world and performed with such musical legends as Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1992, she released her first solo album, the ethereal “Something Cool,” and MT fans...
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Artist Interview by Lawrence Williams
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Matt Bianco
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May 2005 - Two decades have passed and three lives have traveled very different paths, sometimes touching upon the past, whether by song or a brief recall of a faint memory. However, fans do not forget. They just anticipate the resurrection of a new beginning in hopes of past musical magic becoming restored. Hope is not a strategy, just a forgone wish...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Beegie Adair
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May 2005 - Capture if you will a moment in your life when the mood, music, and a scene from a particular movie engraved a moment in your memory bank. Likelihood is that the film you were watching with your significant other close by your side, would be instantly recalled when you hear that familiar theme. We all have those experiences at...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Amina Figarova
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May 2005 - Pianist/Composer Amina Figarova’s new recording “Come Escape With Me” is another welcome step in this artist’s positive direction. Ms. Figarova is equal parts writer and player and very adept in both roles. She’s based in one of the more fertile “non-American” jazz epicenters, The Netherlands, giving her a different perspective through which to filter her jazz concepts. The results...
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Artist Interview by John Dworkin
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Sakesho
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May 2005 - A group that has been around for just around two years is making a mark on the music scene to bring the best of the French Caribbean to listeners around the world. Sakesho, pronounced sah KAY show, is presenting to audiences the style of beguine music, which is intensely syncopated and polyrhythmic. This style of music has fascinated steelpan...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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O2L
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May 2005 - What do two members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra do between Christmas seasons? They fuse jazz, blues, rock and electronic music into a blend that is distinctive. Pianist Jane Mangini and guitarist Al Pitrelli, who studied with legendary jazz guitarist John Scofield and has performed with such artists as Celine Dion, Taylor Dayne and Alice Cooper, come together to make...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Hiroshima
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May 2005 - The group Hiroshima is celebrating 25 years of performing with its first all instrumental release. It's called Obon, which is named after Buddhist festivals that remember people who have passed away. The festivals take place not only in Asia, but in Los Angeles as well, where Hiroshima was first formed. In this case, the group wanted to salute the...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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