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Russell Gunn
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February 2005 - Soft spoken, innovative—even a little ahead of his time, trumpeter Russell Gunn is making headlines across the country with his fourth album in the series: Ethnomusicology
Nominated twice for the Grammy, this series winds up with Volume Four, a live collection blending jazz, hip-hop, R&B and slipping in an Ira & George Gershwin tune, Summertime. If that...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Roger Kellaway
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February 2005 - Roger Kellaway’s new solo piano recording coincided with the release of the film
biography of Bobby Darin, Beyond the Sea. The recording, titled I Was There –
Roger Kellaway Plays From the Bobby Darin Songbook (IPOC1006), features tunes
that Kellaway performed with Bobby Darin when he was Darin’s musical director
in the late 1960s, and is available at CD retailers around the country...
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Artist Interview by Carla & Jason Rupp
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String Planet
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February 2005 - In this industry of cookie cutter manufacturing of talent, it is ultimately stimulating to touch upon artists who take innovation to the edge. Contemplating the thought of new sounds and techniques, and creating the vision by way of risk, is a dynamic undertaking. Novi Novog and Larry Tuttle took the path of risk and engaged their talent to give...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Carol Duboc
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February 2005 - Carol Duboc’s first two independent releases, “With All That I Am” (2001) and Duboc (2003) established her as a major presence on the contemporary jazz scene, receiving constant airplay at smoothjazz.com and Satellite Radio XM, along with high praise from top critics like the Los Angeles Times’ Don Heckman, who hailed her unmistakably seductive vocal style as having “the...
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Artist Interview by H. Allen Williams
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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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Gabriela Anders
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December 2004 - Argentinean jazz singer, Gabriela Anders, paid close attention to the music that surrounded her while growing up.
Her father, saxophonist Jorge Anders, played jazz, but also listened to tango, Cuban and other music around the house.
All of these different influences converge on Anders’ “Last Tango in Rio,” an album that is uniquely nostalgic and contemporary. Anders covers classics associated...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Bob Mintzer
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December 2004 - Good things come to those who wait, however, great things appear when one is not naughty, but nice. The jazz populace must have been nice for this holiday season. They were stung by an outstanding piece of holiday cheer by the Yellowjackets. “Peace Round,” released by Heads Up Records is nothing short of eloquence in style, vibrancy in...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Ona Onabule
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December 2004 - Ola Onabule’s new album on his own Rugged Ram Record Label is the fifth in a series of highly critically acclaimed masterpieces within their own universe of Soul, Jazz, Funk, Afro and Dancefloor, even hints of Blues.
In over a decade as a musician, Ola, descending from Nigeria, and considering London his home, blended the aforementioned into something unique, something...
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Artist Interview by Michael Arens
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June Kuramoto
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December 2004 - As with every holiday season from years gone by, one thinks they have had their fill of the holiday music scene. The year 2004 has brought changes to that mindset; a stunning and momentous rhythmic composition was produced, which has revitalized the parade of holiday melodies. Hiroshima allows us to embrace their new creation, as ““Spirit of the Season””...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Mat Maneri
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December 2004 - For a long time, I can’t be specific, Mat Maneri’s playing has fascinated me. I have sought the door to open to reach Mat for an interview. The door finally opened and I walked through.
We arranged to speak over the phone on a Sunday around noon. Nervousness abounded, butterflies rose and fell inside of me and I made...
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Artist Interview by Lyn Horton
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Leslie Pintchik
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- Sensually laced keyboards. Emotionally driven arrangements. Intellectually intense compositions, but still not tender justice to Brooklyn native pianist Leslie Pintchik.
In the fall of 2004, Ambient Records ignited the fire of jazz enthusiasts with Ms. Pintchik’s So Glad To Be Here, an imaginative endeavor that allows the listener to feel the gentleness and compassion of the artist’s unique talent....
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Anna Marie Jopek
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November 2004 - "Anna is original, unique, different. She’s brave, she's modest, she’s open. She's a great musician. What she's been doing all her life is just trying to play the best notes. Trying to sound good. In that particular sense she's a lot like me and that's why I decided to work with her. Because she just cares for the music"....
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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Everette Harp
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November 2004 - When you’re conducting an interview with an artist, it’s the hope of the writer that they can establish a rapport with the subject. The last things you want to hear are one-word answers and deadly silences. That’s not a problem with Everette Harp. The saxophonist supreme isn’t the least bit shy to tell you what he thinks about jazz...
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Artist Interview by Jeff Winbush
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Alexander Zonjic
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November 2004 - After a lull of over three years, flutist Alexander Zonjic has released his newest CD called Seldom Blues, which is also the name of Zonjic's jazz supper club in downtown Detroit's Renaissance Center. He says, "It opened back in June of 2004 with a lot of fanfare. My friend Bob James came in and Peter White came in and...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Josh Workman
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November 2004 - The one thing that seems to be the missing link between jazz and entertainment is the one thing Josh Workman uses as a tool to melt contemporary jazz, rockabilly, blues, rock and pop into something new-- something vital and vibrant: It’s fun.
“Jumpin’ at the Border,” (Tetrachord Music) gives it all away and spits out a promise that guitar...
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Artist Interview by Michael Arens
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Mike Longo
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November 2004 - Uplifting and vibrant is this "Oasis" of rhythmic jazz. Mike Longo and Consolidated Artists Productions have put forth another extraordinary piece of musical delights to add to the jazz culture. Released in 2004, Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble capture the many faces, moods, and inner emotions of what jazz should be to...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Rebecca Martin
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November 2004 - Rebecca Martin doesn’t worry too much about fitting into any single category.
She’s too busy making music, whether it’s a fresh take on old standards or writing her own original, intimate tunes.
The singer-songwriter is showing that she can do both with equal grace and skill.
The Maine native proved to be an innovative interpreter of jazz standards with her acclaimed...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Peter Cincotti
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November 2004 - With his new album On The Moon (Concord), rising star Peter Cincotti manages to avoid the dreaded “sophomore slump”, place his unique personal stamp on a label already filthy rich with great jazz artists, and sets the stage for making him a household name in the upcoming months. The way the 21-year-old New Yorker tells it, the main...
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Artist Interview by Charles Sudo
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Ozomatli
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November 2004 - The social and political climate has changed considerably in the time between Ozomatli’s 2001 long-player Embrace the Chaos and this year’s Street Signs, but to listen to guitarist/vocalist Raul “El Bully” Pacheco explain the band’s approach to music remains the same.
“This group’s existence is about freedom”, Pacheco explained in a recent phone interview. “Musically and lyrically we have...
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Artist Interview by Charles Sudo
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Joel Dorn
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November 2004 - No wonder seasoned professional producer, Joel Dorn, keeps on winning those Grammy Awards—He’s experienced, he’s intuitive, and he’s comfortable with himself.
It takes years for each of us to find our “self.” Dorn has done that. It shows in his work and in his relatedness with others. Maybe that’s why Aces Back To Back, the Bobby Darin...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Adam Rafferty
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November 2004 - Jazz is very much like a tree, with numerous branches reaching out, allowing it to finally define it’s identity. However, without that artiste to water and nurture it, the identity is lost and it’s existence becomes meaningless. Adam Rafferty is one of those few artistes’ who waters and nurtures growth into jazz every time he touches a string, or...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Manhattan Transfer
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November 2004 - Four gifted artists, four separate styles, but together they will always be one of the industries most flamboyant, charismatic, feel good architects of song to hit the circuit in the past three decades. Some may feel that the Manhattan Transfer had their day in the sun and may be setting for them now. How misguided these poor, unfocused...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Renee Marie
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November 2004 - With each album, Rene Marie proves herself to be one of the most daring vocalists around. She is fearless in singing about difficult situations or tackling a diverse songbook.
Her newest release, “Serene Renegade,” may be her most uncompromising, yet. Marie takes listeners on a journey of her life with nine original songs about herself and her family. She...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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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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Chris Botti
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October 2004 - When I Fall in Love is a soundtrack of romance, love and life. What you will hear is the graduation of a master musician into another realm. Botti takes listeners on a tantalizing journey of lushly interpreted standards from the past and present. Backed by the London Session Orchestra, Botti creates an aura of romance that...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl Hughey
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