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Monty Alexander
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May 2004 - The portrayal of the cowboy exemplifies the American tradition of freedom. Life was simpler in the days of the West. There weren’t any bottom lines or corporate gurus to please. The only rules were to live honestly and with courage. All a cowboy needed was a trusted horse, a good gun and wide-open spaces to...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl Hughey
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John Pizzarelli
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May 2004 - John Pizzarelli’s rise to stardom, though consistent, has not been meteoric. It wasn’t sudden and fast. He has been on the scene a long time. Music has been #1 with him all his life. However, very few jazz stars have been on all the top late night talk shows as this wonderful guitarist/vocalist. In an hour-long, informative, morning...
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Artist Interview by Carla & Jason Rupp
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Pieces Of A Dream
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May 2004 - With a career that spans nearly 30 years, Pieces of a Dream has and still remains one of the most creative and dynamic groups of its time. The group has covered some of the classics to the quiet and up-tempo grooves.
Their latest effort, No Assembly Required, merges the seasoned skills of charter and foundling members James Lloyd and Curtis...
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Artist Interview by Beatrice Richardson
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Claudia Acuna
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May 2004 - Claudia Acuña recently invited everyone to join her for a MAXJAZZ CD release party at Jazz at the Bistro in St. Louis from April 23-24, 2004. Recorded mostly in her native Spanish tongue, the songs Luna are vibrant tales of love and life. The clarity of vision and passionate interpretations are simply stunning. Please join us...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl Hughey
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William Woods
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May 2004 - A radiation oncologist by day and a composer and pianist by night, William Woods feels that the combination complements each other. It is very evident in his second release Cobalt Blue. Woods says that working with patients in his practice helps with his music composing. "The relationships I form with some of my patients and the way...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Monty Alexander
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May 2004 - The portrayal of the cowboy exemplifies the American tradition of freedom. Life was simpler in the days of the West. There weren’t any bottom lines or corporate gurus to please. The only rules were to live honestly and with courage. All a cowboy needed was a trusted horse, a good gun and wide-open spaces to...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl Hughey
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Mimi Fox
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April 2004 - Although her album is called “She’s The Woman,” it’s more likely you’ll walk away going, “She’s just plain amazing!” Mimi Fox’s name has been circulating rapidly throughout the jazz guitar community for years as a new force in jazz guitar. However, for those who know her better, it goes beyond the chops; Mimi is a diverse, accomplished...
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Artist Interview by Fred Gerantab
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Ray Vega
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April 2004 - It isn’t often that a concert reviewer is caught dancing in the isles. Trumpeter Ray Vega managed to make me do just that at a recent concert at Jazz at the Bistro in St. Louis, Missouri. His enticing salsa rhythms and progressive harmonies captivated the audience of the crowded jazz club. However, it was his love of life and...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl Hughey
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Fred Hersch
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April 2004 - It would seem that Fred Hersch – pianist, composer, bandleader, two-time Grammy nominee, Guggenheim fellow – has little to prove anymore. He’s been called a “pristine pianist with a poet’s soul” (Boston Globe’s Joan Anderman) who strikes a “beguiling balance between technique, insight and imagination” (critical Ed Hazell). He’s continually received the highest praise in a highly praised field.
Of...
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Artist Interview by Bill Smith
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Nestor Torres
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April 2004 - One of the most exciting aspects of jazz is the joy of discovery. I confess that I wasn’t all that familiar with the talented flute work of Nestor Torres but after I listened to his new album, Sin Palabras (Without Words) (Heads Up International) that I was glad I had traded ignorance for enlightenment. This album finds...
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Artist Interview by Jeff Winbush
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James Carter
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April 2004 - It has been more than a decade since James Carter burst on to the jazz scene, literally blowing away fans, critics and musicians alike with his powerful saxophone. Carter's ninth CD as bandleader is the brand new Live At Baker's Keyboard Lounge. The album was recorded at the famous jazz club in Detroit--by reputation, the oldest existing jazz club...
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Artist Interview by Edward Kane
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Andy Narell
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April 2004 - Andy Narell didn’t set out to become number one. It just happened that way—after a short detour to Medical school. But, given his background, it seems only natural he would excel at what comes naturally. Yes, his talent is in his hands Narell has become one of the finest steel pan players in the...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Brad Mehldau
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April 2004 - Jazz music is not just about hipness and swing, but it’s also about intellect.
Among the younger generation of players, there are few more
intellectual practioners than pianist Brad Mehldau. Liner note readers
were given an erudite treat with his 1999 Warner Bros. release,
Elegiac Cycles, in which Mehldau lays his aesthetic credo in
considerable detail. In the...
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Artist Interview by Richard Anderson
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Roy Haynes
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March 2004 - There are very few whose roots touch the origins of jazz and who can boast of playing during jazz’s golden years with such jazz legends such as Lester Young, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Charlie “ Bud” Parker, Sarah Vaughan, John Coltrane, Lennie Tristano and countless others.
Roy Haynes with more than 50 years of influence has reverberated through several...
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Artist Interview by Beatrice Richardson
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Bela Fleck
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March 2004 - “I was driving around Nashville when I stopped to get a Coke. I was only going to be a minute so I left my banjo in the car, but when I got back someone had broken in and left another banjo!” Ok, we’ve probably all heard that one a time or two and I’m sure Bela Fleck’s heard it...
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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Peter White
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- Imagine a smoky bar and a glance from across a crowded room that softly whispers into the night. The music gently caresses in the background, as you sway to the beat. Time drifts into nothingness. Everything is dissolved into something beyond. It’s just you and the groove.
Music can take you places. Far away lands that...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl Hughey
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Joyce Cooling
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March 2004 - 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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Monica Mancini
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- This year is the Year of Mancini.
In celebration of Henry Mancini, one of the 20th century’s most prolific and honored composers, Concord Records has teamed with his daughter, Monica, to release Ultimate Mancini on March 23. Many of Mancini’s most memorable songs have been re-recorded, in some cases using the original arrangements.
In addition to Monica Mancini, the CD...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Stacey Kent
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March 2004 - Discovering a talented new artist is like discovering an uncharted island. It’s exciting, but you’re torn between sharing the secret with others, or keeping it all to yourself. Stacey Kent is an internationally respected jazz/pop singing sensation and with her latest album, The Boy Next Door (Candid Records) she’s not going to be a well-kept secret much...
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Artist Interview by Jeff Winbush
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Paul Brown
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March 2004 - After years of producing some of smooth jazz' most prominent stars, Paul Brown is returning to his first love of performing as he debuts his solo CD Up Front. Brown says that performing as a musician is "the ultimate musical expression."
Brown started his musical career a lot like many performers, growing up in the business through their parents....
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Skip Heller
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March 2004 - There’s nothing fake about Skip Heller He knows how to work his guitar—make it talk—make the audience weak in the knees. And, Heller knows how to choose his band members. As Heller relates, “Dragging Robert Drasnin out of retirement was one of the smartest moves I’ve ever made.”
After years of writing songs, authoring a book, scoring...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Cheryl Bentyne
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March 2004 - Cheryl Bentyne is a high-energy musician. Anyone who has ever watched her perform as a member of the legendary vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer, can feel the electric current that emanates from her very presence on a stage. Music and performing is what Cheryl is about, whether it is as a soloist or part of an ensemble. From her...
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Artist Interview by Ann Stahmer
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Dave Douglas
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February 2004 - The trumpet’s a strange, little instrument. A few feet of plated brass tubing on which legendary careers have been built. Yet like any instrument – essentially a tool to produce sound - no two play are played alike. Consider and contrast the subdued, thoughtful delivery of Miles’ muted tone, the stratospheric blasts of Dizzy or the rich, burnished...
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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Larry Carlton
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February 2004 - With his experience performing with artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand and Chet Atkins, and with a solo career plus working in the smooth jazz super group Fourplay, guitarist Larry Carlton always goes back to where he got started, with the blues. When he heard his first blues album by B.B. King back when he...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Percy Heath
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February 2004 - A Love Song is the fine new CD from legendary bassist PercyHeath on Daddy Jazz Records and, shockingly, the octogenarian’s band leading debut. Brother to saxophonist Jimmy and drummer Albert"Tootie" Heath, it is no hyperbole to say that Percy has worked with the most important jazz artists of the last sixty years--there's simply no more accurate way to...
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Artist Interview by Edward Kane
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