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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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Keiko Matsui
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February 2004 - Keyboardist Keiko Matsui is not only an international artist of instrumental music; she is a person who truly cares about the international community. Just like Matsui's CD The Ring she communicated to her audience a message of peace, compassion and humanity. Her latest CD Wildflower shows both sides of her international influence. The spirit of Wildflower comes from a...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Harvie S
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February 2004 - With the increasing popularity of the Latin Jazz movement over the last several years, it stands to reason that listeners will be overwhelmed with choices; with the spectrum ranging from the ‘dabblers’ (those both new and established who are riding the wagon) and the authentics, those who have forged the deepest commitment to (and in turn, earned the greatest...
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Artist Interview by Fred Gerantab
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Christian McBride
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February 2004 - It used to be that each city had its own recognizable sound. Besides New York, there was Motown, the New Orleans thing, Memphis and Chicago. Each had his or her own brand of blues, jazz, funk and eclectic provincial mixes. Even Philly had its sound. Now with stylistic homogenization, increased travel and the Internet, things only hint...
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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Dave Love
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February 2004 - Just in time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the end of Apartheid in South Africa, Dave Love speaks for the many creative musicians still in that part of the world who as yet, don’t have a voice on the world stage. A remarkable producer, founder and president of Heads Up Records, Dave Love also has a vision: bringing...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Tierney Sutton
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February 2004 - An utter jewel in the crown of Telarc International is the exquisite Tierney Sutton with vocals and timing so impeccable, you would be hard pressed to find a contrary word among the toughest critics.
With her equally flawless trio of the past ten years consisting of Christian Jacob on piano, Trey Henry – bass and Ray Brinker –...
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Artist Interview by Suzi Price
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Malcolm Creese
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February 2004 - Bassist Malcolm Creese may not be a household name, but he’s well known in British circles, covering many genres. Creese has played on sessions for artists including Depeche Mode; toured and recorded with Cleo Laine/John Dankworth and Stan Tracey; been part of large symphony orchestras, including those that performed the scores for the recent films The Lord Of...
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Artist Interview by John Kelman
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Richard Smith
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January 2004 - Richard Smith is a guitarist who not only has a successful solo career, but helps future guitarists as well. Smith, who backed up saxophonist Richard Elliot on his first six CD's and has just released his eighth solo project called Soulidified, is founder of the GuitarMasters Workshop. The program is a community outreach in South Central Los Angeles that...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Mike Stern
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January 2004 - Guitarist Mike Stern has spent over twenty-five years honing a style that blends the harmonic depth of bebop with a rock and roll sensibility. Equal parts Jim Hall and Jimi Hendrix, Stern has made a career out of listening and playing from the heart. “For me jazz does not necessarily mean that it’s better because it’s more...
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Artist Interview by David Binder
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Jeremy Davenport
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January 2004 - New Orleans is keeping a secret from jazz fans. If you head down to the Ritz-Carlton’s French Quarter Bar during Thursday through Saturday nights, you’ll get a chance to hear the smooth sounds of trumpeter/vocalist Jeremy Davenport. Named by People Magazine as one of the hottest young bachelor’s, Davenport combines old-school charm with a wealth of...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl Hughey
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Tony Adamo
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December 2003 - With the 2002 release of Dance of Love , Tony Adamo is one of the hottest new artists to hit the airwaves. Sensually poetic, Tony Adamo in Dance of Love is a diary of romantic paradise. With words like “He runs with the dark horses, but you love him for the wild ride,” this CD is sure...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl Hughey
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Dave Koz
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December 2003 - Dave Koz is once again being considered for a Grammy. The announcement was made on December 4, 2003 that “Honey-Dipped” from the “Saxophonic” album was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. The October release of the album missed the Grammy deadline and the nomination came as bit of a surprise to the saxist. “I’m excited . . . shocked...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl Hughey
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