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Kem Owens
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Adekemi Owens, known professionally and affectionately to music fans as “Kem,” has come a long way from Nashville, Tennessee to his current hometown of Detroit, Michigan. So, one figures that is why this musical genius has written and performed songs that could be considered as Jazz, R&B, Soul or Adult Contemporary. This Detroit native with Nigerian roots has overcome...
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Artist Interview by Alice Meikle
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Debbie Davies
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One wonders if Jimi Hendrix had the blues students of today in mind when he said, “Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.” However, when the self-invented wild child of blues, Debbie Davies, hits the stage, it all makes sense!
From my first “plug-n-play” of Davies in my studio at a small stick in New England, Davies' manipulation...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Kat Parra
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Sephardic jazz is the voice of the Spanish Jews, whom singer-songwriter Kat Parra has a special bond with as a descendent of this spirited community. This is the music that moves her and inspires her to reach into her soul and find her voice, which resounds stunningly on her latest release Azucar de Amor. The melodies have an ethnic...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Ana-Isabel Ordonez
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The film documentary A Touch of Noir put together by Dr. Ana-Isabel Ordonez and François Olivieri pays homage to film noir, which is based on the dramatic look portrayed in German Expressionism and cinematography. Ordonez and Olivieri add a new dimensional to its presentation with live improvised music played by avant-garde musicians during the showing of these films in...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Ana-Isabel Ordonez
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Film noir is a unique class of cinematography developed during World War II, whereby filmmakers made human emotions palpable on screen by manipulating the lighting and camera angles of the actors and actresses on film. The genre of film noir is based on German Expressionism and became popular in Hollywood during the 1940's and 1950's. Dr. Ana-Isabel Ordonez, co-founder...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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East East Bay Soul
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“I think that we can pull from all of our lives’ experiences and our music. That’s where this is going to come from. It is going to be seasoned. It is going to be like a fine bottle of wine. We are going to uncork it and let it breathe,” says one of the world’s premier smooth jazz trumpeters...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Sonny Rollins
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Jazz great Sonny Rollins is gearing up for an ambitious touring season which will take him from the West Coast (April 3 at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall and April 5 at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in Southern California)then East for appearances at Kennedy Center, April 18, and Morristown, N.J., April 26.
In May he will play in...
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Artist Interview by Larry Taylor
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Dena DeRose
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Pianist, singer, composer, and arranger, Dena DeRose is a natural when it comes to bringing out jazz music’s warm resonance and emotive punctuations, garnishing classic and modern standards that she plays. She never seems to run out of ideas to put into words and music, and reflects, “Inspiration for writing music comes in many, many forms for me. Whether...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Gerald Veasley
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Bassist Gerald Veasely has been making strategic moves throughout his career. His newest CD is called Your Move, referring to the game of chess. He says, jazz is known for the fact that it has a lot of improvisation and a lot of thinking on your feet in the moment. There's a multiplicity of moves you can make within...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Pamela Hines
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As one journey’s down the ivory keys of a piano one stroke at a time, each note is an attitude, however, when harmonies are in union with others they become a relationship… soon to develop a story, the author is the musician and the beneficiary is the fan. Simple concept, but not so simple to orchestrate… So let me...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Taeko Fukao
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Taeko Fukao, a name widely known now, but in the very near future, artiste
Taeko the talent, will be synonymous with harmonic ingenuity and inventive
musicality. Taeko has unearthed emotional jazz both in performance and concept.
Talents are hidden beneath this Japanese born musical philosopher with a range
that is refreshingly crisp. Taeko also has a gift of putting fear...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Leslie Pintchik
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Pianist/composer Leslie Pintchik’s new CD, Quartets, follows
the success of her delectable 2004 debut, So Glad To Be Here.
Quartets actually features two different quartets, the core of
each being Pintchik’s working trio – Pintchik on Piano, Scott Hardy on Bass, and
Mark Hodge on drums. Percussionist Satoshi Takeishi and saxophonist Steve Wilson
round out the two quartets. We...
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Artist Interview by Kevin Cox
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Aaron Diehl
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Sometimes it's possible to catch a rising musician at the very start of his career before he becomes better known to the general listening public. Such is the case with jazz pianist Aaron Diehl. Diehl is already making a name for himself in New York in joint concerts with the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Eric Reed, Marcus Roberts, Wess Anderson...
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Artist Interview by Don Williamson
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Paul Carlon
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Cha-cha, bossa nova, mambo, conga, mariachi, salsa, rumba, and flamenco, may all be familiar to you as descriptions of Latin rhythms, but saxophonist Paul Carlon has taken his music much deeper into the inner circles of the Latin world. Whether he is composing music as a backup musician for another recording artist or with his Octet, a jazz quartet,...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Danny Lerman
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The cover photo on the album Meow Baby displays a very good-looking, almost impish, young man. That photo comes to life when a rich, deep, mellow and very manly voice comes across the phone line for this interview.
With Danny Lerman on an extensive tour for his new album, it is almost natural to begin the interview with: “Good...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Lori Andrews
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When most people think about a harp, they think of music that's heavenly and classical. Lori Andrews has shattered that notion as she has become one of the best jazz harpists around. She says, there's not that many jazz harpists around. Deborah Hensen Conant, who is just extraordinary. There's actually two in Los Angeles, Carol Robbins and Corky Hale,...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Yoko Miwa
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Listening to Yoko Miwa play the piano is like listening to the stars that shine at night twinkle at various decibels as they frame the celestial bodies in the evening sky with sound waves of elation and startling beauty. Yoko’s latest album Canopy of Stars, released from Polystar Jazz Library Recordings, is a kaleidoscope of gently twirling notes created...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Diane Schuur
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Jazz vocalist and pianist Diane Schuur delivers one of her most personal albums to date with the release of Some Other Time.
The CD is a loving tribute to the music that filled her home when she was a young girl. Made to coincide with the 40th anniversary of her mother’s death, the album is a strong return to...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Frank Macchia
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Like the way a photographer immortalizes new discoveries and awe-inspiring images with a camera, composer/saxophonist Frank Macchia does so with his music. His repertoire is a collection of culinary delights. He designed horror story images in a theater radio format for his demo series Little Evil Things. He re-created the sounds of the Galapagos Islands on his disc The...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Carolyn Leonhart
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Jazz vocalist and composer Carolyn Leonhart has always been surrounded by gifted artists. Her father Jay Leonhart is a highly respected acoustic double bass player, her mother was a talented singer, who left a promising professional career to focus on raising her family, and her husband Wayne Escoffery, besides being a very talented tenor saxophonist, is considered to be...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Libby York
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Libby York was recently told that her voice is like a warm bath. That description suits her just fine.
“I love it when people tell me my music is relaxing,” she said.
York offers a respite from a hectic world. Her latest CD, Here With You, is the vocalist’s third album and a heartfelt offering of 11 standards. Rather...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Marcomé
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In the depths of the creative atmosphere that comforts us musically, a fresh resonance with a spirit so animated and enchanting (that cataloging is an exercise in futility) has emerged. The sound is that of Canadian, Marcome’, (Mar-ko-may), a multi-artistic phenomenon that will, I assure, change the way you perceive composition and performance along your journey through musical exploration.
Marcomé...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Cynthia Layne
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Maybe something that you have often asked yourself is “What is neo-soul and nu-jazz,” buzz words that seem to come up often now-a-days? These are terms that music writers like myself use to describe a new generation of soul and jazz artists, similarly to the way writers back in the mid-’80s called Bobby Brown the voice of new-jack FM radio. Singer/songwriter...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Chris Geith
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Chris Geith (pronounced “guy-t”) is one of the lucky few who actually knew what he wanted to do with the rest of his life from the moment he was able to climb up on a piano stool and sit beside his father. He would watch his father move his nimble fingers across the black and white keys of the...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Andre Ward
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Saxophonist Andre Ward is an artist who has gone through a lot of hoops to get to where he is today. Going through the school system in Chicago, he got an interest in music, which followed to Boston, where he learned his trade through the education process. However, he learned very quickly that in order to get youself noticed,...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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