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Dena DeRose
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Dena DeRose is a
remarkable talent! She sings, she composes, and she plays a fine jazz piano!
Her two CD collections, I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW, and ANOTHER WORLD are showcases
for her amazing jazz gifts! Dena DeRose is a unique performer who gives the
audience a memorable performance every time! She is a new voice in the jazz
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Artist Interview by Lee Prosser
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Gary Burton
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If you had to choose one living musician who has
pioneered the current state and techniques of his instrument, championed jazz
education and performed with most of the current crop of established,
contemporary jazz artists (Chick, Metheny, Jarrett, Herbie) plus has
'discovered' and been instrumental in bringing up new leaders in his own bands
(Metheny, Makoto Ozone, Tommy Smith,...
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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Peter Erskine
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JazzReview.com:
Can you discuss your original influences and what drew you to the drums?
Peter Erskine: I've wanted to play the drums as far back as I
can recall. The first music that I can remember listening to included
recordings my father had of Art Blakey, Henry Mancini, Tito Puente, Esquivel
(!), Julie London, Les Baxter, Martin Denny (!)...
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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Kazu Matsui
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Kazu Matsui is synonymous with American cinema music,
particularly the films that feature Ry Cooder and James Horner as composers.
Bursting on the scene in the early eighties with his eerie, suspense-laden
accompaniment of the epic TV movie SHOGUN, he has been an ever-growing staple
of action films. While he is a resident of Huntington Beach, CA, Kazu is...
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Artist Interview by Ron Miller
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Frode Gjerstad
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The fact that Frode Gjerstad’s photo doesn’t automatically come to mind for those familiar with the free jazz family tree doesn’t daunt the affable Norwegian. Even in his own small country where the melodic work of international star Jan Garbarek is the norm, the fire breathing alto saxophonist was ignored for years. “Jan was the role model,” says Gjerstad...
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Artist Interview by Lee Prosser
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Ingrid Jensen
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There's a cool wind in Nanaimo in
Northern Vancouver that seems to blow a steady stream of talented women into
the world of jazz. Ingrid Jensen is one of these extraordinary women. The
gifted, critically acclaimed, hard bop trumpeter gained international
recognition in 1995 with the release of her first CD on Enja entitled "Vernal
Fields." This was the...
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Artist Interview by Suzi Price
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Carol Sloane
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Carol Sloane is not only a
nifty lady, but also a fabulous singer who can be counted among the great jazz
vocalists of her time. Her albums are all first-rate and there isn't a bad one
in the bunch. I like that! How
many artists produce
album after album, with only a few of them counting as highly rated?...
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Artist Interview by Suzi Price
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Lils Mackintosh
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Holland's Lils Mackintosh won
this year's prestigious National Edison Jazz Award at the North Sea Jazz
Festival 2000 for her latest CD "Black Girl," a tribute album to Huddie
Ledbetter, better known as "Leadbelly." The Edison Jazz Awards can be compared
to the American Grammy awards and Lils did an outstanding job with her modern
interpretation of the songs...
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Artist Interview by Suzi Price
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Tito Puente
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We were fortunate enough to have been present when Tito
Puente performed at the "PAINT IT JAZZ 2000" FESTIVAL in the beautiful
Caribbean country of Barbados. It was January 15, day four of the festival. The
venue has shifted to Farley Hill Park for an afternoon "Concert on the Hill".
The grand stage was erected in front of the...
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Artist Interview by Dave Stephens & Susan Randles
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Darrell Grant
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Conventional wisdom says that if you want to play jazz, New York City is where you have to be. Yet after a decade of NYC life, pianist, composer, producer and all around jazz renaissance man Darrell Grant made a strong move west ending up in Portland, Oregon. A teaching stint at Portland State University got him there, but the...
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Artist Interview by Bill Smith
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Jenny Evans
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Born in London, England,
British jazz singer Jenny Evans lights up the night and day with her beautiful
vocals. A woman with many gifts and abilities, she lives in Munich, Germany
since 1976. A fascinating personality with a voice to match, Jenny Evans is a
treasure for jazz listeners throughout the world!
JAZZREVIEW.COM:
Jenny Evans, it is a pleasure...
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Artist Interview by Lee Prosser
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Brenda Carol
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JAZZREVIEW.COM: Brenda
Carol, it is a pleasure to interview you! Let's start with some basics for the
jazz listeners and jazz readers! What were the musical influences during your
childhood and teenage years?
Brenda Carol: Firstly, thank you
for the opportunity. I am both honored and elated to be interviewed by you.
Thanks for your continued support and encouragement...
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Artist Interview by Lee Prosser
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Kate Hammett-Vaughan
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It is a shame that Vancouver, BC singer Kate
Hammett-Vaughan has been performing for 30 years, starting as a child in church
choirs in her native Nova Scotia, and this is her first CD as leader of her own
group. But the deprivation will be more easily borne now that she has released
"How My Heart Sings", a collection...
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Artist Interview by Josephine Ochej
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Frode Gjerstad
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Frode Gjerstad hails from Norway and has created a body
of work that is solidly free improvised music but which also shows influences
from such different genres as rock, rap, and classical. Ultima, his most recent
release on Cadence Jazz Records, features Gjerstad in the company of bassist
William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. He has also recently completed...
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Artist Interview by Micah Holmquist
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Michael Blake
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On the eve of a West Coast tour with Slow Poke,
the coming release of their album, "Redemption" (Intuition) and his forthcoming
second solo release, "Drift", New York saxophonist Michael Blake talks about
the roots of his life in music and the way the branches have sprouted along the
way. Amongst his many activities, the Canadian-born Blake is leader...
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Artist Interview by Josephine Ochej
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Chris Washburne
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LONDON -
PRECIOUS few musicians have had the distinction of using their own nocturnal
experiences on the bandstand as basic raw material for serious academic
research and credit.
Classically trained jazz trombonist Chris
Washburne is just such a musician. Whether he is fronting his weekly SYOTOS
(See You On The Other Side) Latin jazz band, or in his...
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Artist Interview by John Stevenson
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Steve Davis
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Steve Davis is one of a handful of young musicians who intimately
understands the trajectory traced by the modern jazz trombone.
By turns
hard-edged, harmonically daring, and hauntingly tender, the 'conceptions' and
stylings of this thirty-four year old Binghamton, New York native hark back
nostalgically to the in-the-pocket be-bop excursions of the 1950s.
In
conversation about jazz and his chosen...
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Artist Interview by John Stevenson
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Mitch Forman
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Think of all the
performers you know who've performed or recorded with Wayne Shorter, Pat
Metheny, Gary Burton, Mike Stern, John Scofield and John McGlaughlin. Ok, what
about adding Andy Summers, Enrique Iglasias and Stan Getz plus one who runs his
own label for which he does his own solo piano and group recordings as well as
records other...
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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Steve Swallow
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Steve Swallow may not be a household word, at least in most
households, but if you've listened to contemporary jazz over the last thirty
years, you've likely heard him on one side of the studio glass or the other.
Swallow's not just a great and very unique electric jazz bassist but also a
trusted producer of sessions which have...
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Artist Interview by Mike Brannon
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John Sheridan
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John Sheridan is one of the
most articulate, graceful and technically flawless jazz pianists creating music
today, which is very evident in his many CDs now available. A gentle man with a
keen sense of humor, he has a vast knowledge of jazz history which he
incorporates into his rich and varied playing styles.
To say he is...
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Artist Interview by Lee Prosser
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Jeff Gordon & Denise Montana
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JAZZREVIEW.COM: Denise Montana, Jeff
Gordon, it is a pleasure to interview you! Your new eleven selection CD release
JUST THINK OF IT is an exciting and wonderful creation! But first, before we
get to that point, let's go back to the beginnings and share things with the
readers and listeners leading up to this point! Let's start by asking,...
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Artist Interview by Lee Prosser
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Marcus Roberts
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A prolific composer,
Roberts has released twelve recordings as a leader of his own groups, and all
have enjoyed critical acclaim and much success. He was the first to have his
first three recordings reach number One on Billboard's traditional jazz
chart.
Roberts is a very dedicated artist still in his mid-thirties, he
has attained a level of achievement most...
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Artist Interview by Beatrice Richardson
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Chris Standring
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Chris Standring is a well known
jazz guitarist who has performed live and done a great deal of session work
with many super stars of smooth jazz. Today he performed in Avalon on Catalina
Island at the 13th Annual Jazz Trax Festival. He played music from his current
CD, Velvet, and his soon to be released CD, Hip Sway....
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Artist Interview by Dennis Webb
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Joe Fuentes
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JazzReview.com:
It has been a year and a half since we sat in Cafe de la Press in San
Francisco and talked about your upcoming CD, "A Good Cup of Joe." I'm sure our
readers would like to hear the inside story on how you were picked up by
Instinct Jazz?
Joe Fuentes: "There are a lot of...
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Artist Interview by Suzi Price
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Sam Rivers
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At seventy-seven,
saxophone legend and sixties free jazz explorer Sam Rivers still has the energy
and force of Niagara Falls. Yet until the past two years he'd somehow escaped
the usual celebratory nod the jazz community bestows on its elder statesmen.
1998 changed all that. With one two-day recording project that yielded a pair
of superb discs - 1999's...
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Artist Interview by Bill Smith
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