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Stevie Holland
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Songwriting is a very personal experience for an artist. Oftentimes, it exposes the artist’s vulnerabilities to everyone in the room during the recording process. How else can a belter like the late Roy Orbison be able to give people chills up and down their spines when they listen to his recording of “Crying,” or feel the wounds in country...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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David Sanborn
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Legendary sax man David Sanborn has had a steady influence in music for a long time. He has worked with some of the biggest names in rock and pop music, including Eric Clapton, the Eagles, the Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Wonder. He has also worked with jazz greats Miles Davis and the Brecker...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Incognito
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Take a casual listen to Incognito’s latest CD, Tales from the Beach, and be prepared for a musical excursion that showcases a blend of infectious influences from various exotic cities in the world. On this new CD, Incognito, led by founder and front man Jean Paul “Bluey” Maunick, is keeping the music cohesive as always, with beats steep in...
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Artist Interview by Asha Brodie
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Robin McKelle
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Vocalist Robin McKelle, who made a splash with her debut CD, is poised to create even bigger waves this year with the release of her much-anticipated sophomore release, Modern Antique.
The CD, which comes out in the United States in August, had an early release in France, where it debuted at no less than No. 1 and continues to...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Roman Matin
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"A wonderful new talent with deep feeling," said legendary Sheila Jordan,
when she heard Roman’s music for the first time, and the famous Tom Waits’
saxophonist Ralph Carney exclaimed, "At last, an original voice!"
Roman Matin is a Russian guitarist and composer whose name is just beginning
to become famous for the American and European audience. The creator of a...
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Artist Interview by John Douglas
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Stanley Clarke
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Bassist and composer Stanley Clarke, like his good friend Chick Corea with whom he has been touring this summer as part of the quartet Return Forever, has long been considered a musical genius and innovator in the world of music. Prior to embarking on this summer’s tour, which also includes Lenny White and Al Di Meola, Clarke took time...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Roy Hargrove
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There is no trumpeter on the jazz scene today that brings it home like Roy Hargrove. After winning his first Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Performance for Habana in 1997 with his Afro-Cuban band Crisol, and his second Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album in 2002, Directions in Music with Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker, Hargrove expanded his musical...
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Artist Interview by Suzi Price
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Jamie Baum
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Like the way the captain of a ship transports passengers from one place to the next, flutist Jamie Baum does the same creating a sonic journey that transports listeners through the multiple frames of her travels. Her melodic doodles and improvisations are made with a purpose in mind, documenting the different ways in which instruments can change in midstream,...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Ken Peplowski
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This is the best of times for jazz musician Ken Peplowski, renowned clarinet and tenor sax player. So good in fact, it was difficult for him to find time to talk by phone in June. Having just returned from playing dates in Italy, he was in the midst of performing in New York’s JVC Jazz Festival, and cutting a...
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Artist Interview by Larry Taylor
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Lin Rountree
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Composer, arranger and trumpeter Lin Rountree is about to release Sumthin’ Good, his latest album produced by him and his long-time friend Billy Meadows. Rountree gushes with pride when he talks about the album telling that it was made to offer something good to audiences. “I want them to really enjoy the music. I want them to feel the...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Derrick Gardner
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Derrick Gardner, jazz trumpeter, composer, educator and arranger has shared his love of music since arriving in New York in 1991, where he worked with some of the top musicians of the world. After five years in the Count Basie Orchestra, plus work with Frank Foster’s Loud Minority Band, Harry Connick Jr.’s Big Band, and The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks...
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Artist Interview by Nina Goodrich
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Gwyn Jay Allen
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In his Creole tribute to Louis Armstrong, I Love Louis, Gwyn Jay Allen
weaves together the lives of the great man himself, taking us on a musical
journey from West London to West Africa by way of New Orleans--as this writer
discovers the wonderful world of Gwyn Jay Allen, and an album you can’t help but
fall in love...
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Artist Interview by Helen Pearse
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Esperanza Spalding
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"My name means 'hope' in Spanish", says bassist/vocalist/composer Esperanza
Spalding, "and it's a name I want to live up to". Indeed, her recently released
debut CD, Esperanza, is imbued with a spirit of hope, optimism, and
passion. At 24, Spalding is a rising star in the jazz world.
JazzReview: Esperanza is your debut CD, but having played
with several...
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Artist Interview by Kevin Cox
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Jamie Craig
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Music often echoes the soul and significance of a man's expedition. Through the notes, they mirror tears that fall from pains of the past, melodies give birth to one’s chronicles, and the arrangement is the evolution of one’s existence. This sole performance, by means of the vision of Jamie Craig, is just that--a retrospect of his life. Titanic eruptions...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Markus Gottschlich
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The piano is a extension of Markus Gottschlich’s personality as truly as the
trumpet was a conduit for Dizzy Gillespie’s voice, and the guitar is another
appendage that Eric Clapton was born with so natural in his hands.
Nobody could imagine either Gillespie or Clapton without their instruments,
which is something that both men have in common with Gottschlich. ...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Liane Carroll
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Liane Carroll was the UK's best kept, jazz secret. Not any longer. In a
week that saw her win ‘Jazz Musician of the Year’ at the Parliamentary Jazz
Awards, I met the multi-award winning artist and discovered that
lunching with Liane is very much like hearing her play live. One moment you’re
laughing along with her, sharing her joy, the next moment...
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Artist Interview by Helen Pearse
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Gail Jhonson
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Gail Jhonson is a lady who knows what she likes and how she wants it done. As a solo R&B/funk keyboardist, such abilities have served her well to establish herself as a neo-soul artist and enable her to release her latest CD Pearls, which features collaborations with Marion Meadows, Paul Brown, and Norman Brown. Jhonson has also established herself as...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Don Immel
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The slide travels in synch with the pulsation of his moods, the valves
equally distribute the demeanor of the temperament, and the intellect is the
oxygen that gives it life. The romance of this progression is Don Immel’s legacy
and with that, he bequeaths an education in brass-coated passion.
Trombonist Don Immel is many things; a puzzle with many pieces...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Rosey
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The tectonic plates of the music industry crust shifted when a certain star descended upon jazz’s earthly threshold. The cross-over from pop to jazz brought a new feel to the magnificence of this vocal seductress and songster, escorted by a youthful rule. This voiced architect envisions jazz as her destiny, with its many attitudes and arrangements yet cultivates the genre...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Bob Baldwin
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I’ll admit it from the top, I love jazz pianist Bob Baldwin. Not only is he a great composer but he is what some may brand as a “musician’s musician”. Bob Baldwin ain’t no fool musically speaking. He has cleverly found the art of mixing jazz with urban music and the result is a funky little thing folded neatly...
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Artist Interview by Asha Brodie
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Marcus Belgrave In The Tradition
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For those who may not be aware, Marcus Belgrave is an award winning trumpeter who has played with a who's who of iconic jazz musicians. This summer he and his associates will be performing at the Huntsville Jazz Festival. Joined here for this interview by his long time friend and associate Charlie Gabriel who was born in New Orleans...
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Artist Interview by Paul J. Youngman
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Jeff Barone
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Jazz guitarist/composer Jeff Barone hits his stride on his second release Open Up, the follow up to his critically acclaimed debut album Crazy Talk. Barone found his voice early on, not as a turquoise gem in a strand of white pearls, but as a link that unifies the strand and aids and abets in making the piece into a...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Ragan Whiteside
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In my exploration for a new artist-entrepreneur, my friend Kari (who is a pundit of independent performer’s) set my course to a unique and vibrant siren that swings with a pioneering eloquence. Adorning a smile that would light up the Broadway skyline and a revolutionary instinct that is tenacious by nature, flutist Ragan Whiteside entered unplugged, into my compilation...
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Artist Interview by Karl Stober
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Carol Duboc
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"The concept began when I started looking for a special Valentine’s song. I
realized there weren’t many out there so I wrote my own.” Wow, what an easy way
for a conversation to begin, straight forward and right to the point.
Carol Duboc is a seasoned and experienced
songwriter/arranger/pianist/vocalist and all around music professional.
Talking about her fourth CD...
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Artist Interview by Bruce Pulver
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Raya Yarbrough
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“To me jazz is like a sponge of culture, you squeeze it out and you get new jazz,” singer/songwriter Raya Yarbrough tells me during our recent conversation, “I disagree with people when they say that jazz needs to be preserved and frozen in (time). I think that dead things need to be preserved, and jazz is not dead, it...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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