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Johannes Linstead
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On February 6, it was announced that Johannes Linstead one of Canada’s top guitarists was nominated for the nation’s top music prize a Juno Award. The Junos are Canada’s equivalent of a Grammy and Linstead’s guitarra Latina CD Café Tropical is being recognized in the Instrumental Album Of The Year category.
When contacted Linstead had this to say about...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Falkner Evans
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Falkner Evans Trio: Climbing the Gates
New York jazz pianist Falkner Evans once again joins forces with bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Matt Wilson on the second Falkner Evans Trio album, Climbing the Gates, a fresh approach to mainstream jazz with some diverse play upon the tradition. The CD is full of music that features what Evans calls "complex...
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Artist Interview by H. Allen Williams
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Karen Blixt
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Has it been awhile since you’ve heard anything new, anything fresh, in vocal
jazz today? I think I can recommend the cure for what ails you,
friend. Take a listen to the jazz vocal stylings of Karen Blixt, who has
just released her debut album titled, Spin This on her very own HiFi
Records label (co-founded with friend and...
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Artist Interview by Mary Jo Conniff
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Gigi MacKenzie
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Gigi MacKenzie’s vocals soar like a choir of archangels on her debut album Skylark, captivating the listener with a siren’s enchantment and nurturing warm sensations. She sings, as well as plays the guitar and drums on her solo album, produced by herself and her keyboardist Bobby Zee. Her selections of smooth jazz melodies and upbeat propulsions nourish her emotional...
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Artist Interview by Susan Frances
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Brian Groder
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January 2007 - It is uncomforting to hear that there are ensemble directors today who question the validity of using improvisation as a criterion for adjudicating young jazz students in competition. This démodé mindset hampers the progression and expression of players – and the music - and what for? If players aren’t emboldened to unleash their inner creative spirit,...
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Artist Interview by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson
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Wayne Wallace
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Wayne Wallace is an extremely busy musician. With the release of his two CDs a few weeks ago, The Reckless Search for Beauty and Dedication, the Latin and straight ahead jazz trombonist still finds the time to wear the hats of composer, arranger and educator. And as if that were not enough, he has added CEO to his title as...
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Artist Interview by Asha Brodie
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Andy Middleton
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One would be tempted to refer to Andy Middleton and Sheila Cooper as the dynamic duo. During the late summer of 2006, the couple moved from Gotham City (New York City) to Austria with their seven-year old daughter, Calli. They write masterful compositions, Middleton is an accomplished tenor/soprano saxophone player and Cooper is a critically acclaimed vocalist and alto...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Walter Beasley
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Sax man and vocalist Walter Beasley has two great loves that he has a passion for. One of those is his role as an educator. Teaching at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he says, "I like the give and take and I like being able to share what I learned over the last 30 years in the...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Lauren Wood
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Most people associate Lauren Wood with her song “Fallen” from the soundtrack of the movie Pretty Woman. The soundtrack sold eighteen million copies. In many ways the hit song, which rocked European charts as well as those in North America, overshadows the many other successes that this superbly talented singer/songwriter/producer has enjoyed.
Wood’s most recent album Love, Death &...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Chuck Loeb
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Guitarist Chuck Loeb has been influenced by many things in his career. One thing that influenced him last year was a moment that he never felt before. He says, "I went through an experience last summer where my father in law, who I was very close to, passed away. It was the first time I was with someone when...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Julia Dollison
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Meet vocalist and composer Julia Dollison. She’s performed with Maria Schneider’s acclaimed orchestra, and her recent debut CD is creating its own buzz. On Observatory, she showcases original compositions, reinvents standards, and even covers Rufus Wainwright’s beautiful ballad “Poses.”
The material is wide ranging, but not without a theme. “These are observations about an inner journey,” Dollison explained. It’s...
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Artist Interview by Donna Kimura
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Miles Donahue
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One of the really fun parts of doing interviews for Jazz Review, besides the huge salary and private jet, is the chance to speak to some of the most amazing musicians working in the field of jazz and this is a real case in point. Miles Donahue has been called "one of the best kept secrets in jazz" by...
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Artist Interview by Jim McElroy
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Andy Narell
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Their name Sakesho (pronounced sah kay show) is the French Creole saying for “its gonna be hot.” And on January 22 and 23rd this Caribbean-influenced jazz band would be creating more than a sizzle when they perform at the Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles, California.
This would be the band’s first performance in Los Angeles and they promise to...
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Artist Interview by Asha Brodie
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Anthony Wilson
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Can less ever be more? Well, according to jazz guitarist and composer, Anthony Wilson the answer can sometimes be yes. He spoke about the necessity of learning to become an uncomplicated writer while discussing his Power of Nine CD featuring the Anthony Wilson Nonet.
“I think what separates this CD (Power Of Nine) from anything I did before is...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Marcus Strickland
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"If you are a jazz musician at a concert and all you see in the audience are jazz saxophone geeks and nobody else, then there is something wrong. You have missed the point,” says Marcus Strickland an accomplished tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer. “There should be doctors, lawyers and beauticians there. There should be people from all walks...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Brian Culbertson
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Keyboardist Brian Culbertson is making this Christmas the best ever. He has always celebrated the holidays with his family in central Illinois in a big way. He says, "I love getting together with the whole family and I really love making fires in the fireplace, just chilling out in the living room and listening to pretty Christmas music, and...
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Artist Interview by Norm Breest
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Sofia Koutsovitis
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When Grammy Award winning composer, bandleader and pianist Maria Schneider invites you to tour with her, you seize the opportunity and that is exactly what Argentine vocalist, musician and composer Sofia Koutsovitis did. The native of Buenos Aires now living in New York City recently concluded a European tour with Schneider. Concerts were performed in Portugal, Spain, Austria, France...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Daniel Barnes
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Daniel Barnes is one of Toronto’s top drummers, by some estimates he is in the top fifteen. Barnes can be heard on numerous recordings; his discography numbers thirty-eight albums, including the 1996 Juno award winning Africville Suite by pianist Joe Sealy. Barnes works regularly at live and studio gigs, he also works on composing and arranging music. Barnes is...
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Artist Interview by Paul J. Youngman
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Al Jarreau
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Al Jarreau owns one of the more recognizable voices in all of popular music. He swings, he swoons, he can reach the highest of levels and then dive to deepest depths, and this is all in the same song. Jarreau scats and becomes his own one man band capable of backing up the best jazz has to offer and as a soloist, he...
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Artist Interview by Jim McElroy
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Roger Kellaway
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It is not very often that you have an opportunity to speak with a music icon as celebrated as Roger Kellaway and it is even less often that you get to talk to him on his birthday (67th). I had the opportunity to do both recently and found the pianist/composer to be one of the more congenial people that...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Janiva Magness
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“I am very vulnerable, very fragile and sometimes just very human. Overall, we are talking about the human condition and I think about things like that. Why are we here in the first place? It isn’t to be separate. Music is a way of connecting with people and a way of connecting with me. I can’t sing about great...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Bob Reynolds
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Tenor saxophonist Bob Reynolds will be touring with John Mayer early in 2007. The two Berklee alumni have kept in touch over the years and although Reynolds has played the Monterey Jazz Festival, toured Japan and performed at the Kennedy Center, the upcoming gig with one of the music industry’s hottest young stars have to rate at the top...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Various Artists
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Jazz Review wants to thank Ann Hampton Callaway, Cyrus Chestnut, Brenda Earle and Sherrie Maricle for taking time to share with us their Christmas memories and plans.
Where did you spend Christmas growing up and what special memories do you have of that time?
Ann Hampton Callaway:
No one does Christmas like Chicago, with great white lights everywhere and snow...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Chris Washburne
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The first time Chris Washburne picked up a trombone, it was a rather auspicious occasion. The superbly talented jazz musician, bandleader and composer seemed to have fun in relating the experience to me. "I didn’t pick the trombone, the trombone picked me. When I was ten years old I wanted to play the trumpet because it was shiny and...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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Rory Rory Partin Band
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Rory Partin is a renaissance man in the world of big band swing music. Although he wasn’t born when many of the standards that appear on his new CD The Very Thought of You were first written, he sings them with the same charm that made Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin and Nat King Cole household names.
One of the...
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Artist Interview by Joe Montague
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