GIVE A GLIMPSE TO THE SONG TITLES THAT YOU LISTEN TO. WHAT ARE THE TOPICS. ODD ARE IT’S EITHER ABOUT 1) “LOVE 2) THE LACK OF “LOVE” 3) BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE 4) SOCIETY/SOCIAL PROBLEMS OR ISSUES. ANY SONGS ABOUT…
Category: Interviews
JOHN BEASLEY: MONK, MENDES, MILES AND NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION
HOW HAVE YOU LEARNED MOST OF THE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE? DID SOMEONE SIT YOU DOWN AND DICTATE INFORMATION TO YOU? WELL, SOMEONE PROBABLY DID THAT, BUT THAT’S NOT HOW YOU LEARNED MOST OF THE THINGS YOU TAKE WITH YOU…
ETHAN IVERSON: FROM THE BAD PLUS TO BEBOP, BUD POWELL AND BACH
IT’S NOT COMMON THESE DAYS THAT A JAZZ GROUP GETS POPULAR, BUT THE MIDWEST TRIO THE BAD PLUS, WHICH HAD ETHAN IVERSON AT THE PIANO FOR MANY YEARS, HAD THAT PRIVILEDGE. EVEN MORE UNCOMMON WAS THAT THE PIANO TRIO HAD ITS OWN…
STEPHANE WREMBEL: DJANGO AND DIONYSIUS
IS THERE A PLACE FOR CULTURE IN TODAY’S MUSIC? PARTICULARLY IN AMERICA, THE ONLY TYPE OF MUSIC THAT IS CONSIDERED “IMPORTANT” IS THAT WHICH IS THE “NEW” FAD. IT’S AS IF THE MUSIC IS CREATED IN A VACUUM, AND ONLY…
DAVE STRYKER: A BLUE SOUL, 8 TRACKS AND SANTA.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO CLICK WITH THE LISTENING WORLD. GUITARIST DAVE STRYKER HAS CARVED OUT A CAREER AS A ‘GUITARIST’S GUITARIST’, STARTING HIS CAREER WITH BLUESY SOUL PLAYERS LIKE STANLEY TURRENTINE AND BROTHER JACK MCDUFF BEFORE GOING ON…
BOB REYNOLDS: SNARKY, MAYER AND SOLO
THE LIFE OF A TENOR SAXIST IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, PARTICULARLY IN THIS TIME OF DRACONION LOCKDOWNS DUE TO THE COVID 19 DISEASE. THE FIRST CHALLENGE ANY SAX PLAYER HAS IS TO CARRY THE GIANT TORCH PASSED…
CHRIS POTTER: A SOLO TIDE AND “MUSCLE MEMORY”
IT MUST HAVE COME AS A SURPRISE AT THE BLUE WHALE JAZZ CLUB LAST YEAR WHEN ONE OUR SAXOPHONE TITANS, CHRIS POTTER, SET DOWN HIS SELMER AND SAT DOWN AT THE PIANO TO PLAY A COUPLE GORGEOUS COMPOSITIONS. “WHAT JUST…
JOE CHAMBERS: MUSICAL MALLETS
IF THE LEGENDARY BLUE NOTE RECORD LABEL HAD AN ‘IN-HOUSE’ DRUMMER, IT HAD TO BE JOE CHAMBERS. MR. CHAMBERS IS THE PULSE AND DRIVE ON MANY A CLASSIC SESSION, PLAYING ALONGSIDE FREDDIE HUBBARD (BREAKING THROUGH), WAYNE SHORTER (ET CETERA), BOBBY HUTCHERSON (DIALOGUE)…
STEVE LUKATHER: THE LAST OF THE OLD SCHOOL GUITARISTS
TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK, BECAUSE I WAS LIVING IN AFRICA AT THE TIME, I NEVER GOT INTO TOTO’S MUSIC, AND I’D NEVER SEEN GUITARIST STEVE LUKATHER PLAY WITH RINGO STARR’S ‘ALL STARR’ BAND. MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO LUKATHER WAS SEEING…
CHRIS HILLMAN : PASSING ON TRADITIONS FROM HIS BACK PAGES
ONE OF THE GREAT ASPECTS OF MUSIC IS THAT ONE CAN ACTUALLY GO AND SEE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CREATED A GENRE OF MUSIC. IMAGINE THE THRILL I HAD SEEING EARL HINES, THE CREATOR OF MODERN JAZZ, OR COUNT BASIE, THE…