Train up a child in the way he should go,And when he is old he will not depart from it Proverbs 22:6 IT’S FASCINATING HOW THE CORE TEACHINGS OF OUR YOUTH EVENTUALLY RETURN TO US AS WE GET OLDER.…
Category: Interviews
MARTIN BARRE: AFTER JETHRO TULL, A ROAD LESS TRAVELED
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GUITARISTS OF HIS GENERATION, MARTIN BARRE GAINED FAME FOR HIS LEGENDARY WORK WITH JETHRO TULL. RESPONSIBLE FOR FAMOUS SOLOS AND LICKS FROM ALBUMS INCLUDING CLASSICS LIKE STAND UP, BENEFIT, AQUALUNG AND THICK AS A BRICK, BARRE…
JOHN SCOFIELD: ON A ROUTE AT 66
AT AN AGE WHEN MOST OF HIS PEERS ARE SITTING BACK AND COLLECTING SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS, GUITARIST JOHN SCOFIELD CELEBRATES HIS 66TH YEAR IN A VENGEANCE, SURROUNDING HIMSELF WITH YOUNGER MUSICIANS AND STILL GOING FORWARD INTO NEW MUSICAL HORIZONS. HIS…
BEN SIDRAN: MIDDLE CLASS HIP
DURING AN ERA WHEN JAZZ ARTISTS ARE KEPT IN THE CORNER OF MUSIC, IT’S DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER A TIME WHEN THE AIRWAVES WERE FILLED WITH SWING AND BOP. BEN SIDRAN, JAZZ WRITER, COMPOSER, PIANIST AND PRODUCER, IS A MAN WHO…
LUCIANA SOUZA: LONGING AND RAISING HER VOICE
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A VOCALIST? FOR SOME, IT’S TO INTERPRET A SONG; FOR OTHERS, TO DELIVER ONE’S OWN SONG. FOR LUCIANA SOUZA, HER SINGING AND WRITING IS A WAY OF GROWING AS A PERSON, A MOTHER AND A…
WALTER SMITH III: THOSE THAT CAN, TEACH!
“Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning” Proverbs 9:9 RARE IS THE ARTIST THAT RE-ASSESS HIS CRAFT DURING THE ASCENT OF HIS CAREER, BUT THAT IS…
BENNY GOLSON : ALONG CAME BENNY!
ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING CAREERS IN JAZZ HAS TO BE THE ONE BELONGING TO BENNY GOLSON. HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY WHISPER NOT IS AN EXCELLENT INSIGHT INTO THE MIND AND SOUL OF THE OCTOGENARIAN, WHO SPINS INTRIGUING YARNS OF HIS DAYS…
SCOTT PETITO’S MUSICAL RAINBOW
FOR MOST BASSISTS, THE GOAL IS TO LAY DOWN THE FOUNDATION FOR THE BAND. SCOTT PETITO, WHILE BEING AN IMPRESSIVE MUSICIAN, HAS USED HIS MUSICAL SKILLS FOR CREATING MUSICAL ATMOSPHERES AS A PRODUCER AND ENGINEER. YES, HE’S HAD AN ECLECTIC…
VICTOR WOOTEN’S MUSIC LESSONS
SOME ARTISTS PERFORM IN ORDER TO CREATE ART. YOU GET A SENSE FROM VICTOR WOOTEN THAT HE USES HIS MULTIPLE TALENTS TO TEACH. THEY MAY BE IN THE FORM OF AN ALBUM, A SHOW, A BOOK, OR AT HIS CENTER…
JAN HAMMER-ALWAYS PROGRESSIVE WITH MAHAVISHNU, BECK, MIAMI VICE AND BEYOND!
IT’S RARE ENOUGHT TO BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF A MUSICAL MOVEMENT, BUT KEYBOARDIST JAN HAMMER HAS BEEN THE POINT GUARD FOR TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BANDS IN FUSION, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED ‘JAZZ-ROCK’ BACK IN THE FLEDLING DAYS.…