IF THERE IS ANYONE READING THIS ARTICLE THAT HAS NEVER HEARD THE ICONIC SONG “HANG ON SLOOPY”, THEN YOU’RE EITHER A) FROM ANOTHER PLANET, OR B) ACCIDENTALLY ON THE WRONG WEB SITE WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING FOR MACRAME’ IDEAS. NOT…
Category: Interviews
PETER BERNSTEIN: TIMELESS TONES
IN A DAY WHEN GUITARISTS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A “NEW” SOUND EFFECT IN WHICH TO PLUG IN, PETER BERNSTEIN LETS HIS GUITAR SPEAK FOR ITSELF ON HIS OWN. NO PEDALS, NO DIALS OR TAPES. BERNSTEIN LETS HIS STRINGS AND…
MARKUS REUTER: A NEW TOUCH
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING NEW THAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE GUITAR… IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD THE SOUND OF THE TOUCH GUITAR PIONEERED BY MARKUS REUTER, THEN YOU HAVE FEELING THAT I HAD WHEN I SWITCHED…
PAT MASTELOTTO: FROM THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING TO STICK MEN AND BEYOND…
WITH THE REIGN OF KING CRIMSON FINALLY ENDING THIS PAST YEAR, IT’S TIME TO STEP BACK AND APPRECIATE THE MUSIC THAT CAME IN THE WAKE OF THAT INFLUENTIAL BAND. DRUMMER PAT MASTELOTTO WAS ONE OF THE DRUMMERS OF THE FINAL…
DOUYE’: SONGS FOR MY FATHER
ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE VOICES IN JAZZ BELONGS TO DOUYE’, BORN IN NIGERIA, AND CURRENTLY LIVING IN LOS ANGELES. HER JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF JAZZ IS A UNIQUE ONE. GROWING UP WITH A DESIRE TO BE AN R&B…
ROBERTA GAMBARINI: EASY TO LOVE
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I GOT IN THE MAIL A VINYL REISSUE OF ROBERTA GAMBARINI’S AMERICAN 2006 DEBUT, EASY TO LOVE. IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE AT THE TIME, AND IT STILL IS, BECAUSE IT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF CLASSIC JAZZ VOCALS…
SIMON PHILLIPS’ PROTOCOL
IT’S NOT MANY DRUMMERS WHO CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT PLAYING IS THEIR LIFE. BUT SIMON PHILLIPS CAREER NEARLY COVERS EVERY ONE OF HIS 66 YEARS ON EARTH. MOST MUSIC FANS IN THE STATES FIRST HEARD HIS PLAYING BACK IN THE…
JOE FARNSWORTH: HEADED IN THE DIRECTION OF DRUMMING UP RELATIONSHIPS
ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE OF THE PRESENT GENERATION OF HARD BOP DRUMMERS, JOE FARNSWORTH HAS RECENTLY RELEASED HIS OWN ALBUM AS A LEADER, IN WHAT DIRECTION ARE YOU HEADED. WHILE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH “OLD SCHOOL” ARTISTS LIKE PHAROAH SANDERS, HAROLD…
TIM WARFIELD : JAZZLAND
LIKE THE MUSIC ITSELF, BEING A JAZZ ARTIST THESE DAYS REQUIRES THE ABILITY TO IMPROVISE. ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED SAXOPHONISTS, TIM WARFIELD HAS BALANCED A CAREER OF SOLO RECORDING, SERVING AS A SIDEMAN, DOING STUDIO WORK AND ALSO SPENDING…
MATT HARRIS: JAZZ GOES TO COLLEGE
ONE OF THE OASIS IN THE JAZZ DESERT OF LOS ANGELES IS CSUN, HOME OF THE SORAYA THEATRE AND WHERE THE LIKES OF BRANFORD MARSALIS, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, BRAD MEHLDAU, CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT AND SAMARA JOY HAVE GIVEN ANGELENOS SOME OF…