Meet Jack DeJohnette article @ All About Jazz
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From Lafayette to the New York Loft Scene article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Dickie Landry: From Lafayette to the New York Loft Scene Courtesy Dickie Landry Like a modern-day avant-garde, musical Zelig, he has shared time in art galleries in addition to offstage, onstage and backstage with veritable icons of the period in New York. Reknowned in the region […]
They Are for Real… Really article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Shuffle Demons: They Are for Real… Really Courtesy Camille Neirynck The costumes provide an identity, and once you put that suit on, you’re shuffled in… it’s no holds barred. Richard Underhill On the Shuffle Demons’ Are You Really Real (Alma Records 2025), the uncategorizable Toronto band knits together […]
Gary Bartz Is Nobody’s Jazz Musician article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Gary Bartz Is Nobody’s Jazz Musician No two people hear the same way. If you can figure out how you hear, then you’ll sound like you. No one else can sound like you, because they can’t hear like you. Gary Bartz ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Gary Bartz is nobody’s jazz […]
Music In The Moment article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Linda May Han Oh: Music In The Moment Courtesy Shervin Lainez Things always happen that could be unexpected but there’s never a complacency. That’s the key. A lot of that comes from the sheer gratitude of making music and the passion and love for it. Linda May […]
Beyond ‘Sound American’ – Crafting a Nordic Jazz Identity article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Kenneth Dahl Knudsen: Beyond ‘Sound American’ – Crafti… I aim to make my music distinct, to give it personality, and to ensure that when people hear it, they know I’m from Scandinavia. Kenneth Dahl Knudsen What does finding an authentic musical voice in a genre so deeply connected […]
These Are Her Times article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Jamie Baum: These Are Her Times Courtesy Vincent Soyez When you start writing music and choosing a theme or a concept, you never know by the time it comes out whether it will be relevant. Jamie Baum ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Gil Evans arrangement with several decades of […]
Crafting a Self-Portrait Through Jazz and Passion article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Rita Marcotulli: Crafting a Self-Portrait Through Jazz and Passion Complex time signatures can overshadow music’s deeper meaning. You can be a phenomenal player, but then you hear a record by someone like Monk, who said something unique, and you realize there’s another level. Technique should serve […]
Latin Jazz Standard-Bearer article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Eddie Palmieri: Latin Jazz Standard-Bearer I’m really, essentially, a bandleader for dance orchestra. That was my forte always. Except that I love variations and extensions. This article was first published on All About Jazz on October 8, 2003. Eddie Palmieri has enjoyed a long career presenting Latin music […]
Alisa Clancy Served Cheer and Empathy with Her Morning Cup of Jazz During COVID, Then Signed Off article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Alisa Clancy Served Cheer and Empathy with Her Morning C… Going to an empty campus every morning at 4:30 a.m. during the pandemic was hands-down the most creative and rewarding human experience of my life. Alisa Clancy Bay Area jazz lovers were shocked to learn that “the […]