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Imani-Grace Cooper and Her Vocal Art article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Imani-Grace Cooper and Her Vocal Art When I sing jazz, it is not about specific lines, scales or arpeggios that sound jazzy. But more so just fitting in where the spirit of the stage is in at the time, and the groove. As I do this, it becomes […]

20 Years of Abstract Logix article @ All About Jazz

” data-original-title title>Jimmy Herring, Col. Bruce Hampton, Wayne Krantz guitar, electric ” data-original-title title>Wayne Krantz, ” data-original-title title>Gary Husband, ” data-original-title title>Scott Kinsey, ” data-original-title title>Gary Willis, ” data-original-title title>Oz Noy and on and on. It’s also quite possible you may have even encountered him as well. Along the way to adding Grammy-winning producer to […]

A Conversation with Charlie Hunter article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » A Conversation with Charlie Hunter Charlie Christian is the first guitar player I heard that, to me, was a bridge between the blues and that kind of stuff I was playing and the jazz that I would later play. This article was first published at All About Jazz […]

Guitar Master article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Russell Malone: Guitar Master There’s something about singers. For me, they know how to get the most out of a song and out of a lyric, regardless of genre. —Russell Malone This article was first published on All About Jazz on February 29, 2016. “People make too big […]

My Conversation with John Fedchock article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » My Conversation with John Fedchock I can go to any country and barely say hello to somebody, but go up on the stage and play with them and communicate, and it’s unbelievable. And a lot of people don’t get that part of it, but that’s the great thing […]

My Conversation with Anthony Braxton article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » My Conversation with Anthony Braxton I believe the third millennium will be a trans-ethnocentric thought unit… It won’t be only Africa. It won’t be only Europe. It won’t be only Asia. In the system that I have been working on, it is a system that celebrates a mediation […]

Midwest Jazz Auteurs Move East article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Charlie Ballantine and Amanda Gardier: Midwest Jazz Aute… They have both absorbed a multitude of musical and cultural influences, emerging with a sound that is distinctly their own. Guitarist ” data-original-title title>Charlie Ballantine and saxophonist ” data-original-title title>Amanda Gardier are young, up-and-coming jazz musicians who are a rarity: […]

The Quintessence of Las Vegas article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Joe Darro: The Quintessence of Las Vegas ” data-original-title title>Joe Darro easily bests Wayne Newton as possessing the title of “Mr. Las Vegas.” Now approaching 90, Darro has been as much of a fixture in Sin City as its iconic “Welcome” sign. Originally from Albany, New York and […]

Adventures In Sound article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Meilana Gillard: Adventures In Sound By Ian Patterson June 12, 2024 Sign in to view read count I’m someone who really draws inspiration from the people I play with… from the moment I’m in. —Meilana Gillard To nurture a sound on one’s instrument—a personal voice—that is instantly recognizable, […]