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Ben Jaffe at Preservation Hall, New Orleans article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Music and the Creative Spirit » Unfiltered – Ben Jaffe at Preservation Hall, New Orleans Courtesy Preservation Hall Website In the Moment, a yet-to-be-published interview put together for a New Orleans music magazine with ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Ben Jaffe, creative director of Preservation Hall, was actually the distillation of a conversation […]

Air from Other Planets article @ All About Jazz

The candle on the bedside table had long since gone out. The room was cold, the kind of Austrian winter chill that seeps into the bone and settles there, yet Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart was numb to it. It had been nearly a week since the tragic news had arrived from Vienna. A week since […]

The Song in the Woods article @ All About Jazz

” data-original-title=”” title=””>Gil Evans, she later joined Jan Garbarek’s group and was instrumental in some of the musician’s most significant projects at the beginning of the millennium. With astounding versatility and a natural sense of emulation, Mazur turns each of her performances into a powerful show that emanates energy, musicality, and grace. She is presently […]

Reimagining Bitches Brew at the New York City Winter Jazzfest article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » In Pictures » Reimagining Bitches Brew at the New York City Winter Jazzfest Each year, the New York City Winter JazzFest, in collaboration with the music-promotion collective Pique-Nique, presents its “Take Two” series, which revisits and reimagines landmark recordings from the jazz canon. Previous editions have paid tribute to historically […]

The Accidental Guitarist article @ All About Jazz

” data-original-title=”” title=””>Bola Sete, and the 12-string guitar, very common in the folk world but virtually unknown to jazz. These choices led Towner to develop his signature instrumental technique without reference to any other guitarist. In doing so, he synthesized his various musical experiences as a self-taught pianist, with degrees in trumpet and composition, who […]

The Trumpeter Who Found Faith and Never Died article @ All About Jazz

For most of his life, Samuel Calder believed in only two things: breath and brass. Faith, eternity, and the unseen were abstractions best left to philosophers and preachers. What mattered was the pressure of air through the lungs, the resistance of metal against the lips, and the fleeting perfection of a note played exactly right. […]

About Music, Money and Mouthpieces article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Matt Marantz: About Music, Money and Mouthpieces So, every saxophone player struggles with their mouthpiece. I mean, it’s a tale as old as time. Everyone hates their mouthpiece and they’re always looking for a better one. —Matt Marantz Back in ancient times, when people would buy actual […]

About the Ghosts in the Guitar article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Mary Halvorson: About the Ghosts in the Guitar Courtesy Lawrence Miner When you’re writing an album, one of the things that’s good to think about is what’s missing. What haven’t I tried? Or what am I doing too much of? Because you don’t want all the […]

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