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 Arturo O'Farrill Sextet at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola new
Interview with Eumir Deodato new
IAJE Annual Convention 2008 new
Candido Camero: Hands on Fire receives 2008 NEA Jazz Master Award new
Bessie Smith new
Clayton Brother Quintet at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola
Danilo Rea - Roberto Gatto Trio, Featuring Joseph Lepore at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola
Interview With Gendrickson Mena
Nils Petter Molvær interview
Gendrickson Mena at Blue Note
Interview with Arve Henriksen
Karrin Allyson at Blue Note
Interview with Mary Setrakian
Mary Setrakian & Avant Orchestra - When Broadway Encounters Jazz in Italy
Mary Setrakian's 5-day Course
Interview with Judy Collins
Jimmy Scott At The Blue Note
Grady Tate & "Latin Flavor" at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Interview with Michele Hendricks
Spoleto Vocal Jazz Workshop
Bucky Pizzarelli's 80th Birthday Celebration
The Magic of Toots: A Celebration of Toots Thielemans
"Hicks Time": Memorial Celebration for John Hicks
Giovanni Allevi Returns to the Blue Note for a Rare Appearance
Rochester International Jazz Festival 2006
Tuck and Patti (Concert and Interview)
Interview with Kelli Sae
Interview With David Thomas, Take 6
Interview with Jay Clayton
Interview with Francis Dreyfus
Interview With Marcus Miller
Interview with Andy Davies
Interview with Alex Milella
Interview with Scott Henderson
Interview with Kurt Elling
Interview with Attila Zoller
Interview with Jane Monheit
Interview with Jim Hall
Interview with Anna Maria JOPEK
Interview with Regina CARTER
Interview with Sheila JORDAN
Interview with Lalah HATHAWAY
Interview with TAKE 6
Interview with Kurt ELLING
Interview with Cedar WALTON
Interview with Ferdinando ARGENTI
Jazz Poetry new
Nina Simone
Valaida Snow
Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and the "split brain" new
Lionel HAMPTON: his life and legacy (Tamm E Hunt)
Cedar WALTON: a brief biography and some reviews...
Karrin Allyson at Blue Note new
IAJE Annual Convention 2007
Israel "Cachao" Lopez With His Latin Band (New York - 11st August 2005)
Mingus Big Band at Iridium
Spirit of Django Reinhardt 2005 (New York - 27th July 2005)
Jon Hendricks & Company (New York - 21st August 2005)
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2005 (New Orleans, april-maj 2005)
Giacomo Gates at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola (New York, 26th april 2005)
Giovanni Allevi at Blue Note (New York, 6th march 2005)
Andy Davies Quartet - "Spring Italian Tour" (Gioia del Colle, 19th march 2005)
Jane Monheit at Blue Note (Milan, 31st october 2004)
Jim Hall Trio with Enrico Pieranunzi at Blue Note (Milan, 14th september 2004)
Charles Lloyd at Blue Note (Milan, 30th june 2004)
Lalah Hathaway at Blue Note (Milan, 11th february 2004)
Tuck & Patti at Blue Note (Milan, 29th january 2004)
Sarah Jane MORRIS at Blue Note (Milan, 8th november 2003)
Dee Dee BRIDGEWATER at TeatroTeam (11th dicember 2002)
That night with...Steve GROSSMAN
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Arturo O'Farrill Sextet at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola in New York: "This Sextet has pep and power, with classical and Latin infusion at every corner..." (Roberta Zlokower)
Interview with Eumir Deodato: "Some of the classical orchestrators that inspired me a lot were Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Alban Berg, Paul Hindemith, Rimsky-Korsakoff and a few others. On the jazz and pop side, Gil Evans, Oliver Nelson, Bob Brookmeyer, Henry Mancini, and many others." (Alessio Berto)
Jazzitalia at IAJE Annual Convention 2008: "Both the upside and downside of the annual IAJE Convention is that there are so many concerts, clinics and masterclasses to attend, people to meet, instruments to try, booths to see and schmoozing to be done..." (Jamie Baum)
Candido Camero: Hands on Fire receives 2008 NEA Jazz Master Award at IAJE Annual Convention 2008."His sound and feel mesmerized the audience, making it clear why he is a Jazz Master". (Jamie Baum)
Bessie Smith's life, the greatest blues singer in the world will never stop singing: "It was her powerful voice that hypnotized the audience, but also her mises contributed to the general effect. They were original, but not very elaborate. She often wore long pearl necklaces, a Spanish shawl and sometimes ostrich features." (Brunella Marinelli)
Clayton Brothers Quintet at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola: "Not only did this quintet perform with exceptional quality and versatility, but John and Jeff spoke with warmth and humor to the packed second set audience, relating personal and jazz family anecdotes." (Roberta Zlokower)
Interview With Gendrickson Mena: "...it is possible to work on an evolution of latin jazz, because I believe it should evolve. Why play it as Poncho Sanchez or Mongo Santamaria or Tito Puentes? It should evolve and be renewed, it should be updated by adding all these jungle, acid-jazz and world-music influences; in my opinion it will become more interesting." (Eva Simontacchi)
Interview with Nils Petter Molvaer: "The sound...I think it comes from...trying to search for a voice which I can feel related to and in that there are some sounds that really move me, like the sound of the voice itself, of course, but also North African musical instruments like the Ney flute or the Armenian Duduk and the Indian Flute,, they have this sort of...I don't know, of oxygen in the sound, the breath that it has, that is an inspiration." (Luca Vitali)
Gendrickson Mena & The New Cuban Experience at Blue Note: "...the audience is totally immersed in a warm and embracing atmosphere, loaded with energy and rhythm...the talented group-leader allows us to enjoy the warm voice of his flugelhorn, performing a virtuoso solo..." (Eva Simontacchi)
Interview with Kristin Asbjornsen:"...I work a lot with improvisation and that has been the main focus, to developed possibilities in the voice as well" (Luca Vitali)
Interview with Arve Henriksen: "...I've been open wide since I started to play trumpet and being a musician, I've been more interested in working with different types of music, folk music, jazz, contemporary music, rock pop, I really find interesting a lot of different stiles...in every situation I am in, I try to find something to learn from it..." (Luca Vitali)
Interviw with Karrin Allyson: "...I'm sincere in wanting to bring joy and beauty and laughter and thoughtfulness to the listener. It's not about posing. It's about reaching people. And that's what I hope happens...." (Eva Simontacchi)
Karrin Allyson at Blue Note: "...Karrin Allyson proves her versatility and skills by performing songs in different styles with different moods and tempos, performing "vocalese", and adding lyrics on great jazz instrumentals. Her scat-singing is superb and very accurate and conveys joy and playfulness...." (Eva Simontacchi)
New York, January 2007, the 34th IAJE Annual Conference. As always, dozens and dozens of appointments including some more important moments like NEA Jazz Masters. Moreover, this year, Greg Osby interviewed Ornette Coleman for Downbeat (Jamie Baum, Patrizia Scascitelli)
Interview with Mary Setrakian: "...I work on the "need". The need is something you have when you're a little child. A need to be loved, a need to be seen, a need to be heard, a need to be somebody. There are all sorts of different needs, and the actor is to connect to the need sensation and sing and speak through that sensation..." (Eva Simontacchi)
Mary Setrakian & Avant Orchestra, When Broadway Encounters Jazz in Italy: "She has no microphone, but we hear her voice quite well, even though a whole big band is playing. She is singing and walking toward the stage in the isle between the rows of seats of the Teatro delle Erbe to reach the orchestra. She carries such a positive energy with her, and spreads it around to all the people in the audience." (Eva Simontacchi)
5 day course with Mary Setrakian: "...we all had to face the fact of "being naked" in our emotions, and this is something that may make somebody unsure, or raise some defences. But Mary supported each of us in our individual journies." (Eva Simontacchi)
Interview with Judy Collins: "...live music is where people get fed ! Their soul, their hearts get fed, and so for the performer the same thing is true. And if I can sleep that night, I know that I've done what I meant to do..." (Eva Simontacchi)
Jimmy
Scott at Blue Note, Ray Charles describes Jimmy's singing, "This
man is all about feeling. He defined what 'soul' is all about in singing
long before anyone was using that word!" (Eva Simontacchi) 
Grady
Tate & "Latin Flavor" at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola for the Latin
in Manhattan Festival (Roberta E. Zlokower)
A
profile of the great Nina Simone: "There's
no other purpose, so far as I'm concerned, for us except to reflect the
times, the situations around us and the things we're able to say through
our art, the things that millions of people can't say. I think that's the
function of an artist and, of course, those of us who are lucky leave a
legacy so that when we're dead, we also live on..." (Brunella Marinelli)
Interview
with Michele Hendricks: "...one of my
battles when I teach is that I'm trying to get rid of that bad reputation
that singers have. Singers should know a little bit about what they're doing.
They should understand the chord progression...they should have the same
understanding of what's going on in a song that a musician does..." (Chrissie
Carpenter Oppedisano)
At
JVC Jazz Festival in New York City, the Celebration of
Bucky Pizzarelli's 80th Birthday with
friends, relatives and...lot of swing! (John Coltelli)
A
great concert at Carnegie Hall in honor of Toots
Thielemans with Herbie Hancock, Oscar Castro-Neves,
Eliane Elias, Ivan Lins, Joe Lovano, Paquito D'Rivera...(Roberta
E. Zlokower)
"Hicks
Time", Memorial Celebration for John Hicks
a New York, presso la St. Peter Church: "The jazz community will miss John
Hicks, the musician, and John Hicks, the man. ..." (Roberta Zlokower)
Giovanni
Allevi at Blue Note: "...was once again an engaging and entertaining
presence, full of passion and personality. He addresses the audience between
his original compositions with endearing humor and genuine warmth." (Roberta
Zlokower)
The
musicians, venues and atmosphere of this fifth annual
Rochester International Jazz Festival
have once again made it a resounding success. 170 concerts performed by
more than 600 musicians, thousands of people, as Mr. Nugent says:
"I believe that in the future we're going to have an event here that is
one of the best in the world!"(John Coltelli)
Tuck
and Patti at Blue Note in Milan: "...Not only can Tuck and Patti
reach into your heart and move you to tears; they are also capable of making
you smile and have fun." (Eva Simontacchi)
Israel
"Cachao" Lopez with his Latin Band at Blue Note: "This
was the summer's greatest dance event, but no dance floor was in sight!
Yet, hearts and souls danced a raging mambo with this magnificent, Cuban
bassist and his 10-piece Latin band..." (Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower)
Interview
with Kelli Sae: "I just want people to
walk away with the feeling that's very real and that they can connect with.
I don't put on a fake air or vibe. I want them to leave feeling good." (Eva
Simontacchi)
Pablo
Ziegler Quartet at Jazz Standard with Guest,
Harry Allen for Tango Meets Jazz series.
(Roberta Zlokower) 
Valaida
Snow, the art instinct, the music instinct: "...She was hitting
those high C's just like Louis Armstrong. She would have been a great trumpet
player if she had dropped the singing (and by implication the dancing) and
concentrated on the trumpet..." (Brunella Marinelli)
Every
Tuesday night, at Iridium Jazz Club in New York, the
Mingus Big Band, managed by Sue Mingus,
performes the music of the Great Charles including some special guests as,
in this case, hase been for Randy Brecker...(Roberta
Zlokower)
Spirit
of Django Reinhardt 2005: "...a sold-out Hall was royally entertained
in a well-organized and electrically charged fusion of German, French, American,
Rumanian, Cuban, and other musicians, all of whom have passion for the Django
genre..." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Interview
with David Thomas, Take 6: "...when
we're listening to any style of music, when you can feel someone's emotion,
and they're really into it, then that makes it even more interesting..."
(Eva Simontacchi)
Jon
Hendricks at New York's Blue Note: "...watching artists like
Jon Hendricks, I realized the music does keep us alive, and as long as we
continue to embrace it and participate, we will not go down easily or quickly..."
(Rodney A. Suarez)
Interview
with Jay Clayton: "I saw Coltrane
at a tiny bar in Cincinnati. The way he connected every note amazed me.
And what Miles was doing was singing through the horn. It was the
horn players who got inside my soul...You learn this music by osmosis. And
the people who are less experienced learn from the people who are more experienced.
And we all have somebody more experienced in our lives to learn from..."
(Eva Simontacchi)
Interview
with Francis Dreyfus, founder of the
well-known and well-respected Dreyfus Jazz label, one of those labels you
pay special attention to...(Eva Simontacchi)
Interview
with Marcus Miller: "...I like to listen
to a wide variety of things and maybe take from here, take from there, take
a little of everything and see if I can influence it with jazz..." (Eva
Simontacchi)
Interview
with Andy Davies: "...I hope we can say
something for European Jazz...I love American jazz but I do not think European
Jazz gets enough credit..." (Marco Losavio)
Interview
with Alex Milella:
"...it's very hard today, in a world that is full of inputs that are all
but artistic and based only on the way you look, for a boy to be involved
with music in such a deep way as it happened to me...." (Alceste Ayroldi)
Interview
with Scott Henderson:
"...When I was little I listened to Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple on the
radio… Jimmy Page, Richie Blackmore… then later I listened to Hendrix and
Jeff Beck, so those four guys are probably my ‘teachers'..." (Alex Milella)
Bud
Powell, Thelonious
Monk and the split brain: "...About Powell
and Monk it has always been pointed out their genius and innovation in the
history of jazz. Unfortunately mental illness has been a disturbing element
for both these extraordinary artists..." (Brunella Marinelli)
Giacomo
Gates at Dizzy's Club in New York: "...Scat
has never sounded so good. With Earl May on mellow bass and Tony Lombardozzi
on creative guitar, Giacomo Gates lit up Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola..." (Roberta
E. Zlokower)
Giovanni
Allevi at the Blue Note in New York: "...Allevi
performed a rippling series of compositions with some mystical, as well
as classical qualities. The first exuded passion, while the second, more
lyrical, had skipping rhythms and a modern dance motif..." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Interview
and Review on the concert of the great
Kurt Elling
at the Blue Note "...Kurt Elling is immensely versatile, and keeps changing
from one moment to the next – he can charm you with a traditional ballad
that may remind you of great Frank Sinatra, and the next moment be scat-singing
and commanding his voice as an instrument – acting while singing..." (Eva
Simontacchi)
Interview
to Attila Zoller.
It's the last Attila interview, he was aware about his health state, he
was constrained to assume morfine, but he was available to tell his story,
to transmit his love for music. (Bill Donaldson)
Jane
Monheit at the Blue Note: "...It is outright
clear that she is very gifted and talented. Her pitch is perfect, she's
very precise, and she uses dynamics knowingly in order to convey her most
intimate feelings, apart from having a wonderful swing..." (Eva Simontacchi)
Interview
to Jane Monheit:
"...My total dream is to be able to keep doing this, tour all over and make
records and everything but be able to have kids and have a family at the
same time..." (Eva Simontacchi)
