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Nov 01, 2009
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NEW ORLEANS SCENE STALWART
Roland Guerin was an undeclared MVP at Jazz Fest
this year, variously laying down solid jazz walking
and spiky funk grooves with keyboard men Allen
Toussaint, Henry Butler, and Ellis Marsalis. When
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Nov 01, 2009
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IT WAS ON A EUROPEAN TOUR WITH SONNY ROLLINS
in the late ’80s when Jerome Harris first got turned on to the
acoustic bass guitar. Jerome had been playing a Fender Precision
Bass with the legendary tenor saxophonist, but after
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Oct 01, 2009
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IN THE TITLE OF VIRTUOSO JAZZ
bassist Miroslav Vitous’s latest album,
Remembering Weather Report [ECM, 2009],
the word “remembering” carries a lot of
weight. He was right there with Wayne
Shorter and Joe Zawinul at the
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Sep 01, 2009
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HE’S 37 YEARS OLD AND HAS WON A GRAMMY, BEEN COMPARED TO RAY BROWN on upright, toured with Chick Corea and John McLaughlin on electric, gotten first-call treatment from both hardcore jazzers (Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner) and pop
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Jul 01, 2009
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Gary Willis’s brave new world, away
from corporate record labels, management,
and the U.S. itself, is quite
nice, thank you. Based in Barcelona, Spain,
Willis is managing his career without artistic
compromise; great news
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Jul 01, 2009
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“PLAYING YOUR OWN STUFF ALLOWS you to actualize your voice as a musician,” opines contemporary jazz bassist composer Eric Revis. Good thing, too, as he spoke to BASS PLAYER during an 18-showsin- nine-days run with Branford
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Sep 18, 2007
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It’s not often that a musician wants to disappear. But most
musicians aren’t Jonas Hellborg, whose musical goal is for his “self”
to disappear into the music. Through that disappearance, his presence
and musicality then appear
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