7 - 13 July 2016
11 July 2016Quincy Jones / Al Jarreau
In a video interview Nina Müller talks to Quincy Jones about his success, about his friendship with Frank Sinatra, and then witnesses Jones meeting Jamie Cullum who happened to stay at the same hotel in Montreux, Switzerland ( Blick). --- In another video interview Nina Müller talks to the singer Al Jarreau about the luck of being a grandfather, about having performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival 22 times, about addressing several generations of listeners, about what it needs to sing jazz, about jazz being the proverbial "labor of love", as well as about jazz not necessarily bringing financial rewards but potential happiness ( Blick).
12 July 2016
Les Paul / B-Flat
Danny Ilett looks at the life and musical legacy of the guitarist Les Paul, focusing on his career, the influence of Art Tatum and Django Reinhardt, his instrumental inventions, the recordings with his wife Mary Ford, his later career as well as the respect Paul received by all around him ( MusicRadar). --- Vincent Neumann talks to Jannis Zotos, the owner of the B-Flat jazz club in Berlin, Germany, about the naiveté it needs to open such a venue, about the need for good conceptual ideas as well as about having been lucky to find a new location for his club after the rental contract for the old one wasn't extended ( Deutschlandradio Kultur ).
13 July 2016
... what else ...
Gabi Knops-Feiler attends a concert by the German bass clarinetist and vibraphonist Gunter Hampel ( Rheinische Post). --- Keith Jarrett played a solo concert at the historic Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, but not until one of the attendees had to leave the hall because he had dared to take photos when Jarrett entered the stage ( Salzburger Nachrichten ). --- The German bassist Jens Balzereit talks about his initiation to jazz and the need for musical versatility ( Landeszeitung). --- Elizabeth Costello talks to the saxophonist Oliver Lake ( SF Weekly). --- The first effects of Brexit can be felt in the music world with artists demanding higher fees due to the changing exchange rate of the British pound ( Birmingham Mail).
Obituaries
We read another obituary about the pianist Don Friedman who had died at the age of 81 ( New York Times). --- We learned of the passing of the drummer Steve Grover at the age of 60 ( Portland Press-Herald), the drummer Sebastian Whittaker at the age of 49 ( Houston Chronicle), as well as the radio DJ Vaughn Harper at the age of 70 ( New York Times).
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