In a career that spans more than 20 years and numerous recordings, guitarist, composer and bandleader. Frisell’s Nonesuch discography includes 16 albums, ranging from original…
Artist Profiles: Bill Frisell
Tag: Jazz
APAP 2019 Rewind: Tell It, Sing It, Play It Like It Is – Towards Social Justice
With Observations by Catalina Maria Johnson, Neva Wartell, Brice Rosenbloom In these convulsive times, we affirm that the performing arts are a force, and that…
Artist Profiles: Anouar Brahem
Anouar Brahem was born in 1957 in Halfawine in the Medina of Tunis. Encouraged by his father, an engraver and printer, and music lover as…
Anouar Brahem to Perform Blue Maqams in London
Tunisian composer and oud maestro is set to perform on Friday, March 15, 2019 at Barbican Hall in London. The concert draws together Brahem’s profound…
Artist Profiles: Danilo Pérez
Danilo Pérez’s intelligent, exciting and stylistically authentic piano sounds have made him a leader in the new generation of jazz musicians. Wynton Marsalis recognized Pérez’s…
Artist Profiles: Carmen Souza
Carmen Souza was born in Lisbon within a family of Cape Verdeans. Very young, she experienced the “Sodade” feeling of missing someone with the long…
Artist Profiles: Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica where he began piano lessons at the age of six. As a youngster, he was often…
Artist Profiles: Ernest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin was born June 19, 1932 and grew up in the small town of Robin’s Hall in the Parish of Manchester, a rural community…
Artist Profiles: Enzo Favata
Enzo Favata is one of the most active and well-known Sardinian musicians in the Italian and international panorama. He plays the saxophone and sopranino sax,…
Artist Profiles: Amos Hoffman
Composer, guitarist & ud player Amos Hoffman started as a classical guitar player. On his 8th birthday, his father gave him an ud as a…