Author Archives: alanbryson
Acid Jazz Pioneer Ronny Jordan, last major interview before his passing
Brandon Niederauer Interview
Although he is only seventeen, guitarist/singer/songwriter Brandon Niederauer has amassed a staggering list of accomplishments. At age ten he was a guest and performer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show—the YouTube clip of which has over 3,200,000 views. Two years later he landed a role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway Musical, School of Rock. He has performed a Hendrixesque version of the National Anthem at games for Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association.
He has worked with Lady Gaga, and played with Gregg Allman, Buddy Guy, Widespread Panic, Jon Batiste, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Oteil Burbridge, Dr. John, Eric Krasno, George Porter Jr., and many others. Currently he can be seen in Spike Lee’s Netflix series, She’s Gotta Have It.
He tours with his own band, nationally and internationally, playing his own signature guitar by D’Angelico. Finally, nurtured and guided by his parents, and grounded by friendships he has retained since early childhood, he excels in science and math at his public high school in Long Island, New York.
Continue reading the interview on AllAboutJazz. [There were so technical issues and as a result only the print version of this interview is available.]
B.B. King Through the Years
B.B. King was beloved my the world, celebrate ten great video clips of B.B. King from six decades, and learn a few things about the King of the Blues you might not have know in my latest article on AllAboutJazz.
For Lap Steel Guitar & Pedal Steel Guitar Fans
Click here to check out my latest article on All About Jazz about lap steel & pedal steel guitar players.
My new article on Seals & Crofts
Click here or on the above photo to read my article about Seals & Crofts on AllAboutJazz. They were two country boys in Texas who virtually overnight found themselves touring the USA and playing the hit song “Tequila,” with Jimmy Seals on sax, and Dash Crofts on drums.
A dozen years later they became the platinum recording artists Seals & Crofts, it was quite a ride — when they started out they opened for Delaney & Bonnie & Friends with Eric Clapton at the Fillmore East, and that summer for Delaney & Bonnie with Duane Allman and Herbie Mann at a concert in New York’s Central Park.
John McLuaghlin 2017 Interview
Three interviews with John McLaughlin, Jimmy Herring, and Souvik Dutta
Jimmy Herring 2017 podcast
Three interview series with Jimmy Herring, John McLaughlin, and Souvik Dutta
Carl Mörner Ringström Interview
Sweden’s Carl Mörner Ringström is not the first musician I’ve interviewed whose parents were music teachers, but there the similarities end. He got his first electric guitar at the age of seven, and although his father is a classical guitarist, the son was determined to master the instrument on his own. He spent the next four years in his room with the door closed learning to tune and play guitar by listening to Eddie van Halen – a decision which gave him his unique approach to jazz. He discovered jazz when he began formal musical training in the Swedish school system, but continued to play in several rock and metal bands.
His band, the CMJ Quartet, won the Swedish Youth Jazz Competition in 2004, and in 2015 he was nominated and performed at the BMW World Jazz Award concert in Munich, Germany. He’s a graduate of the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark. He’s played extensively throughout Europe, and spent time in Asia, and New York City. As is the case with many young jazz artists, he plays and records in a series of fluid partnerships and combinations, gives private instruction, and teaches on the college level.
During the interview we also preview his latest album, on which his metal roots can also be heard.
File: https://talking2musicians.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/t2m-interview-carl-ringstrc3b6m.mp3
MEET THE RINGERS – Carlock, Herring, Krantz, Landau & Mbappe
On this episode I speak with all three guitarists from The Ringers: Jimmy Herring, Wayne Krantz, & Michael Landau, plus their fantastic drummer, Keith Carlock. The band brings together five extraordinary musicians, world class players who collectively have recorded and toured with many of the best known and most respected artists on the planet. Steely Dan, Michael Jackson, Bonnie Raitt, Seal, Sting, Joni Mitchell, John Mayer, James Taylor, the Allman Brothers Band and m.m.
These are musicians’ musicians, guys who put the music first, and who want to have fun on stage playing to people who love music.
File: https://talking2musicians.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/t2m-podcast-the-ringers.mp3
There is also a print version of the Wayne Krantz portion of the interview here on my Steemit.
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