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Saxophonist Ben Wendel: Touring with Snoop Dogg was a circus
April 09, 2013 in Gimme Noise
Ben Wendel has earned international success and awards as a performer, composer, producer and even conductor. He is a founding member of the Grammy-nominated jazz-rock group Kneebody in which he...
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Jazzer Steve Davis: Trombone is the fourth member of the rhythm section
April 05, 2013 in Gimme Noise
Contemporary jazz great Slide Hampton proclaimed, "we trombonists are problem solvers." Yet for all the back-boning trombones provide, even the most famous ones -- J.J. Johnson, Frank Rosolino, Al Grey...
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Icelandic producer Valgeir Sigursson: It's hard to justify just working for myself
March 12, 2013 in Gimme Noise
Photo by Samantha West Iceland-bred producer and composer Valgeir Sigursson isn't one to push his presence on others. Sure, he was Bjrk's preferred engineer for years, eventual co-producer, and even worked...
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Sarah Kirkland Snider and Shara Worden on Penelope
February 25, 2013 in Gimme Noise
Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider is at the forefront of the "post-classical" scene where genre boundaries can't keep her and contemporaries from fertile new artistic ground. Her haunting, lush song cycle...
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Yo La Tengo biographer Jesse Jarnow shares the band's not-so-lurid secrets
February 01, 2013 in Gimme Noise
Photo by Carlie Armstrong Just a few weeks since its release, critics have already hailed Yo La Tengo's 13th full-length album Fade as one of the band's best in years, harkening...
