Erlend Skomsvoll Interview on HammondCast Jon's Journal January 4, 2013

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Erlend Skomsvoll Interview on HammondCast Downloaded 146 times http://archive.org/details/JonHammondErlendSkomsvollandJonHammondonKYOURadioHammondCastShow Erlend Skomsvoll Norwegian Musician Composer Conductor interviewed by Jon Hammond on Jon's daily radio show HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM San Francisco CA. Interview was conducted in NYC at IAJE Jazz Educators convention. Hear Erlend speak with Jon about his work with Chick Corea and numerous projects, life & career in Trondheim Norway Youtube http://youtu.be/dgYrHQI_2ec Atlanta GA -- Rock Bridge High School Big Band from Columbia, Missouri - Stephen C. Matthews conducting - outstanding young band! http://www.rbhsbruinsmusic.net/bandstaff.html - Jon Hammond — at Hyatt Regency Atlanta Guitarist Clinician Rick Stone and Jon Hammond at Rick's stand - located directly next to the Local 802 Justice 4 Jazz Artists stand on the exhibition floor at 4th annual JEN Jazz Education Network Conference - Atlanta GA http://www.rickstone.com/ "Rick is a respected teacher at Jazzmobile, BCM, Hofstra and other colleges and has recently launched the educational website jazzguitarlessons.com. His trio performs regularly at the Garage, the Bar Next Door and other NYC venues. In 2010 and 2011 he toured Italy extensively as a guest artist and clinician." Jon Hammond with trumpeter Imer Santiago at 4th annual JEN Jazz Education Network Conference after Imer's set with the very excellent Mark O'Connor Quintet, smokin' set! - JH http://www.imersantiago.com/ Jon Hammond and Frank Alkyer at the very prestigious DownBeat Magazine Stand at 4th annual JEN Jazz Education Network Conference - Atlanta GA http://www.namm.org/nammu/presenters/frank-alkyer Frank Alkyer is the publisher of DownBeat, Music Inc. and UpBeat Daily magazines–all produced by Maher Publications, a family-owned company based in Elmhurst, Ill. He joined the company as editorial director in 1989 and he was named associate publisher in 1992 and publisher in 2003. Alkyer began his career as a newspaper reporter. In the early 1980s, he served as statehouse reporter for the Youngstown Vindicator in Youngstown, Ohio. He then served as a general assignment reporter for the Jersey Journal in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he covered everything from police and city hall to entertainment and business. He is a founding board member of Jazz Alliance International and the Jazz Education Network as well as an advisory board member of the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz and the Litchfield Jazz Festival. He is also a member of American Society of Business Publication Editors. He has proudly hosted Best In Show at NAMM since its inception in 2005. Alkyer lives in the Chicago area with his wife and daughter. Every now and again, he still finds time to go into the basement and play a little guitar. He plans to get really good when he retires in about 30 years and has more time. Teruo Goto Works at Dirty old Musician Elizabeth Levy Works at 3rd satellite from our Sun Joe Berger King at Self employed Gale Nudelman Works at Gap Lori Helfand The Ohio State University Andrew Hadro Musician at Freelance Gary Burton Entertainment at ABC News Radio Dalya Azaria Katherine White The Ohio State University Pete Gamber Educational Rep Southern California at Music & Arts Sue Neely Hagedorn Albion College Mark J Williamson Owner/ President at Williamson Music Co. John Hasse Curator of American Music at Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History Tom Olsen Marietta, Georgia Yoichiro Hamahara 代表取締役 at 株式会社エス・ディ・アイ Shari Giddens Helmer Hod HaSharon Katie Maher Once upon a time at Maher Publications aka Down Beat The great Brazilian bassist Nilson Matta thanking the owner of the beautiful seasoned acoustic bass, before playing the hell out of it "Samba Meets Jazz!" at 4th annual JEN Jazz Education Network Conference - Atlanta GA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilson_Matta Nilson Matta is a premier Brazilian bassist and composer. He has been based in New York City since 1985. He is also known for his work with Trio Da Paz, Don Pullen African Brazilian Connection, Joe Henderson, Yo Yo Ma and Nilson Matta's Brazilian Voyage. Nilson’s latest project, called Nilson Matta’s Brazilian Voyage, is an exciting group playing many of Matta’s original songs mixed with Brazilian standards. For this album, Nilson called Harry Allen, Anne Drummond, Klaus Mueller, Ze Mauricio and Mauricio Zotterelli into the studio. The album, produced by Nilson and Luisa Matta is dedicated to his native country of Brazil. It literally takes the listener on a “Brazilian Voyage” through the many regions of that country. Nilson Matta has long been considered one of the greatest bass players in the world and since his arrival in New York in 1985 he has become the first call of many of the top US musicians. Nilson studied bass at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) with Sandrino Santoro, Brazil’s premier classical bass player. Since his arrival in New York 1985 he has become the first call of many of the top US musicians. His mastery of the instrument and unique sound have earned him a reputation as one of the industry’s most sought after players. Throughout his career, Matta has been the “go to” bassist for numerous top musicians from around the globe. At an incredibly young age, Nilson was already recognized as one of Brazil’s most impressive bass players. During his years living in Brazil, he played the bass with luminaries such as João Gilberto, Hermeto Pascoal, Roberto Carlos, Chico Buarque de Holanda, Nana Caymmi, João Bosco, Johnny Alf, Helio Delmiro, Luis Bonfá, and many others. Nilson moved to New York City in 1985. Since that time he has performed and recorded with renowned artists as Joe Henderson, Paquito D’Rivera, Slide Hampton, Herbie Mann, Mark Murphy, Oscar Castro Neves, Don Friedman, Paul Winter, Gato Barbieri, and many others. After moving to New York City, Nilson co-founded the project “The African Brazilian Connection” with legendary pianist Don Pullen. The group released three critically acclaimed albums on Blue Note Records. Nilson then started a project of his own with longtime friends Romero Lubambo and Duduka da Fronseca - “Trio Da Paz”. The trio quickly gained the distinction of one of the foremost Brazilian Jazz groups in the world and after 5 albums, they are more in demand than ever. From 1995 through 1998, Matta worked extensively with four-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist Joe Henderson. Nilson played a vital role in the recording of the album Joe Henderson Big Band, which went on to take home the GRAMMY for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance in 1998. When Yo Yo Ma went looking for band members to fill out his new Brazilian project, Nilson was the obvious choice on bass. He recorded Obrigado Brazil and Obrigado Brazil – Live in Carnegie Hall Concert with Yo Yo Ma both of which were GRAMMY winners. These albums prompted a worldwide tour that lasted for 2 years and touched every corner of the globe. Most recently, Nilson recorded with Yo Yo Ma on his album Songs of Joy & Peace in 2008. Since 2006, Nilson has been focused on many of his own projects. That year he released “Walking With My Bass”, which was released to numerous accolades in publications around the world. Matta also focuses his efforts on passing on his talents and experiences to the next generation of bassists. He is a member of the International Society of Bassists and often appears as a featured guest and performer at their conventions. Matta is also well known for his teaching ability, which has been showcased in different settings through the country. Nilson gives lessons to young bassists in addition to his world-renowned master classes. He has been teaching at Litchfield Jazz Campus. In Bar Harbor, Maine, Nilson is a faculty member and one of the Director of “Samba meets Jazz”. www.sambameetsjazz.com Nilson's official site: http://www.nilsonmatta.com/site1/Home.html Jon Hammond, bassist Bob Cranshaw, trumpeter Blake Martin at Local 802 Musicians Union stand at 4th annual JEN Jazz Education Network Conference - Bob Cranshaw's career career spans the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union - known to many as long-time bassist on Sesame Street TV Show - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cranshaw Melbourne R. "Bob" Cranshaw (born December 10, 1932, in Evanston, Illinois) is an American jazz bassist. His career spans the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long association with Sonny Rollins. Cranshaw has been in Rollins's working band on and off for almost five decades, starting with the 1962 album The Bridge. Some of Cranshaw's best-known performances include on Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder and Grant Green's Idle Moments. Cranshaw also served as the sole session bassist to Sesame Street and The Electric Company songwriter and composer Joe Raposo, and played bass guitar on all songs, tracks, buttons and cues recorded by the Children's Television Workshop during Raposo's tenure. Although he lacks the name recognition of other bassists, Cranshaw has performed and recorded with a wide range of leading jazz artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Heath, Joe Henderson, Johnny Hodges, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, J. J. Johnson, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Thelonious Monk, James Moody, Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery, Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich, George Shearing, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Shirley Scott, Stanley Turrentine, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, George Benson, and Joe Williams. Along with Wes Montgomery's brother Monk, Cranshaw was among the early jazz bassists to trade his upright bass for an electric bass. He was criticized for this by jazz purists, although he was forced to switch by a back injury incurred in a serious auto accident. Throughout his long and distinguished career he has also performed on hundreds of television shows and film and television scores. He appears on The Blue Note Story, a 90-minute documentary of the famed jazz label. Cranshaw was also a founding member of the short-lived MJT + 3 (Modern Jazz Two) that included Frank Strozier on alto saxophone, Harold Mabern on piano, Willie Thomas on trumpet, and Walter Perkins on drums. The Chicago-based group produced several albums, a number for Vee-Jay Records. Another vintage Cranshaw jam, 1964's Blue Flames, featuring Shirley Scott, Stanley Turrentine and Otis Finch, was recorded for Prestige Records. Cranshaw also played live shows for tap dancer Maurice Hines, along with friend and drummer Paul Goldberg. Discography: As sideman With Nat Adderley Sayin' Somethin' (1966, Atlantic) With Gene Ammons Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (Prestige, 1973) With Jaki Byard Out Front! (Prestige, 1964) With Johnny Coles Little Johnny C (Blue Note, 1963) With Sonny Criss Up, Up and Away (Prestige, 1967) The Beat Goes On! (Prestige, 1968) With Frank Foster Manhattan Fever (Blue Note, 1968) With Dexter Gordon Clubhouse (1965 - released 1979, Blue Note) With Grant Green Idle Moments (1963, Blue Note) Matador (1964, Blue Note) With Barry Harris Chasin' the Bird (Riverside, 1962) Luminescence! (Prestige, 1967) With Eddie Harris Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (Columbia, 1964) With Joe Henderson Inner Urge (1964, Blue Note) With Maurice Hines Maurice Hines: To Nat "King" Cole With Love (2005, Arbors Records) With Bobby Hutcherson The Kicker (1963 - released 1999, Blue Note) Happenings (1966, Blue Note) With Milt Jackson Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (Riverside, 1963) In a New Setting (Limelight, 1964) Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (Verve, 1968) With Yusef Lateef The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968) With Johnny Lytle The Village Caller! (Riverside, 1963) The Loop (Tuba, 1965) With Junior Mance Junior's Blues (Riverside, 1962) With Jackie McLean Right Now! (1965, Blue Note) With Grachan Moncur III Evolution (1963, Blue Note) With Wes Montgomery Movin' Wes (1964, Verve Records) Bumpin' (1965, Verve) With Lee Morgan The Sidewinder (1964, Blue Note) With Oliver Nelson Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!, 1966) With Duke Pearson Hush! (1962) Wahoo! (1964) Honeybuns (1965) Prairie Dog (1966) Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (1967) The Phantom (1968) Now Hear This (1968) How Insensitive (1969) It Could Only Happen with You (1970) With Sonny Red Breezing (Jazzland, 1960) With Max Roach Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (Emarcy, 1958) With Sonny Rollins The Bridge (1962, RCA) Our Man in Jazz (1962, RCA Victor) Sonny Meets Hawk! (1963, RCA Victor) This Is What I Do (2000, Milestone) Sonny, Please (2006, EmArcy) With Lalo Schifrin Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve, 1965) With Shirley Scott Great Scott!! (Impulse!, 1964) Queen of the Organ (Impulse!, 1964) Latin Shadows (Impulse!, 1965) Soul Song (Atlantic, 1968) With Horace Silver Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968, Blue Note) With Paul Simon There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973, Columbia) With Billy Taylor Impromptu (Mercury, 1962) With Bobby Timmons Do You Know the Way? (1968, Milestone) With Stanley Turrentine Hustlin' (1964, Blue Note) Easy Walker (1966, Blue Note) The Spoiler (1966, Blue Note) With Jack Wilson Easterly Winds (1967, Blue Note) With Kai Winding The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones (1960, Impulse!) With The Young Lions The Young Lions (1960, Vee-Jay Records) "Where's the Melody?" workshop presentation by Rick Dimuzio at 4th annual JEN Jazz Education Network Conference - Atlanta GA - Rick DiMuzio is a jazz saxophonist, composer, and Berklee professor http://www.rickdimuzio.com/about_Rick_DiMuzio.php Jon Hammond Bob Mintzer conducting the USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra at 4th annual JEN Jazz Education Network Conference - Atlanta GA, smokin' set! Jon Hammond — with Bob Mintzer at Hyatt Regency Atlanta Joe Berger King at Self employed Steve Wiggins Flight Attendant at ExpressJet Airlines Carl Dershem File Guy at Appellate Defenders, Inc. Cristina Alexandra Pascoal Saint Louis, Missouri Yoichiro Hamahara 代表取締役 at 株式会社エス・ディ・アイ Elizabeth Tomboulian Owner/Practitioner at Quantum Energetics Therapy Roberto Q. Dias Amber Whitlock George Mason University Michael Di Amore Russell Bundy Jr Musician/Saxophonist at U.S. Army Materiel Command Band Jose Gurria-Cardenas USC Livio Tagliapietra The New Scool of Jazz and Contemporary Music Jeff Ortmann Northeastern Illinois University Francesco Sax Works at Docente Miur John Reynolds Dave Songer The Hamburgler at SD Music Publishers Juan Ramon Hernandez Robert Morgan University of North Texas Richard Lee Five Towns College Kit Cotter Maleny, Queensland Gino Baffo Music Producer and Recording Studio Design and Build at Freelance Atlanta GA -- Hyatt Regency Atlanta, located on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta - location for JEN Jazz Education Network Conference (4th annual) in-progress right now - Jon Hammond — at Hyatt Regency Atlanta Drummer Matt Wilson on the bandstand for a smokin' set with Nilson Matta "Samba Meets Jazz!" at 4th annual JEN Jazz Education Network Conference - Atlanta GA - Jon Hammond — with Matt Wilson Adam MacBlane back in the USA! and Jon Hammond at .P Mauriat HQ Stand - 4th annual JEN Jazz Education Network Conference Adam MacBlane, Jon Hammond, and Blake Martin at .P Mauriat HQ Stand at 4th Annual JEN Jazz Education Network Conference - Atlanta GA Blake Martin is currently studying for his music, jazz studies (trumpet) and a member of the USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra led by Bob Mintzer. — with Adam MacBlane at Hyatt Regency Atlanta Joe Berger King at Self employed Yoichiro Hamahara 代表取締役 at 株式会社エス・ディ・アイ Scotty MacBlane Pikes Peak Community College Pat YU Works at P.Mauriat Jethro Torres University of the Philippines Diliman Joe Testa Director of Artist Relations Vic Firth Company and Jon Hammond at 4th annual JEN / Jazz Education Network Conference - Atlanta GA Mark O'Connor and Adam MacBlane at P Mauriat HQ Stand in Exhibition Hall at JEN - 4th annual Jazz Education Network Conference Atlanta GA - Jon Hammond — with Adam MacBlane 汪芷伃 天主教崇光女子高級中學 黃瑜兒 Dru Stowe Connie James University of South Carolina Michael W. Shobe University of North Texas Pamela Tsai Taipei Jethro Torres University of the Philippines Diliman Steve Huang Taipei, Taiwan Scotty MacBlane Pikes Peak Community College JEN, IAJE, Jazz Education Network, Atlanta, P.Mauriat, Bob Cranshaw, Joe Testa, Vic Firth, Mary Jo Papich, Local 802, Frank Alkyer, DownBeat Magazine, Jon Hammond