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Article Written for Band Magazine, 2006 |
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JAZZ MUSIC EDUCATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EAR TRAINING AND EXPOSURE TO JAZZ VOCABULARY
How do we, as teachers, prepare kids these days to be better musicians, to appreciate music more, and to understand and be able to play jazz music, even at a beginner level? I know, it's a rhetorical question, because that's what this article is about! Of course there are many philosophies and approaches. "Back in the day...", as we say, you learned by listening ..... |
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Jazz Improv Mag Interview, June 2006 |
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Transcribed by Dimitry Ekshtut JI: What was it that inspired you to take this life path? Paul Bollenback: By the time I was a teenager, I knew I wanted to be a writer, an actor, or a musician. Those were the things that interested me. Both of my parents were scientists, which is kind of strange. I found out later on in life that my father’s side of the family was very musical, and he was the musician. He loved music and we had music on in the house, but they would have preferred to see their son go into science or something like that. But I couldn’t help myself;..... Read Full Interview... |
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Paul Bollenback: Original Visions: from CMJ |
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Organist Joey DeFrancesco, Bollenback's employer for the past five years, returns the compliment by appearing on this Illinois-born guitarist's opening salvo as a leader on the Dutch Challenge label. Bollenback, in his mid-30's and heard recently on The Greg Hatza Organization for Palmetto, heads a quintet with tenor saxist/flutist Gary Thomas, |
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Jazz Journal on Paul Bollenback |
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Paul Bollenback: Original Visions
by: Derek Ansell
The leader here is an earthy guitarist with a penchant for the blues, hypnotic modality (India Gate) and straight-ahead, angular mellow lines on standards (The Song Is You and Stella By Starlight). His lines are warm and well constructed and they flow easily with a natural swing. |
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Jazz Times on Paul Bollenback |
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Full Bloom: Paul Bollenback
by: Jim Ferguson
Organist Joey DeFrancesco loves guitarists, a fact that's reflected by recent one-off recordings with John McLaughlin and the late Danny Gatton. But the player he's regularly returned to has been 36-year-old Paul Bollenback. "Being associated with Joey has given my career a tremendous lift,"; states the Washington, D.C.-based 6-stringer. "From the start, he made it clear that he didn't want me to coast in the background..." |
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