Articles by Kristen Lee Sergeant
Lew Tabackin: On Becoming and Barolo
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
"You looking for Lew?" a waiter standing outside Gennaro, a homey Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side, asks as I scan the outdoor dining area for a sign of my interview subject for the evening. “He's inside." They definitely know him here. Ushered into the dining room, the staff graciously points me towards a table in the back, where Lew Tabackin, comfortably ensconced at a corner table with a promising bottle from his cellar, is ready for ...
read moreEffervescence: Art Tatum Meets Champagne
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
Join Kristen in a conversation about what makes bubbles so, how no talent is ever undisputed, and how to marvel at the one man show that is the legendary Art Tatum, featuring Champagne by Ployez-Jaquemart and Tatum's rendition of “Night and Day" by Cole Porter. ...
read moreEffervescence: Art Tatum Meets Champagne
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
This edition of Jazz & Juice comes with a warning: both the bottle featured and the musician spotlighted are explosive, and should be handled with care. Uncork and listen responsibly. Effervescence When something sparkles, literally or figuratively, it bursts with life. In liquid, there is a perpetual motion of bubbles escaping in a dazzling show of speed within a seemingly static glass. When we listen to effervescent music, we experience something that lifts us in delight and velocity ...
read moreTransparency: Ben Webster Meets Pinot Noir
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
Explore how the transparency of sound and of a grape can create transcendent effects. Kristen takes some detours in zen instruments, Kansas City jazz and the surprising 23andMe results for Pinot Noir... ...
read moreTransparency: Pinot Noir Meets Ben Webster
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
Welcome back to Jazz & Juice—after last month's venture into the opulent, it's a perfect time to venture into the idea of less being more. Transparency When something is transparent, we see beyond it. In a way, transparency gives us another dimension of appreciation; we not only experience the object or the work that we are seeing through, but also what is behind it. Seeing, or hearing, through something means experiencing its causes and influences, whether that be ...
read moreOpulence: Grenache Blanc Meets Sarah Vaughan
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
Join Kristen for an exploration of opulence through a white Priorat and Sarah Vaughan's later work with the Count Basie Orchestra, discovering what makes something 'extra' in just the right way. ...
read moreOpulence: Grenache Blanc Meets Sarah Vaughan
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
Welcome to 2022's first Jazz & Juice--I'm excited to journey with you into the realm of wine and song in this new year! I think you'll enjoy this month's hedonistic theme no matter what you've resolved for the new year. Opulence Opulence brings to mind abundance, ornamentation, wealth and, well, muchness. A profusion or abundance of something can hazard gratuitousness, yet it also may lead to the delightfully decadent. Opulence brings us past the point of necessity and ...
read moreRiesling Meets Eric Dolphy
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
Join Kristen and special guest Ted Nash for an exploration of tension and rule breaking through a great German riesling paired with one Eric Dolphy's “Something Sweet, Something Tender." ...
read moreTension: Riesling meets Eric Dolphy
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
Welcome back to the second season of “Jazz & Juice!" Last week, I published something called the Tasting Spiral as a bonus podcast/post. It's a great way to visualize wine tasting and is in keeping with our journey together. You can check it out on the website here if you're curious! Onto the first adventure of our season... TensionThe word tension comes from a root meaning “to stretch." The best literal examples of tension in application are musical--an ...
read moreSyrah Meets Mingus
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
Explore Mingus' “Pithecanthropus Erectus" along with a wild French Syrah with Kristen as we dive into themes of freedom, struggle, soil and more in this season finale! ...
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