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The Jazz Session Live from the Rochester International Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2007

Jason Crane is bringing The Jazz Session to the Rochester International Jazz Festival from June 8-16. Jason will be podcasting and moblogging (live audio blogging) all week from the festival. Tune in for reviews and interviews. It's almost like being there! And if you're there, it's almost like being backstage!

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About the show: The Jazz Session

The Jazz Session is a jazz interview podcast featuring conversations with musicians, writers, broadcasters, podcasters and more. ...

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The Jazz Session: Cecilia Smith

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews vibraphonist and composer Cecilia Smith. Smith's new project, Dark Triumph (CEA Music, 2005) chronicles the life of her aunt, Victoria Lancaster Smith, through spoken word, improvisation, orchestral arrangements, members of the Boys Choir of Harlem, and a jazz rhythm section. This ambitious album originated when Victoria Smith showed Cecilia Smith an 8-bar melody she'd been carrying around in her head for six decades.

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The Jazz Session Extra: Jazz Writer Doug Ramsey

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2007

TJS Extra looks at jazz from other angles. Think of it as a companion piece to The Jazz Session. On this edition, Jason Crane interviews jazz writer Doug Ramsey. Ramsey is a broadcast and print journalist with an extensive background in jazz writing. He is the author of several books, including Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond, for which he won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. He has contributed to JazzTimes since 1975 and, before that, ...

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The Jazz Session: Terry Gibbs

Source: All About Jazz
May 28, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews vibraphonist Terry Gibbs. This week, ASCAP, one of the organizations that safeguards performers' and composers' rights, announced that it will add Gibbs to its Jazz Wall of Fame in a ceremony on June 1 at Lincoln Center. Gibbs is already recognized as an ASCAP Jazz Living Legend for a career that spans the bebop era to the present day. In honor of Gibbs' award, The Jazz Session presents a ...

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The Jazz Session Extra: Rochester International Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2007

THE JAZZ SESSION ANNOUNCES A NEW SEGMENT: TJS EXTRA!

TJS EXTRA #1: ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL. TJS Extra looks at jazz from other angles. Think of it as a companion piece to The Jazz Session. This edition takes you behind the scenes of the Rochester International Jazz Festival. Jason Crane interviews festival producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona. With more than 600 artists, 200 + concerts and 18 venues, the RIJF has quickly become one of the leading jazz festivals ...

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The Jazz Session: Bobby Sanabria

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews percussionist, bandleader, composer and educator Bobby Sanabria. Sanabria is a living link to the great Afro-Cuban jazz tradition. He's played with just about everyone, including Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera, Charles McPherson, Mongo Santamaria, Chico O'Farrill and Mario Bauza. He's also a Grammy-nominated solo artist and a powerful force in bringing the Afro-Cuban tradition into the 21st century. This interview features a sneak peek at his new album, ...

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The Jazz Session: Christine Jensen

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews saxophonist and composer Christine Jensen. Based in Montreal, Jensen has recorded three albums. Her most recent project is Look Left (Effendi, 2006), the result of a half-year spent studying and writing in Paris. The Globe and Mail called Jensen “one of the most important Canadian composers of her generation."

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About the show: The Jazz Session

The Jazz Session is a jazz interview podcast featuring conversations with musicians, writers, ...

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The Jazz Session: Jeff "Tain" Watts

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts. You might know him from his years with Wynton Marsalis, or his years with Branford Marsalis, or his stint as the drummer on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, or from his many, many recordings as a leader and sideman. Tain's new album is Folk's Songs (Dark Key Music, 2007). It features his band The Ebonix with Marcus Strickland on saxophone, David Kikoski on piano ...

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