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The Jazz Session #267: Slumgum
Slumgums new album is Quardboard Flavored Fiber (Accretions, 2011). In this interview, the bands Jon Armstrong talks about how the diverse backgrounds of the members lead to a fascinating array of compositional ideas; why the band chose its unique name; and how the use of humor and improvisational games leads the music down interesting paths. Oh, ...
The Jazz Session #265: Billy Harper
Saxophonist Billy Harper appears on Cast The First Stone, the latest CD from The Cookers. In this interview, part of The Jazz Sessions Cookers Mondays series, Harper talks about his involvement with the band; recounts the story of his first night in NYC in the late 1960s; and tells about how persistence paid off when it ...
The Jazz Session #262: Maria Schneider
Composer Maria Schneider's most recent CD is Sky Blue (ArtistShare). Now Schneider has turned her attention to the classical world, composing music for soprano and orchestra. In this interview, Schneider talks about how a meeting with soprano Dawn Upshaw led to this new direction in her music; how she waded through oceans of poetry to find ...
