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The Jazz Session #246: Scott McLemore
Drummer Scott McLemore and the ASA Trio just released a new album of the music of Thelonious Monk, a follow-up to last years daring take on Coltrane's A Love Supreme. In this interview, McLemore tells the story of how he ended up playing jazz in Iceland; talks about the ASA Trios chemistry and origins; and explains ...
The Jazz Session #245: Anthony Brown
Anthony Browns Asian American Orchestra uses instruments from around the world to put a unique spin on two Coltrane classics on their new album, India & Africa (Water Baby Records, 2010). In this interview, Brown gives an overview of the Asian-American jazz movement and its origins in Bay-area protests; discusses the challenges and opportunities of using ...
The Jazz Session #244: Nicholas Urie
Nicholas Uries new album, My Garden (Red Piano Records, 2011), features his settings of the poems of Charles Bukowski. In this interview, Urie talks about his identification with Bukowski, who, like Urie, spent much of his life in Los Angeles; the challenges of setting Bukowskis non-lyrical poems; and the even greater challenge of getting the rights ...
The Jazz Session #243: Grant Stewart (TJS 4th Anniversary Show!)
The Jazz Session started four years ago today with episode #1 an interview with saxophonist Grant Stewart. Four years, 243 episodes and 930,000 downloads later, The Jazz Session is still going strong. In the introduction to this show, I take a moment to thank all the people whove made it possible, before welcoming my guest Grant ...
The Jazz Session #241: Hank Shteamer on Henry Threadgill
Music writer and musician Hank Shteamer talks about Mosaics new Henry Threadgill boxed set, The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air, for which Shteamer wrote the liner notes. In this interview, Shteamer talks about the two-decade period covered by the set; the amazing variety of Threadgill's bands and compositions; Threadgill's infectious humor; ...
The Jazz Session #240: No BS! Brass (Reggie Pace)
No BS! Brass hails from Richmond, VA, and they don't sound like any brass band you've ever heard. Their new album, No BS! (2010), features their special blend on horns, funk and metal attitude. In this interview, co-founder Reggie Pace talks about the birth of the band; his own growth as an arranger and writer over ...
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