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The Music Lawyer: Ron Bienstock
by B.D. Lenz
If there's one thing we've seen about artists over the centuries is that they often have a hostile relationship with the business end of making their art. Musicians are no different and jazz musicians often exemplify this. It could be due to temperament, it could be from bad experiences along the way, it could even be ...
The Digital Content Producer: Joseph Vella
by B.D. Lenz
We've all witnessed how quickly the explosion of technology has changed life in recent years. Arguably, the internet has revolutionized every facet of our life, including how we consume music. We tend to think of technology as some faceless machine that continually churns forward and forget that behind it all are passionate individuals who are pioneering ...
The Educator: Rich Thompson
by B.D. Lenz
Jazz is a tradition and traditions can't be possible without the people who pass along its knowledge . That's why I really wanted to speak to an educator on the front lines of teaching the new generations of musicians who's hands this tradition will be passed to. In it's earliest days, jazz education happened on the ...
The Jazz Emcee: Marcus Goldhaber
by B.D. Lenz
In this episode of Chats With Cats, I caught up with Marcus Goldhaber who lives in a place with a very storied jazz history, the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. To pin Marcus down to one job title is impossible because he does so many things. He's a singer, an actor, a club manager, an ...
The Instrument Maker: Roger Sadowsky
by B.D. Lenz
Continuing in my Chats with Cats articles I wanted to speak with an instrument maker. We often forget how important these artisans are to the tone and timbre of the music itself. Being a guitarist, I was excited to speak with Roger Sadowsky, a New York City based guitar and bass maker who has made instruments ...
The Music Library Producer: Gene Ort
by B.D. Lenz
I've always been interested in searching out opportunities for my music other than the usual places. Years ago I had sent my music around to several music libraries just as they were all beginning to come online. If you're not familiar with what a music library is, it's basically a collection of music and sound where ...
Sole Searching
By B.D. Lenz
Label: Jade Buddha
Released: 2020
Track listing: It’s a New Day; Fly Me to the Moon; Desperado;
Heart Shaped Box; Triste; New York State of
Mind; Do You Ever Think About Me?; Like
Someone in Love; No Woman No Cry / Let it Be;
Uncertainty; All You Need is Love.
The Archival Producer: Zev Feldman
by B.D. Lenz
I have to be honest. When I approached Zev Feldman about doing this interview I really had no idea what an “archival producer" was. I had the impression that it was a very solitary task that involved working in some, half-lit, library basement searching through dusty stacks. I came to understand that it's really more about ...
The Studio Owner: Paul Wickliffe
by B.D. Lenz
I remember a period of time around ten to fifteen years ago when I was constantly being propositioned by musician friends and audio wannabes to do some recording in their basements. It seemed that with the advent of home recording software, overnight, everyone had become an audio engineer. But after many recording sessions over the years, ...
The Venue Owner: Henry Wong of An Die Musik
by B.D. Lenz
As the Covid crisis continues to ravage the music and entertainment business I was interested to speak to a venue owner. Clubs are at the front lines of the suffering and, undoubtedly, many will not survive the pandemic. I got an interesting perspective from Henry Wong, owner of An Die Musik located in the historic district ...
