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The Conference Producer: Peter Schulze

by B.D. Lenz
June 29, 2022

Who would ever imagine that just being able to hold a professional conference would be a victory in itself? Post-Covid, that's true for all kinds of gatherings including one held every April in Bremen Germany. Jazzahead is an international assembly of all facets of the jazz industry and a place for this niche community to meet ...

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The Jazz Artist: Takao Fujioka

by B.D. Lenz
June 2, 2022

Although music is an auditory art form, for some, there has always been a strong visual component to it, particularly when album covers were at a high point. It's hard to imagine some of the most famous albums without simultaneously visualizing their iconic covers. At their best, they contribute to the ambience of the experience and ...

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The Music Lawyer: Ron Bienstock

by B.D. Lenz
March 22, 2022

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 ...

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The Digital Content Producer: Joseph Vella

by B.D. Lenz
January 25, 2022

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 ...

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The Educator: Rich Thompson

by B.D. Lenz
October 25, 2021

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 ...

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The Jazz Emcee: Marcus Goldhaber

by B.D. Lenz
October 8, 2021

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 ...

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The Instrument Maker: Roger Sadowsky

by B.D. Lenz
June 14, 2021

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 ...

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The Music Library Producer: Gene Ort

by B.D. Lenz
April 26, 2021

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 ...

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The Archival Producer: Zev Feldman

by B.D. Lenz
October 30, 2020

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 ...

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The Studio Owner: Paul Wickliffe

by B.D. Lenz
September 11, 2020

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, ...