Results for "Interview"

Interview with New York Music Director David J. Hahn

February 28, 2011

David J. Hahn is a music director and pianist in New York City. He toured as the conductor of Leonard Bernstein's Wonderful Town (2007 revival, North American tour) and has music directed regionally throughout the United States. He has music directed new works and readings at Playwrights Horizons, New Dramatists and the Laurie Beechman Theater and ...

My Friend Teo

February 28, 2011

Contributed by guest blogger Dr. Dave Schroeder, Director of Jazz Studies at NYU Steinhardt I actually organized this interview session with Teo along with John Snyder from Artists House Music and was present at the session to direct traffic. I had gotten to know Teo Macero back in 2003 when I became director of Jazz Studies ...

Dr Cal's Hour of Insight Featuring Mwalim - Monday 2/28 - 4PM

February 27, 2011

NEW YORK—On this Monday at 4PM (EST) Dr. Cal's Hour of Insight, the interviews continue with the music of Mwalim (Wal-leem), playwright and Associated Professor of English & African American Studies at UMass Dartmouth. He has won many Awards. Call in at 4PM (EST) and speak with Mwalim (Wal-leem) on (760) 542-3931. Dr Cal, musician, producer ...

RYM: Mayra Andrade & Herlin Riley interviews

February 27, 2011

Pianist Roberta Piket Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!

February 28, 2011

Roberta Piket is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger with an exceptional range of expression. In the same tune or performance, she moves fluidly between bebop, hard bop, blues, soft and mellow, up-tempo, contrapuntal, and advanced harmonic motifs, making it all come together in meaningful, coherent statements of ideas and emotions. Truly a contemporary player, pushing ...

Pianist James Lent Interviewed at All About Jazz

March 2, 2011

He may not be well-known, but Los Angeles-based pianist, Dr. James Lent has been a mainstay at The Other Side, in the city's Silverlake area, for nearly a decade. He's also not particularly well-recorded, with only one album, 2000's self-produced Blue, to date. But Lent, like so many hard-working musicians for whom the playing's the thing, ...

Sonny Rollins Strives for Perfection, Recalls Freezing on "The Bridge"

February 26, 2011

Born in 1930, Sonny Rollins grew up in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem and has been at the center of the jazz universe ever since. The saxophonist fell in love with the playing of Coleman Hawkins (who lived in his neighborhood) and Charlie Parker and came to be tutored by the great Thelonious Monk. He ...

Sally Street, the new "It Girl" of the Australian jazz scene, stings again on latest release

February 25, 2011

The scorpion mind of singer/songwriter Sally Street certainly has quite a sting. On one of her latest songs, Street exclaims, “Now the whole world knows I got laid," followed by a breathless sigh of pleasure. Naughty? Without a doubt. But in the buttoned-up world of jazz, Street's brazen, often playfully funny sensuality is like a splash ...

Other Places: Arturo O'Farrill's Cuban Odyssey

February 24, 2011

Many listeners know that Arturo O'Farrill is a talented New York pianist who leads Jazz at Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. He has been a considerable force in Latin music in the US for three decades. Fewer may be aware that he is the son of Chico O'Farrill, a Cuban of Irish origin who was one ...

Latin Jazz Conversations: Arturo O'Farrill (Part 2)

February 25, 2011

Individuals find their way into music for a variety of reasons, but they eventually discover a prime motivating factor that allows them to continue. For some musicians, the community aspect of the art form evolves into a lifestyle that not only pays their bills, but also defines their social circles. Demand for a musician's abilities lead ...