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Q&A: Dave Schroeder
By day, Dave Schroeder is the Director of New York University's Steinhardt Jazz Studies program and by night, he is the leader and one of the featured instrumentalists of the New York City based eclectic group Combo Nuvo (a group comprised of some of Schroeder's esteemed NYU faculty). Combo Nuvo combines influences from blues, jazz, classical ...
The Traneumentary: Jason Moran (Commentary)
Pianist Jason Moran is one of the most exciting musicians in jazz today. Over the years, he has successfully balanced the great jazz tradition with contemporary musical influences creating his own mark and signature on a certain brand of jazz. On the first of two Traneumentary episodes, Jason insightfully walks us through the classic track “Monk's ...
Jazz Backstage: Harvey Mason (Mulligan/Baker)
Drummer Harvey Mason has contributed to a good number of major jazz recordings with Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Lee Ritenour, Donald Byrd, Bob James and many more. His ability to swing hard as well as lay down a funky beat are signatures of his playing but he is also well known for his precision ...
Pat Metheny Striking up the Band
Following overwhelming critical acclaim and sold-out concerts across the globe, Pat Metheny and his Orchestrion was featured on CBS News Sunday Morning. The segment included a behind-the-scenes look at the Orchestrion with Metheny explaining the inner workings of his cutting edge instruments and performance methods. He also discussed his personal inspiration for this inventive project. For ...
The Traneumentary: Lenny Pickett
One of the most recognizable tenor saxophonists over the last 20 years, Lenny Pickett turned heads working in the original Tower of Power horn section. In 1985, he joined the Saturday Night Live band and since 1995, he has been the band's musical director. Over the years, Lenny has became a sought after session player recording ...
Dinner Jazz, Anyone?
For nearly 20 years, radio programmer Bob Parlocha was the music director of the Bay Area's venerable KJAZ, as well as the host of the station's crown jewel program, Dinner Jazz. What started as a one hour pick up shift on saturday evenings in 1978, soon blossomed into the station's most popular and profitable show. Mr. ...
Celebrating Time Out: David Sanborn on Paul Desmond
In 2009, Dave Brubeck's musical masterpiece Time Out turned 50 and on behalf of Legacy Recordings, I produced a podcast series celebrating this timeless work. Along with interviewing Dave Brubeck himself about the album, I also interviewed three additional musicians saxophonist David Sanborn, bassist Mike Richmond and drummer Bill Bruford to discuss the influential work of ...
My Midlife Jazz Crisis - Stage 4: The Brand of Jazz
The issue of branding has increasingly become a driving force in everything we do both personally and professionally. Just think of Facebook and how we brand ourselves through accumulating the most friends or associating ourselves with certain activities or groups, etc. Facebook has become the quickest and most accessible form of personal brand recognition. I recently ...
The Traneumentary: Karrin Allyson
Grammy-nominated artist Karrin Allyson has been churning out one great recording after another great recording for many years. With each album comes a new musical theme in which she performs both as a vocalist and pianist. A few years back she paid homage to John Coltrane with the release of Ballads-Remembering John Coltrane—a set of the ...
Living Room Spin: Cuong Vu 4-Tet - Leaps of Faith
One of my favorite pastimes is to gather a few friends in my living room with some good food and drink to hang out and listen to a new jazz recording. Just take it all in and then talk about our impressions of what we heard. So instead of keeping it a small and private affair, ...
