Brian Drye clearly leads and diverse and interesting life. We play music from three VERY different releases of his and talk about FIVE bands he is currently playing with: The Birthday Trio, The Crooked Trio, the Four Bags, Drye & Drye, and Bizingas. We're talking thrashing rock to jazz standards to chamber music with everything else in between thrown in.
We talk about what it's like to grow up with your father as a musician, what the Drye & Drye & Drye record will sound like in 30 years when his daughter joins the fray, and coming full circle. This is a great conversation that you should listen to!
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This episode features the great saxophonist Timo Vollbrecht. We talk about his upcoming residency in Italy with Kesuike Matsuno (who happened to be on the podcast last week. Callback!) We also talk about the time he met Branford Marsalis and then sat in with him at the legendary Village Vanguard.
During the episode, you'll hear two tracks from Timo's quartet. The first was written by Keisuke (which you can hear a different version on last week's episode. Another callback. Nailed it!) On the second track, you'll hear the great pianist Kenny Werner playing with the group.
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We have done fifteen of these so far which feels like some kind of accomplishment. This weeks guest is one of the most creative young guitarists on the scene today, Keisuke Matsuno. We talk about the new release from his band Trio Schmetterling entitled Globus. We also talks about his collaboration with electronic composer Lars Graugaard and their EP entitled NVMBR. Also, THE BEATLES - the most under appreciated band of all time.
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GRAMMY nominated Alan Ferber talks about his latest record March Sublime, his experience at the Grammys, and how playing a lot of different types of music has influenced his own compositions.
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On this week's episode, I got to sit down and talk to my FAVORITE guitar player-Steve Cardenas. We talk about the delusion it takes to move to New York City, being a musician's musician, and his new record Melody in a Dream. We also talk about some of the diverse musicians he has played with including Paul Motian, Charlie Haden, Joey Baron, and Ben Allison.
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Steve is releasing his debut album titled Two Feet on the Ground. This is a capital J Jazz record. We talk all about the tunes musicians and the true meaning of Wing Walker Music - honesty. In addition to all of the good stuff in this podcast, be sure to check out Episode 7 with Deric Dickens. Steve helped co-host and we talked about releasing records independently. Between these two podcasts, you should have everything you need to release your own record! Buy Steve's record!
This week I sit down with pianist and composer Jesse Stacken. He's in the middle of a yearlong weekly composition project focusing on the music elements laid out by Oliver Messiaen in his book -Techniques of my Music Language.
We get into all sorts of other stuff: the context surrounding free improvisation in Brooklyn, his childhood in Minnesota, and Willie Nelson. We talk about Willie Nelson so many times. Also, we talk about his amazing apartment in Brooklyn where he and his wife put on the Beverley Concert Series.
You hear music from his two most recent recordings: Bagatelles for Trio and Like a Tree.
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Hunter Long is the founder of the Black House Collective - A new music organization based in Kansas City, MO. We talk about the KC creative music scene and how he wrote an opera. Hunter is doing important work that you should check out.
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PART 2-Check out the second part of our interview with saxophonist Michael Blake. We get deep into the saxophone on this one. Specifically- Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins and how they influenced his new works. CHECK THIS OUT, please!
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This podcast features one of my favorite saxophonists and composers Michael Blake. We talked so much that I decided to split it up into two different episodes. For part one, we talked about a few of his early records that he worked on with Teo Macero, playing with John Lurie and Ben Allison, and about sound. This is an incredible episode. Stick around for Part two next week. Thank you for listening!
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