Hear me say the work “Like” somewhere around 97 times on Jason Crane’s wonderful podcast of interviews with jazz musicians. Listen here: http://thejazzsession.com/podpress_trac/web/3912/0/tjs-2012-01-26.mp3 Or, Right-click and “Save As” to Download I met up with Jason on a recent trip to New York and we talked for over an hour in the studio where I was […]
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“I Can Always Tell Who’s Transcribing and Who’s Not.” – Avishai Cohen on Learning the Language of Jazz
If you’re unfamiliar with the work of Avishai Cohen, the brilliant trumpeter, please, do some homework. He’s incredible. I had the good fortune to attend Berklee during the same years Avishai was there (along with his sister Anat Cohen; a very talented saxophonist and clarinetist) and hearing him play always motivated me to improve (or […]
Vintage Selmer or P. Mauriat?
I received the following email from Dave: I keep seeing you in these new adds for P. Mauriat tenors. Did you make the switch for good or do you go back and forth to a Mark VI. I’ve been thinking about getting a new tenor and I would love to get a Mark VI, but […]
Conversation with Myron Walden – Part 1
Recently I had the chance to sit down with saxophonist and composer Myron Walden before his performance in Los Angeles with the Brian Blade Fellowship (one of my favorite bands of all time) and talk, one saxophonist to another, about playing, composing, band-leading, and life as a jazz musician in 2011. I’ve admired Myron’s music […]