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Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show

Jeffrey Siegel

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Podcast 751: A Conversation with Holly Foster Wells...

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2020/07/22

The centennial celebration of Peggy Lee’s birth continues to be commemorated with new music releases and the airing of an updated documentary. Honoring one of the 20thcentury’s most important musical influences in the world of jazz and popular music, and in conjunction with UMe/Capitol, the Peggy Lee Estate recently released The Capital Transcriptions 1946-1949 and the airing of an updated edition of “Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee” partnership with American Public Television. During the 1940s,

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Podcast 750: A Conversation with Christian Sands

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2020/07/05

It’s been a pleasure to watch pianist Christian Sands grow as a composer, musician and bandleader. By the time he was ready to graduate from Manhattan School of Music, he had released three trio albums and been nominated for a Latin Grammy as part of the School’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, led by Bobby Sanabria. Tabbed by Christian McBride to be part of his quintet Insight Straight, Sands quickly became known as one of finest young pianists of his generation. Be Water is his fourth release on the

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Podcast 749: A Conversation with Rudresh Mahanthappa

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2020/06/19

It's always a delight to speak with alto sax star Rudresh Mahanthappa. Possessed of a deep knowledge and deeper interest in a wide variety of topics, he brings a wry sense of humor to any discussion we have had. The release of his Hero Trio album is well worth talking about. Backed by longtime collaborators Francois Moutin (bass) and Rudy Royston (drums), Rudresh pays homage to some of the musicians he has respected and felt influenced by over the years. The artists can be as widely varied, from

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Podcast 748: A Conversation with Bruce Klauber about...

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2020/06/12

Back on January 20th - and doesn't that seem like a year or so ago? - I posted Podcast 720, which featured Cathy RIch, the daughter of legendary drummer Buddy Rich, talking about her father, and the posthumous release of Just in Time: The Final Recording, a live set recorded at Ronnie Scott's in London. At that time, we also talked about the publication of Buddy Rich -One of a Kind: The Making of The World’s Greatest Drummer, a biography by Pelle Berglund. Five months later, I have Dr. Bruce

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Podcast 747: Socially Distancing with Ben Goldberg

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2020/06/04

What is a musician to do when he can't play in front of audiences? Or if her studio time has been cancelled? And how does he or she deal with the lack of supporting musicians? If you are Ben Goldberg, you use this time to create "Plague Diary", a musical diary of new material posted every day to Bandcamp. Existing only as a series of digital downloads (althugh purchasers can stream it on Bandcamp as well), Plague Diary can be heard as one artist's questioning of how to express himself in difficult

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Podcast 745: A Conversation with Brian Landrus

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2020/05/28

Whether its on baritone sax, alto flute or bass clarinet, Dr. Brian Landrus is among the most exciting players and composers around. Just over forty years old, and a newly minted Ph.D. from Rutgers University, Brian has been made several of the most interesting recording of the past few years. From The Deep Below in 2015, his large ensemble work Generations in 2017 and the new release For Now, Landrus writes, arranges and performs music that marks him as a talent to keep watching and listening to.

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Podcast 746: Remembering Jimmy Cobb

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2020/05/26

Jimmy Cobb, one of the most important drummers in jazz from the 1950's on, has died at the age of 91. The cause was lung cancer. Had he only played on Kind of Blue, the 1959 masterpiece from the Miles Davis Sextet, his mark in the jazz world would have been made. His subtle pulse, all brushes, cymbals and snare, make the music from that historic day breathe, and along with his running mate Paul Chambers on bass, anchored the music, letting Miles, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly and pianists Bill

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Podcast 744: A Conversation with Christopher Crenshaw...

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2020/05/26

Here's Part Two of my conversation with Chris Crenshaw, a top trombonist and one of the many fascinating musicians who make up the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. In this Podcast, Chris, talks about more recent releases on Blue Engine Records from the JLCO archives, including their take on Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige and Handful of Keys, a collection of tunes featuring guest piano players like Myra Melford, Helen Sung, Dan Nimmer and Joey Alexander. He also clues us in on a future

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Podcast 743: A Conversation with Christopher Crenshaw...

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2020/05/25

Blue Engine Records, the label operated by Jazz at Lincoln Center, continues to release more exciting music for us to enjoy. Reaching into their rich archives of performances form the past four years, they have recently released two albums that feature one of their top trombonists, Christopher Crenshaw. The Fifties: A Prism was a highlight of the 2017-2018 season. A suite written in six parts by Crenshaw, the work attempts to highlight some of the many musical genres and styles of one of Jazz's

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Podcast 742: Checking Up with Danny Melnick

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2020/05/16

If we were not living through the nightmare of COVID-19, promoter Danny Melnick of Absolutely Live Entertainment would be busy with jazz shows across the world, and would be gearing up for presenting the Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival. But these are strange days indeed, and Danny finds that all of his hard work has gone for naught. At least for the foreseeable future, there will be no live music to hear and see in person. Podcast 742 is my conversation with Danny, as he talks about the state of

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Podcast 741: Remembering Lee Konitz

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2020/04/16

We've lost another giant. Lee Konitz, the alto sax player whose career spanned from bebop in the clubs of Broadway to the present has passed away from COVID-19 related issues. he was 92. One of the players introduced to me by my father, Konitz found a way to do it all during his 70 odd years in jazz. He helped invent improvisational jazz with Lenny Tristano and Wayne Marsh. He pioneered "Cool Jazz" with Miles Davis on The Birth of the Cool and in sessions with Gerry Mulligan. There seemed to be no

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Podcast 740: A Conversation with Wolfgang Muthspiel

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2020/04/14

A lengthy conversation with Wolfgang Muthspiel has been a long overdue podcast to prepare for my listeners. The Austrian born guitarist, composer and record label owner has been among the most dynamic guitarists of recent years, and has made some shining albums for ECM. His latest release, Angular Blues, is a return to the trio format, following two acclaimed quintet releases. Wolfgang once again has long-time collaborator Brian Blade on drums; but instead of his usual running buddy, Larry

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Podcast 739: Remembering Wallace Roney

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2020/04/02

Wallace Roney, one of the top trumpet players in the world today, died this week from complications from COVID-19. He was 59. Roney was one of the "Young Lions" that invigorated straight ahead jazz in the 1990's. Chosen by Miles Davis as his heir apparent, he was a close friend and collaborator with Miles from 1985 until Davis' death in 1991. He spent time with Art Blakey and Tony Williams, and learned to bring younger musicians to the bandstand from them. Wallace's sound was strikingly similar

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Podcast 738: A Conversation with Felipe Salles

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2020/04/01

Felipe Salles lives a few towns away from me in Western Massachusetts, but his latest album tackles a subject that concerns people from all over the Western hemisphere. The New Immigrant Experience, written and conducted by Salles with the 18-piece Interconnections Ensemble, is a powerful new multimedia work inspired by the lives of “Dreamers,” the almost seven hundred thousand individuals currently protected by DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Written by Salles –who

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Podcast 737: A Conversation with Lakecia Benjamin

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2020/03/27

I liked Lakecia Benjamin’s first two CDs. They were fun - funky and swinging. But they were not that memorable. I love her new CD. Pursuance: The Coltranes, pays homage to two of the greatest musical innovators of the 20th century, John and Alice Coltrane. That’s some pretty tough company to put yourself near, given the married couple are among the greatest improvisers and creators of spiritual jazz. By wisely bringing together new and old jazz masters – from her mentor (and the album’s co-producer)

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Podcast 736 : A Conversation with Daniel Kelly and...

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2020/03/26

The works of William Shakespeare and the jazz world have had a limited connection. Sure, Duke Ellington released Such Sweet Thunder, a twelve-part suite based on Shakespeare’s work in 1957, and Dame Cleo Laine recorded the moving Shakespeare and All that Jazz with her husband Sir John Dankworth in 1964. There is a somewhat obscure but very interesting album from singer Maxine Sullivan entitled Sullivan, Shakespeare, Hyman in 1971. But other than the occasional track here and there, and some tours

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Podcast 735: A Conversation with Jason Palmer

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2020/03/25

Trumpeter Jason Palmer has been near the top of my list of people to feature on Straight No Chaser for several years now. As a sideman working with Mark Turner and Noah Preminger, he made huge contributions to some of their top recordings, and last week he dropped his fourteenth album as a bandleader. The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella is a live recording made possible by Jimmy Katz’s Giant Step Arts, as was Palmer’s 2019 album Rhyme & Reason. The recording features a quintet including Turner on

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Podcast 734:: A Conversation with Christian Tamburr

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2020/03/24

A common thread runs through the next few podcasts that will appear on Straight No Chaser. Each has a talented jazz composer and performer who found creative inspiration from sources other than music itself. In the next few days you will hear conversations with Jason Palmer, whose latest album was inspired by works of art stolen from the Isabella Gardner Museum 30 years ago. You can also hear from Daniel Kelly and Frederick Johnson, who compose and perform tunes based on the works of William

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Podcast 733: Sondheim@90

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2020/03/22

Today is the 90th birthday of our greatest living composer of Broadway musicals, Stephen Sondheim. His career has spanned the past sixty odd Broadway seasons, during which he wrote or co-wrote many of the most important, influential and successful shows in history. He collaborated on two classics as lyricist – first with Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story – 1957) and then Jule Styne (Gypsy – 1959), before creating A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, his first work of both music and

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Podcast 732: A Conversation with Bria Skonberg

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2020/03/14

Bria Skonberg has been one of the most exciting new artists of the past few years, combining a deep love of “hot jazz” with a desire to expand her sphere of knowledge. The latest result of this search is Nothing Never Happens, produced by Grammy-winner Eli Wolf. While Bria’s singing and trumpet solos are clearly the center of attention, this is very much a “band album.” Ma. Skonberg’s working band of recent years – pianist Mathis Picard, bassist Devin Starks and drummer Darrian Douglas – are aided

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