Today’s landmark 300th episode of The Jazz Session features a 45+ minute interview with the improvising collective, Planetary Unknown. The group, which brings together saxophonist David S. Ware, pianist Cooper-Moore, bassist William Parker and drummer Muhammad Ali in one ensemble for…
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Press for Darcy James Argue’s Canadian Jazz Festival Tour
June 29, 2011 – 3:30 pm
Darcy James Argue‘s four-city Canadian jazz festival tour is already half over (he and Secret Society play at TD Festival International de Jazz de Montréal tonight and TD Toronto Jazz Festival tomorrow night), but the press continues to roll in. Here’s some…
Ted Rosenthal Will Be Interviewed On WBGO Friday Morning
April 28, 2011 – 3:36 pm
Friday morning at 9:00 a.m., pianist Ted Rosenthal will visit Gary Walker’s show on WBGO (heard around New York City and parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania on 88.3 FM and worldwide online) to discuss both his May performances with…
Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp Interviewed On The Jazz Session
April 21, 2011 – 1:39 pm
Today’s episode of the popular jazz interview podcast The Jazz Session features an in-depth, hour-long interview with alto saxophonist Darius Jones and pianist Matthew Shipp. The duo’s acclaimed new AUM Fidelity recording, Cosmic Lieder, was released earlier this month and its…
Mary Halvorson Interviewed At eMusic
April 18, 2011 – 8:59 am
Seth Colter Walls’ new interview with guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson is now posted at eMusic. Ms. Halvorson answers questions about the way she describes her music, the differences in her approach when she’s playing in others’ ensembles, what she thinks of…
At Length: Mary Halvorson Interview
February 22, 2011 – 4:36 pm
Ehren Gresehover talks with guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson in a new interview for the online magazine, At Length. Ms. Halvorson answers questions about how she creates her signature sound, how she feels about being labeled a jazz musician, her history with…
Ted Rosenthal Interviewed At ClassicalPodcasts.com
February 14, 2011 – 12:21 pm
Pianist/composer Ted Rosenthal talks about his classical-themed Playscape Recordings release Impromptu, among other topics, in a new interview with noted composer/conductor Victoria Bond at ClassicalPodcasts.com The 20+ minute discussion includes how Rosenthal chose the classical source material for the record, the…
Tomorrow: Darius Jones’ Trio And Quartet At University Of The Streets
January 28, 2011 – 11:36 am
On Saturday, January 29th, Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist/composer Darius Jones will perform two sets of original music at New York’s University of the Streets. At 8:00 p.m., Jones will present the next chapter of his Man’ish Boy series with his working…
Darius Jones Interview At AllAboutJazz.com
January 11, 2011 – 12:44 pm
Simon Jay Harper’s extensive interview with Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist/composer Darius Jones is now posted at AllAboutJazz.com Among other topics, the pair discusses the diversity in Jones’ body of work, the appropriateness of categories like free jazz and noise jazz, the…