Interviews

Opportunity to Make Something Special: A Conversation with George Benson

To many, George Benson needs little introduction. During his career thus far, the guitarist-vocalist has been nominated for twenty-five Grammy…

2 years ago

Music at the Heart: A Conversation with Erik Friedlander

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the cello established itself as a mainstay in Western European classical music due to…

2 years ago

Mixing Vocabularies: A Conversation with Mike Dillon on Punkadelick

Artistic expression has a unique power to flourish even when the soil is arid and lacking nutrients. The COVID pandemic,…

2 years ago

Quiet Within: A Conversation with Ingrid Laubrock

Throughout its history, creative music has always been on a conceptual search for freedom. Ornette Coleman sought to move his…

2 years ago

Interview: A Conversation with an Anonymous Artist

If you are reading this, there is a substantial likelihood you arrived here under false pretenses. Apologies for the deception.…

2 years ago

Harlem Hellfighter: A Conversation with Jason Moran on James Reese Europe (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Jason Moran by going deeper into the songs on his James Reese Europe inspired album,…

2 years ago

Harlem Hellfighter: A Conversation with Jason Moran on James Reese Europe (Part One)

The passage of time can leave the legacy of important figures underrecognized. For every figure like Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker,…

2 years ago

Singing Through the Horn: A Conversation with Billy Harper (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with the great Billy Harper by discussing the beginning of his professional career in New York,…

2 years ago

Singing Through the Horn: A Conversation with Billy Harper (Part One)

The lineage of jazz has long drawn upon ideas from gospel music, whether Louis Armstrong’s presentation of spirituals or Duke…

2 years ago

Narrative Freedom: A Conversation with Anthony Davis (Part Two)

In the second part of our conversation with composer Anthony Davis, we do a deeper dive into his work, X:…

2 years ago