Interviews

Traveling the Universe: A Conversation with Bill Summers (Part One)

The obsession of many in the music industry to categorize art frequently overlooks the shared tree upon which so many…

3 years ago

Out Into the World: A Conversation with Stuart Bogie (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Stuart Bogie on The Bogie Band featuring Joe Russo's The Prophets in the City (Royal…

3 years ago

Out Into the World: A Conversation with Stuart Bogie (Part One)

The big band concept has existed for well over a century. Throughout that time, dance has always been an essential…

3 years ago

Peaks and Valleys: A Conversation with Michael Leonhart (Part Two)

For the second part of our conversation with Michael Leonhart on The Normyn Suites (Sunnyside, 2022), we discuss Elvis Costello,…

3 years ago

Peaks and Valleys: A Conversation with Michael Leonhart (Part One)

Sometimes the most complicated things in life are those that appear deceptively simple. We all understand, at a surface level,…

3 years ago

Trying to Do Right by the Music: Selected Recordings with Jim Anderson

We continue our conversation with Jim Anderson (click here for our prior discussion with him and Ulrike Schwarz on immersive…

3 years ago

An Immersive Conversation with Jim Anderson and Ulrike Schwarz

On the interplay between music and technology, discussions generally emphasize two areas. The first is the emergence of new instruments,…

3 years ago

Golden Rule: A Conversation with Sonny Rollins (Part Two)

In this second part of our conversation with Sonny Rollins, we do a deeper dive into one specific area we…

3 years ago

Golden Rule: A Conversation with Sonny Rollins (Part One)

Fans have long recognized Sonny Rollins as among the upper echelon of figures in improvised music. Some have even ventured…

3 years ago

Bridging the Space Between: A Conversation with Alexander Flood

One can summarize much of the COVID-19 pandemic in one word: isolation. Travel restrictions made walls between countries seem higher.…

3 years ago