Interviews

Translating the Language: A Conversation with Lenny White (Part One)

This site primarily emphasizes music that pushes - or even transcends - preexisting concepts of how certain music "should sound."…

10 months ago

“If You’re Not Still Learning, You’re Still”: A Conversation with Kahil El’Zabar on the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble at Fifty

Canadian journalist Graydon Carter once noted, "We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human…

11 months ago

Past, Present, and Future: A Conversation with Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, Chieftain of the Xodokan Nation of Maroons and Grand Griot of New Orleans (Part Two)

We continue our conversation (read part one here) with Chief Adjuah, formerly known as Christian Scott, by discussing the connections…

11 months ago

Past, Present, and Future: A Conversation with Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, Chieftain of the Xodokan Nation of Maroons and Grand Griot of New Orleans (Part One)

Many attribute the phrase “History is a series of lies that people have agreed upon” to Napoleon Bonaparte, allegedly stated…

11 months ago

Broken Trance: A Conversation with Ches Smith on ‘Laugh Ash’

As Arnold Schoenberg once noted, “Intelligibility in music seems to be impossible without repetition.” Repetition is a shared facet of…

11 months ago

Harmony on Your Side: A Conversation with George Coleman (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with NEA Jazz Master George Coleman (read part one here) by continuing to discuss his time…

11 months ago

Harmony on Your Side: A Conversation with George Coleman (Part One)

Unfortunately, sometimes life gets in the way of interviews making it to print. This interview with the legendary George Coleman,…

11 months ago

Complex Dream: A Conversation with Rubin Kodheli on his Music and Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto

On March 28, 2023, the world lost one of its great composers, Ryuichi Sakamoto. Although emotionally powerful, Mr. Sakamoto’s work…

12 months ago

Marathon of Discovery: A Conversation with Winter Jazzfest Founder/Producer Brice Rosenbloom on the Festival at Twenty Years

For over a century, New York City has been the epicenter of jazz music. While many artists develop their craft…

12 months ago

Cloudward: A Conversation with Mary Halvorson

The Philosopher G.K. Chesterton once commented, "There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds." Here on…

12 months ago