Thu, 13 August 2015
My guest is analog synthesizer master Doug Lynner, who has performed evolving live compositions on the Serge Modular Synthesizer for over 40 years, as well as editing the classic electronic music magazine Synapse. |
Sat, 1 August 2015
I talk with guitarist, composer, bandleader and musical polymath John Schott, whose work spans the genres of jazz, pop, folk and contemporary composition. |
Thu, 9 July 2015
Wendy Reid has been working for over 30 years on her unique body of “Tree Pieces”, chamber compositions for various ensembles which define a music based on natural processes. Along the way, she works with birds whom she regards as authentic musical collaborators. |
Tue, 16 June 2015
I talk with Jon Raskin of the ROVA saxophone quartet about long-term collaborations, language poets, graphic scores, the african aesthetic, jaw harps and more. |
Tue, 9 June 2015
I’m really happy that Barbara Golden and I could collaborate on this show, and re-publish her fascinating interview with Roscoe Mitchell, the saxophonist, composer, and leading light of the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago. |
Wed, 3 June 2015
Our guest is German tubist, composer and bandleader Carl-Ludwig Hübsch. |
Thu, 28 May 2015
Filmmaker Caroline Martel is the producer and director of Wavemakers, a documentary about the Ondes Martenot, an electronic musical instrument invented in France in the 1920’s. Her documentary traces the unusual history of the instrument and its enthusiasts from its creation through to the present. (photo: N. Corre) |
Wed, 27 May 2015
My guest is German turntablist, saxophonist and improviser Ignaz Schick. |
Fri, 15 May 2015
An interview with French bassist, composer and improvisor Joëlle Léandre. |
Tue, 14 April 2015
Today's guest is scat-singer / nuclear physicist Lorin Benedict, of Oakland, California. Lorin's music stretches the boundaries of traditional jazz scat-singing, with excursions into hip-hop, neo-classical fugues, and the borders of free improvisation. He also has an unusually developed 'nonsense language' vocabulary underlying his work. |