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The CLS Experience with Craig SiegelCrafting Your Comeback With Darren PrinceOn this episode of The CLS Experience, we welcome Darren Prince, the acclaimed author and powerhouse sports and celebrity agent, known for representing icons Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charlie Sheen, Ric Flair and David Goggins just to name a few. He was also the longtime agent to the late Smokin' Joe Frazier, Jerry West and Hulk Hogan. Darren takes us through an incredible journey from his battles with opiate addiction to celebrating over 17 years of sobriety. As we navigate through his professional triumphs with Prince Marketing Group, Darren is candid about his passionate commitment to helping others overcome addiction...
2025-11-2155 min
The Blunt DollarLarry Siegel: What 1,000 Years of Markets Taught Us About the FutureFew people have shaped the way we think about long-term investing and finance like Laurence Siegel. From his early collaboration with Roger Ibbotson on the landmark "Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation" study to leading investment research at the Ford Foundation and the CFA Institute Research Foundation, Larry has spent decades connecting financial history, data, and practical insight into how markets truly work.In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore what centuries of economic and stock market history can teach us about the future, how seemingly obscure ideas like tontines and medieval water mills reveal deep investing truths, and...
2025-10-141h 00
MILF-ishPublic Sex is Hot, Divorce Stats are NotStephanie continues to find herself in more Larry David-ish situations, and Rach is reminiscing about college days. Plus, prenup discussions arise after Rach's friend of a friend of a friend finds herself in a sticky situation. We look at the numbers, see what's happening, and give our two cents (as we always do) about the good, the bad, and the ugly of signing a paper that may leave you with nothing.We hope to see you at our party in Boca! September 14th at American Social—come out!Also, follow us at @milf_ishpod on IG...
2025-09-0347 minMILF-ishExplant Regrets, Vacation Etiquette as a New Couple and Upside Down PineapplesSteph is abroad (well, in New Jersey), and Rach is still in Florida, getting ready for her couples trip to the Bahamas. Trying on bathing suits is reigniting the conversation around explant regret and why we are so eager and impulsive to make changes to our body when we are feeling down. Meanwhile, Steph shares yet another story of finding herself in a classic Larry David moment—which has them asking: is it really just bad luck, or is it her?Naturally, the chat takes a turn toward modern couples in NYC exploring sex parties. But...
2025-05-2051 min
Fulfilled RadioA Conversation on Balance in Ministry from a Fulfilled Perspective __ Larry Siegel and Daniel RogersA Conversation on Balance in Ministry from a Fulfilled Perspective __ Larry Siegel and Daniel Rogers
2025-03-121h 00
The CLS Experience with Craig SiegelYou Are Not Your Past With Michael B. BeckwithVisionary spiritual leader Michael B. Beckwith, founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, joins us on this week’s episode of The CLS Experience to deliver transformative nuggets that will shift the way you see yourself and your world. In this conversation, we dive deep into the transformative power of vision and purpose. Michael shares how pain can serve as a catalyst for growth when we align with a larger mission, shifting from fleeting, ego-driven pursuits to the lasting fulfillment that comes from soul-connected aspirations. Let’s go deep!On today's episode of The CLS Experience, we have...
2024-12-0359 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 985: A Conversation with Dan Siegel Pianist and keyboardist Dan Siegel has covered a broad swath of the jazz spectrum over the course of his four-and-a-half decade career, from straight ahead swing to sleek contemporary sounds. While that’s a testament to Siegel’s multi-faceted talents and restless curiosity, it’s also the result of the diverse array of collaborators that have joined him along the journey – a roster that includes Bela Fleck, Steve Gadd, Larry Carlton, Ernie Watts, Ottmar Liebert, Lee Ritenour, Brian Bromberg, Eric Marienthal, Bob Sheppard, Boney James, Alex Acuña and others. Siegel’s twenty-third release, Unity, is the latest and one...
2024-09-1727 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 984: A Conversation with Ethan Margolis AKA Emagerio ‘Genre-fluid’ is a great word to describe the music of guitarist Ethan Margolis, aka “Emaginario.” A life-long student of music, he has traveled the world from his native Cleveland to bring African diaspora-Caribbean sounds and flamenco stylings to his musical base of the blues and folk-rock. Margolis has evolved into a creative and worldly artist, whose deep connections with flamenco, jazz, blues and even punk coalesce into a unique musical voice. Elements of that Margolis style can be heard coming to fruition on his latest album, Interlude of the Duende (released on Ropeadope), in trio form with a pair of j...
2024-09-1136 min
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2024-08-2430 min
Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin118. Guided by dreams and medical intuition w/ Dr. Larry BurkWe welcome Larry Burk, MD, CEHP, a seasoned medical professional with training from the University of Pittsburgh and 40-year career as a musculoskeletal radiologist from Duke University Medical Center. Driven by a passion for holistic healing, he's not only a certified energy health practitioner but also skilled in acupuncture and hypnosis. As a co-founder of Duke Integrative Medicine, his expertise extends to online coaching at Healing Imager, LLC. We explore his insights into EFT, hypnosis, dreamwork, and past lives. Dr. Burk's journey is encapsulated in his book "Let Magic Happen: Adventures in Healing with a...
2024-01-181h 41
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 963: A Conversation with Buster Williams As 2023 comes to a close, Straight No Chaser posts a few conversations with artists who produced memorable albums this year. Today’s podcast features bassist Buster Williams, who released Unalome on the Smoke Sessions label this past winter. While the band on Unalome is familiar – drummer Lenny White, pianist George Colligan, alto saxophonist Bruce Williams and Vibes master Stefon Harris are all long-time running partners – the album adds vocalist Jean Baylor for covers and Williams originals that take his music in a less familiar territory. One of the most revered bassists of the last half century, the Grammy...
2023-12-2926 minSex TalkDebunking the Myths of Male EnhancementDebunking the Myths of Male Enhancement
Ricky and Larry discuss the common misconceptions about male "enhancement," why they're harmful, and explain the truth behind these myths.
2023-09-0830 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 937: A Conversation with Dafnis PrietoI must confess that any album that features Brazilian-born singer Luciana Souza is going to be on my radar immediately. A brilliant interpreter of both American and Brazilian pop and jazz classics, she collaborated brilliantly with Yellowjackets in 2018, and Vince Mendoza and the WDR Big Band Köln in 2020. Her latest collaboration is another smashing success. Grammy-winning Cuban-born drummer, composer, bandleader, and 2011 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Dafnis Prieto wrote songs and lyrics for his latest album Cantar, (on his Dafnison Music label) a great vehicle for Luciana’s talents. Prieto and Souza are joined by a trio of masterfu...
2022-10-0320 min
Neurodiverse Love with Mona KaySexual & Physical Intimacy: Understanding Differences & Challenges in Neurodiverse Relationships-Conversation with Clinical Sexologist-Larry SiegelDuring this episode, Mona and Larry Siegel have an in-depth conversation about ways to better understand and communicate more effectively with your partner about sexual needs and desires. Larry is a Clinical Sexologist and Certified Sexuality Educator and Supervisor, who has been working in this field for over 35 years. He is also the co-host of the YouTube show called "Sex Talk with the Siegel Brothers". During this discussion, we had a very open conversation about SO many topics that neurodiverse couples may be experiencing, but haven't been given the tools to address. This is an episode that you and you...
2022-08-081h 13
The Long ViewLarry Siegel: ‘The Humblest Thing an Investor Can Do Is Buy Index Funds’Our guest this week is Larry Siegel. He is the Gary P. Brinson director of research at the CFA Institute Research Foundation. Prior to that, he was director of research for the Ford Foundation's investment division for 15 years. Siegel began his career at Ibbotson Associates in 1979. He specializes in asset management and investment consulting and has served on various boards as both an advisor and a director. He has also served on the editorial board of the Financial Analysts Journal and currently serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Portfolio Management and TheJournal of Investing. Siegel is...
2022-07-1948 min
Top Traders UnpluggedIL03: Finding Optimism in Times of Crises ft. Larry SiegelToday, Larry Siegel, Author and Director of Research at CFA Research Foundation, joins us to discuss his book, “Fewer, Richer, Greener: Prospects for Humanity in an Age of Abundance” and how demographic trends impact inflation. Additionally, we discuss the benefits of population growth, the importance of having a free society and how authoritarianism and fascism impairs a population, the history of economic growth and how it has enabled better and cheaper sources of energy, nuclear power and how it can be a solution to the global energy crisis. Lastly, we discuss why global warming is not as severe and urge...
2022-07-131h 03
TopTradersUnplugged.comIL03: Finding Optimism in Times of Crises ft. Larry SiegelToday, Larry Siegel, Author and Director of Research at CFA Research Foundation, joins us to discuss his book, “Fewer, Richer, Greener: Prospects for Humanity in an Age of Abundance” and how demographic trends impact inflation. Additionally, we discuss the benefits of population growth, the importance of having a free society and how authoritarianism and fascism impairs a population, the history of economic growth and how it has enabled better and cheaper sources of energy, nuclear power and how it can be a solution to the global energy crisis. Lastly, we discuss why global warming is not as severe and urgent of a...
2022-07-131h 03
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 909: A Conversation with Eliane Henri on "Hargrove"Hargrove, a vérité style documentary chronicling the last year of legendary trumpeter Roy Hargrove’s life, will debut at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 8PM at Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place (230 Vesey Street, NYC). Executive produced by Janine Sherman Barrois and Erykah Badu, Hargrove offers unprecedented access to Roy like never before through intimate and insightful interviews along with stunning live performances. A Q&A, moderated by music and culture critic Nelson George featuring first-time director Eliane Henri and musicians in the film, will immediately follow the June 12 screening. Filmed in the jazz clubs of Ne...
2022-06-1326 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 911: A Conversation with Dee Alexander about the Chicago Soul Jazz CollectiveThe name of this band tells you what you need to know - think of all the great post-bop soul-jazz sounds that came out of the 1950s and ‘60s, putting groove and feeling above analytics and theory. Decades later, here comes the Chicago Soul Jazz Collective, co-led by saxophonist John Fournier and trumpeter Marques Carroll, doubling down on this storied jazz idiom and allowing a new generation to dig the sound. For their CSJC's third album, On the Way to Be Free, the group raises the ante by inviting Dee Alexander to join in. Chicago’s grand dame of jazz vo...
2022-06-1123 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 906: A Conversation with Mark TurnerWith the release of Return from the Stars (ECM) earlier this year, Mark Turner cemented his place as not only one of the top tenor saxophone players around, but also as an artist who can write and arrange at rarified heights. The album, is a quartet project with Jason Palmer on trumpet; Joe Martin on double bass; and Jonathan Pinson on drums. The absence of a chordal instrument like piano leaves Turner and Palmer's sound suspended over the rhythm. By this I mean that the compositions, performance and always perfect ECM recording place the two lead instruments ab...
2022-05-2920 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 900: Mingus@100 - Mingus the ComposerWhat can we say here that hasn't already been said about Charles Mingus, not one of a handful of true geniuses of the jazz world, but one of the towering figures in 20th century music as a whole. Having learned music and composition from classical figures, his career began in the groups of Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory and Lionel Hampton in the 1940's. His work would covered jazz history for another three decades, playing bebop with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Money Jungle with Duke Ellington and Max Roach, and leading large and small groups through increasingly charged work...
2022-04-221h 10
FEG Insight BridgeThe Progress Machine with Larry Siegel of the CFA Institute Research FoundationJoin Greg as he sits down with the CFA Institute Research Foundation’s Director of Research Laurence “Larry” B. Siegel to discuss why investors have many reasons to be optimistic about the forward progression of society (and the economy). In this engaging episode, Larry talks about his new book, Richer, Greener, Fewer, offers a historical perspective on globalization and inflation, talks frankly about his endowment model debate versus Richard Ennis, and why investors should feel optimistic about the market. He also debunks several investment myths and shares his take on the ultimate investment strategy: buy, hold, and forget. This episod...
2022-03-1643 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 888: A Conversation with Matt SlocumMatt Slocum’s latest work is a long-form suite, performed by one of the best quartets I’ve seen put together in some time. Slocum, the drummer and composer of the songs on With Love and Sadness (Sunnyside Records), originally planned for a trio, but decided the music called for a fuller sound. The resulting group – Walter Smith III on saxophone, Taylor Eigsti on piano and Fender Rhodes, Larry Grenadier on bass and Slocum on drums – makes the album a must-listen and an early contender for the year end “best of” lists. With Love and Sadness, made possible by...
2022-03-1228 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 886: A Conversation with Bill Summers, Part TwoIn Part One of this two-part conversation, Bill Summers explained the long path he has followed to learn the art and the history of Bata, placing him firmly in a thousand plus year history of percussionists. We talked about Forward Back, his new project with his longtime friend Scott Roberts, a way to blend spiritual music with the sounds of the modern western world, especially hip-hop. That EP, Yellow Flowers, was released recently on the Ropeadope label. Part Two follows Summers' 50 year career, as we talk about his time with Herbie Hancock, making Headhunters, Thrust and Flood, pl...
2022-03-0529 min
The CLS Experience with Craig SiegelRise Of The Young With Casey AdamsWhy did I want Casey Adams on The CLS Experience? It’s Simple. He’s wise beyond his years and he turned pain into purpose and exploded his personal brand from a near paralyzing football injury to following his passions and interviewing some of the world’s most established icons. Without further ado Join your host Craig Siegel as he sits down with speaker, top podcast host of the Ground breaking show Rise of the Young, entrepreneur, beacon of inspiration from turning pain into purpose, social media expert, CEO of MediaKits, the innovative and dynamic Casey Adams. Casey...
2022-03-041h 00
Success That LastsFinance 101 with Larry SwedroeLarry Swedroe is the Principal and Director of Research at Buckingham Family of Financial Services. He is also an author and researcher with over 4 decades of experience in personal finance. Larry is a frequent speaker on NBC, CNN, CNBC, and Bloomberg. He joins Jared Siegel to discuss all things financial: inflation, allocation, and even hedging. He shares the peer-reviewed empirical data that informs his strongest convictions. Here are a few highlights from their conversation:
You should never use forecasts to time the market, Larry says, as all evidence shows that it is largely i...
2022-02-2457 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 854: A Conversation with Marc JohnsonDave Holland. Larry Grenadier. Miroslav Vitous. Barre Phillips. Eberhard Weber. Björn Meyer. All of these famous bass players have recorded and released solo bass recordings on the famed ECM label over the years. And now, we can add Marc Johnson to that list. Overpass, recorded in January and February 2018 at Nacena Studios, in São Paulo, Brazil, was produced by Marc Johnson and his partner in life and music, pianist Eliane Elias. Johnson entered the studio with the idea of performing solo, but not quite sure of what the final results would sound like. He performed piec...
2021-10-1531 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 832: A Conversation with Zev Feldman on Record Store Day 2021The second Record Store Day of 2021 came and went this past weekend, and left in its wake some exciting archival releases from our old friend Zev Feldman and his cohorts at Resonance Records. Two of the albums that dropped on July 17 are of particular note. The first is In Harmony, a rare duet recording of trumpeter Roy Hargrove and pianist Mulgrew Miller. Both jazz titans passed away far too soon, so to hear them performing at the top of their respective games is a real treat. Co-produced by Feldman and Larry Clothier with executive producer...
2021-07-1528 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 827: Previewing Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival with Danny MelnickIt's a pleasure to be able to say that there is a two day live jazz festival happening this weekend, June 25-26, in upstate New York. After a one-year hiatus, the Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival is back! Scaled down in size due to health restrictions, nonetheless Danny Melnick, the festival producer is happy with the results. Any festival that presents Christian McBridge, Dianne Reeves, Joey Alexander, Cecile McLoren Salvant, Artemis, and Al DiMeola is bound to be a winner. Podcast 827 is my annual conversation with Danny, as he talks about the long road to return h...
2021-06-2129 minSuccess That LastsInflation, Debt, and Taxes... How to prepare - with Larry SwedroeLarry Swedroe is the Principal and Director of Research at Buckingham Family of Financial Services. He is also an economic speaker, author, and researcher, with over 4 decades of experience in personal finance. Larry is a frequent speaker on NBC, CNN, CNBC, and Bloomberg. He joins Jared Siegel to discuss national debt, the possibility for tax changes, and how to predict and measure inflation in a more objective way. He shares what paradigm shifts investors should be considering today to protect and preserve their purchasing power going forward.Here are a few highlights from their...
2021-06-1056 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 818: A Conversation with Dave SheltonDave Shelton is something of a latecomer when it comes to playing jazz professionally. He excelled in both the clarinet and piano in high school, winning top honors in several state-wide competitions . At Washington University in St. Louis he multi-tasked, studying classical piano while playing on the varsity football team and getting both a BA and MBA. While he began playing at local restaurants and pubs there, he left full-time music behind when he moved to Chicago and made a career in venture capital. After attending workshops and private study with several of Chicago's highly regarded jazz teac...
2021-05-1929 min
SA For FAsThe Asset Allocator: Economic Optimist Larry Siegel Doubts The DoomsayersVeteran investment research Laurence (Larry) Siegel’s response to all the doomsday stories in the daily news is his book “Fewer, Richer, Greener,” which offers a long view of the progress and economic growth our world has known, despite the proverbial bumps on the road. This podcast (20:40) challenges Siegel with a bit of the gloom and doom that we’re seeing. The financial analyst concedes that a sober view of markets is justified, but defends the view that the broader economy is progressing. In this interview and in his book, Siegel prefers to light a candle than to curse the darkness...
2021-05-1120 min
Hanksy Panksy40 - Larry Crowne: Daddy Likey!The boys head back to college to reinvent themselves with 2011's Larry Crowne! Come along for the ride as Tom Hanks attends community college, woos a boozy Julia Roberts, and learns to scoot his way through life. Jokes include: What is and is not pornographic, scoot gang social dynamics, a weirdly old but recent time setting, and an incredible sequel pitch.
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2021-04-141h 07
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 795: A Conversation with Orrin EvansAnother one of my long overdue conversations took place last week when I finally got to chat with Orrin Evans. One of the most versatile and exciting musicians around today, Orrin is nominated for a second Grammy Award for his latest release with his powerful Captain Black Big Band, The Intangible Between. Evans has advanced his career shuffling between various musical entourages, from the Big Band to his smaller groups like Tarbaby (recording with Eric Revis, Nasheet Watts, and Stacy Dillard or Oliver Lake) and trios with artists from Christian McBride and Kariem Riggins to Dave King...
2021-02-0937 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 786: Noted in Passing 20202020 was an especially cruel year for jazz musicians, and we lost so many talented masters this year that I don't think I have completely grasped the impact their passing will have. A few we lost to COVID-19, others simply to old age. Some of the eleven musicians I honor in Podcast 786 were friends, and others were true idols of mine. All will be terribly missed. Take some time to listen to "Noted in Passing 2020" featuring the music of: Wallace Roney (pictured above)- "Children of the Light" from Jazz Jimmy Health - "Fashion or Passion"...
2020-12-281h 01
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 783: A Six-String ChristmasEvery year I post an hour plus of Christmas jazz to enjoy as you go about your merry business during the holiday season. While 2020 will be a little different due to the pandemic, there are still stockings to hang, trees to trim, and egg nog to consume (maybe a little more than usual). This year, the theme is Christmas music played on the guitar, "A Six String Christmas." I've got performances old and new, so check it out and enjoy: Charlie Hunter - "Christmas Time is Here" Pat Martino - "Santa Claus is...
2020-12-121h 01
Intelligent Money MinuteFewer, Richer, Greener with Larry SiegelLarry credits the inception of his new work to a book written in 2004 by Ben Wattenberg called “Fewer” detailing the end of the population explosion. As a result of […]
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2020-11-1805 min
Intelligent Money MinuteFewer, Richer, Greener with Larry SiegelLarry credits the inception of his new work to a book written in 2004 by Ben Wattenberg called “Fewer” detailing the end of the population explosion. As a result of […]
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2020-11-1805 min
BrainfluenceFewer, Richer, Greener – An Optimistic Future with Larry SiegelLarry Siegel is the Gary P. Brinson Director of Research at the CFA Institute Research Foundation and an independent consultant, writer, and speaker. He has written, co-authored, or edited a large number of journal articles, magazine articles, and CFA Institute Research Foundation monographs, and his book, Fewer, Richer, Greener: Prospects for Humanity in an Age of Abundance, reached #1 in Economics and #1 in History on Amazon shortly after its release. In this episode, Larry shares his take on abundance from a fact-based perspective and debunks some common notions about the direction in which the world is headed. Listen...
2020-07-3032 min
The Exceptional Advisor PodcastEpisode 44–Fewer, Richer, Greener w/Larry SiegelIn this special series, Exceptional Advisors in Exceptional Times, Robert Powell, CFP®, editor of Retirement Daily at The Street, interviews Larry Siegel, author of Fewer, Richer, Greener: Prospects for Humanity in an Age of Abundance.
2020-05-1146 min
Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment IndustryLaurence Siegel – Current Myths and Long-Term OptimismLarry Siegel is the Gary Brinson director of research at the CFA Institute Research Foundation and an independent consultant, writer and speaker. Before his "retirement", he spent fifteen years as the head of research at the Ford Foundation and a dozen before that at Ibbotson Associates. Our conversation starts with lessons Larry learned in his time as an allocator and turns to his recent paper describing the 10 Myths of investing, an allocator's version of Byron Wien's annual surprises. After walking through each, we touch on his recently released book "Fewer, Richer, Greener," which offers a case for...
2020-05-1157 min
Bogleheads On Investing PodcastEpisode 021: Larry Siegel, host Rick FerriLaurence B. Siegel is the director of research at the CFA Institute Research Foundation, former director of research at The Ford Foundation, former Ibbotson Associates, Inc. managing director, senior advisor to OCP Capital LLC, and an independent consultant, writer, and speaker specializing in investment management. He has won many awards for writing including the coveted Graham and Dodd Award to recognize excellence in research and financial writing in the Financial Analysts Journal.
We discuss Larry's new book, Fewer, Richer, Greener: Prospects for Humanity in an Age of Abundance. This important book for our time chronicles how...
2020-05-0148 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 741: Remembering Lee KonitzWe've lost another giant. Lee Konitz, the alto sax player whose career spanned from bebop in the clubs of Broadway to the present has passed away from COVID-19 related issues. he was 92. One of the players introduced to me by my father, Konitz found a way to do it all during his 70 odd years in jazz. He helped invent improvisational jazz with Lenny Tristano and Wayne Marsh. He pioneered "Cool Jazz" with Miles Davis on The Birth of the Cool and in sessions with Gerry Mulligan. There seemed to be no one he would not...
2020-04-161h 04
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 740: A Conversation with Wolfgang MuthspielA lengthy conversation with Wolfgang Muthspiel has been a long overdue podcast to prepare for my listeners. The Austrian born guitarist, composer and record label owner has been among the most dynamic guitarists of recent years, and has made some shining albums for ECM. His latest release, Angular Blues, is a return to the trio format, following two acclaimed quintet releases. Wolfgang once again has long-time collaborator Brian Blade on drums; but instead of his usual running buddy, Larry Grenadier, on bass, this time it's Scott Colley, whose unique sound helps imbue this trio with its own...
2020-04-141h 00
Ask Mom & SpawnThe Theme of This Episode? Make Kate Go to the Gym. Plus, What is a Rowing Machine, Finding Work-life Balance, and Is Larry David Watching?In this week's episode, @CrazyJewishMom extols the virtues of exercising, and is Larry David listening by any chance? Plus, explaining what a rowing machine is leads to a giggle session, creating work-life balance, and finding time when your spouse works odd hours. Tune in every Sunday at @5PM ET for our live podcast recording/advice sessions, and ask us YOUR questions live on the @AskMomAndSpawn Instagram or DM us your anonymous questions. Also, make sure to leave us a 5-star review if you're enjoying.
2020-01-2250 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 709: A Conversation with Ethan IversonOn November 1 and 2, the jazz world will celebrate 50 years of the monumentally influential ECM Records, rightfully called “one of the defining sound-worlds of the past half-century of recorded music” by the New Yorker. Founded by producer Manfred Eicher in Munich in 1969 and still under his artistic leadership, ECM Records has released some of the definitive jazz recordings of the past half century, and continues to set new directions in music and sound. The show, to be held at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, boasts an outstanding lineup of perfo...
2019-10-3041 min
That LARRY SHOWEpisode 213: Larry's Desert HallucinationsDoorways to other dimensions ♦ Therapeutic atom bombs ♦ The Govt.- operated death ray in the desert that fries 6,000 birds a year ♦ Why Bugsy Siegel was smarter than the U.S. government ♦ The 12-foot gorilla that is a dinosaur ♦ Psychic Elvis ♦ Mannequins - weird, creepy and fun! ♦ Alien Beef Jerky & Rat Bastard Root Beer – Larry's favorite meal ♦ Ruins you'll love ♦ From Ghost Town Road to Death Valley to Vegas, don't miss this road trip with Larry!
2019-09-1822 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 696: "Bitches Brew" at 50 with Ashley KahnIn Podcast 665 in February, Ashley Kahn joined me to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the recording of Miles Davis’ In A Silent Way. Considered the start of Miles’ “Electric Period”, the album was a progenitor of fusion, jazz-rock and ambient music. Our conversation then shifted to the making of Bitches Brew, the highly divisive and innovative double album he would record 6 months later. Having returned from performing with some of his new band members in Antibes, he recorded in Columbia Studios in New York form August 19-21, 1969. As a point of reference, the Woodstock Festival had ended just the day befor...
2019-08-1936 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 693: A Conversation with Vince MendozaWay back in 2011, my year end podcast picked Nights on Earth, Vince Mendoza’s dazzling, sweeping work as one of the most Notable Releases of that year. Since then, the six-time Grammy winner left his position as conductor of the Metropole Orchestra and has arranged, scored, or conducted more than thirty pop, classical and jazz albums. His latest release is a collaboration with the Temple University Studio Orchestra, aided by soloists Terell Stafford on trumpet and Dick Oatts on alto saxophone. Constant Renaissance was written by Mendoza as a remembrance of the City of Philadelphia’s place in jazz...
2019-08-0849 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 692: A Conversation with TIm Ries If you think you haven’t heard the music of saxophonist Tim Ries, think again. Besides his years of touring with Maynard Ferguson and other stalwarts, plus eight CDs as leader or co-leader, he has held down the saxophone and keyboard chairs with the Rolling Stones for the past 21 years. Currently on tour with the Stones across America, he plays the lead on classics like “Miss You” to stadiums full of classic rock fans every night. Given how busy he can be, it might not be a surprise that his latest solo work, Life Changes, was rec...
2019-08-071h 00
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 687: A Conversation with Alex SillCalifornia native Alex Sill began playing guitar and piano at age 12 and progressed quickly, eventually earning a top spot in Lee Ritenour’s international Six String Theory Competition. Inspired by the likes of Larry Koonse, who suggested Sill enroll at CalArts, and shredder Steve Vai, who has said that “Alex Sill is one of those rare talented individuals that has all the elements in place,” he continues to grow and improve. Sill’s debut album, Experiences: Real and Imaginary not only shows him to be a promising jazz guitarist and composer, but also allows Alex to share some of hi...
2019-07-0138 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 663: A Conversation with Larry Grenadier, Part TwoThis is Part Two of my conversation with bass great Larry Grenadier. Part One was primarily about the release of his first solo bass album, The Gleaners on ECM Records. This podcast allows me to get into some stories about the many great recordings and bands he has played with over the past thirty years. For most of his career, Grenadier has been one third of the Brad Mehldau Trio, first with Jorge Rossy and now with Jeff Ballard. This piano trio returned “The Art of the Trio” to the jazz nomenclature with their telepathic sense of maki...
2019-02-1750 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 662: A Conversation with Larry Grenadier, Part OneIf you make a list of the top bass players in the business today, Larry Grenadier needs to be at, or near, the never top. A consummate sideman, he has been an important member of a who’s who of bands over his more than three decade career. From early days as a prodigy playing with sax icons Joe Henderson and Stan Getz to what has been decades performing alongside pianist Brad Mehldau; from extended experiences working with the likes of Paul Motian, Charles Lloyd and Pat Metheny to co-leading the cooperative trio Fly (with Mark Turner and Jeff Ba...
2019-02-1532 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 653: A Few of My Favorite Things 2018It’s the time of the year when all the “Best Of” lists start to appear, and Straight No Chaser is no exception. Well, maybe a little exception, since I prefer to call this Podcast “A Few of My Favorite Things 2018.” I decided a few years back that it wasn’t prudent to compare a new release by say, Kamasi Washington to an archival release by say, Dexter Gordon, and say which is “better.” Instead, I have created a few flexible categories that allow me to feature twenty-five or so of the releases that I played and re-played during the year, and tha...
2018-12-1946 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 640: A Conversation with Luciana SouzaBy her own admission, Luciana Souza records very slowly, with multiple years passing between her albums. We last spoke in 2012, when she had released two new CDs, The Book of Chet and a continuation of her collaborative series, Duos III. She is one of our finest singers, particularly in interpreting lyrics in both her native Portuguese and English. A lover of poetry, she has written lyrics from a number of poets’ work and put them to music, including Elizabeth Bishop in 2000, Pablo Neruda in 2004, and now Leonard Cohen, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. She adds th...
2018-10-0235 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 624: A Conversation with Mike ClarkWhen we talk about the top jazz drummers of the past fifty years, particularly in the area of jazz-funk and fusion, the short list of real greats has to include Mike Clark. Already a veteran jazz drummer by the time Herbie Hancock picked him for his immortal Headhunters band, Clark wrote the book on jazz-funk, and went on to play in almost all genres of jazz, blues and funk. His credits range from Hancock, Vince Guaraldi, Woody Shaw, Albert King, Eddie and Joe Henderson and Larry Coryell to Christian McBride, John Scofield, Nicholas Payton, and Donald Harrison. With the...
2018-06-3055 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 616: A Conversation with Mark MurphyMark Murphy’s latest CD, Pocketful of Rainbows, continues a trend of merging the singer-songwriter sense with jazz sensibilities. On one level, there is Mark’s smooth voice and lilting acoustic guitar performing songs written by Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan and Hank Williams. On another there is the richness and subtlety that the finest jazz musicians – like drummer Jeff Ballard, keyboardist Jon Cowherd, and electric guitarist Gilad Hekselman - bring to the arrangements and execution of the tunes. Add guest shots by bassist Larry Grenadier, saxophonist Dayna Stephens and violinist Sara Caswell and you have a CD that is full o...
2018-03-2426 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 615 - Jazzin' into SpringWhile Winter may officially be dead today, it sure doesn't seem like Spring in my neck of the woods. Here in Western Massachusetts we're bracing for another heavy winter storm tomorrow, the fourth in the past month. It seems like the song of the day will be "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year". Or maybe "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most"? I think it's Michael Franks' recording of "Why It Ain't Spring" that fits my mood best. But here is an hour of jazz with Spring themes to enjoy and make you think...
2018-03-2059 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 606: A Few of My Favorite Things 2017It’s time once again for me to close out the year with my annual “A Few of My Favorite Things” podcast. This is the chance I get to go back through the music I have had the privilege to listen to during the year, and present some of my favorites to you. I prefer not to think of this as a true “Best of” list, but rather a way of commenting and making recommendations to you on those that caught my fancy and earned repeat playings on my stereo in 2017. I created five somewhat arbitrary categories for my pre...
2017-12-1732 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 586: JackDeJohnette @ 75Seventy-five years ago today, one of the great drummers and percussionists of the modern jazz era was born in Chicago, Illinois. Jack DeJohnette has gone on to play with most of the important jazz musicians who lean toward the genres of the avant-garde and fusion, syncopating the wildest electric music and most controlled acoustic sounds of our time. DeJohnette cut his teeth in the Chicago Avant-Garde, playing with musicians who would form the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (Roscoe Mitchell, Richard Abrams) and Sun Ra. He moved to New York in 1965, and became a member...
2017-08-091h 11
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 584: Previewing the Newport Jazz Festival with Danny MelnickThe Summer Jazz Festival season is in full swing, and the first weekend in August will bring us the Newport Jazz Festival (presented by Natixis) August 4-6 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. One of the oldest and most important Jazz Festivals in the US, this year’s festival seems to be building on the injections of young talent and new ways of presenting music that marked the past few year’s triumphs. Newport has three stages (four if you count the intimate Storyville for solo performers) that keep the music and fun going from...
2017-08-0154 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 580: A Conversation with Danny Melnick about the 40h Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz FestivalIf it’s June, then it must be time for the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival, at the lovely SPAC in Saratoga Springs, New York. 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the weekend-long event, and it promises to live up to past triumphs once again. The festival has two stages, the Amphitheatre for headliners, and the newly-renovated Gazebo Stage for up-and-coming and under the radar talent. Saturday June 24th features Chaka Khan (who had to bail from last year’s festival); Grammy darling Jacob Collier, venerable violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, the exciting singer Cecile McLoren Savant and the all-star tribut...
2017-06-1348 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 570: A Conversation with Jim Alfredson of organissimoI’m a huge fan of the greasy, soulful sound of the Hammond B-3 organ. Few instruments have so distinct a sonic impression, and even fewer have such an iconic physical presence on stage, particularly when paired with the famous rotating Leslie speaker. Ever since Medeski, Martin & Wood deconstructed the organ trio, there have been fewer traditional practitioners of the art making recordings. Gary Versace has recorded some fine albums, but the disbanding of Soulive and the Deep Blue Organ Trio have left a void that only a band like organissimo can continue to fill. The Michigan-based tr...
2017-04-1830 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 556: A Few of My Favorite Things 2016You’ve been reading the “best of” lists for the past few weeks in the press and online, but here at Straight No Chaser we take a slightly different approach to list making. Rather than presume to match artist against artist, album against album, we try to give you a list of those 2016 releases that made the greatest impression or were in the heaviest rotation throughout the year. I created five different categories within which to share my favorite things with you. It seems only fair that the work of a new artist – say the Hot Sardines – should not...
2016-12-2740 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 553: A Conversation with Patrick ZimmerliIt was almost twenty-five years ago that saxophonist-composer Patrick Zimmerli recorded six original compositions in sessions that were eventually shelved. He met that day with a few of his musical peers and friends, who today are recognized as some of the most exciting and in-demand players in the jazz world – pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Larry Grenadier, percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, and drummer Tom Rainey. After Zimmerli was pestered for years to release the performances, Shores Against Silence finally saw the light of day this month. The album is a fine example of what Zimmerli brings to his compositions, ar...
2016-12-1250 min
Starts With A Bang podcastStarts With A Bang #9: Interstellar TravelEver since humanity had the thought that the distant, twinkling stars might be Suns like our own, with their own planetary systems and chances at life, we've dreamed of extending humanity's reach to the galaxy and beyond. What are our actual chances of doing so, technologically, scientifically and practically? This podcast -- based on an exclusive interview with Larry Niven -- explores what's possible.
2016-06-2918 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 536: A Conversation with Dominick Farinacci Short Stories is more than an album title for the latest release from Dominick Farinacci, it’s the overriding theme of a diverse collection of material. The trumpeter has assembled an all-star band as his core collaborators – Larry Goldings on piano, organ and celesta; Christian McBride on double bass; Steely Dan and fusion veterans Steve Gadd on drums and Dean Parks on guitar; and two of the most sought out session men around in Jamey Haddad on percussion, and Gil Goldstein on accordion. Produced by the man who brought us George Benson’s Breezin’, Tommy LiPuma, the album contains wide rangi...
2016-06-0441 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 535 : A Conversation with Mac GollehonThe working jazz musician has to wear many different musical hats, sometimes more than one at a time, If that were taken literally, Mac Gollehon would have difficulty walking through any doorway in New York without knocking a few fedoras off the top of his head. His career has taken him from the Latin Jazz Big Bands and Orchestras of Ray Barretto, Héctor Lavoe, Hilton Ruiz, Larry Harlow, and Charlie Palmieri, to a nine year tenure with Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy band, to studio sessions with David Bowie (Let’s Dance), Duran Duran, Chic, and Mick J...
2016-05-2149 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 537: Happy 80th Birthday, Carla Bley!Carla Bley turns 80 years old today. Her various creative incarnations - composer, band leader, side person, singer – have all been at the highest level, and she shows no sign of stopping now. So let us now praise Carla Bley. She entered the jazz consciousness as a composer. Encouraged by her first husband, pianist Paul Bley, she wrote strong compositions that were quickly recorded by the likes of Jimmy Guiffre, Don Ellis, George Russell, and most memorably, the Paul Bley Quintet on Barrage. Buoyed by that success, she became an integral part of the Jazz Composers Gu...
2016-05-111h 07
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 519: When Rockers hire Jazz MusiciansI’ve been planning this podcast since the Fall, when I spoke with trumpeter Randy Brecker about his latest CD, RandyPop! That CD was a reimagining by Randy of just a few of the many rock, soul and funk tunes that he had been called upon to play on over the course of his career. That got me thinking of how many jazz musicians had been called upon by popular musicians for their recordings, going back to the mid-60’s.
The passing of Phil Woods made me realize the Podcast was a necessity. So many non-jazz fans lear...
2016-02-0447 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 513: A Few of My Favorite Things 2015The newspapers and internet are swarming with critics “Best of 2015” lists right about now, but here at Straight No Chaser we once again take a slightly different approach. I am grateful to get the chance to listen to a great number of jazz-related releases during the course of the year, and rather than attempt to say what is “best” using some sort of rating system (A Christgau grade, perhaps?), I prefer to lay out a list of recordings that I found particularly moving or interesting, or those that I found myself returning to over and over again. The list changes...
2015-12-2253 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 506: A Conversation with Ariel PocockOne of the more exciting fresh voices I’ve had the fortune to listen to this year comes from a 22 year old singer-pianist named Ariel Popock. Based currently in North Carolina, she is a graduate of the University of Miami's Frost School of Music and a double-award winner at the Essentially Ellington Competition at Lincoln Center - Outstanding Pianist and the Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Vocalist Award.
Touchstone is her debut CD, and it has taken a twisted path to reach jazz fans, starting with a prematurely shortened stay at Verve Records, and ending on the fine Canadian la...
2015-11-0342 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 486: A Conversation with Buster Williams of the Heads of StateWe haven’t had a good jazz super-group in a couple of years now. The last time I could really put that tag on a group was the Five Peace Band, led by pianist Chick Corea and guitar legend John McLaughlin, who formed their first group together since playing with Miles Davis decades earlier. They added Kenny Garrett on saxophone, Christian McBride on bass, and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums for a terrific one-off album and tour.
This year’s candidate for super-group status comes from the appropriately named Heads of State. After years of playing in various combi...
2015-06-241h 01
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 485: Previewing the Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival with Danny Melnick If it’s the start of summer, then it must be time for the Summer Jazz Festival season to begin in earnest, and for me that means the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center June 27-28. This year’s festival keeps with prior year’s thematic goals of presenting both marquee names and the up-and-coming stars of tomorrow, jazz next to classic R&B and blues. “The Hang,” and the Festival has come to be called, is in a wonderful setting. A USA Today and 10 Best readers’ poll has given Saratoga Performing Arts Center the...
2015-06-2354 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 478: Fifty Years Ago - A Look Back at Lee Morgan's Epic Year1965 was in many ways just another busy year in the life of Lee Morgan. He had established himself as a major talent in the late Fifties, lending his trumpet talents to classic albums like John Coltrane’s Blue Train, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messenger’s Moanin’, and Johnny Griffin’s A Blowing Session. He began the Sixties appearing on Wayne Shorter’s initial release, backed by the Miles Davis rhythm section; and with a number of top Hank Mobley sessions. He continued to contribute as a vibrant member of the Jazz Messengers, most notably on The Freedom Rider.
1963...
2015-04-1345 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 455: AutumntimesNovember is here and I can no longer pretend that the days are going to be warm. Leaves carpet the lawns and streets here in New England. Autumn is truly in the air.
Last week my wife Nancy and I were in Manhattan for a few days, and found ourselves sitting on park bench in Central Park, resting our feet for a while. In a fit of inspiration, I grabbed my iPhone and serenaded her with Tal Farlow’s version of “Autumn in New York”, as we watched leaves slowly fall from the trees and people bustle about...
2014-11-1359 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 446: A Conversation with Mark Turner One of the highlights of the early Fall Jazz season will be the release of a CD lead by the exciting tenor saxophonist Mark Turner. Lathe of Heaven is his first album as a leader in a decade, but is his third appearance on ECM Records in 2014, after gracing sessions with Billy Hart, and Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani. Turner has recorded three CDs for ECM in the past, as part of the trio Fly, with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard.
His new quartet features trumpeter Avishai Cohen, bassist Joe Martin and drummer...
2014-09-2253 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 439: Previewing the Newport Jazz Festival with Danny MelnickThe Newport Jazz Festival, the multi-day jazz festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The venerable festival was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard, who, together with husband Louis Lorillard, financed the festival for many years. The couple hired jazz impresario George Wein to organize the event to help them bring jazz to the posh resort town.
The relationship between the tony town of Newport and the festival has often been rocky - the National Guard was called to calm spectators who created a major disturbance in 1960, resulting in c...
2014-07-2743 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 435: A Conversation with Mark Whitfield about The Newport Now60 BandThirty years has now passed since a group of young jazz musicians were tagged with the title “The Young Lions”, and released a series of albums and performances that helped change the direction and flow of jazz. Mark Whitfield would have to be near the top of the Second Wave of Young Lions, along with Christian McBride, Carl Allen, Tim Warfield, Benny Green, Marlon Jordan and Roy Hargrove, all of whom appeared with him as The Jazz Futures in a live Newport Jazz Festival recording in 1993.
Whitfield had graduated from Boston's prestigious Berklee College in the Spri...
2014-06-2731 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 420: The Sun Ra Centennial with Ken SchaphorstMay 22 will be the 100th Anniversary of Sun Ra's birthday or as Ra would likely have called it, his "arrival day." Who was Sun Ra? Born Herman Blount, in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1914, he came in to Fletcher Henderson's big band as a pianist and arranger just after World War II and became known for his innovative arraignments. By the 1950s, he became known as Sun Ra, leading a big band of his own - the Arkestra - and was claiming to have come from Saturn, with connections to the Egyptian gods.
This reinvention of himself as person...
2014-04-0638 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 416: A Conversation with Randy Brecker on The Newport Now60 BandFounded in 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival was the first of its kind in America and has been called the "grandfather of all jazz festivals." 2014 marks its 60th year and the Festival is celebrating with a multi-generational tour featuring an all-star band honoring the festival's rich heritage, its significance and the global scope of jazz today. Led by clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen, the ensemble features vocalist Karrin Allyson; five-time Grammy- winning trumpet wizard, Randy Brecker; guitarist Mark Whitfield; and pianist Peter Martin; with Clarence Penn on drums and Larry Grenadier on bass. Ben Allison will spell Mr. Grenadier on...
2014-03-2452 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 400: A Very Jazzy Christmas to YouAh so much to do and such little time to enjoy the holiday season!
Podcast 400 is my reminder to you that life is short, and you should savor every moment you can, preferably with a sterling musical soundtrack. And here is an hour plus of Christmas jazz for you to enjoy as you trim the tree, wrap the gifts, sip a hot toddy or just bathe in the glow of the holiday spirit. Musical selections include:
Jonathan Butler – “Happy Holidays”
Larry Carlton – “Ringing the Bells of Christmas”
Rene Marie – “Santa Baby”
Spyro Gyra...
2013-12-181h 00
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 384: Meet Sasha's BlocJazz has increasingly shown itself to be a universal musical art form. Events like International Jazz Day showcase artists from around the globe, with the music as the glue the holds together their combos and presentations. One cannot help but be optimistic about the global future, when the bandstand can accommodate performers from more than three dozen countries from Africa the Middle East to Asia and beyond to literally make beautiful music together.
This credo seems to be following through in Southern California, with a band called Sasha’s Bloc. Formed in 2012 by bassist Alexander Gershman who hai...
2013-10-1036 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 381: A Conversation with Tierney SuttonThe music of Joni Mitchell has intrigued jazz artists for years, reaching a creative and critical peak in 2007 with the release of Herbie Hancock’s River – The Joni Letters. That CD earned a Grammy for Album of the Year, an extremely rare feat for a jazz release. Singer Tierney Sutton had been studying the Joni songbook well before the Hancock CD. The singer had recorded album-length tributes to Frank Sinatra (Dancing in the Dark) and Bill Evans (Blue in Green), rarely recording music beyond the Great American Songbook or mainstream jazz.
That c...
2013-10-0140 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 370: A Conversation with Luke Celenza"I hear in Luke Celenza a young gifted jazz musician who has the right inquisitive attitude and true potential to become one of the key players in the scene. He brings to the table a fresh sound and an uncommon restrained maturity in his music which I am sure will keep on delighting us for many years to come. ”- Michel Camilo
Those looking for the next wave of talented jazz musicians need not look further than the new CD by Luke Celenza. He only recently turned 21-years-old, and it has already been almost ten year...
2013-08-2053 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 369: A Conversation with Steve SwallowCD releases by Steve Swallow as a bandleader are few and far between. While he is constantly in demand as a sideman, with steady gigs on the bandstand with the likes of Gary Burton and Carla Bley, only 2 albums in the last 15 years can truly be called his as a frontman. That’s part of what makes Into the Woodwork, a quintet recording released on his WATT imprint via ECM, so welcome.
The terrific band interplay, shifting textures and moods and wit of the recording makes the CD a winner. Working with his partner Carla Bley on org...
2013-08-121h 03
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 345: A Conversation with Craig Taborn
ECM is making an early run at “Label of the Year” for jazz releases. In the first four months of 2013, Manfred Eicher and company have given us outstanding new CDs like Chris Potter’s The Sirens; the Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet’s Wislawa; and Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran’s teaming on Hagar’s Song; plus two fabulous reissues as box sets from Lloyd and from Paul Motian.
Adding to this embarrassment of riches is the latest release from pianist Craig Taborn, a trio session entitled Chants. Taborn...
2013-04-231h 01
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 341: SpiritualityHoly week for those of the Christian faith begins today, and the first night of Passover, the Jewish festival of freedom, begins tomorrow evening. Last week marked the Baha'I festival of Nowruz, and the Hindu festival of Holi takes place later this week, as does the Sikh holiday of Hola Mohalla. The Buddhist New Year festival of Theravada takes place on April 6. And of course, the pagan celebration of the Vernal Equinox was just a few days ago.
It’s a blessing when these festivals of many faiths coincide on the calendar, reminding us of the great sim...
2013-03-2456 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 340: A Conversation with Joe Lovano about The Tribute Concert for Paul Motian“Paul was one of a kind: a musicians' drummer who thought about the music, not just the rhythm, and cast his own sound on everything he played... he could play anything, and with anybody." -Keith Jarrett
Symphony Space in Manhattan will be presenting an all-star cast of jazz greats on March 22, coming together to pay tribute to their colleague, legendary drummer and composer, the late Paul Motian, voted number one in the 2012 Downbeat Critics Poll Hall of Fame. One of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Motian played with Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell, Bill Ev...
2013-03-1656 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 331: A Conversation with Chris Potter
The Sirens is acclaimed saxophonist Chris Potter's ECM debut as a leader, an album of mood and melody inspired by Homer's The Odyssey - both its epic atmosphere and its timeless humanity. Potter, who has been a featured player on ECM albums by the likes of Dave Holland and Steve Swallow, found the timeless tale a source of inspiration as he sought to create for his latest band a year ago.
Since then the music has been honed on the road, and captures the sense of wonder and excitement that faces the explorer as he...
2013-01-2842 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 329: Happy 65th Birthday, Donald Fagen!“…Mr. Fagen's music is a rich-textured, harmonically oblique amalgam of rock, jazz and soul. It is, in a word, music for grown-ups—with lyrics to match. What is especially interesting about Mr. Fagen, though, is that unlike most of his contemporaries, he has always made music for grown-ups. Steely Dan, the group that he co-founded with Walter Becker in 1972, never did go in for kid stuff, and doesn't now. Jazz heavies like Wayne Shorter and Phil Woods have long popped up from time to time on Steely Dan's albums, playing solos that don't sound even slightly out of place.” – Terry Teac...
2013-01-1059 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 324: Holiday Podcast #4 - Our Annual Nuthin' But Christmas Music PodcastAre you wrapping presents? Trimming the tree? Firing up the Yule Log? Baking cookies? Making use of the Mistletoe? Sipping some mulled cider by the fire? Maybe a Christmas cocktail or two?
If you are partaking in any of these worthy seasonal activities, you need a soundtrack. And that is where the annual Straight No Chaser Nuthin’ But Christmas Podcast comes in. Download this hour plus extravaganza, and you’ll have all the music you need, featuring several of this year's best Christmas Jazz CDs, as well as the usual classics and rarities like:
Manhattan Tran...
2012-12-111h 08
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 321: Holiday Podcast #2 - Roundup of Christmas Jazz ReleasesThey start drifting in to our offices in September like so many errant snowflakes – holiday releases from jazz artists that will hit the stores as the temperatures dip. Every year I try to feature a few CDs, and do a Podcast for others worthy of notice that I might not get to zero in on. So Podcast 321 is composed of tracks from CD well worth tracking down for you holiday parties or stocking stuffers.
Hilary Kole – “Let It Snow” from Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. The Canadian label Justin Time has gathered a number of their...
2012-12-0830 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 316: Jazzin' On Jimi at 70“Jimi had a trio that sounded like an avalanche coming down off Mt. Everest. Even when he laid out his band thundered on, bringing to mind Miles Davis’ fabled comment: “This black dude made two white cats play their asses off.” I loved that! Wes Montgomery was also playing around New York at the time but a Hendrix performance compared to a Wes performance—I once saw them both the same night—was simply iconoclastic. It was beyond categorization of jazz versus pop or blues. It was a force unto itself.” – Larry Coryell.
It would be wrong to call Jimi Hen...
2012-11-271h 15
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 302: Jazzin' on Radiohead - Happy Birthday, Thom Yorke!Let me preface this posting but saying this – I don’t “get” Radiohead. I’ve seen them live – they opened for R.E.M. – and I’ve listened multiple times to almost all of their albums. I’ve read a ton about their masterpiece, OK Computer, and tried to bring that to my listening. And still – I don’t get Radiohead.
But lots of jazz artists seem to. So since Thom Yorke, the frontman and co-writer of much of the group’s material turns 44 years old today, I thought it was about time to do one of my “Jazzin’ On…” p...
2012-10-0741 min
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 300: "Straight, No Chaser"This is the 300th podcast for my show! It hardly seems possible that when I started eight years ago I would have this much to show for it, and over 1.1 million downloads from around the world.
To celebrate, I thought I would take a moment to examine the song from which the blog takes its title - "Straight, No Chaser" by Thelonious Monk. The tune was originally recorded by Monk for Blue Note Records in 1951, and was written as a basic 12 bar blues in B flat. Much of its longevity comes from the creative use of chromatics...
2012-09-2958 min