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The Live Music Show with Howard BritzOceans (Howard Britz bass & Piano, Eric Halvorson, drums)'Oceans' is a composition I wrote some time ago, first recorded on my 2008 CD "Here I Stand"
This is a trio version with myself on both bass & piano, Eric Halvorson plays drums. We recorded the bass & drum tracks 1st in 2019 then I overdubbed the piano on this track on 3/24/20.2020-03-2600 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzLifetime HB New CD 9:2019 crazy mix head onlyLifetime HB New CD 9:2019 crazy mix head only by howardbritz2019-12-3100 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzHoward Britz piano 'Caravan' Latin MamboHoward Britz piano 'Caravan' Latin Mambo by howardbritz2019-08-2400 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzHoward Britz piano 'Boardwalk' Latin Cha ChaHoward Britz piano 'Boardwalk' Latin Cha Cha by howardbritz2019-08-2400 minThe Live Music Show with Howard BritzThe Jazz Billionaires (Jax Comp Demo)The Jazz Billionaires (Jax Comp Demo) by howardbritz2019-03-0600 minThe Live Music Show with Howard BritzMartha's Song (Jax. Comp Demo)Martha's Song (Jax. Comp Demo) by howardbritz2019-03-0600 minThe Live Music Show with Howard BritzParis (Jax. Comp. Solo Piano)Paris (Jax. Comp. Solo Piano) by howardbritz2019-03-0600 minThe Live Music Show with Howard BritzSoul Eyes (Howard Britz, piano) - 12:19:16, 12.55 PMHoward Britz piano, Tim Armacost sax, Yoshi Waki bass2016-12-2000 minThe Live Music Show with Howard BritzBirdlike (Howard Britz, piano) - 12:19:16, 1.01 PMHoward Britz - piano, Tim Armacost - sax, Yoshi Waki - Bass2016-12-1900 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzNoah Bless, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard Britz 11:9:16Trombonist, arranger, composer and band leader Noah Bless joins me in this episode, a native of Cincinnati, OH he came to NYC in the early 90s to Manhattan School of Music where he quickly got involved the very active latin/salsa scene that was going on at that time, as a great reader, he became in demand for section work, recording sessions and over time actually started leading bands and booking his own musicians. He became fascinated with latin music and learning about clave, the root of latin music and deeply studied the music. Noah recently had an opportunity to...2016-11-0900 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzBrian Charette, The Live Music Show with Howard Britz 11/1/16I first met Brian Charette in 1998 when I moved to NYC, he was in his 20s and already playing great piano, since then he has developed a fantastic career as one of the most important Jazz organists on the scene. In our conversation he talked about how it was kind of a happy accident that he went that direction after being called to do a gig on organ the day of the one he'd ordered arriving when he didn't ever really know how to play it yet. Everything that followed flowed from that gig, such are the breaks that often...2016-11-0100 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzHendrik Meurkens, Misha Tsiganov, The Live Music Show with Howard Britz 10/18/16Harmonica and vibes player Hendrik Meurkens describes himself as a New Yorker, an immigrant and American citizen for better or worse. He grew up in Hamburg, Germany and early on become attracted to American Jazz and Brazilian music. He came to the US at first to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston as a vibes major but during his time there was secretly practicing Harmonica after hearing what the great Toots Thielemans could do on the instrument. He was reluctant to play in on that instrument in public at first until he felt he'd reached a high level.
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The Live Music Show with Howard BritzMatt Fries, The Live Music Show with Howard Britz 10:11:16Matt Fries is one of the busiest Jazz musicians on the New York scene, on any given week if he's not touring he can be seen at one of three residencies around the City as well as many other venues. He grew up in a small town in PA and originally went to college for science at Ithaca NY but whilst there he got interested in music and hooked on Jazz, changing to the small Jazz program that Ithaca College offered at the time. Choosing to do a Masters degree he ended up in Tennessee studying with the great pianist...2016-10-1100 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzDave ScottLeonard Thompson, The Live Music Show with Howard Britz 10:4:16Trumpeter Dave Scott grew up in Kansas City and remembers seeing Cannonball Adderley's group as a teenager and knowing that he wanted to play Jazz. He lived in NYC in the late 70s, moving back to Kansas then California, becoming an educator before moving back to NYC in 2000. Leonard Thompson is California born and raised, his father was a Jazz pianist who also taught but even though he took lessons as a kid, it wasn't till he was in college that he got interested in Jazz seriously and considered it as a profession, going back and forth between NYC and...2016-10-0400 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzFreddie Hendrix, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard BritzFreddie Hendrix is one the leading trumpet players around, he can sizzle on the trumpet and play intimately on the flugelhorn. Born and bred in Teaneck NJ, he started on guitar, switched to violin then finally settled on trumpet after hearing the band director play, the sound of the horn spoke to him. A neighbor lent him his vinyl jazz collection and he was hooked. He's played in the bands of bassist Rufus Reid and the week of the release of this show he will be appearing with the great bassist, Ron Carter's big band at Birdland.
Freddie recently released...2016-09-2700 minThe Live Music Show with Howard BritzHoward Britz trio 'Soul Eyes'Howard Britz trio 'Soul Eyes' by howardbritz2016-09-2100 minThe Live Music Show with Howard BritzHoward Britz, piano Pablo Kashevsky, trumpet duoHoward Britz, piano Pablo Kashevsky, trumpet duo by howardbritz2016-09-2100 minThe Live Music Show with Howard BritzHoward Britz Trio 'My Ideal'Howard Britz Trio 'My Ideal' by howardbritz2016-09-2100 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzJim Whitney and Eric Halvorson, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard BritzThis week on the show, bass Jim Whitney and drummer Eric Halvorson.
Jim has worked for many years in both the Jazz and Bluegrass scene holding down the bass chair since the late 90s with virtuoso clarinetist and mandolin player, Andy Statman, he recently released a CD of his own music and we get to play one of his compositions on the show. I crossed over with Jim as students at New England Conservatory in Boston around '94. Bass gets a big feature on this show and Jim has a beautiful sonorous sound.
Eric Halvorson is the consummate NYC working...2016-09-2000 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzSheryl Bailey, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard BritzThis week on the show, the great guitarist and educator, Sheryl Bailey. It took a while to fix a date given her incredibly busy schedule but we finally got one. She came into the studio, it was well worth the wait, not only is Sheryl one of the best most swinging guitarists on the scene today but she is also shared some of the many insights into the process of music making, learning and teaching music gained from a career of playing, recording, touring all over the world and as professor of guitar at Berklee College of Music and her...2016-09-1300 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzMisha Tsiganov, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard BritzThis week my guest on the show is pianist Misha Tsiganov.
Misha was already a busy working musician in his home town of St. Petersburg, Russia when he got an invitation to come to the United States from Berklee College of Music in Boston, arriving there in the early 90s he only stayed a short time in Boston before moving to New York City where he established himself as one of the most in demand pianists around. He's a great jazz piano player and is equally at home in the Afro-Cuban as Brazilian music scenes as much as straight ahead...2016-09-0600 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzBennett Paster, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard BritzBennett Paster is a pianist, organist, keyboards player and composer living in Brooklyn, NY. We go back a fair way, I met Bennett when we were both students at New England Conservatory and he had shoulder length hair. Bennett know a lot of music, he's a Jazz musician but he has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of pop, R&B, Motown and pretty much everything in between which he uses to great effect in his role as top call session musician and owner of a recording studio, Benny's Wash & Dry in Brooklyn. He's a prolific composer, even writing music on planes...2016-08-3000 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzJason Brown:Gary Wang, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard BritzJason Brown and Gary Wang are two of the busiest musicians on the New York scene. Drummer Jason is currently playing and touring with the great organist Joey Defrancesco and bassist Gary can be seen all over town and tours with musician/performance artist Taylor Mac.
Jason grew up in the Bronx in the early 80s before moving to the suburbs and heard all the hip hop, latin and funk grooves in the neighbourhood whilst playing classical clarinet at school, only coming to the drums later against the wishes of his band director and parents. Gary played throughout his teens...2016-08-2300 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzIvan Renta, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard Britz No.13Ivan Renta, is a tenor saxophonist from Puerto Rico. At the age of 17 he came to NYC to study at the New School, he's been playing around the city and around the world ever since.
One of the early members of the then, Lincoln Center's Afro Latin Jazz Orch. now the Afro Latin Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill, he is a mainstay of the Latin and Latin Jazz scene in the city.
He's got some great stories like getting the call to come and record with Tito Puente whilst still in school, playing with Eddie Palmieri, Paquito D Rivera being mentored...2016-08-1600 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzMarianne Solivan, The Live Music Show with Howard Britz, episode 13Marianne Solivan is a true Jazz vocalist in the tradition of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McCrae etc, she swings, sings the blues, takes chances and has fun while she's doing it, she's also passionate about the American Songbook often finding forgotten or underused gems of songs and making them her own. From her childhood growing up with parents who were both Pastors in the Baptist and Pentecostal Church she was always singing but didn't really discover her love for Jazz until later on. Marianne is a character, not shy about her views on music and life, we had a...2016-08-0900 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzJay Rodriguez, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard BritzSax and multi reeds player Jay Rodriguez moved to NYC at 3 years old from Columbia, he's never left the area since, recognized for his musical talent at an early age, he was given free lessons by the classical virtuoso father of the famed Cuban saxophonist, Paquito D'Rivera, later he studied with Jazz great Phil Woods and was mentored by Mario Rivera. Jay is an eclectic musician to say the least, he plays many instruments because he needs those different sounds for his vast musical palette, from playing Salsa with Tito Puente, to touring with Pop/R&B great Prince he's...2016-08-0200 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzNobuki Takamen Guitarist, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard Britz No.11Nobuki Takamen, grew up in a suburb of Hiroshima, Japan as a child he heard the guitar of Paul Simon on 'Sound of Silence' and knew he had to learn to play it, not being from a musical family he asked his mother what it was and she said, 'guitar', Nobuki says, "if she'd have said ukulele then I would have been a ukulele player now". Paul Simon led to Eric Clapton the blues, a local fusion guitarist showed him some of what's possible in the instrument. Blues and rock led to a passion for Jazz and coming to study...2016-07-2600 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzPhil Robson:Peter Brendler, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard BritzI was very fortunate to have the English guitarist and new New York resident, Phil Robson and American bassist Peter Brendler on the show this week, both Phil and Peter are composers and bandleaders too, we played one of Peter's songs. It was great to talk about our UK connections with Phil and got into thoughts about the creative process and even sports statistics with Peter (didn't see that coming.) Both these guys are monster players, I had a blast playing and talking to them.2016-07-1900 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzGreg Glassman trumpet, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard Britz No.9Greg Glassman is great trumpeter and proponent of Jazz music, he should be, he had mentors like the legendary Duke Ellington trumpet master Clark Terry and Detroit native, Marcus Belgrave. He a fixture on the New York scene with a long running residency at the NYC institution that is 'Fat Cat' a billiards, table tennis & Jazz establishment (only in New York!). We talked about Dizzy Gillespie and played his composition 'Con Alma' , mentorship in music and the importance of protecting our love for the music. Greg is a thoughtful, intelligent person & that comes out in his music. Good talk.2016-07-1200 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzDylan Talyor, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard Britz, Episode 8Dylan Taylor is a bassist and composer from Philadelphia PA, he started off on cello at school and was encouraged to play bass thinking it would be an easy transition, not so easy, he said, yep upright bass is a serious undertaking, I know that. Dylan learnt on the gig, when a bandleader of a restaurant gig he had early on asked him if he played upright, he'd just started but said yes anyway, after that the guy said, leave the electric bass at home from now on, so Dylan figured it out as he went along, it all seems...2016-07-0500 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzTim Armacost (sax) Yoshi Waki (bass) LMS with Howard Britz episode 7.Tim Armacost is a saxophonist and composer, son of a American diplomat who spent large chunks of time in Japan (he speaks fluent Japanese)and India absorbing the culture and language whilst developing a passion for Jazz which he now plays in the US and around the world. Yoshi Waki is a first call double and electric bassist in NYC, from Japan, who first came to the US when he was 5 years old then after returning to Japan came back to the US to attend Berklee College of music at 19. It was fascinating to listen to these two superb musicians...2016-06-2800 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzMary Ann McSweeney, Live Music Show Podcast with Howard Britz No.6This week on the Live Music Show Podcast we have the bassist, composer Mary Ann McSweeny, long time New York City first call musician for Jazz, Broadway, singer songwriters and classical music. Mary Ann is a natural musician who studied classical piano as a child practicing four hours a day, won competitions, played conciertos with orchestras before picking up the violin then eventually the bass. We talk about how she got to study with world famous bassists, Ray Brown and John Clayton, came to New York from CA and her incredibly varied career. We play Monk, Ellington and an original...2016-06-2100 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzFrom the Vaults P.2, The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard Britz No. 5This week on the show while I was in England we present some more great tracks from the archive, featuring, wow!, some amazing musicians, Donny McCaslin (David Bowie), George Colligan, John Swana, Uri Caine, Sylvia Cuenca, David Smith, Casey Benjamin, Eric Halvorson, Bill Moring and Ellio Villafranca. It was nice to see my old friend, Queen Elizabeth II who just dropped by to hang out during the show, great jazz fan that she is (WARNING this last sentence may contain NO facts)
I had a great time putting this together, hope you enjoy the music from 1997 - 2013.2016-06-1400 min
The Live Music Show with Howard Britz(From the Vaults Pt. 1) The Live Music Show Podcast with Howard Britz No. 4This week on the show, while I'm away in England at my sister's wedding drinking more tea than usual, I've taken the opportunity to go into the vaults of my recordings to share with you a few gems from my previous albums/CDs. It's a pleasure to be able to share music made with such fine musicians as Jacques Schwarz-Bart (tenor) Terrion Gully (Drums) James Hurt (piano) George Colligan (piano) Casey Benjamin (Alto) David Smith (trumpet) John Swana (trumpet) Sylvia Cuenca (drums) Eric Halvorson (drums) Bill Moring (bass) and Donny McCaslin (tenor)
I talk about the recordings, of the impact...2016-06-0600 minThe Live Music Show with Howard BritzThe Live Music Show with Howard Britz No.3 (Bassist, Tal Ronen)Tal Ronen, is an Israeli double bassist living in NYC, I remember when he first came to New York because we crossed over briefly at City College CUNY, he on the way in, me on the way out. The word was, look out, this guy is great! well they weren't wrong, Tal has a big beat, beautiful sound and melodic swinging solos, he also, as it turned out was a great conversationalist and I had a great time finding out from him about Jazz in Israel and the link to NYC and his thoughts on the role of the bass...2016-05-3000 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzThe Live Music Show with Howard Britz No. 2 (Trumpeter Pasha Karchevsky)The weekly podcast featuring live music recorded at my studio in Brooklyn by myself and and some of the finest musicians around New York City. In addition to the music, I will be trying to find out the backgrounds of the musicians, what keeps us motivated and what we're working on.
This week we feature the wonderful young trumpeter, Pasha Karchevsky. From Siberia, Russia Pasha's fascination with Jazz brought him to New York City, where he's playing all over town. It's a great indication of how the power that Jazz has to cross cultural and physical boundraries to reach & inspire...2016-05-2400 min
The Live Music Show with Howard BritzThe Live Music Show Podcast with Howard Britz No. 1The weekly podcast featuring live music recorded at my studio in Brooklyn by myself and and some of the finest musicians around New York City. In addition to the music, I will be trying to find out the backgrounds of the musicians, what keeps us motivated and what we're working on.
Episode 1 has me at the piano playing one of my compositions 'Journey' that was originally recorded on my first CD 'The Future The Past' featuring, John Swana tpt. Uri Caine pno, Byron Landham dm & myself on bass plus the beautiful standard 'Old Folks'.
Today and every Tuesday, I hope...2016-05-1700 min