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Atlanta-based jazz pian游戏副本 Joe Alterman expresses his deep appreciation of jazz and swing in his performances and compositions. Now he shares that love of jazz on The Upside of Jazz, celebrating the legendary performers of jazz and exploring what makes the music so timeless and endearing to listeners.
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- Yesterday39 min
Producer and Bassist David Robaire - "The artist has to love it"
Producer/bassist/artistic director at Sam First Records, David Robaire, and Joe talk about going from bassist to leading a label, how David thinks about taking a live performance and putting it on vinyl, and the ways in which a label can develop a very specific identity while offering a variety of music.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 1 weeks ago36 min
Bassist Bill Crow - "I'm still figuring stuff out"
Joe and bassist Bill Crow talk about the 98-year-old's lifetime spent in and around jazz. Crow talks about gathering stories from the jazz scene to write his monthly column for Allegro, which Crow wrapped up after 43 years in April, turning those stories into several books, including "Jazz Anecdotes," and spending time listening and playing in legendary clubs like the Village Vanguard and Birdland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 weeks ago24 min
Comedian Robert Klein, Part 2
In the second episode featuring comedian Robert Klein, he and Joe continue their conversation about jazz and comedy, Klein remembers a special breakfast with Groucho Marx, and reflects on what it's like to go from the one looking up to older comedians, to new comedians looking up to you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 weeks ago32 min
Comedian Robert Klein, Part 1
In the first of two episodes featuring the comedy legend, Joe and Robert Klein get together to talk about Klein's career in comedy. Despite not being a musician, Klein explains how improvisation in comedy is not so different from improv in jazz, opening for jazz greats like Sarah Vaughan and The Modern Jazz Quartet, as well as his relationship with comedian Rodney Dangerfield.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 4 weeks ago37 min
Kelly Peterson - "He was always looking to the next thing"
Joe has a conversation with Kelly Peterson, whose husband was Oscar Peterson, about the legendary pianist. Peterson shares the story of how she and Oscar built a life together, some of his more underappreciated skills as a pianist, as well as developing the new box set of previously unreleased recordings of Oscar Peterson playing live all from around the world, aptly titled "World Tour."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Aug 15, 202635 min
Pianist John Beasley - "There is no clear cut path"
Joe and pianist John Beasley have a chat about Beasley's new album, Invisible Piano, which was inspired by a tour of an art museum in Stuttgart, Germany, how he found musical inspiration in non-musical art forms, his time playing alongside Miles Davis, and how spiritual practice and practicing music are both rooted in trying to improve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Aug 1, 202631 min
Larry Goldings - "That makes the challenge of being myself harder"
Joe talks with pianist and organist Larry Goldings about finding his own sound while playing a range of styles with a variety of people, "Rhombus," Goldings's new album with guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Bill Stewart, and how being able to listen back to a recording of yourself is both a blessing and a curse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Jul 25, 202633 min
Luther S. Allison - "It's a gift to be able to love this"
Joe and pianist/drummer Luther S. Allison sit down for a discussion about exploring jazz by learning how to play different instruments, how the places you live shape the kind of music you play, and how the hope he finds in jazz is through its connection to the history of the United States.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Atlanta-based jazz pian游戏副本 Joe Alterman expresses his deep appreciation of jazz and swing in his performances and compositions. Now he shares that love of jazz on The Upside of Jazz, celebrating the legendary performers of jazz and exploring what makes the music so timeless and endearing to listeners.
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