JazzWatch #44 | George Cables

July 20, 2015 by jazzwatch in JazzWatch Blog Posts, JazzWatch Podcast and tagged album, art blakey, bam, band, BeBop, black american music, California, concert, conversation, Cool Bop, Dexter Gordon, discussion, Essiet Essiet, Freddie Hubbard, George Cables, Hard Bop, improv, improvisation, Indie, interview, jazz, Kenny Barron, label, long form, manager, music, music lovers, nashville, New Orleans, new york, new york city, npr, pianist, piano, podcast, quartet, Roy Haynes, Smalls, Smoke, Smoke Jazz Club, Straight Ahead, Swing, trio, Victor Lewis, web series, webisode | Leave a comment

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Pianist George Cables is an amazing giant of the music. After decades of incredible on-the-bandstand experiences with legends such as Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey and Roy Haynes, Cables is now sought by fellow pianists and music lovers through his classic recordings, “Cables’ Vision” and “Phantom of the City.” His newest effort, “In Good Company” features longstanding trio collaborators, Essiet Essiet and Victor Lewis. Look no further for the personification of swing, musical wisdom and empathy. In our chat, Mr. Cables shares reflections on the new recording, piano peers, and his personal journey from a young musician and admirer of the music to his current status as an accomplished master of jazz and beyond.

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JazzWatch #29 | Jaleel Shaw

February 25, 2015 by jazzwatch in JazzWatch Blog Posts, JazzWatch Podcast and tagged album, Alicia Olatujah, alto, band, Berklee, boston, Charles Mingus, College of Music, concert, conversation, episode, Harold O'Neal, improv, improvisation, Indie, interview, jazz, jazz saxophonists, jr., label, manager, Mingus Big Band, music, nashville, new york, new york city, Olatujah Project, Optimism, Perspective, philadelphia, podcast, quartet, Roy Haynes, saxophone, scene, Smalls, smalls jazz club, Smoke, Smoke Jazz Club, soprano, tenor, The Soundtrack of Things to Come, trio, Ulysses Owens | Leave a comment

Alto and soprano saxophonist Jaleel Shaw is a gifted band leader, educator and all-star sideman. Hearing Jaleel with the legendary Roy Haynes, the Mingus Big Band or as the front man in his critically acclaimed groups will reveal a player well-versed in tradition with a commitment and dedication to the present. In our conversation, Shaw shares with us his musical roots in Philadelphia, his evolution as a independent musician and how composition can be a foreshadowing of things to come. All three of his CDs as a leader have been praised critically and popularly. If you haven’t heard his latest, “The Soundtrack of Things To Come,” be sure to investigate it. It captures Shaw’s working quartet in several transcendent moments investigating the music at hand with an integrity that is not easily matched or attained.

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