Interviews

“I’ve always favoured pragmatism over artistic struggle! I’ve always made sure my rent and bills were covered by a nice teaching job, so I could pick and choose the gigs that I take – I’m […]

“If I could do it all over again, after I heard Joe Pass play, I should have gotten simple vocal versions of the tunes he was playing by great singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie […]

“During my last year in college, I got a call from Van Morrison. I rehearsed with him for a while, on bass, and he asked me to go across country on tour with him. But […]

“One day I was playing a gig in Israel and a tenor saxophone player asked if he could sit in. That was Steve Grossman. After I picked my jaw off the floor, I was amazed […]

“I was never particularly insecure on the instrument, because as I hinted at, I didn’t ever set out to be the ‘best’ guitarist at all and was always aware that there were others that would […]

“The best part about being a musician is that my ability to hear what’s going on musically while I’m listening to music continues to get better and better. Ultimately listening to music is one of […]

“I love learning tunes and being able to play them as a pianist would.  Then, to be honest, I think that the feeling that I was always playing catch-up, the feeling of not being good […]

“A major influence in my musical life and more was the pianist Mike Longo who was Dizzy Gillespie’s musical director during the 60’s. I may not be playing if I had not connected with Mike. […]

“I would like to change my relationship with the instrument from something that defines me and that I need to sound great at, into more of a spiritual feeling, or gateway for myself. I hope […]

Having featured 14 year old Jazz Guitar Wunderkind Andreas Varady in an interview for Jazz Guitar Life, I must say that I was more than impressed with his maturity and spirit. Since that time I have […]