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Sachal Vasandani - We Move, We Change, We Grow In 2007, producer Lois Gilbert has an opportunity to speak with Sachal Vasandani on the release of his debut CD for Mack Avenue called, "Eyes Wide Open." Nearly two years later, Lois once again talks with Sachal about his latest release, aptly titled, "We Move" and the changes and growth Sachal navigates through this record as well in his personal and professional life. This special JazzCorner.com InnerView was recorded during the Detroit Jazz Festival. For more information, visit www.mack ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ruben Blades - Back On Tour Singer, songwriter and actor Ruben Blades has a fascinating career. He became a world famous Latin music singer and then gave it up to become Tourism Minister in his native Panama. JazzCorner.com's producer Reese Erlich met with Blades just days after he finished his term as minister. He's now touring with his wife, singer Luba Mason and preparing new musical projects. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Terence Blanchard - Making Choices In 2007 Terence Blanchard produced the haunting and mesmerizing CD "A Tale of God's Will" about the impact of Hurricane Katrina on his home town of New Orleans. Now Blanchard has come out with a new CD "Choices." Musically and thematically, Choices is a sequel to the previous CD, but conveys the positive developments in New Orleans since Katrina. Reese Erlich produced this Jazz Perspective. Terence Blanchard is performing at the Thelonious Monk Institute Bass Competition and Gala on October ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Heath Brothers - Family and Endurance In 1979, Lois Gilbert had the good fortune to interview for radio station WRVR in New York, Jimmy and Percy Heath. With the kind permission of Jimmy Heath, she's been provided the opportunity to rebroadcast, enhance and update the interview for a special JazzCorner.com InnerView. Although Percy Heath died in 2005, The Heath Brothers continue with Albert "Tootie" Heath performing with Jimmy. Jimmy's autobiography will be published by Temple University Press in 2010. The Heath Brothers band w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jon Faddis - Triumph of the Trumpet Before he was 21, Jon Faddis had played and/or recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Sarah Vaughan, Thad Jones, Lionel Hampton, and Oscar Peterson to name a few. In this special one hour JazzCorner.com InnerView, producer Lois Gilbert accompanies Jon as he takes us on his musical journey through words and music. The Jon Faddis Quartet with special guests Sean Jones and Wallace Roney will be appearing at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival on September 6, 2009. For more info visit: www.t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kenny Barron - A True Jazz Master Pianist Kenny Barron is being inducted as an NEA Jazz Master in 2010 as well as inducted into the Arts and Science Academy in 2009 for his lifetime achievements in jazz performance and education. In this special JazzCorner.com perspective, producer Reese Erlich talks with Barron about his first major gig and his love of Brazilian music. Kenny Barron will be making a rare duo performance with Mulgrew Miller at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival on September 6, 2009. For more info visit: www.tangl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bobby Sanabria- Revisiting and Moving Latin Jazz Forward On the 2009 release of Kenya Revisted Live, Bobby Sanabria did more than recreate the 1958 masterpiece, "Kenya" recorded bt Machito and the Afro-Cubans. Mindful of the importance of this historic record to both Latin and Jazz audiences, Sanabria wrote new arrangements and created a bridge in the legacy of the music by featuring the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra with special guest, NEA jazz master Candido Camero. In this JazzCorner.com Innerview with Lois Gilbert, Sana ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Pizzarelli- Thanks to Bucky Guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli wanted to be a rock and roll star when he was a teenager. Luckily for the world of jazz, his father, Bucky Pizzarelli, introduced his son to the music of the 40s and 50s. Today John is one of the great upholders of that tradition, whether performing the songs of Richard Rogers on his latest CD or composing his own tunes. John will be doing his Radio Deluxe program live at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival on Sept. 5 and will be performing with Bucky at the D ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wayne Shorter - Talks Sax Wayne Shorter has played with a host of jazz greats from Sonny Stitt to Art Blakey and Miles Davis. In this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective, producer Reese Erlich discusses with Shorter, his early career and his composing skills. The Wayne Shorter Quartet will be performing on September 6 at the Detroit Jazz Festival. See www.detroitjazzfest.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Luciana Souza - Brazil and Jazz Singer and song writer Luciana Souza was born in Brazil, lives in Los Angeles, and has mastered the music of both countries. She infuses her American ballads with Brazilian essence while bringing a jazz sensibility to bossa nova. JazzCorner.com's poducer Reese Erlich offers this JazzCorner Perspective based on the music in her new 2009 CD "Tide." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Claudio Roditi - That Special Sound Trumpeter Claudio Roditi grew up in Rio de Janeiro and later moved to New York. So he combines the best of American and Brazilian musical influences. In this Jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspective, Reese Erlich talks with Roditi about how musicians develop their own special sound. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chucho Valdes - Cuban Innovator Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes performs before huge audiences around the world, playing his unique style of Latin jazz. But the Bush administration had banned Valdes and virtually all other Cuban musicians from performing in the US. Jazzcorner.com's producer Reese Erlich caught up with Chucho at the Barcelona Jazz Festival to talk about his music and the prospects for performing in the US again. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bud Shank - West Coast Jazz Jazz innovator Bud Shank passed away April 2, 2009 at the age of 82. Shank carved out a fascinating career as a jazz saxophonist and flutist. He came of age musically in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, helping develop the West Coast Jazz style. He also helped popularize the fusion of Brazilian music with jazz. JazzCorner.com's Jazz Perspectives producer and host Reese Erlich interviewed Shank about his life and music in 2000 when Shank was still living in Seattle. He passed away from natura ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lisa Sokolov - Sings From The Heart Singer Lisa Sokolov has really studied the human voice. She can shift tone and tamber on a moment's notice. She also really enjoys singing, which she did as soon as she sat down before a microphone. Jazzcorner.com's Jazz Perspective producer Reese Erlich joined Sokolov in New York to learn about her love of blues and traditional melodies of all kinds. Her new CD "A Quiet Thing" was released in March 2009. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chick Corea - Many Different Projects Pianist Chick Corea has put together a new band with John McLaughlin and Kenny Garrett, that hasn't performed widely in the US. Jazzcorner.com's Jazz Perspectives host Reese Erlich talked with Corea at the Barcelona Jazz Festival about the festival and his collaboration with banjo player Bela Fleck. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John McLaughlin - The Early Spanish Influence John McLaughlin is world famous for playing with Miles Davis in the late 60s and early 70s. He achieved fame once again by founding the Mahavishnu Orchestra. But some of McLaughlin's earliest influence came from flamenco. Producer Reese Erlich spoke with McLaughlin backstage at the Barcelona Jazz Festival for this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ramsey Lewis - Still In With The In Crowd Ramsey Lewis is a legend in jazz. He had a string of crossover hits in the 1960s, including "The In Crowd" and "Hang On Sloopy." He's continued to perform his soul and gospel influenced jazz around the world. Producer Reese Erlich talked with Lewis about his career and music in this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Liz Magnes - West Meets Middle East Liz Magnes lived in Israel where she played with both Israeli and Arab musicians. She fuses Arabic modal scales with American jazz standards to produce a fascinating and unique sound. In this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective prepared by Reese Erlich, Magnes talks about her music and her efforts to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians. For more information visit www.lizmagnes.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Frank Wess - Big Band to BeBop Frank Wess became famous playing with the Count Basie Band in the 1950s. His incredible career spans both the big band and bebop eras. In this Jazz Perspective, Wess tells Reese Erlich that he really didn't have any problems playing bebop - except the drumming was so different. "Art Blakey was dropping those bombs," he said with a laugh. This Jazz Perspective includes Wess' playing from the Count Basie days as well as his CD Hank and Frank. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gerald Wilson - Still Swingin' at 89 Big band leader, trumpeter and composer Gerald Wilson has been a jazz treasure for more than 6 decades, and maintains a busy schedule to this day. jazzcorner.com's Lois Gilbert spent several hours with Gerald on his 89th birthday during the Detroit Jazz Festival. This very special jazzcorner.com InnerView is brought to you by Mack Avenue Records. www.mackavenue.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jon Faddis - Hitting Those High Notes As a teenager, Trumpeter Jon Faddis impressed his friends by playing the Star Spangled Banner one octave higher than usual. He brought that talent to the world of jazz and is still hitting those incredible high notes 40 years later. In this Jazz Perspective, Reese Erlich talks with Faddis about his CD "Teranga." It includes original jazz compositions that combine the talents of American and Senegalese musicians. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tia Fuller - Embrace The Journey Saxophonist, flutist and composer Tia Fuller truly believes that music can serve as the perfect elixir, hence the title of her Mack Avenue debut, "Healing Space," which includes her longtime friend and musical collaborator Sean Jones and labelmate, Ron Blake. Conceived during a time of personal turmoil and transition, Tia elaborates on purpose, gratitude, transgression, reflection, wholeness and restoration. For more information on Tia, please visit www.mackavenue.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jason Moran - Brings Youthful Energy to Jazz Pianist Jason Moran, in his early 30s, has already made his mark in the jazz world. As you can hear in this jazzcorner.com InnerView by Reese Erlich, Moran can play a downhome, funky blues or create avant garde new music. His CD "Artist in Residence" consists of various commissioned works he has performed over the past few years. It includes jazz fused with hip-hop and an original composition that's part jazz and part classical. Quite a mix. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hot Club of Detroit - Django meets Detroit Back in 1930s Paris, the Hot Club de France kept music fans jumping and dance floors filled to their intricate and lively brand of gypsy jazz.In 21st century Detroit, the fans are jumpin' and the dance floors are filled, too, but this time to the sound of the Hot Club of Detroit, an electrifying and visionary ensemble that takes the traditions pioneered by Django Reinhardt and company and spins them in a way that's both reverent and refreshingly contemporary. For more info visit: www.mackav ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jason Lindner - From Garage Band to Big Band Pianist and composer Jason Lindner started getting jazz gigs at age 15 by barging into restaurants and offering to play for free. Today, he heads a successful trio and big band. In this jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspective, Reese Erlich features an interview with Lindner and music from his CD "Live at the Jazz Gallery." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Avishai Cohen Brings the World to Jazz Bassist and band leader Avishai Cohen doesn't know what to call his music. He mixes Middle Eastern influences from his native Israel with European classical, Latin and other styles to create an innovative form of jazz. In this jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspective, Reese Erlich talks with Cohen about his history in music, his International Vamp band and his latest CD: "As Is: Live at the Blue Note." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cyrus Chestnut plays Elvis For those who know the incredible playing of pianist Cyrus Chestnut, it should come as no surprise that he produced a swinging and original version of tunes made popular by Elvis Presley. In this jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspective by Reese Erlich, you can hear his jazz version of Hound Dog and Heartbreak Hotel. Chestnut talks about his early musical influences and how he developed his swinging style. Music for this perspective comes from "Cyrus Plays Elvis" on Koch Records. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Raymond De Felitta - In Search of Jackie Paris Filmmaker and jazz musician Raymond De Felitta discovered the voice of Jackie Paris while listening to the radio. He became somewhat obsessed and his mission was to find out more about this elusive vocalist who sang with Bird, Mingus and Monk. His journey was transformed into making the documentary: 'Tis Autumn: The Search For Jackie Paris which opened in New York on December 7, 2007. jazzcorner.com's Lois Gilbert sat with De Felitta to talk about the film, Jackie Paris and how talent a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robin Eubanks - Always on the Cutting Edge Multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and educator Robin Eubanks has been using electronics to augment the sonic palette of his trombone for more than 15 years. His latest project, EB3 was created for the expressed purpose of exploring modern technology in the context of his live performances, while also advancing the art of trombone in general. One of the first jazz musicians to create his own podcasts, jazzcorner.com turns the mic on Robin in this special extended jazzcorner.com Inne ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Herbie Hancock - Letting Rivers Flow Pianist Herbie Hancock spoke with jazzcorner.com's Jazz Perspectives host Reese Erlich to talk about his new CD River. It's based on compositions by Joni Mitchell. Hancock talks about how Mitchell's music is particularly well suited for jazz and how he struggled to understand her lyrics. The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz All-Star Tribute to Herbie Hancock will be held at the Kodak Theater on Oct 28. Please visit www.monkinstitute.org. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joni Mitchell - Continues to Shine Joni Mitchell is a favorite singer-songwriter for many jazz musicians because of her insightful poetry and story telling ability. After nearly 10 years of not producing original recordings, in September 2007, Joni Mitchell issued a new CD, Shine. In this exclusive interview with jazzcorner.com's Jazz Perspective host Reese Erlich, Mitchell talks about the strong influence jazz and blues have had on her work. Joni Mitchell will be appearing at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz All-Star ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website George Duke - Bending Jazz Genres George Duke got his start playing piano in church. He went on to fame playing with both rock and jazz stars. In this jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspective, Reese Erlich looks at Duke's career spanning nearly 40 years. Music for the perspective comes from "Face the Music" and "The Ultimate George Duke." George Duke will be appearing at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz All-Star Tribute to Herbie Hancock at the Kodak Theater on Oct 28. Please visit www.monkinstitute.org. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kenny Werner - Striking Those Good Chords Pianist Kenny Werner is not only a fine musician but an insightful observer of the jazz scene. In this jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspective by Reese Erlich, Werner talks about his life growing up in Long Island, NY, and about the importance of maintaining improvisation and individualism in jazz. Werner plays the Beantown Jazz Festival on September 28. Please visit www.beantownjazz.org for more information. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Claudia Acuna - A NY Success Story Vocalist Claudia Acuna grew up in a working class district of Santiago, Chile. She became a jazz singer there and eventually moved to New York, where she had to start all over again. In this jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspective by Reese Erlich, Acuna tells of her big break at the Blue Note and how she composes some of her fine tunes. Acuna is one of the headliners at the 2007 Beantown Jazz Festival on September 28 and 29, 2007 in Boston. Please visit www.beantownjazz.org for more information. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joe Zawinul - In Memory Legendary pianist Joe Zawinul passed away Sept. 11 in Vienna at the age of 75. As a young man he came to New York and quickly became known for an innovative style and fusing jazz with other forms of popular music. He played with Miles Davis on Bitch's Brew and went on to found the fusion band Weather Report with Wayne Shorter. In memory of Zawinul, jazzcorner.com presents this Jazz Perspective produced by Reese Erlich. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kurt Elling - Pushing the Jazz Vocal Envelope Considered one of the foremost contemporary voices and vocal interpreters in jazz; in this extended jazzcorner.com Innerview, Kurt Elling discusses everything from his latest recording, "Nightmoves", his eclectic choices of music, writing, family, philosophy, spirituality and so much more. Kurt is appearing at both the Tanglewood and the Detroit Jazz Festivals during Labor Day Weekend 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Regina Carter - Detroit's Own Heroine Detroit born and raised, violinist Regina Carter is the first Artist-In-Residence in the 28 year history of the Detroit Jazz Festival. In this Jazz Perspective produced by Reese Erlich, Carter discusses her early ability to play by ear and also the difficulties facing women jazz performers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Maria Schneider - The Sky's The Limit On Maria Schneider's latest CD, Sky Blue, Schneider weaves melodic and lush stories, childhood memories, bird watching in Central Park and a visit to South America. In this the extended length jazzcorner.com InnerView with producer Lois Gilbert, Maria explains how she composes, displays her talent on various bird whistles and speaks eloquently on her latest ArtistShare project, Sky Blue. The Maria Schneider Orchestra will be appearing at the Tangelwood Jazz Festival on September 2, 2007. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dave Brubeck - An Evolving Genius Pianist Brubeck helped define the "cool jazz" sound during the 1950s. Brubeck and his quartet showed that you could swing with a more mellow, cooler sound in California. Brubeck is best known for his hits "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," innovative tunes that were both melodically pleasing and very hard to play because of their unusual meters. In this Jazz Perspective by host Reese Erlich, we hear Brubeck talk about those early years and about his formative days as an Army musician ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joe Sample - Still Crusading Pianist Joe Sample is best known for his years with the seminal group the Jazz Crusaders. He wrote and performed a number of pop mega-hits as well, such as "Street Life." In this Jazz Perspective, Sample talks about some of the history behind the Jazz Crusaders as well as his latest CD, "Feeling Good," reuniting him with vocalist Randy Crawford. See Joe Sample with Randy Crawford at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival on September 1, 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sachal Vasandani - Infusing The Familiar With The Fresh Sachal Vasandani's MACK AVENUE debut release, Eyes Wide Open, showcases this uniquely gifted vocalist and songwriter who combines skillful, diverse writing with a flair for infusing the familiar with the fresh. Critics describe him as "the finest young talent on the scene" possessing a stunning and moving voice. In addition, Vasandani's live performances have generated appreciation and praise from peers worldwide. In this special long length jazzcorner.com InnerView, Sachal talks about ev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bobby Sanabria - Keeping the Latin Big Band Alive Percussionist, composer and bandleader Bobby Sanabria has a mission. He keeps alive the tradition of Latin big bands and updates the music to the 21st century. In his new CD "Big Band Urban Folktales," Sanabria brings us mambos, boleros, and even some Frank Zappa with that unmistakable Latin big band sound. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mark Weinstein - Fusing Flute and Philosophy Mark Weinstein was an early pioneer in fusing avant garde jazz with Latin music. He took some time off from playing music professionally to become a philosophy professor. But since the mid 1990s, he's recorded some dynamite Latin and jazz and world music. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website George Wein - From pianist to Impresario George Wein is a talented musician who became even better known as a jazz impresario. Wein founded the Newport, Playboy, JVC and New Orleans Jazz Festivals, among others. Reese Erlich caught up with Wein during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to ask him about the changing world of jazz. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mark Levine - The Latin Tinge As a young pianist, Mark Levine got his start playing strip joints in Boston, adding that special bada bing to his jazz and blues repertoire. These days he focuses on Latin music, having produced five successful CDs with his group the Latin Tinge. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ben Allison - Outside Music That Takes You In When you hear the words avant garde jazz, you think of discordant notes and strange harmonies. But bass player Ben Allison has managed to create a style of jazz that combines accessible rhythms and melodies, with the "outside" sounds associated with the avant garde. Allison is one of New York's outstanding younger generation of jazz artists not content to play grandpa's jazz. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JD Allen - So Far "Out" He's "In" Saxophonist JD Allen plays to the outer limits of modern jazz, often using dissonance and unusual rhythms. But he has a strong sense of melody that makes him a popular jazz artist of the younger generation. jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspectives' producer Reese Erlich met with Allen to discuss how he got started playing for Betty Carter and his latest CD "I Am, I Am." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lionel Loueke - Clicks His Way Into Jazz Guitarist Lionel Loueke has established himself as a world-class sideman playing for both Terence Blanchard and Herbie Hancock. Now as a group leader, Loueke demonstrates his prodigious talents by playing guitar, singing and adding percussive clicks to his singing. jazzcorner.com's Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich discovered that Loueke borrowed the rhythmic clicks from a language in South Africa, but has made them all his own. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ezra Weiss - Young and Talented You probably haven't heard of Ezra Weiss - yet. The 20-something pianist plays New York and keeps busy in his home base of Portland, Oregon. Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich talks with Weiss about his CD "Get Happy," which will actually get you happy. Please visit www.ezraweiss.com and his CD is available through JazzCares.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eliane Elias - A Brazilian Triple Threat Brazilian born Eliane Elias is a talented pianist, vocalist and song writer. She's currently on a national tour playing songs from her CD "Something for You," a tribute to Bill Evans. jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich finds out how she got inspired to perform Bill Evans' songs, and even why she kicks off her high heels during live performances. To see Eliane Elias videos, please visit http://www.jazzvideos.net Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hot Club of Detroit - A Very Cool Hot Club More than seven decades after the innovations of the Quintette du Hot Club de France, and guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt, groups called Hot Clubs carry on the gypsy jazz tradition around the world. None, however, offers a fresher take than the Hot Club of Detroit. Producer Lois Gilbert spoke with the group about their distinctive sound. Music comes from their second release, "Night Town" on Mack Ave Records. They are making their New York debut during the Django Reinhardt NY Festival N ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dave Holland - Passing It On Bassist and composer Dave Holland has a long and illustrious career. He became well known playing with Miles Davis in the 1960s. These days he plays with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, as well as leading his own groups. Producer Reese Erlich interviews Holland in this jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspective that includes music from his brand new CD "Pass It On." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jeff 'Tain' Watts Gives New Rhythm to the Drums Jeff 'Tain' Watts shows up almost everywhere. He's won Grammies with both Branford and Wynton Marsalis. As Jazz Perspective producer Reese Erlich found out, Watts originally studied classical European percussion and planned to be a studio musician. But he's had a successful career as a sideman and now as a group leader of Ebonix. Sit back and enjoy the drum beats. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cindy Blackman - Back From Rock and Up for Jazz Drummer Cindy Blackman took a hiatus from jazz for 15 years to play with rock icon Lenny Kravitz. Now she's back in rare form with a new CD "Music for the New Millennium." Blackman talks about her music and what it's like to be a woman drummer in the male-dominated world of jazz. She speaks with jazzcorner.com's Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marian McPartland - The First Lady of Jazz jazzcorner.com is very honored and proud to present to you our InnerView with the first lady of jazz , Marian McPartland. Producer Lois Gilbert spoke with Marian at her home in Long Island. 2008 marks Marian's McPartland 90th birthday and her 30th anniversary of hosting "Piano Jazz." Marian will present Piano Jazz live on NPR affiliates on August 30th from the Tanglewood Jazz Festival with specials guests, Nneena Freelon, Mulgrew Miller and Spencer Day. For more information please visi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christian McBride - Always Evolving It hard to categorize bassist Christian McBride. At only 36 years old he's as adept on acoustic bass as well as electric and transitions easily from mainstream jazz to downright funk, always with rhythm, swing and poise. In this special jazzcorner.com InnerView with producer Lois Gilbert, Christian takes us on his journey from his roots in Philadelphia to be one of the leading bassists of our time. Christian is the 2008 Detroit Jazz Festival's Artist-In-Residence. For more information, vis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Donal Fox - Keying In on Jazz and Classical Music Award winning pianist, composer and arranger Donal Fox has long been entrenched in the jazz and classical worlds. He has won numerous awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship and most recently, the prestigious Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Music. The annual prize is awarded to composers of exceptional accomplishment. Donal Fox will be performing his Scarlatti Suite at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival on August 30. For more information, please visit www.tanglewoodjazzfestival.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pat Martino - Guitar Improv Genius Pat Martino is a jazz guitar legend. At age 15 he moved from his native Philadelphia to Harlem, quite a jump for a white teenager in 1959. He honed his skills playing with the likes of Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff. Wes Montgomery was one of his mentors. In 1979, Martino was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm and almost died. He had total amnesia and had to stop playing. But since 1995, he's been back full force. Reese Erlich met Martino at the Montreal Jazz Festival and this Jazz Perspective co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spencer Day - Genre Bending Singer jazzcorner.com's Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich asked Spencer Day if his unusual fusion of jazz, cabaret and pop made it difficult to find bookings. Day said "sometimes." But that's precisely what makes the singer, songwriter and pianist so talented. He can belt out a tune like Judy Garland or write a lyric like Cole Porter. OK, maybe not yet, but he is a musician to watch out for. Spencer Day will be making his East Coast debut at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, performing with his ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Giacomo Gates - He Swings, He Sings Giacomo Gates in an American jazz vocalist who honors the tradition of vocalese, putting his own mark on each tune he interprets, and adding a new twist on jazz standards with a repertoire that ranges from improvising on a Illinois Jacquet solo to Jimi Hendrix. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Claire Daly - The Unusual is the Usual In this special jazzcorner.com Innerview with producer Lois Gilbert, baritone saxophonist, flutist and educator Claire Daly makes bright moments as she takes us on her journey with her Rah Rah band (an homage to Rahsaan Roland Kirk), teaching, and performing in various unusual groups. Claire Daly and the Rah Rah band will be performing at the Litchfield Jazz Festival on August 3, 2008. For more information visit: www.litchfieldjazzfest.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Pizzarelli Does Sinatra Guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli owes a lot to the influence of his legendary father, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. In this jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspective producer Reese Erlich talks to Pizzarelli about what it was like growing up surrounded by jazz. Pizzarelli puts a new twist on the music of Frank Sinatra in his CD "Dear Mr. Sinatra." John Pizzarelli will be performing at the Litchfield Jazz Festival on August 3, 2008. For more information visit: www.litchfieldjazzfest.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marilyn Crispell - Fusing Classical, Free and Straight Ahead Pianist Marilyn Crispell was on her way to a successful career as a classical musician when she listened to John Coltrane. She switched to jazz, becoming well known as a free jazz artist. Since the early 90s she's emphasized a more straight ahead style. In this Jazz Corner.com Jazz Perspective, producer Reese Erlich talks with Crispell about her passion for jazz. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wayne Shorter - Blakey, ESP and Nefertiti jazzcorner.com's Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich sat down for an intimate conversation with saxophonist Wayne Shorter. In this special podcast, Shorter talks about his early years with Art Blakey and Miles Davis. He also reveals what inspired him to write his original compositions, including "ESP" and "Nefertiti." Wayne Shorter will be adjudicating and performing at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz 2008 International Saxophone Competition and Gala on October 25 and 26 in Los ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hot Club of Detroit - A Very Cool Hot Club More than seven decades after the innovations of the Quintette du Hot Club de France, and guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt, groups called Hot Clubs carry on the gypsy jazz tradition around the world. None, however, offers a fresher take than the Hot Club of Detroit. Producer Lois Gilbert spoke with the group about their distinctive sound. Music comes from their second release, "Night Town" on Mack Ave Records. They are making their New York debut during the Django Reinhardt NY Festival N ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dave Holland - Passing It On Bassist and composer Dave Holland has a long and illustrious career. He became well known playing with Miles Davis in the 1960s. These days he plays with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, as well as leading his own groups. Producer Reese Erlich interviews Holland in this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective that includes music from his brand new CD "Pass It On." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jeff 'Tain' Watts Gives New Rhythm to the Drums Jeff 'Tain' Watts shows up almost everywhere. He's won Grammies with both Branford and Wynton Marsalis. As Jazz Perspective producer Reese Erlich found out, Watts originally studied classical European percussion and planned to be a studio musician. But he's had a successful career as a sideman and now as a group leader of Ebonix. Sit back and enjoy the drum beats. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cindy Blackman - Back From Rock and Up for Jazz Drummer Cindy Blackman took a hiatus from jazz for 15 years to play with rock icon Lenny Kravitz. Now she's back in rare form with a new CD "Music for the New Millennium." Blackman talks about her music and what it's like to be a woman drummer in the male-dominated world of jazz. She speaks with JazzCorner.com's Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marian McPartland - The First Lady of Jazz JazzCorner is very honored and proud to present to you our InnerView with the first lady of jazz , Marian McPartland. Producer Lois Gilbert spoke with Marian at her home in Long Island. 2008 marks Marian's McPartland 90th birthday and her 30th anniversary of hosting "Piano Jazz." Marian will present Piano Jazz live on NPR affiliates on August 30th from the Tanglewood Jazz Festival with specials guests, Nneena Freelon, Mulgrew Miller and Spencer Day. For more information please visit ww ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christian McBride - Always Evolving It hard to categorize bassist Christian McBride. At only 36 years old he's as adept on acoustic bass as well as electric and transitions easily from mainstream jazz to downright funk, always with rhythm, swing and poise. In this special JazzCorner.com InnerView with producer Lois Gilbert, Christian takes us on his journey from his roots in Philadelphia to be one of the leading bassists of our time. Christian is the 2008 Detroit Jazz Festival's Artist-In-Residence. For more information, vis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Donal Fox - Keying In on Jazz and Classical Music Award winning pianist, composer and arranger Donal Fox has long been entrenched in the jazz and classical worlds. He has won numerous awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship and most recently, the prestigious Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Music. The annual prize is awarded to composers of exceptional accomplishment. Donal Fox will be performing his Scarlatti Suite at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival on August 30. For more information, please visit www.tanglewoodjazzfestival.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spencer Day - Genre Bending Singer JazzCorner.com's Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich asked Spencer Day if his unusual fusion of jazz, cabaret and pop made it difficult to find bookings. Day said "sometimes." But that's precisely what makes the singer, songwriter and pianist so talented. He can belt out a tune like Judy Garland or write a lyric like Cole Porter. OK, maybe not yet, but he is a musician to watch out for. Spencer Day will be making his East Coast debut at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, performing with his ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Giacomo Gates - He Swings, He Sings Giacomo Gates in an American jazz vocalist who honors the tradition of vocalese, putting his own mark on each tune he interprets, and adding a new twist on jazz standards with a repertoire that ranges from improvising on a Illinois Jacquet solo to Jimi Hendrix. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Claire Daly - The Unusual is the Usual In this special JazzCorner.com Innerview with producer Lois Gilbert, baritone saxophonist, flutist and educator Claire Daly makes bright moments as she takes us on her journey with her Rah Rah band (an homage to Rahsaan Roland Kirk), teaching, and performing in various unusual groups. Claire Daly and the Rah Rah band will be performing at the Litchfield Jazz Festival on August 3, 2008. For more information visit: www.litchfieldjazzfest.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Pizzarelli Does Sinatra Guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli owes a lot to the influence of his legendary father, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. In this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective producer Reese Erlich talks to Pizzarelli about what it was like growing up surrounded by jazz. Pizzarelli puts a new twist on the music of Frank Sinatra in his CD "Dear Mr. Sinatra." John Pizzarelli will be performing at the Litchfield Jazz Festival on August 3, 2008. For more information visit: www.litchfieldjazzfest.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marilyn Crispell - Fusing Classical, Free and Straight Ahead Pianist Marilyn Crispell was on her way to a successful career as a classical musician when she listened to John Coltrane. She switched to jazz, becoming well known as a free jazz artist. Since the early 90s she's emphasized a more straight ahead style. In this Jazz Corner.com Jazz Perspective, producer Reese Erlich talks with Crispell about her passion for jazz. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wayne Shorter - Blakey, ESP and Nefertiti JazzCorner.com's Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich sat down for an intimate conversation with saxophonist Wayne Shorter. In this special podcast, Shorter talks about his early years with Art Blakey and Miles Davis. He also reveals what inspired him to write his original compositions, including "ESP" and "Nefertiti." Wayne Shorter will be adjudicating and performing at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz 2008 International Saxophone Competition and Gala on October 25 and 26 in Los ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JD Allen - So Far "Out" He's "In" Saxophonist JD Allen plays to the outer limits of modern jazz, often using dissonance and unusual rhythms. But he has a strong sense of melody that makes him a popular jazz artist of the younger generation. JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspectives' producer Reese Erlich met with Allen to discuss how he got started playing for Betty Carter and his latest CD "I Am, I Am." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lionel Loueke - Clicks His Way Into Jazz Guitarist Lionel Loueke has established himself as a world-class sideman playing for both Terence Blanchard and Herbie Hancock. Now as a group leader, Loueke demonstrates his prodigious talents by playing guitar, singing and adding percussive clicks to his singing. JazzCorner.com's Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich discovered that Loueke borrowed the rhythmic clicks from a language in South Africa, but has made them all his own. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ezra Weiss - Young and Talented You probably haven't heard of Ezra Weiss - yet. The 20-something pianist plays New York and keeps busy in his home base of Portland, Oregon. Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich talks with Weiss about his CD "Get Happy," which will actually get you happy. Please visit www.ezraweiss.com and his CD is available through JazzCares.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eliane Elias - A Brazilian Triple Threat Brazilian born Eliane Elias is a talented pianist, vocalist and song writer. She's currently on a national tour playing songs from her CD "Something for You," a tribute to Bill Evans. JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspectives producer Reese Erlich finds out how she got inspired to perform Bill Evans' songs, and even why she kicks off her high heels during live performances. To see Eliane Elias videos, please visit http://www.jazzvideos.net Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jason Lindner - From Garage Band to Big Band Pianist and composer Jason Lindner started getting jazz gigs at age 15 by barging into restaurants and offering to play for free. Today, he heads a successful trio and big band. In this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective, Reese Erlich features an interview with Lindner and music from his CD "Live at the Jazz Gallery." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Avishai Cohen Brings the World to Jazz Bassist and band leader Avishai Cohen doesn't know what to call his music. He mixes Middle Eastern influences from his native Israel with European classical, Latin and other styles to create an innovative form of jazz. In this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective, Reese Erlich talks with Cohen about his history in music, his International Vamp band and his latest CD: "As Is: Live at the Blue Note." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cyrus Chestnut plays Elvis For those who know the incredible playing of pianist Cyrus Chestnut, it should come as no surprise that he produced a swinging and original version of tunes made popular by Elvis Presley. In this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective by Reese Erlich, you can hear his jazz version of Hound Dog and Heartbreak Hotel. Chestnut talks about his early musical influences and how he developed his swinging style. Music for this perspective comes from "Cyrus Plays Elvis" on Koch Records. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Raymond De Felitta - In Search of Jackie Paris Filmmaker and jazz musician Raymond De Felitta discovered the voice of Jackie Paris while listening to the radio. He became somewhat obsessed and his mission was to find out more about this elusive vocalist who sang with Bird, Mingus and Monk. His journey was transformed into making the documentary: 'Tis Autumn: The Search For Jackie Paris which opened in New York on December 7, 2007. JazzCorner.com's Lois Gilbert sat with De Felitta to talk about the film, Jackie Paris and how talent a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robin Eubanks - Always on the Cutting Edge Multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and educator Robin Eubanks has been using electronics to augment the sonic palette of his trombone for more than 15 years. His latest project, EB3 was created for the expressed purpose of exploring modern technology in the context of his live performances, while also advancing the art of trombone in general. One of the first jazz musicians to create his own podcasts, JazzCorner.com turns the mic on Robin in this special extended JazzCorner InnerVie ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Maraca Valle - Bold and Sassy Flutist and band leader Orlando "Maraca" Valle combines the charged energy of Cuban popular music with a fine jazz sensibility. He played in Chucho Valdes famous group Irakere for six years and has had his own group Otra Vision (Other Vision) since the early 1990s. While a lot of his music sounds like fast-paced salsa, listen carefully. He incorporates elements of hip-hop, jazz and blues into his playing. Music for this Jazz Perspective by Reese Erlich comes from Maraca's CD "Soy Yo" (It's ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Herbie Hancock - Letting Rivers Flow Pianist Herbie Hancock spoke with Jazzcorner.com's Jazz Perspectives host Reese Erlich to talk about his new CD River. It's based on compositions by Joni Mitchell. Hancock talks about how Mitchell's music is particularly well suited for jazz and how he struggled to understand her lyrics. The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz All-Star Tribute to Herbie Hancock will be held at the Kodak Theater on Oct 28. Please visit www.monkinstitute.org. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joni Mitchell - Continues to Shine Joni Mitchell is a favorite singer-songwriter for many jazz musicians because of her insightful poetry and story telling ability. After nearly 10 years of not producing original recordings, in September 2007, Joni Mitchell issued a new CD, Shine. In this exclusive interview with JazzCorner.com's Jazz Perspective host Reese Erlich, Mitchell talks about the strong influence jazz and blues have had on her work. Joni Mitchell will be appearing at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz All-Star ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website George Duke - Bending Jazz Genres George Duke got his start playing piano in church. He went on to fame playing with both rock and jazz stars. In this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective, Reese Erlich looks at Duke's career spanning nearly 40 years. Music for the perspective comes from "Face the Music" and "The Ultimate George Duke." George Duke will be appearing at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz All-Star Tribute to Herbie Hancock at the Kodak Theater on Oct 28. Please visit www.monkinstitute.org. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pat Martino - Guitar Improv Genius Pat Martino is a jazz guitar legend. At age 15 he moved from his native Philadelphia to Harlem, quite a jump for a white teenager in 1959. He honed his skills playing with the likes of Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff. Wes Montgomery was one of his mentors. In 1979, Martino was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm and almost died. He had total amnesia and had to stop playing. But since 1995, he's been back full force. Reese Erlich met Martino at the Montreal Jazz Festival and this Jazz Perspective co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes - Duo Piano Pianists Renee Rosnes and Bill Charlap are coming together to perform as a duo for the Litchfield Jazz Festival in Goshen, Connecticut on August 6, 2006. This is a first in the 11 years of the festival, but not the first time Renee and Bill have played together as a duo. In the Jazz innerview, Bill and Renee talking about performing together on two pianos. Music is from Bill Charlap's "Stardust" and Renee Rosnes' "A Time For Love." Hopefully, in the not-so-distant future, they'll be reco ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Blues - Malian Style Some musicians say that the blues were born in the west African country of Mali. Slaves from there were brought to the US, where elements of their music provide the roots for what we know today as the blues. Reese Erlich traveled to Mali to meet with these original "blues" musicians, some of whom are from the Kel Tamashek (aka Tuareg) ethnic group in northern Mali. Music for this perspective comes from original recordings and from the CD Abacabok by the group Tartit. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Regina Carter - Detroit's Own Heroine Detroit born and raised, violinist Regina Carter is the first Artist-In-Residence in the 28 year history of the Detroit Jazz Festival. In this Jazz Perspective produced by Reese Erlich, Carter discusses her early ability to play by ear and also the difficulties facing women jazz performers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Claudia Acuna - A NY Success Story Vocalist Claudia Acuna grew up in a working class district of Santiago, Chile. She became a jazz singer there and eventually moved to New York, where she had to start all over again. In this Jazzcorner.com Jazz Perspective by Reese Erlich, Acuna tells of her big break at the Blue Note and how she composes some of her fine tunes. Acuna is one of the headliners at the 2007 Beantown Jazz Festival on September 28 and 29, 2007 in Boston. Please visit www.beantownjazz.org for more information. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joe Zawinul - In Memory Legendary pianist Joe Zawinul passed away Sept. 11 in Vienna at the age of 75. As a young man he came to New York and quickly became known for an innovative style and fusing jazz with other forms of popular music. He played with Miles Davis on Bitch's Brew and went on to found the fusion band Weather Report with Wayne Shorter. In memory of Zawinul, JazzCorner presents this Jazz Perspective produced by Reese Erlich. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kurt Elling - Pushing the Jazz Vocal Envelope Considered one of the foremost contemporary voices and vocal interpreters in jazz; in this extended JazzCorner.com Innerview, Kurt Elling discusses everything from his latest recording, "Nightmoves", his eclectic choices of music, writing, family, philosophy, spirituality and so much more. Kurt is appearing at both the Tanglewood and the Detroit Jazz Festivals during Labor Day Weekend 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kenny Werner - Striking Those Good Chords Pianist Kenny Werner is not only a fine musician but an insightful observer of the jazz scene. In this JazzCorner.com Jazz Perspective by Reese Erlich, Werner talks about his life growing up in Long Island, NY, and about the importance of maintaining improvisation and individualism in jazz. Werner plays the Beantown Jazz Festival on September 28. Please visit www.beantownjazz.org for more information. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Maria Schneider - The Sky's The Limit On Maria Schneider's latest CD, Sky Blue, Schneider weaves melodic and lush stories, childhood memories, bird watching in Central Park and a visit to South America. In this the extended length JazzCorner.com InnerView with producer Lois Gilbert, Maria explains how she composes, displays her talent on various bird whistles and speaks eloquently on her latest ArtistShare project, Sky Blue. The Maria Schneider Orchestra will be appearing at the Tangelwood Jazz Festival on September 2, 2007. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dave Brubeck - An Evolving Genius Pianist Brubeck helped define the "cool jazz" sound during the 1950s. Brubeck and his quartet showed that you could swing with a more mellow, cooler sound in California. Brubeck is best known for his hits "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," innovative tunes that were both melodically pleasing and very hard to play because of their unusual meters. In this Jazz Perspective by host Reese Erlich, we hear Brubeck talk about those early years and about his formative days as an Army musician ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oscar Hernandez - Goes Latin With Paul Simon Oscar Hernandez' Spanish Harlem Orchestra as had a string of successful CDs playing the brassy, urban salsa of the 1950s and 60s. In this Jazz Perspective produced by Reese Erlich, Hernandez explains the important cultural role played by Spanish Harlem over the years. He also talks about how he got Paul Simon to make a guest vocal appearance on his 2007 CD United We Swing. The Spanish Harlem Orchestra will be performing at the Detroit Jazz Festial. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sachal Vasandani - Infusing The Familiar With The Fresh Sachal Vasandani's MACK AVENUE debut release, Eyes Wide Open, showcases this uniquely gifted vocalist and songwriter who combines skillful, diverse writing with a flair for infusing the familiar with the fresh. Critics describe him as "the finest young talent on the scene" possessing a stunning and moving voice. In addition, Vasandani's live performances have generated appreciation and praise from peers worldwide. In this special long length JazzCorner.com InnerView, Sachal talks about ev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bobby Sanabria - Keeping the Latin Big Band Alive Percussionist, composer and bandleader Bobby Sanabria has a mission. He keeps alive the tradition of Latin big bands and updates the music to the 21st century. In his new CD "Big Band Urban Folktales," Sanabria brings us mambos, boleros, and even some Frank Zappa with that unmistakable Latin big band sound. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mark Weinstein - Fusing Flute and Philosophy Mark Weinstein was an early pioneer in fusing avant garde jazz with Latin music. He took some time off from playing music professionally to become a philosophy professor. But since the mid 1990s, he's recorded some dynamite Latin and jazz and world music. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website George Wein - From pianist to Impresario George Wein is a talented musician who became even better known as a jazz impresario. Wein founded the Newport, Playboy, JVC and New Orleans Jazz Festivals, among others. Reese Erlich caught up with Wein during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to ask him about the changing world of jazz. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mark Levine - The Latin Tinge As a young pianist, Mark Levine got his start playing strip joints in Boston, adding that special bada bing to his jazz and blues repertoire. These days he focuses on Latin music, having produced five successful CDs with his group the Latin Tinge. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ben Allison - Outside Music That Takes You In When you hear the words avant garde jazz, you think of discordant notes and strange harmonies. But bass player Ben Allison has managed to create a style of jazz that combines accessible rhythms and melodies, with the "outside" sounds associated with the avant garde. Allison is one of New York's outstanding younger generation of jazz artists not content to play grandpa's jazz. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Frank Wess - Big Band to BeBop Frank Wess became famous playing with the Count Basie Band in the 1950s. His incredible career spans both the big band and bebop eras. In this Jazz Perspective, Wess tells Reese Erlich that he really didn't have any problems playing bebop - except the drumming was so different. "Art Blakey was dropping those bombs," he said with a laugh. This Jazz Perspective includes Wess' playing from the Count Basie days as well as his CD Hank and Frank. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gerald Wilson - Still Swingin' at 89 Big band leader, trumpeter and composer Gerald Wilson has been a jazz treasure for more than 6 decades, and maintains a busy schedule to this day. JazzCorner's Lois Gilbert spent several hours with Gerald on his 89th birthday during the Detroit Jazz Festival. This very special JazzCorner.com InnerView is brought to you by Mack Avenue Records. www.mackavenue.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jon Faddis - Hitting Those High Notes As a teenager, Trumpeter Jon Faddis impressed his friends by playing the Star Spangled Banner one octave higher than usual. He brought that talent to the world of jazz and is still hitting those incredible high notes 40 years later. In this Jazz Perspective, Reese Erlich talks with Faddis about his CD "Teranga." It includes original jazz compositions that combine the talents of American and Senegalese musicians. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tia Fuller - Embrace The Journey Saxophonist, flutist and composer Tia Fuller truly believes that music can serve as the perfect elixir, hence the title of her Mack Avenue debut, "Healing Space," which includes her longtime friend and musical collaborator Sean Jones and labelmate, Ron Blake. Conceived during a time of personal turmoil and transition, Tia elaborates on purpose, gratitude, transgression, reflection, wholeness and restoration. For more information on Tia, please visit www.mackavenue.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jason Moran - Brings Youthful Energy to Jazz Pianist Jason Moran, in his early 30s, has already made his mark in the jazz world. As you can hear in this JazzCorner InnerView by Reese Erlich, Moran can play a downhome, funky blues or create avant garde new music. His CD "Artist in Residence" consists of various commissioned works he has performed over the past few years. It includes jazz fused with hip-hop and an original composition that's part jazz and part classical. Quite a mix. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hot Club of Detroit - Django meets Detroit Back in 1930s Paris, the Hot Club de France kept music fans jumping and dance floors filled to their intricate and lively brand of gypsy jazz.In 21st century Detroit, the fans are jumpin' and the dance floors are filled, too, but this time to the sound of the Hot Club of Detroit, an electrifying and visionary ensemble that takes the traditions pioneered by Django Reinhardt and company and spins them in a way that's both reverent and refreshingly contemporary. For more info visit: www.mackav ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Roberta Gamberini - From Turin to Scat Vocalist Roberta Gamberini is finally getting the recognition she deserves with her CD "Easy to Love" receiving a 2007 Grammy nomination for best female jazz vocalist. Gamberini learned to sing jazz as a youngster in Turin, Italy, and later moved to New York. She regularly performs with Roy Hargrove and adds a special zing with her innovative scatting. In this Jazz Perspective, Gamberini tells host Reese Erlich about growing up in Italy, discrimination facing women performers and how she hi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oscar Castro-Neves - Bossa to BeBop, Film to Fusion Only a handful of musicians reflect a lifetime of accomplishments as diverse and rich as those of Oscar Castro-Neves. He is renowned for his distinctive guitar style, for the exquisite texture of his orchestrations, and as both a composer/arranger of sophisticated harmonic concepts and an accomplished record producer. He is also one of the founders of the musical movement known worldwide as bossa nova. Music comes from Oscar's "Playful Heart," "All One," Bahia Girls, Gal Costa, Yo Yo Ma's ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Woody Shaw - Musician of the Highest Calibre Trumpeter Woody Herman Shaw successfully weaved together superb technique, a confident and purposeful approach, and a sensitivity filled with raw emotion and gut-wrenching passion into his own individual sound which impacted on the veterans of jazz and continues to be one of the greatest influences to all musicians. This special Jazzcorner InnerView was done in 1979 by Lois Gilbert and includes music from Woody Shaw, Horace Silver and Larry Young. We remember Woody Shaw who was born on Dec ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sean Jones - His Roots and His Journey Trumpeter Sean Jones is an innovator and educator, but above all he is a believer in the power and soul of music, specifically jazz. Sean sat down with InnerViews' producer Lois Gilbert during the Detroit Jazz Festival in 2006 for this extended length InnerView. Music is from Sean Jones' "Roots", "Eternal Journey", and "Gemini" as well as Gerald Wilson's "In My Time" all from Mack Ave. Records. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dee Dee Bridgewater In Mali Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater has started a new project, working with incredibly talented musicians from Mali. Bridgewater fuses jazz and blues with Malian music. Reese Erlich spent time with Bridgewater in Male as she recorded her forthcoming CD. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Salif Keita - Exploring the Origins of Blues and Jazz Salif Keita's haunting and mesmerizing voice evokes deep emotion from fans in the US and around the world. He has become Mali's greatest singer/song writer. The ancient music of Mali contains elements of modern day blues and jazz. Reese Erlich traveled to Bamako, Mali, to learn more about Keita's wonderful music. This Jazz Perspective features music from Keita's 2006 CD M'Bemba. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Keith Jarrett - Talks About The Carnegie Hall Concert One of the most diverse of all Keith Jarrett's performances, "The Carnegie Hall Concert" almost amounts to an autobiographical portrait of the great improviser. Each of his two sets takes the form of a suite of songs, some intensely lyrical, others angular, turbulent, or probing. and the encores - no less than five of them - touch upon the blues and boogie-woogie, upon standards, and a new rendering of "My song." In this special Jazzcorner.com Innerview, Jarrett talks about the preparatio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tomasz Stanko - Creative Force From Krakow Trumpeter Tomasz Stanko has had a successful career in Poland and Europe for over 40 years. But he's come to the attention of US audiences only in the past few years. If you haven't heard of the talented musician and composer, listen up. Stanko has a signature grainy tone that creates a reflective and soulful sound. In this Jazz Perspective by Reese Erlich, Stanko talks about his life and most recent CD "Lontano" on ECM records. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dave Holland - From Ukulele to Stardom Dave Holland has had a spectacular career as a jazz bassist and composer. Born in Britain, he first came to the US to play with Miles Davis in 1968. He's played straight ahead with Stan Getz, avant garde with Sam Rivers and headed his own groups for over 20 years now. In this Jazz Perspective Reese Erlich talks with Holland about his career and his latest CD "Critical Mass." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jazz Enhances When the Levees Broke In part one of this special Jazz Perspective look at film scoring, Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard explained how they developed the music for the documentary "When the Levees Broke." In this segment Reese Erlich looks at how musicians rarely get to play full compositions during a film, but when they do, watch out! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Writing a Film Score: Harder Than It Sounds Composing music for a film is far different than preparing a score for live performance. Movie music must always serve the film. Composers may have only 10 or 20 seconds to strike a chord and highlight a dramatic moment. Reese Erlich found out just how complicated film scoring can be when he spent a few days in New Orleans with director Spike Lee and composer Terence Blanchard as they prepared a new documentary called "When the Levees Broke." He offers this special 15 minute Jazz Perspect ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Pizzarelli-Master of the American Song Book Guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli comes from a very musical family. His dad, Bucky, is a well-respected jazz guitarist; his brother and wife sometimes play in John's band. John has developed a successful career performing the great American Song Book, the jazz standards so appreciated around the world. In this Jazz Perspective by Reese Erlich, Pizzarelli talks about why he plays the special, 7-string guitar and his latest CD: "Dear Mr. Sinatra." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Terence Blanchard and Spike Lee Team Up Again Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard has composed the scores for all of Spike Lee's recent films. But his work on Lee's 4-hour documentary "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" is special. The film chronicles the Hurricane Katrina disaster in Blanchard's home town of New Orleans. It airs on HBO this month, with all 4 acts air on August 29, the first anniversary of Katrina. Reese Erlich went to New Orleans and interviewed Blanchard and Lee during the recording sessions. In this Jazz ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gonzalo Rubalcaba - New Voyages When Jazz Perspective producer Reese Erlich first heard Gonzalo Rubalcaba, the pianist was still playing the fiery rhythms of his native Cuba. Over the years, Rubalcaba has focused more on straight ahead jazz, with touches of picante style. Erlich hung out with Rubalcaba before and during his performance at this year's Montreal Jazz Festival where they spoke about the impact of Rubalcaba's many voyages.This Jazz Perspective is brought to you in part by the Detroit Jazz Festival, Sept. 1-4, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stefon Harris - Bringing New Sounds to Jazz Vibist Stefon Harris brings popular music of the 1980s and 90s into jazz - from funk to hip hop. That fusion may not please jazz purists. But, as Harris pointed out during an interview at the Montreal Jazz Festival, real jazz traditionalists have always incorporated current musical styles into jazz. That keeps younger listeners interested in jazz, and brings new sounds to the older generation. Harris' band Blackout opens up new and exciting directions. Music for this Jazz Perspective comes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website David Sanchez - Always an Adventure David Sanchez got his start playing Latin and straight ahead jazz. And he's always had an adventuresome streak. Jazz Perspectives' host Reese Erlich met up with Sanchez at the Montreal Jazz Festival, where Sanchez was special guest for pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Sanchez talks about his last CD as a leader, "Coral," performed with a symphony orchestra in Prague. And you'll hear some sizzling sounds from Sanchez' collaboration with Eddie Palmieri from the CD "Listen Here." This Jazz Perspecti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Matt Wilson - Drummer for All Ages Matt Wilson loves playing drums, and he's one of the most diverse drummers on the scene today: working with just about everyone from Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra, Carla Bley's band, Dewey Redman, The Herbie Nichols Project, Ben Allison, Fred Hersch, Lee Konitz and Dena DeRose to name a few. He's a vocalist's dream drummer since he approaches each tune as if he wrote the melody and lyrics himself. On this Jazzcorner.com Innerview, Matt talks about his upcoming performance at the Li ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robert Glasper - Keyed In Pianist and composer Robert Glasper successfully combines the legacy of jazz with hip-hop, soul, pop, rock and gospel influences and elements. His core and center thought, is as a jazz musician. His personality is much like his musicianship -- engaging, funny, spontaneous, emotional, and acknowledging his past while keyed into the present and armed for the future. Music for this extensive innerview with Robert Glasper comes from Robert Glasper's "Canvas" and "The Blue Note Jazz Series", Osc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why Can't U.S. Music Fans Hear Cuban Musicians in Live Performance? While the rest of the world can attend performances by Cuban jazz artists -- people in the US cannot. For a brief time in the late 1990s, Cuban musicians played regularly in the US. But that ended as the Bush Administration tightened the trade embargo of Cuba. These days Americans must travel abroad to hear their favorite Cuban artists live. In this special Jazz Perspective, Reese Erlich takes you to the Barbados Jazz Festival to hear some great Cuban music and see how US policy impacts th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pee Wee Ellis - Combines the Best of Funk and Jazz Saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis performed in James Brown's band in the 1960s. You can hear the blues-funk-soul sound in his jazz. Reese Erlich interviewed Ellis near his home in Bath, England. Ellis talks about the intersection of funk and jazz, and why he's chosen to live in Britain rather than the USA. Pee Wee Ellis' latest CD "Different Rooms," is available on Skip Records in Hamburg, Germany. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bennie Maupin - Creating His Own Musical Path Multi-instrumentalist Bennie Maupin has a distinguished jazz pedigree. He has performed and recorded with greats such as Roy Haynes, Herbie Hancock (on the Headhunters albums) and Miles Davis (Bitches Brew). But he's always created his own musical direction. In the 2006 CD "Penumbra," Maupin plans piano, sax, flute and bass clarinet. He creates some memorable and haunting tunes. On this Jazz Perspective by Reese Erlich, you'll hear "One for Eric Dolphy," "Penumbra," and "Equal Justice." Pen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Horace Silver - Perhaps one of America's Greatest Composers In 1979, Lois Gilbert had the pleasure of sitting down with Horace Silver for several hours, and Horace began to tell his story. This lengthy Jazz Master conversation was originally broadcast on WRVR, New York. It ends in 1979, but hopefully, we'll have a chance to catch up with him again soon. It is fitting on this Father's Day weekend, that we pay heard the words and the creator of "Song For My Father." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mimi Fox - Innovative and Elegant Mimi Fox brings a flair to her guitar playing not often seen in the world of jazz. She studied classical guitar for years and also plays drums. So she brings those components into her innovative and elegant style. In her new recording Perpetually Hip (Favored Nation Records), one CD consists of small combo renditions of original compositions, while a second CD is her solo performances of standards. I particularly liked her version of "Caravan," which as Fox explains on this Jazz Perspective ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Larry Vuckovich - Creates Great Jazz From Old Movies The "Street Scene," played in numerous old Hollywood movies, is a song that perfectly captures the alienation and isolation of the big American city. But Reese Erlich never remembered the name of it until Larry Vuckovich sat down at the Erlich family piano to play it during this Jazz Perspectives interview. Vuckovich has put together a dynamite CD, called "Street Scene" (Tetrachord Music) that features jazz arrangements of classic movie themes along with some original tunes. My Erlich's fav ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Omar Sosa - A Musical Traveling Man Cuban-born pianist Omar Sosa takes inspiration from his many homelands. He's lived in Ecuador, California and Spain. He's absorbed the musical culture from each. He has explored Afro-Ecuadorian music, the musical traditions of North Africa and, in his latest gigs, teams up with saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis to create some Cuban, North African, funky-jazz. Great stuff! Music for this Jazz Perspective comes from Sosa's CD "Mulatos" on Ota Records and from a live recording of Sosa and Ellis in con ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Roy Hargrove - He's Come A Long Way Reese Erlich had the opportunity to interview the great trumpeter Roy Hargrove while he was performing at the Barbados Jazz Festival. They were sitting inside the Old Plantation House, a 19th century preserved building, with birds chirping in the background. Now an international headliner, Hargrove has come a long way from his youth in Waco, Texas. Hargrove talks about his early influences and offers some surprising opinions about smooth jazz. This Jazz Perspective features music from his C ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monty Alexander-Combining the Best of Jazz and Caribbean Flavors Monty Alexander developed a successful career as a pop pianist and straight ahead jazz artist. But over the past few years, he has gotten more in touch with his Jamaican roots. His last few CDs feature wonderful fusions of jazz with reggae and calypso. In this new and longer version of Jazz Perspectives, you'll hear music from his new CD Concrete Jungle (The Music of Bob Marley) and Rock Steady. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website El Negro Hernandez brings Cuban rhythms to NY When we think of a Cuban rhythm section, we often think of the percussive pianist or the conga player. Horacio El Negro Hernandez grew up in Cuba playing drums. So he played Latin music, but also funk and jazz. He took that talent on the road with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba for 10 years until he struck out to form his own groups. In this Jazz Perspective, Hernandez talks about the impact living in New York has had on his jazz. Music for this Perspective comes from his CD Robby and Negro at T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ron Carter - Keeps Plucking That Bass Ron Carter keeps on plucking that bass - In person Ron Carter is quiet, self-effacing, and he laughs easily. You can't say that about too many jazz legends. Carter began his New York career playing with Chico Hamilton in 1959 but burst onto the national scene when he joined Miles Davis in 1963. He's led his own groups for many years and is one of the most famous bassists around. Still, I don't think he gets enough credit as a fine jazz composer. In this Jazz Perspective we hear two of his o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tierney Sutton - Talented Singer and Funny Lady Tierney Sutton - Talented Singer and Funny Lady - Tierney Sutton got her start as a singing cocktail waitress during college summer breaks. One night she walked across the street from the resort hotel where she worked and heard a jazz trio. That changed her life. She gave up tired Broadway tunes and turned to jazz. Sutton has a highly successful recording career (Telarc Records), but you don't get a full sense of her abilities until you hear her live. Among other things, she has a very wick ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Clark Terry - A Full Life Of Jazz Clark Terry, who was born in 1920, is one of the elite group of jazz artists still alive who played with both Duke Ellington and Count Basie. In this Jazz Perspective he doesn't take sides, saying one was better. Count Basie was the master of timing, says Terry, Ellington was the master musician. Clark Terry is slowing down these days but still tours regularly, plays the trumpet upside down and performs his "mumbles" scat singing routine. Clark Terry is a true jazz treasure. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paul Motian - The Beat Never Stops 2006 marks Paul Motian's 75th birthday. New York drummer Paul Motian, who was born March 25, 1931, got his start during the early bebop era. He still remembers the joy of being a last minute sub and playing with Thelonious Monk. In this Jazz Perspective Motian talks about his classic recordings with Bill Evans and Scott LeFaro, as well as his most recent recordings. Happy 75th Birthday to Paul Motian! Music comes from Waltz for Debby, Riverside Records (Fantasy), The Room Above Her(ECM), a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arthur Blythe Arthur Blythe - From avant garde to straight ahead - In the musically and politically radical 1960s, musicians in LA and New York created an exciting, avant garde style of jazz. Saxophonist Arthur Blythe was one of its finest exponents, creating great music with Horace Tapscott, among others. Blythe later returned to a straight ahead style. But he's still known for unusual harmonies and instrumentation. In this Jazz Perspective, for example, he explains why he includes the tuba in some of h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carla Bley Carla Bley - During live performances, Carla Bley appears unassuming and offers up an off-beat sense of humor. Her low-key persona belies the important role she's played as a jazz composer for the past 40 years. In this Jazz Perspective Bley explains how she composed "The National Anthem." It sounds nothing like the "Star Spangled Banner" until about five minutes into the tune. Then we hear the end of the national anthem. Later we hear the beginning. She didn't write the piece as a protest ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul is legendary among jazz fans for his innovative and unusual music. The Austrian-born pianist and composer paid his dues playing with the likes of Cannonball Adderley and Dinah Washington. He became world famous for his collaborations with Miles Davis on the albums "In a Silent Way", (Zawinul wrote the title tune) and "Bitches Brew".Zawinul, always restless, moved on to co-found Weather Report with saxophonist Wayne Shorter. These days Zawinul continues his musical searching, com ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Musical Tribute to Ray Barretto The great jazz conguero Ray Barretto passed away Feb. 17. Before Barretto, the conga drum was used in Latin bands and to spice up jazz groups. But Barretto was one of the first to insist that the conga is a legitimate straight ahead jazz instrument. He produced over 50 years of fine Latin and jazz music. I was privileged to interview Ray shortly before his passing. Music from this Jazz Perspective comes from his CD Time Was - Time Is. He had one more CD in production with Zoho Records, whic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dianne Reeves - The Singer's Singer Vocalist Dianne Reeves is one of the great jazz divas of our time. Her voice can make you jump or make you cry. She delivers a lyric with a riveting concentration that shakes your soul. Her smooth integration of jazz, soul and pop makes the singing sound easy. In this Jazz Perspective, you'll hear some of her great soul-tinged vocals from the CD The "Calling". Then in her latest effort, she appeared as the jazz diva in the film Good Night and Good Luck. In addition to being a fine film, the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website McCoy Tyner - A Bandleader with many hats Reese Erlich had the honor of interviewing McCoy Tyner several times over the years. In addition to being one of the world's finest jazz musicians, he's a warm and truly friendly human being. Tyner became famous in the 1960s as the pianist for John Coltrane. In recent years he has led numerous bands. In this Jazz Perspective he talks about his straight ahead combos, Latin jazz group and his big band. He explains how he composes music for the different groups, how he wears different hats for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Omar Sosa - From Cuba to Africa To Spain Cuban born pianist Omar Sosa can play a hot son montuno or a meditative tune accompanied by traditional African instruments. Throughout his career he has explored the African and Latin roots of popular music. Reese Erlich visited Sosa at home in Spain, while he was preparing for a performance at the Barcelona Jazz Festival. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website