Pianist/composer Dick Hyman has enjoyed a fascinatingly diverse musical career, recording under his own name, collaborating with others, acting as musical director for movies and television and playing concerts. Dick has an unusually astute understanding of jazz history and the stylistic elements that distinguish the piano giants who created this music. Dick shared his thoughts on these players and how they’ve influenced his own creativity when I recorded this coversation in 2006.
Cady Huffman
Tony award winning actress Cady Huffman talks about her hilarious turn as Ulla in "The Producers", learning about jazz through Mr. Rogers, and how she combines her Broadway roots and her love for jazz in her vocal performances.
Anthony Howe
Australian drummer Anthony Howe talks about his start as a military drummer and what it's like to be a jazz musician in Australia.
J. C. Hopkins
Composer and leader of his "Biggish Band," Hopkins puts a new twist on the standards and swing music and discusses his work with everyone from John Lithgow to Norah Jones.
Fred Hersch
Pianist/composer/activist Fred Hersch is one of the few musicians who feels equally comfortable with classical music and jazz, and discussed how he negotiates his way between these two worlds and uses each to inspire the other. Fred has also been living with HIV/AIDS for more than 25 years and talked about his work in raising awareness and funds throughout his own struggle with the virus.
J. Walter Hawkes
Ukelelist and trombonist uses jazz in his film and animation scores and his most recent children's CD with John Lithgow.
Mike Hashim
Saxophonist Michael Hashim draws on many sources for his inspiration but is particularly interested in the cross-pollination of jazz and classical music and talks to Judy about the two forms inspiring each other.
Tony Harvey
Academy Award-winning director (The Lion in Winter) and editor (Dr. Strangelove) discusses working with jazz inspired film composers Nino Rota and John Barry.
Joey Harrington
Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback and jazz pianist Joey Harrington, discusses the important role jazz has played in his sports and musical life and the joy he gets from encouraging young boys (often against the pressure of their peers) to continue their piano pursuits, as well as their athletic adventures.
Hugh Hardy & Kitty Carlisle Hart
Architect Hugh Hardy, whom the late Brendan Gill called "the Stanford White of our fin de siecle," discusses his love of Ella, the Gershwins and Steinway pianos.
Kitty Carlisle Hart's career includes movies with the Marx Brothers and Bing Crosby. She was a panelist on "What's My Line?" and served 20 years as Chair of the NY State Council for the Arts. She discusses her memories of the creation of jazz and her friendship with George Gershwin.
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Ann Hampton Callaway
Broadway singer/composer Ann Hampton Callaway discusses her CD tribute to jazz icon, Sarah Vaughan.
Steve Hamilton
Film editor Steve Hamilton discusses the central role an editor plays in commercial advertising and how his jazz background has influenced his work in this field and in movies.
Scott Hamilton
Tenor sax great Scott Hamilton and I have been friends since early in our careers. As our luck would have it, we both were playing the Ascona Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 2009 so I took the opportunity to record a conversation with Scott about his long career and his perspective as an American jazz musician living in Europe.
Chico Hamilton
NEA Jazz Master winner, legendary drummer Chico Hamilton discusses starting the West Coast jazz sound in the early years of his career, his appearance in the film classic "Sweet Smell of Success" and why so many young musicians today can't swing.
Christopher Guest
Writer/director/actor/musician, Christopher Guest has appeared in a variety of roles on stage and screen, everything from Count Rugen in The Princess Bride and Dr. Stone in A Few Good Men to a memorable year on Saturday Night Live (1984-85) with Billy Crystal, Martin Short, and Harry Shearer.
The performance style he finds most exhilarating is the kind of improvised tour-de-force he displayed as the lead guitarist of the heavy-metal band Spinal Tap, in the film This is Spinal Tap. He honed this approach in his films Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, which he directed and co-wrote.
Guest feels the improvisational process he uses in his films is similar to what jazz musicians do when playing a tune. We recorded at the NPR studios in Los Angeles when Guest was in the midst of shooting his film, A Mighty Wind. This is one of my favorite Jazz Inspired conversations!
Gordon Goodwin
Composer, pianist and sax-man, Gordon Goodwin talks about marketing jazz in the computer age, writing for animation, and how he gets his "Big Phat Band" to swing like mad!
Gil Goldstein
Arranger/accordionist/pianist and all around soulful guy, Gil Goldstein talks about his work with everyone from Sting to James Taylor and the continuing influence arranger Gil Evans has on his work.
Larry Goldings
From Michael Brecker to Madeleine Peyroux, to his recent work as James Taylor's "One Man Band", organist/pianist Larry Goldings discusses embracing whatever role he plays in an ensemble and discovering the best way to realize the best music possible.
Morris Goldberg
Sax and Pennywhistle player Morris Goldberg talks about his South African roots and playing on Paul Simon's Graceland album and his years with Hugh Masekela.
Vince Giordano
Show One:
Musician and early jazz scholar Vince Giordano fell in love with 20′s and 30′s jazz at an early age and carries on the tradition performing with his band “The Nighthawks.” Vince discusses bringing this music to a broader audience and especially the importance of young people hearing jazz live.
Show Two:
This is Vince Giordano’s second appearance on Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired. The first was recorded in 2007 and this conversation in 2017 to celebrate the release of the documentary on Vince’s life: Vince Giordano: There’s A Future In The Past. Judy and Vince discuss his long career and the changes he’s seen in the last ten years in his career and the music business in general.