My 2003 conversation with the late radio personality and host of CBS Sunday Morning Charles Osgood who passed away in January 2024. Osgood compares jazz playing and his own writing for radio and TV and talks about having a recording studio early in his career and recording the celebrating Jazz Samba album with Charlie Byrd and Stan Getz.
Ed Ornowski
Jazz drummer discusses his work with the great tap dancers and working with everyone from Renee Fleming to Bob Dorough.
Robert O'Meally
Author and head of jazz studies at Columbia University, Robert O'Meally talks about his book on the jazz writings of Ralph Ellison.
Hugh O'Conor
Irish actor Hugh O'Conor (Chocolat, My Left Foot) talks about his favorite jazz and growing up in a house filled with the classical piano music of his father, concert pianist John O'Conor.
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Ron Nyswaner
Academy Award winning screenwriter ("Philadelphia") Ron Nyswaner discusses the importance of music in all his movies, and how often his soundtracks act as another "character" in his films.
Jaqui Naylor
Singer/Songwriter Jaqui Naylor combines pop and jazz in what she calls "acoustic smashing". Jacqui feels her love for jazz and her roots in that tradition is what allows her to make this all come together.
Nanette Natal
Singer/songwriter Nanette Natal reveals why 70's style activist songs, even done in a jazz style, are needed today more than ever.
Lee Musiker
Jazz pianist/conductor talks about working with some of the great jazz vocalists of our time and his present gigs as musical director for Tony Bennett and Barbara Cook.
Mark Murphy
Judy’s 2005 conversation with the late jazz vocalist Mark Murphy, who was known for his breathtaking technique and passionate performances. Mark worked with top musicians throughout his long career, but felt his collaboration with German trumpeter Til Brunner enabled him to express something much deeper in his music. This conversation was recorded shortly after that collaboration.
Matt Munisteri
Guitarist/vocalist Matt Munisteri talks about drawing on jazz and western swing for his unique approach to playing and composing.
Max Morath
Ragtime pianist and author discusses how popular music and jazz has influenced our history and culture.
Tony Monte
Jazz pianist Tony Monte died in November of this year. Tony was a personal friend and collaborator and one of the first people I met when I started my career in NYC, a tireless cheerleader to me and to those he loved in the music business. Tony composed for TV and radio, working with talents as diverse as Peggy Lee and Carly Simon. Here we revisit my 2005 conversation with Tony Monte recorded in NYC.
Jane Monheit
Vocalist Jane Monheit was slatted to be the "next Diana Krall", in the early years of her career. Jane discusses the pressure she felt from this expectation and her decision to go her own way and resist her handlers urging to follow a commercial route.
Jessica Molaskey
Singer and Broadway performer Jessica Molaskey talks about her work with husband John Pizzarelli and her CD tribute to Peggy Lee.
Peter Mintun
Peter Mintun, doesn't consider himself a jazz pianist, but rather a pianist specializing in jazz age tunes. Peter was smitten with 20's and 30's music from a young age, and now, after years of playing it, and befriending many of the composers and performers from this period, he's become an authority and archivist of this musical period, and shared with me his thoughts on what makes this music so special and enduring.
Paul L. Mills
Poet Paul L. Mills started his career as a street poet in the 70's and at that time the NY Times described him "as a voice musician, a young man with a flow of words like a river, like a jazz instrument." Paul developed a considerable following around the world for his unique presentations, but in the late 80's changed directions and studied literature and then law, eventually practicing civil rights and criminal defense.
John Miller
As a bass player, John Miller has played with everyone from Madonna to Sinatra, but at long last, has recorded his first CD as vocalist/guitarist under his own name.
Butch Miles
Drummer Butch Miles talks about his years with the Basie band and the importance of a great education and constant practice to play at a high level.
Roger Michell
My 2003 conversation with stage and film director Roger Michell, who died September 2021 at the age of 65. Emotional truth was Roger’s focus, whether directing Shakespeare on stage, a television comedy, an edgy, intense film like Changing Lanes or his most famous film, the romantic comedy Notting Hill.
Roger loved jazz and felt it shared his focus on emotional truth. Throughout his career, he used his favorite jazz recordings to inspire his stage and film projects.
I met Roger Michell on a QEII crossing from England to NYC, where I was performing and he was lecturing. We became friends and agreed to meet during my next U.K. visit to have the following conversation for Jazz Inspired, which we recorded at the BBC studios in London.
Andrea Marcovicci
Cabaret star discusses her first ever Christmas CD and how jazz and improvisation has influenced her cabaret work.