Producer/pianist/vocalist (and recent collaborator with Elvis Costello) Allen Toussaint talks about the effect Hurricane Katrina has had on his life and music, and the inspiration he's gotten from his temporary home in NYC.
Jim Tomlinson
British saxophonist discusses his new CD "The Lyric" and how important lyrics are to his own instrumental playing.
Penelope Thwaites
British classical pianist Penelope Thwaites talks about the unexpected places she finds "jazz" in some of her favorite classical music.
Marcelo Teixeira Da Costa
Brazilian cornetist Marcelo Teixeira Da Costa is the Artistic Director of Brazil's largest jazz festival, a celebration mounted in 7 different cities throughout the country, celebrating not the music of Jobim or other bassa or samba masters, but the classic American jazz of Louis Armstrong and other greats of the early years of jazz.
Simon Tedeschi
Australian classical pianist Simon Tedeschi talks about his jazz piano pursuits, his particular love of stride piano and performing the music for the movie "Shine" at the tender age of fourteen.
Allen Sviridoff
Producer Allen Sviridoff discusses his long career combining music, film and theater with such greats as Ginger Rogers, Rosemary Clooney and the new George Clooney film "Good Night, Good Luck."
Andrew Suvalsky
Interior designer and jazz vocalist Andrew Suvalsky discusses combining two full-time careers and how the two inspire each other.
Henry Steinway
The great-great grandson of the founder of Steinway and Sons Pianos, the late Henry Steinway, who discusses his long life in music, making the greatest piano in existence, and his unique perspective on what it takes to be the best.
Andy Stein
Violinist Andy Stein talks about playing music from classical to Western Swing to writing an opera with Garrison Keillor and how jazz inspires it all.
Rossano Sportiello
Italian pianist is equally smitten with jazz of the Barry Harris/Tommy Flanagan era and the great stride pianists who came before them. Rossano Sportiello, while extensively trained in classical music, loves jazz and enjoys combining the two.
Luiz Simas
Brazilian composer/pianist Luiz Simas talks about what living in NYC has done for his music and his compositions based on the Brazilian musical style, choreno.
Jay Shulman
Cellist Jay Shulman celebrates the music of his father composer/cellist Alan Shulman and his jazz/classical recordings of the 30's and 40's.
Tad Shull
Tenor saxophonist Tad Shull discusses his work with the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, his Coleman Hawkins-inspired playing and why he has a PHD in Political Science and not in music.
Daryl Sherman
Singer/pianist Daryl Sherman talks with me about the influence her trombonist father Sammy had on her playing and being one of the last of the singer/pianists with a huge repertoire and great interpretive skills, a throwback to a time when every hotel and club had a someone performing the Great American Songbook. Daryl keeps that tradition beautifully alive.
John Sheridan
Jazz pianist discusses his years playing with Jim Cullum's Band on the radio show "Live From the Landing" and his thoughts on being a great ensemble player.
Jeff Sharp
Film producer ("Boys Don't Cry") discusses his passion for jazz and the important role music plays in the pacing and mood of a film.
Mark Shane
Jazz pianist Mark Shane discusses his work for movie soundtracks and playing with jazz greats Doc Cheatham, Buck Clayton, Ruby Braff and others.
Mark Sendroff
Entertainment lawyer, Mark Sendroff’s clients are included in Mary Poppins Returns, South Park, Lord of the Rings, Hamilton, When Harry Met Sally, Tick . . . Tick . . . BOOM! and on and on. The joke in Manhattan, among many of us in the business, is that everyone is represented by Mark Sendroff. Years ago, after meeting him at a party, I called him when I was about to do a show with Broadway legend, Ken Page (Ain’t Misbehavin’ Cats) and Mark said, “I knew this would happen eventually.” After years representing artists in every end of the business, what I find most remarkable about Mark is that he’s still a huge fan of it all. No one has more fun in this world than Mark Sendroff.
Richard Schwartz
Broadway dancer and partner in the tap team of Giattino and Schwartz, Richard Schwartz talks about appearing in eight productions of 42nd Street and how jazz permeates all he does.
Jonathan Schwartz
Author and radio personality, Jonathan Schwartz is a musical evangelist. Whether enticing his listeners with the sounds of the standards, or enlightening them with tidbits about those songs, his goal is to enhance the enjoyment of it all. 2017 marks Jonathan’s fiftieth year in broadcasting, if you don’t count his original radio gig broadcasting to his neighbors in his Manhattan apartment building when he was a youngster. In celebration of his long career, we revisit my 2006 conversation with Jonathan Schwartz, recorded shortly after he published his memoir.