Jazz Inspired
Summary: What inspires the people who inspire you? How do creative people create? World-renowned jazz pianist Judy Carmichael explores these questions with her guests every week on her public radio show Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired. Celebrated artists discuss their creative process and how their passion for jazz has inspired their work. They share their favorite recordings with the listener as well as insight into their life and art. Witty, anecdotal, informative, Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired gives you new insights to the world of jazz and the wide range of fans who love it. Ms. Carmichael brings her experience and love of jazz to her discussions with each guest and inspires fascinating, insightful interviews filled with warmth and humor. This Podcast was created using www.talkshoe.com
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Podcasts:
80 years young, Marilyn performs with energy a 40 year old would envy and a talent that Johnny Carson honored a record 70 times on his "Tonight Show".
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.
British jazz and cabaret vocalist talks about her work on Broadway and West End Theater and how jazz influences her acting and musical theater performances.
Astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium in NYC discusses his love of blues and the connection between science and music.
Judy Carmichael interviews Deanna Witkowski
Jazz drummer discusses the importance of developing a future audience for jazz and his work bringing jazz to schools with his group Jazz Reach.
86 year old jazz pianist talks about the changes in the jazz world during his long career and working with Tony Bennett, Benny Goodman and other jazz greats.
Poet Paul L. Mills started his career as a street poet in the 70â??s and at the time the NY Times described him as â??as a voice musician, a young man with a flow of words like a river, like a jazz instrument.â?? Paul developed a considerable following around the world for his unique presentations, but in the late 80â??s changed directions and studied literature and then law, eventually practicing civil rights and criminal defense law. Paul talks with Judy about his return to poetry writing and performance.
Jazz pianist talks about his many collaborations with artists from Tom Wopat and Brain Stokes Mitchell to John Pizzarelli and Benny Golson and the challenge of finally recording his first CD under his own name.
British saxophonist discusses his new CD â??The Lyricâ?? and how important lyrics are to his own instrumental playing.
British jazz pianist talks about how he went from being an Oxford graduated language scholar to working with actor Peter Sellers and being a top jazz pianist.
Jazz composer talks about being the first musician to win a Grammy with a CD released exclusively on the internet and influences from stride piano to The Fifth Dimension.
Cellist Jay Shulman, celebrates the music of his father composer/cellist Allan Shulman and his jazz/classical recordings of the 30's and 40's.
"I think I'm the only Chinese/American Big Band Leader in the country", says George Gee, and a more enthusiastic proponent of this music cannot be found. George discusses keeping this music alive and the great advice he got from his mentor Count Basie.
Dancer/choreographer David Parsons talks about capitalizing on improvisation and the imput of his dancers when creating a piece and his passion for creating with jazz musicians, most notably, his work with Billy Taylor.
