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4 October 2016

Georg Graewe / Jason - Ellis - Wynton Marsalis
Laurence Svirchev talks to the German pianist Georg Graewe about the name of his own label Random Acoustics, about his regular presence on the American scene, about the relationship of his music to science, about his opera project "Kopenhagen" and the "grubenklang.reloaded" series he created in 2010, about his production "Alle kennen meine Visage" based upon Albert Einstein's travel diaries, as well as about the relationship between the art of extemporaneity and the preparation that goes into it (Svirchev ). --- Tom Henry talks to the percussionist Jason Marsalis about wanting to "utilize all of the music that happened in the 20th century and bring it into the 21st", about what he calls the devaluation of music, as well as about him not caring too much about commercial success of his albums ( The Blade, Toledo). Bishop Nash talks to the pianist Ellis Marsalis about what he hopes his legacy will be, as well as about the problem of the term "jazz" ( The Herald-Dispatch). George Varga talks to the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis about his current work load, about the 13-year-old pianist Joey Alexander, about growing up with sports on his mind mostly and how his sports style translates into his musical approach, about learning through mistakes, about repertoire decisions on tour, as well as about the changes of the acceptance of jazz during the last decades ( San Diego Union-Tribune ). 

5 October 2016

... what else ...
Nicole Audrey finds that teaching jazz can be more lucrative than freelancing in many other jobs ( NBC News). --- Lucas Resetar talks to the bassist Ron Carter about Detroit, and his career on his instrument ( Hour Detroit). --- The saxophonist Klaus Doldinger will be honored by receiving a lifetime achievement German Film Music Award ( Warner Music). --- The Savory Collection, archival recordings from the 1930s and 1940s acquired in 2010 by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, will be made commercially available through Apple Music ( New York Times). --- Neal J. Leitereg reports about Wayne Shorter's home in the Hollywood Hills which is up for sale at a market value of $3.5 million ( Los Angeles Times). --- Markéta Katchlíková reports about an exhibition in Prague which documents the Czech jazz section which had a political input in the changes in former Czechoslovakia and talks to the exhibition's curator, Rüdiger Ritter ( Radio Praha). --- Ulrich Stock watches a film documentary about the young German drummer Christian Lillinger ( Zeit Online). --- Hans Hielscher reads the autobiography of the German critic Siegfried Schmidt-Joos ( Spiegel Online). --- Geraldine Wyckoff talks to the guitarist and singer Taj Mahal ( OffBeat). --- Michael Toland talks to the singer Gregory Porter ( The Austin Chronicle). --- Trumpeter Miles Davis was interviewed after a concert in Hamburg, Germany, in 1985, and only now the video material has re-appeared and been put online ( DBate). --- Jason Gilmer talks to the pianist  Bill Bares ( Blue Ridge Now). --- The journalist Patrick Jarenwattanon has been publishing a regular blog, "A Love Supreme", on the NPR website which closed down as Jarenwattananon's position as a jazz producer at NPR Music was eliminated ( WEAA). --- Rita Nikolow talks to Sedal Sardan, the owner of the jazz club A-Trane in Berlin, Germany ( Der Tagesspiegel). --- Richard Brody reports about a documentary about the life and tragic death of trumpeter Lee Morgan ( The New Yorker). --- Howard Reich talks to Bob Koester who at the age of 84 opened a new record store in Chicago ( Chicago Tribune).

Obituaries
We learned of the passing of the German banjo player Bernd Schmude at the age of 72 ( Rheinische Post), as well as the Zydeco accordionist Buckwheat Zydeco at the age of 68 ( The Olympian).