The Jazz Violin Podcast

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In this episode I was asked about staying relaxed when playing fast jazz. How do we managed to make a nice sound, swing and improvise at the same time. Its a classic question everyone who is learning jazz asks at some point. Here are my two cents.   Join me on patreon to support the podcast, get your answers read out or join my regular classes and view my Beginners Class Course.   https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn    

Christian Howes is violin and educator based in the U.S.   https://christianhowes.com/   To try my Beginners Class, get regular Etudes over jazz standards, join my live classes or get personal help in your jazz violin playing from me, check out my patreon below. https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn/membership For a Free Download of an excerpt of my  book of Enclosures for Jazz Violinists, follow the link below.   Buy my new new full Enclosures Book https://www.fundamental-changes.com/book/enclosure-studies-for-jazz-violin/   http://eepurl.com/dv-gSn Buy Sheet Music of my jazz violin etudes below.   https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn/shop Join my Discord https://discord.gg/8XbtwN5v

In this episode of "Questions" I answer some questions by my Patreon people. First a question about writing down transcriptions and secondly about how to effectively plan your practise goals..   To learn with me or get your questions read out on the podcast join my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn   To get a free E-Book about jazz bowing or note enclosures follow the link below.   https://www.mattholborn.com/free-e-book      

Christian Howes is violin and educator based in the U.S.   https://christianhowes.com/   Caseys Go-Fund Me Campaign   https://gofund.me/438a1a27   To try my Beginners Class, get regular Etudes over jazz standards, join my live classes or get personal help in your jazz violin playing from me, check out my patreon below. https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn/membership For a Free Download of an excerpt of my upcoming book of Enclosures for Jazz Violinists, follow the link below. http://eepurl.com/dv-gSn Buy Sheet Music of my jazz violin etudes below. https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn/shop Join my Discord https://discord.gg/8XbtwN5v  

Gabe Terracciano is a multigenre violinist based in NYC. https://gabeterracciano.com/ To Support the podcast or get involved with my teaching go to.... https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn For a Free Download of an excerpt of my upcoming book of Enclosures for Jazz Violinists, follow the link below.http://eepurl.com/dv-gSn Buy my Sheet Music below. https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn/shop

Check out CLAZZ Festival https://www.clazzmusicfestival.com/ To Support the podcast or get invovled with my teaching go to.... https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn For a Free Download of an excerpt of my upcoming book of Enclosures for Jazz Violinists, follow the link below. http://eepurl.com/dv-gSn Buy my Sheet Music below. https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn/shop  

A quick beginners guide to improvising with scales over the jazz Standard Autumn Leaves. To support the podcast or get involved in my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to  https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn Sign up to my mailing list to receive my free e-book "Enclosures For Jazz Violin", for news about the podcast, my teaching and my music https://facebook.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=834810db707f46c732d307efe&id=29d38a59cc

To support the podcast or get involved in my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to  https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn Sign up to my mailing list to receive my free e-book "Enclosures For Jazz Violin", for news about the podcast, my teaching and my music https://facebook.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=834810db707f46c732d307efe&id=29d38a59cc   Christiaan Van Hemert is a violinist, guitarist and jazz educator based in the Netherlands https://www.youtube.com/@ChristiaanvanHemert https://christiaanvanhemert.com/ https://www.instagram.com/christiaanvanhemertmusician      

a quick podcast for violinists first starting out with jazz, looking at how we can practise "The Blues"   Join my Free Online Workshop on Blues November 11th 2023  https://www.mattholborn.com/free-workshop-blues-violin   Sign up to my jazz violin practise club at www.patreon.com/mattholborn   Get my Free E-Book and sign up to my mailing list at https://www.mattholborn.com/free-e-book      

To sign up to Matt's mailing list and find out about the podcast, Matts teaching and get a FREE short PDF E-Book "Introduction to Enclosures" click HERE Raphaël-Tristan Jouaville is a violinist and composer based in Paris   To support the podcast go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn  

A little bit of advice for violinists just starting out with playing jazz. We look at learning to sing along to jazz solos.   To support the podcast go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn   Come to my in person camp on the Isle Of Wight UK September 2023 https://www.thegarlicfarm.co.uk/collections/september-events/products/gypsy-jazz-workshop-weekend   Pre-order my new music https://mattholborn.bandcamp.com/album/here-and-other-stories  

Jason Anick is a violinist, composer and teach based in the US. He teaches at berklee college of music and front the Rhythm Future Quartet.   https://www.jasonanick.com/   To support the podcast go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn

A little bit of advice for violinists just starting out with playing jazz.   To support the podcast go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn  

Daniel Garlitsky is a violinist based in Paris who specialises in old style jazz. http://www.garlitsky.com/   To support the podcast go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn

A new solo podcast format! Tips for Jazz Violin Beginners. Listening working on music that you love You don't have to focus everything on improvising straight away enjoying yourself To support the podcast go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn    

Drew Jurecka is a canadian violinist, arranger and composer. https://www.drewjurecka.com/   To support the podcast or get involved in my practise club go to... https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

I chat to Snarky Puppy violinist about one of his fouritre jazz violin albums "Man of the Light" by Zbigniew Seifert. https://www.zachbrock.com/   To support the podcast or get involved in my practise club go to... https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn  

New format where I chat with one of my past guests about their Favourite jazz violin recording. Tcha tells us about the "Grappelli in Paris" recordings from the 1950s. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96iyAVaz9pOIGfRticax-B4ee_2T6E1w   https://open.spotify.com/album/6nD1T8V6ZzeeVIPSKHUuHw?si=oiOeiTokT5efIt-9uU-ktQ   to support the podcast or get involved in my practise club go to www.patreon.com.mattholborn  

Seonaid Aitken is a Scottish violinist, composer and arranger based in Glasgow UK. http://seonaidaitken.com/   To support the Podcast or join my jazz violin practise club go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn   To buy my new duo album visit  https://mattholborn.bandcamp.com/album/a-duo

Subscribe and share, it really helps! In this series I ask some of the guests from way back in the archives what advice they would give to other violinists trying to get into playing jazz on the violin. Today I chat with Alexandre Tripodi (https://soundcloud.com/alexandre-tripodi) and find out some excellent stuff. To watch this on youtube go to https://youtu.be/dYq5c9ybJ9k To support the podcast or join my jazz violin practise club, go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn email at bookings@mattholborn.com

Alexandre Cavaliere is a Belgian violinist bassed in Brussels.   https://www.womex.com/virtual/homerecords_be/alexandre_cavaliere   To support the Podcast go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn   To preorder my upcoming duo album visit    https://mattholborn.bandcamp.com/album/a-duo

A little review of some interesting moments on the podcast in 2021.   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Mathias Levy is a violinist and composer based in Paris. https://mathiaslevy.fr/about/mathiaslevy/   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Tracy Silverman is an eclectic electric violinist based in Nashville.  https://www.tracysilverman.com/   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn    

Dom Ingham is an excellent young UK based violinist and composer.    http://www.dominicingham.com/welcome   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Eva Slongo is Swiss violinist and composer based in France. She studied with Didier Lockwood at the CMDL and now creates and performs her own original music as well as teaching countless others how to play jazz violin. She has a fantastic playing style, feel and a terrific command of her instrument.   https://www.evaslongo.com/   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Nora Germain is a jazz violinist and author based in LA. She has played on countless albums and soundtracks as well as producing 10 of her own albums as a bandleader. http://www.noragermain.com/ If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Ben Holder is a UK jazz violinist based in the Midlands. A stalwart of the British jazz scene and a household name to fans of UK swing and jazz. https://www.benholdermusic.co.uk/ If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Mario Forte is an improvising violinist based between NYC and Europe.  http://www.marioforte.com/   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Martin Taylor is a British guitarist based in Scotland. He was a longstanding collaborator with Stephane Grappelli and now tours the world and has taught thousands of guitarists around the world through his online academy. https://martintaylor.com/   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn    

Yannick Hiwat is a violinist, composer and educator based in the Netherlands.  https://yannickhiwat.com/   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club, check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn   Check out Charlie MacCarthy's new book 'Post-Classical Violin' here. https://www.postclassicalviolin.com/

It was pleasure to chat with excellent fiddler and scholar Laura Risk about the life, career and music of the amazing Ginger Smock. Check out her article in Strings Magazine below https://stringsmagazine.com/ginger-smock-first-lady-of-the-jazz-violin/ You can buy her music below from AB Fable, an excellent archive and record label devoted to jazz violin gems. You will be able to find many rare jazz violin recordings here. http://www.abar.net/   Check out Laura's Website below too. https://laurarisk.com/

Miguel Atwood Ferguson is an improvising violinist, violist, composer, arranger and orchestrator for many left-field electronic, jazz, soul, hiphop and pop acts.  https://www.miguelatwoodferguson.com/   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club, check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Ben Powell is an english violinist based in Texas US. Check out his website below   https://www.ben-powell.com/   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club, check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Evan Price is a violinist from the USA, he has played with the Turtle Island String Quartet and is a master improvisor.   https://www.evanpricemusic.com/   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club, check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Johanna Burnheart is a German violinist based in London UK. Her new album is coming out of Ropeadope Records on October 30th 2020.  Disclaimer-I pronounce her name wrong in the introduction, it is actually pronounced 'Yohanna"...   https://johannaburnheart.bandcamp.com/album/burnheart   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club, check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Adam Bałdych is a Polish jazz violinist, one of the best and most original in the world. Enjoy   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club  check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Matt Glaser is a fiddler, educator, and author, who has performed with Stephane Grappelli, David Grisman, Lee Konitz, Bob Dylan, J. Geils, Leo Kottke, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker, Kenny Werner, Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, the Waverly Consort, Fiddle Fever, and the Wayfaring Strangers. He is artistic director of the American Roots music program at Berklee College of Music, after serving as string department chair for twenty-eight years, and has mentored thousands of musicians.   https://www.berklee.edu/people/matt-glaser   Jazz Violin Practise Sessions and Workshops   I am running some sessions practising scales and arpeggios in fun ways as well as looking at different jazz tunes and working on how to improvise with them. If you are interested in getting involved during the month of August please get in touch via bookings@mattholborn.com. Check out some examples of the sessions below.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9RhQ41VSl8   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzGoKompRCQ

Ernst Reijseger is a Dutch cellist and is one of the judges of this years (2020) Seifert Competition. To watch this years competition or find out more info about the semi finalists follow this link https://seifertcompetition.com/en/   Patreon   You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link   https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast   Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money.   I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites! Jazz Violin Classes I am running some very successful and busy zoom sessions at the moment to help people get into playing jazz, its a great thing to get yourself stuck into whilst you wait for your gigs to start again. If you want and info on these sessions email bookings@mattholborn.com      

Sara Caswell is a Grammy award nominated violinist based in New York. She is a faculty member at Berklee College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. https://saracaswell.com/   Patreon   You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link   https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast   Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money.   I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites! Locked in the Green Room https://linktr.ee/mattholborn A 'Green Room' is the musicians limbo, it is where we sit and wait for our gig to start. We as musicians now all find ourselves in a huge green room whilst we wait patiently for our gigs to start again. So please join me in this virtual green room where I will be chatting to different musicians around the world, from all genres and areas of music. We cover everything and anything about living in this new world of social distancing.

Jason Anick is an amazing jazz violinist based in the USA and Jake Brillhart is the super talented violin maker behind this amazing project, helping musicians all over in this time of need. To get involved with the project, either to buy raffle ticket to win the violin or to get financial help from the fund follow the link above.   https://sevenstarsarts.rallyup.com/5db3a6

Regina Carter is an American violinist and composer, she probably needs no introduction. She is one of the greatest violinists around and I was honoured to have her spend the time to chat with me.   http://www.reginacarter.com/   Patreon   You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link   https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast   Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money.   I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites! Locked in the Green Room https://linktr.ee/mattholborn A 'Green Room' is the musicians limbo, it is where we sit and wait for our gig to start. We as musicians now all find ourselves in a huge green room whilst we wait patiently for our gigs to start again. So please join me in this virtual green room where I will be chatting to different musicians around the world, from all genres and areas of music. We cover everything and anything about living in this new world of social distancing.        

Billy Contreras is a violinist based around Nashville USA. He is one of my favourite players and I was really excited to chat to him about what he has been working on recently.  I have started a new podcast called.... Locked in the Green Room https://linktr.ee/mattholborn A 'Green Room' is the musicians limbo, it is where we sit and wait for our gig to start. We as musicians now all find ourselves in a huge green room whilst we wait patiently for our gigs to start again. So please join me in this virtual green room where I will be chatting to different musicians around the world, from all genres and areas of music. We cover everything and anything about living in this new world of social distancing.   Patreon   You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link   https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast   Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money.   I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites!   The music at the beginning of the episode is from a video of Billy playing Au Privave in all twelve keys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5BVE0S-rJw   I feature a new release at the end from Dominic Ingham called 'Phones', coming out May 1st 2020 http://www.dominicingham.com/    

Bastien Ribot is a french violinist based in Paris. He plays with his own band the RP Quartet as well as with countless others in the French jazz scene. You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link   https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast   Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money.   I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites!   The music at the beginning of the episode is from Bastiens new record out now with the RP quartet   https://www.rpquartet.com/   I feature a new release at the end from my own project the London Django Collective https://www.londondjangocollective.com/ ‘It passed me by' by Jeremie Coullon

Aaron Weinstein is a jazz violinist and mandolinist based in NYC. He plays with incredible feel and has a style steeped heavily in jazz language and musicality.   http://www.aaronweinstein.net/   You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link   https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast   Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money.   I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites!   The music at the beginning of the episode is 'Makin Whoopee' played by Aaron Weinstein   I feature a new release at the end from my own project the London Django Collective https://www.londondjangocollective.com/ ‘Marrakech' by Kourosh Kanani

Thomas Gould is a classical violinist who also plays great jazz. He has played with a whole host of British jazz legends and continues to play with musicians like Gwilym Simcock and Liam Noble. He also tours the world as a classical soloist.   http://www.thomasgould.com/   You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link   https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast   Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money.   I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites!   The music at the beginning of the episode is ‘Sweet Tamarind' from an album with Thomas Gould, Liam noble and Jim Rattigan   I feature a new release at the end from my own project the London Django Collective  https://www.londondjangocollective.com/  ‘Carte Blanche' by Matt Holborn

Mads Tolling is a Danish violinist based in the U.S. He has played with the Turtle Island String Quartet, Stanley Clarke and many others. Great sound, amazing technique and full of bop language, one of my favourite players! http://madstolling.com/ You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money. I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites! The music at the beginning of the episode is Mads composition 'Take off Blues' I feature a new release at the end from my own project the London Django Collective https://www.londondjangocollective.com/ 'Katz out the bag' by Robin Katz

All music featured in this episode can be purchased from the link below (all proceeds go to the Steve Aston Foundation)   https://grimaldicinematique.bandcamp.com/   You can donate to the Steve Aston Foundation via the link below   https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/steve-aston-foundation   Steve Aston was a composer, guitarist and amazing human being. Sadly Steve passed away earlier this year and myself and Bar have been involved in releasing the music he composed and recorded over the last 7 years. There is a limited edition Double Vinyl available from the links above, Steve had wanted to have his music on vinyl before he passed so we felt it was important to make that happen. Both myself and Bar have been involved in his music from the beginning so we thought we would record this little episode as a homage to Steve and to try and shine a little light on our good friends amazing musical legacy.

Fiona Monbet Fiona Monbet is a French violinist, composer and conductor based in Paris. She was a protégé of Didier Lockwood and spent many years learning and touring with him from the age of 10 years old. She has a number of albums out in her own name all available from her website and all streaming services. https://www.fionamonbet.com/ You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money. I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites! The music at the beginning of the episode is Fiona Monbets composition 'Valse' from her most recent album 'Contrebande' I feature a new release at the end from my own project the London Django Collective https://www.londondjangocollective.com/ 'Samoreau' by Harry Diplock

If you want to buy any of the books and CDs mentioned by Anthony in this episode you can do so via his website at ... http://www.abar.net or by emailing him directly at ... ab@abar.net You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money. I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites! Anthony Barnett Anthony Barnett is a writer, poet, jazz historian and owner of AB Fable recordings. He has dedicated most of his life to researching and publishing material around jazz violin legend Stuff Smith as well as many other jazz violinists. He is the leading expert on Stuff Smith and has issued many rare recordings of Stuff and other violinists.  The music at the beginning of the episode is Stuff Smith - Midway & Stuff Smith and Dizzy Gillespie - Purple Sounds The outro music is my band Latchepen playing Benny Golson's 'Whisper Not' https://www.latchepen.com/ I feature English violinist Olivia Moore with a unnamed trio playing here piece 'Triangles'