Podcast appearances and mentions of Zach Brock

Brock, Lanzetti, Ogawa is the moniker for a new trio whose members are widely known through their association with the jazz-funk group Snarky Puppy. Zach Brock (4 and 6 string violins), Bob Lanzetti (acoustic and electric guitars), and Keita Ogawa (percussion) create in the spaces between jazz, folk, experimental, ambient, groove, and world music. Their debut album entitled Drawing Songs was released on November 10, 2023 by GroundUp Music. Zach, Bob and Keita all live in New York and right now are making a run of shows from Indianapolis to Tokyo.

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The restless spirit of Moppa Elliott kicks off a set that illustrates the breadth and depth of today's scene. The playlist features Moppa Elliott; Adam Baldych, Leszek Możdżer; Zach Brock, Bob Lanzetti, Keita Ogawa; Joe Webb [pictured]; Reinier Baas; Félix Zurstrassen Nova; and Olivia Pérez-Collellmir. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18554293/Mondo-Jazz (from "Delaware Water Gap" onward). Happy listening!

An American jazz violinist and multi Grammy Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy, gained through 12 years of touring & recording with the genre-bending super group. He has toured with Stanley Clarke and Phil Markowitz, released seven solo albums, and was named "Rising Star Violinist" of 2013 by Downbeat Magazine. A passionate educator, Zach has coached hundreds of musicians from workshops to conservatories worldwide.

Super excited to announce new guests, Zach Brock, Keita Ogawa 小川慶太, and Bob Lanzetti, to The Story! ZACH BROCK Critically acclaimed as the "pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation," Zach Brock is an American jazz violinist and GRAMMY Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He has toured, recorded, and performed with artists such as Stanley Clarke, Aaron Goldberg, Wycliffe Gordon, Matt Ulery, Michelle Willis, Banda Magda, Bill Laurance, Sirintip, Phil Markowitz, Martha Redbone, and many more. Zach has also released eight solo albums and was named "Rising Star Violinist" of 2013 by Downbeat Magazine. A passionate educator, Zach has coached hundreds of musicians from workshops to conservatories worldwide. Zach remains a perennial coffee fanatic and skateboard enthusiast, and currently lives with his wife and daughters in the NYC area. KEITA OGAWA Hailing originally from Sasebo city, Nagasaki, Japan, Keita Ogawa is a two-time GRAMMY nominee and Award-winner and one of the most versatile and sought-after percussionists and drummers in New York City. Since his 2005 arrival in America, Keita has worked with some of the biggest names in modern music including Yo Yo Ma, the Assad Brothers, Maria Schneider, Romero Lubambo, Clarice Assad, Jaques Morelenbaum, Osvaldo Golijov, Les Nubians, Charlie Hunter, Benny Green, Eric Harland, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and more. Currently he works in several projects including Snarky Puppy, Bokanté, Banda Magda, Bokantè, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Charlie Hunter, JSquad, Camila Meza and the Nectar Orchestra, Clarice Assad and more. BOB LANZETTI Bob Lanzetti is a Charleston, SC based professional guitarist, composer, producer, and educator. Bob is an original member of the GRAMMY Award-winning jazz/funk collective, Snarky Puppy and has performed in over 40 countries and played on every recorded release to date. In addition to Snarky Puppy, Bob has performed and recorded with many artists including Tommy Sims, Jerry Granelli, Robben Ford, Bokanté, Michelle Willis, Becca Stevens, Cory Henry, Ghost-Note (Robert “Sput'' Searight/Nate Werth), Lucy Woodward, Banda Magda, and many more. Check out these guys and their projects here: Zach Brock: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2gP7EdtXx1CWc3gLco3B1C... Website: https://www.zachbrock.com Insta: https://www.instagram.com/zachdbrock/ Keita Ogawa: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4JCRE56zJVJMC4vPuSAXdg... Website: https://keitaogawa.com Insta: https://www.instagram.com/keita_percussion/ Bob Lanzetti: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2mGngESqZt9pUPlyLGpDPY... Website: boblanzetti.com Insta: instagram.com/boblanzetti Find The Story Podcast here: coryrosenproductions.com/podcastsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-story/donations

A collection of highlights of my conversations from the past year, with short musical excerpts, starting with the Zach Brock episode from January and including Natalie Haas, Sara Caswell, Billy Contreras, Roberto Sierra, Diana Ladio, Danny Seidenberg, Sirius String Quartet, Tomoko Akaboshi, Mark Summer, Mia Asano, Eugene Friesen and Daniel Bernard Roumain. 

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Wiki:  Zach Brock - Wikipedia Website:  Zach Brock Dirty Mindz Youtube Video:  Zach Brock - Dirty Mindz (Official Music Video) - YouTube Snarky Puppy Website:  Snarky Puppy | 2021 GRAMMY®-WINNING LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL available now Snarky Puppy Wiki:  Snarky Puppy - Wikipedia THIS IS A FREE PODCAST. SCFB is found on:  Youtube, Itunes, Anchor, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, Google Podcast, Overcast, Breaker, Castbox, Radio Public, Podbay, Stitcher....and more! Full Interview (unedited) with Jeff Coffin is on Youtube only:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMIDxdNRPac&t=1013s Tom Gouker is also featured on a limited-run podcast about the Beatles called, "The Beatles Come To America", Join Tom and the "Beatle Guru" Brooke Halpin as we chat about the US Album Releases of the Beatles ("65", "Yesterday & Today" and "Hey Jude"...they are all there.) How To Get a Hold of SOMETHING came from Baltimore: Contacts Information: Email:  somethingcamefrombaltimore@gmail.com Twitter: something came from baltimore (@tom_gouker) / Twitter Instagram: Something Came From Baltimore (@something.came.from.baltimore) Did You know that SOMETHING came from Baltimore is on "TheBocX.com". TheBocX.com - Something came from Baltimore is a Podcast and a 30-minute radio show and can be heard weekly (Thursday's at 7pm EST) it's called, SOMETHING came from Baltimore THE SHOW. Check out the Station: Jazz Music Radio - The BocX Streaming Jazzy Music Spotify Playlists: Are available under the name DJNormal (that is my DJ name) Spotify Playlist:    Here is a list of my favorite shows from 2021....Best Songs of 2021! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/16C... Support SOMETHING came from Baltimore: TIPS! Tom Gouker's Cash App Account:  $ThomasGouker Tom Gouker's Venmo Account:  Thomas-Gouker --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

We Move Through Stormy Weather is BACK! For this episode, I am joined by Zach Brock! Critically acclaimed as the "pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation," Zach is an American jazz violinist and multi Grammy Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He has toured with Stanley Clarke and Phil Markowitz, released seven solo albums, and was named "Rising Star Violinist" of 2013 by Downbeat Magazine. A passionate educator, Zach has coached hundreds of musicians from workshops to conservatories worldwide. Zach remains a perennial coffee fanatic and skateboard enthusiast, and currently lives with his wife and daughters in the NYC area. Listen as we talk about his Phish-going experience in the early 90s, Snarky Puppy improvisational strategies, and more!Storm Sound is sponsored by Eversio Wellness! These organic mushroom supplements will keep you clear, chill, balanced, energized, protected, focused, and calm in the moment. Shipping is available to the USA and Canada - use code "STORMSOUND15" at checkout for 15% off!

Music by, or inspired by, Brazil, Charles Mingus, Mal Waldron, Humanity... and the Convulsionaries... To know more... click on the embedded player and happy listening! The playlist features also Anat Cohen [pictured]; Roberto Ottaviano, Alexander Hawkins; Cristina Mazza, Sean Bergin Daniele D'Agaro Bruno Marini Jean-Jacques Avenel Sangoma Everett; Angelica Sanchez; Matt Ulery, Zach Brock; Jasper Høiby; Trevor Dunn; Julian Lage; Jeff Parker, Eric Revis, and Nasheet Waits. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16420871/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Wait").

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  

Zach and I get deep into his improv process, talking about Charlie Parker playing the violin, the improv angel and demon on his shoulders, and how not to swing. (Spoiler alert: be swung instead.) And then we quiz this Snarky Puppy about...kittens.

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"Snarky Puppy" are an American instrumental ensemble led by bassist Michael League.The group's formation can be traced back to 2004, after Micheal League's second year at the University of North Texas. He says that he was so bad as a musician he wasn't able to play with any school ensembles, so creating "Snarky Puppy" was his way of getting to play live.Straight out of the gate the group consisted of 10 members. Since those early days they have gone on to release 14 albums, toured the world, and collaborated with an ever evolving carousel of live musicians as well as with solo artists and orchestras. As usual, there is much more to know, so tune in to Jay and Jesse as they discuss this unique collective on Roots to Grooves.To listen to the full episode, including the featured music, visit... signlradio.com"Roots to Grooves" is a production of SIGNL.https://www.signlradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/signlradiohttps://www.twitter.com/signlradiohttps://www.facebook.com/signlradiohttps://www.mixcloud.com/signlhttps://open.spotify.com/user/96mhz6qfjoztxbl2dpm0uj903?si=aAZpsoEnRAKdx85kr1QWhg

1. Zhenya Strigalev – Personal Opinion (6:11) 2. Zoox – You got Jyazz (6:14) 3. Koop – Whenever There Is You (2:59) 4. Zuco 103 – Vivente (3:36) 5. Phil Markowitz & Zach Brock – Triple Dutch (6:27) 6. The Zawinul Syndicate – They Had A Dream (5:13) 7. John Coltrane – Vodka (9:06) 8. […]

Subscribe to the podcast here! Kenji Bunch 3:56 - How Kenji got started in music on violin and piano.5:32 - How Kenji always had an "abstract notion" that he wanted to compose and how this led to his double major in Viola Performance and Composition at Juilliard.6:49 - The creative aspect of music and how making his own music was always attached to Kenji's musical consciousness and imagination.7:56 - The value of listening to music in "a non-hierarchical way where everything [is] worth our listening attention. Listening to everything with the same ears and treating it with the same respect."9:22 - "We see a tendency in the classical world of sometimes dismissing the seriousness or value of non-classical or more commercial kinds of music."9:40 - "Even if it's a pop song with three chords, a lot of people worked really hard on that song and took it very seriously....there's something to learn from that amount of detail that's put into a product."10:57 - Kenji's "Neo-American" sensibility in his compositions and how he responds to critics."It would seem less authentic to me to write music that sounds like I'm in Vienna in the 1920's or if I only played music from Vienna in the 1820's. That's not the life I'm living and I don't want to be disconnected...I'd rather embrace and draw inspiration from what's going on around me."12:11 - Why Kenji draws parallels between his compositional style and chefs of the past twenty years who elevate comfort food and respond to multitudinous cuisines present in the culture.13:01 - "I've never thought of myself as an innovator...[but] simply part of a long tradition...of composer who are influenced by what they are hearing around them."15:52 - "My mere existence was a creative risk, as a bi-racial Asian kid in the 1970's." How this experience of identity was "awkward" for Kenji but also liberating: "You're already imperfect in the eyes of a lot of people, so the pressure is off."17:10 - "So much of it is giving ourselves permission to take those risks and to define ourselves, to call ourselves composers or composer-performers, or improvisers.17:59 - What Kenji is doing to continue to grow and develop during quarantine. "The direction I was heading in as a musician has been accelerated because of this extra time."19:45 - "I want to be able to connect with people with my music. If there's a barrier to that, I don't want it to be because of me. I just want to be a flexible musician who can find some way to connect with anyone else through music."20:23 - "I tend to say 'yes' to everything because I want to prove to myself that I can do these things."22:26 - "I felt like a misfit at Juilliard."23:13 - "The paradox: there has to be a rigorous standard for the level of [classical] training and it's very hard to put that in place and also leave room for creative expressions and taking risks."23:45 - "In the last twenty some years, the music world has changed more radically than it ever has, since [Juilliard] has been around."23:54 - Why "being willing to fail publicly" is the key to becoming a flexible musician. Kenji talks about Citigrass, his bluegrass band of fifteen years. "None of us actually knew how to play bluegrass...at one point we were paid not to play." How failing publicly leads to the acquisition of new musical skills and language: "we couldn't help but improve."25:45 - "Willingness to suck in public is so important but also counter to our [classical] training. We spend so many long years learning how not to suck in public."26:57 - Why people assume classical musicians can play everything: "Classical players can play with a facility and virtuosity that's very easily identifiable...and not only [do we assume that] you are a genius and do all these amazing things, you must also somehow be virtuous and noble." The truth is classical musicians are just regular people and "the abilities they've attained have come at the expense of other experiences in theirs lives and it's often a painful thing."27:62 - How classical training "develops the coordination between your eyes and your fingers" but can also "stunt the connection between your ear and your fingers or your mind and your fingers."31:31 - Kenji is the Artistic Director of Fear No Music, a new music group and music education organization in Portland, OR. 34:08 - Why Kenji would tell his younger self to "lighten up, have some fun, don't worry....if you stick to what you really want to do, that's the thing that [you] can contribute to the world that has the most value." Why Kenji wishes the competitiveness of classical music training could be inverted to focusing on what each individual needs to be happy because "when you are comfortable in your own skin and doing something that makes you happy, that's when you can start to contribute and do stuff that's going to help other people."   

Critically acclaimed as the "pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation," Zach Brock is an American jazz violinist and Grammy Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He has toured with Stanley Clarke and Phil Markowitz, released seven solo albums, and was named "Rising Star Violinist" of 2013 by Downbeat Magazine. A passionate educator, Zach has coached hundreds of musicians from workshops to conservatories worldwide. Zach remains a perennial coffee fanatic and skateboard enthusiast, and currently lives with his wife and daughters in the NYC area.Since this is a longer episode, here are some time stamps for our conversation:1:00 Intro/Background4:40: Higher education, Zach’s accident and how it shaped him as a musician11:38: Zach’s teaching- “Dogmatic about not being dogmatic”19:00 Improvising and how to be in the moment30:00 Streaming industry and the why we as musicians are stuck on CD’s48:00 Optimizing your digital reach and presence 54:00 Snarky Puppy- music for your brain and booty 60:10 Leadership in Snarky Puppy87:30: Vacillating productivity on the corona coaster and staying mindful85:20 “The Last Dance” and motivation https://zachbrock.comhttps://snarkypuppy.com

Violisten in moderne jazz, onder andere Stephan Grapelly, Jean Luc Ponty en Zach Brock. Reageren: jazztrain@studio040.nl

College Markets Offer Performers Dependable Gigs and Growth Opportunities:Amber Shaverdi Huston is the executive Director of NACA. The National Association for Campus Activities has connected performers and other attractions to college student teams who book entertainment for campus events. The college market has often served as a great way for performing artists, speakers, and musicians to get their careers off the ground. Not only does a performer get good guaranteed paychecks, access to a young audience, but also the possibility of multiple gigs at many campuses if you gain some traction with the students and staff. I thought I’d get some insider info from the oldest and largest college activities organization and speak with NACA’s Executive Director. My interview with Amber took place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation we had covers information about their live conferences and all the services NACA provides to their members. Since the pandemic, NACA has created a NACA Virtual section on their NACA.org website. This year they will be hosting two virtual conferences in October, 2020. Visit NACA.org/virtual for showcasing information, program schedules and ways that you can participate from home, in a dynamic college conference experience.Join me for our interview and get a deeper understanding of what the college market might offer you.One Final Note: During this COVID-19 Pandemic, Get Great Gigs PodcastIs helping music people one T shirt at a time with our other project, “I’m Smiling at You Behind My Mask.” With so many music people having lost income from cancelled gigs, a portion of every T Shirt sold benefits MusiCares, a Recording Academy charity to help music people in need. Go to 360smiling.com to learn how you can participate and join our Global Smile Chorus. This week, here is Zach Brock, jazz violinist, with his rendition of my song, “I’m Smiling at You Behind My Mask.”

Chicago based bassist/composer and bandleader, Matt Ulery, has developed an instantly recognizable sound. Known for his sweeping lyricism, unconventional phrase structures, expressionistic emotionalism, Ulery’s music, from small, diverse chamber ensembles to full orchestras, is informed by the entire spectrum of jazz, classical, rock, pop, and folk– specifically American, South American, Balkan, and other European folkstyles. He has been performing for 23 years on upright, electric, and brass basses.For a decade, Ulery has been the leader of his own groups and frequent collaborator. Ulery has produced and released 8 albums of all original music under his name including three recent releases of critical acclaim, “By a Little Light,” “Wake an Echo,” and “In the Ivory,” on Dave Douglas’s Greenleaf Music record label in 2012-2014 and his latest, “Festival (2016),” and “Sifting Stars (2018)” on his own label, Woolgathering Records. Ulery earned a Master of Music degree at Depaul University and Bachelors degree in music composition at The Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and has played in bands with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Fareed Haque, Howard Levy, Patricia Barber, Goran Ivanovic, Greg Ward, Jeff Parker, Zach Brock, Jimmy Chamberlin, Makaya McCraven, Marquis Hill and countless others. As a composer, Ulery has collaborated with diverse ensembles such as Eighth Blackbird, Miami String Quartet, New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago, Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Music Festival of Lexington, Axiom Brass, Wild Belle, and the Guimaraes (Portugal) Jazz Festival.

Conference StrategiesStreaming and LiveIn this episode I will help you navigate one of the major career boosting events that can put you in front of potential bookers, even in this Covid-19 environment. I’m talking about Booking Conferences and Trade Shows. As a former agent and manager, I looked for ways for bookers, buyers and presenters to become aware of my artists. One of the most profoundly effective ways to get noticed within your specific industry genre was to attend booking conferences and trade shows. So many of the conferences that were scheduled to take place in the coming months have been rescheduling their dates and some skipping this year altogether. And there are others that are holding firm on their dates but shifting to an online streaming conference. You may even find this to be true with some festivals as well.So, in this episode, I’ll share my best strategies for navigating the conference scene so you can network with those in the industry with ease, confidence and professionalism. I’ll help you think about how to prepare your materials so you may take advantage of those conferences that offer streaming opportunities and still be ready for a live conference situation.In the show notes you’ll find a PDF to download that lists several major conferences that happen in the U.S. and around the world. I’ll do another episode on some of the regional conferences that take place at other times of the year. I’ll also be interviewing some of the organizers of these major conferences in the weeks to come to see how they are managing this time period.For now, this episode shares some insights into participating in conferences that can save you money, assure that you meet various deadlines and help you navigate all that the conference has to offer that fits with your career goals even in these COVID-19 times.One Final Note: During this COVID-19 Pandemic, Get Great Gigs PodcastIs helping music people one T shirt at a time with our other project, “I’m Smiling at You Behind My Mask.” With so many music people having lost income from cancelled gigs, a portion of every T Shirt sold benefits MusiCares, a Recording Academy charity to help music people in need. Go to 360smiling.com to learn how you can participate and join our Global Smile Chorus. This week, here is Zach Brock, jazz violinist, with his rendition of my song, “I’m Smiling at You Behind My Mask.”

Join DJRePete in The Listening Booth for an escapist winter blend of acoustic folk by Christopher Paul Stelling, trippy alt via Loving and a throwback by Unknown Mortal Orchestra, as well as jazz violin with Zach Brock. Also, catch up with the man of the world and the very Dylan sounding Aaron Beckum. And for balance, hit up high energy electro alt from Boniface. 00:00 - Mic Break 00:49 - Keeping Up - Boniface 04:04 - Good For Nothing - DRAMA 07:45 - slow motion - flor 10:43 - Tennis Fan - Banoffee feat. Empress Of 13:31 - Grass It Grows - Cuesta Loeb 17:38 - Mic Break 18:03 - Have To Do For Now - Christopher Paul Stelling 21:22 - Mountains - Aaron Beckum 24:58 - Whiskey Pyramid - Aaron Beckum 28:35 - Cactus Flower - Mapache 31:32 - Face Is Blue - Mapache 34:13 - Lightbulb - Rachel Goodrich 36:52 - Mic Break 37:14 - Visions - Loving 40:58 - Stranger to Yourself - Loving 43:09 - Nearly Lost My Mind - Mariya May 46:08 - Who's Hot & Who's Heavy? - Mo Douglas 50:07 - Falling - James Supercave 53:59 - Giant Night - Purr 58:10 - The Opposite Of Afternoon - Unknown Mortal Orchestra 62:22 - Mic Break 62:52 - Dirty Circus - Gypsophilia 68:05 - Yuliet - New Cool Collective Feat. Los Papines & Mapacha Africa 76:24 - Mr Whippy - Miroslav Bukovsky 85:41 - Mr. Shah - Zach Brock 87:46 - Rhinecliff Hotel - Mats & Morgan 103:36 - Nahjal - The Young Brothers 109:23 - Mic Break 110:02 - Just Another Tourist With A Megaphone - Bee Appleseed 113:42 - On the Banks of the Old Kishwaukee - Ryley Walker 118:35 - Holy Smoke - The Oh Sees 121:15 - Finish

Subscribe to the podcast here!Learn more about the stuff we talk about in this episode here:Rebecca Fischer4:10 - The complexities of growing up in a musical household and striving to find one's own voice and individuality6:17 - How the Chiara String Quartet got its start.8:49 - Advice to young string quartets and the importance of building community.12:19 - The joys of making a life as a chamber musician and making sure everyone in the group feels equally seen and heard.15:40 - Scrum and the emotional labor it takes to address the musical work in a string quartet.18:39 - The Chiaras' path towards playing string quartets from memory and the "wild transformation" this brought to the group.21:43 - The "wonderful risk of not knowing what is going to happen on stage" and losing the barrier between performer and audience.24:30 - My (the Solera Quartet's) memory experiment and asking Becca for her advice on safety planning for memorized performances and how to build performance practice.27:03 - How memorization increases connection within an ensemble and how trust and caring for each other increases vulnerability and musical intimacy on stage.28:44 - How vulnerability is antithetical to a classical musician's training. The problem of classical music training and its corrective nature with an overemphasis on noticing what is wrong rather than what is right.30:10 - The extraordinary lack of self-consciousness in the folk music recordings of Bela Bartok. The many extra steps that most classical musicians need to make to lose self-consciousness and the struggle to find a balance.32:09 - The delicate challenge of ending and disbanding a long-standing ensemble. Moving onto the next chapter in one's career and seeing where creativity can take you.37:51 - Becca's other creative projects including Afield and her creative life with her husband, Anthony Hawley. Also, her work as a singing violinist.42:11 - What are the things we need to cultivate "creative courage"? Also, the crisis of perfection in classical music and the avoidance of vulnerability.46:13 - The lessons Becca has learned from the visual art world. The power of a daily creative practice and the joys of making things from scratch without judgement.47:59 - How bearing witness to other examples of creative living can be liberating and important for classical musicians. The need for the permission to create and "make something" just for the sake of making it.51:01 - The richness of a career as a result of cultivating interpersonal depth with colleagues, students, and community.53:19 - Becca's advice to her younger self: the importance of having fun, sleep, going to parties, and valuable friendships. "Never take for granted your creative impulses and act on them sooner."54:40 -Becca on her book of personal essays related to music, childhood, memory, travel, and "gifts for daughters."

Cue the hibernation in The Listening Booth where DJRePete has a mixture of seasonal tracks as you transition from the holidays to winter proper in the northern hemisphere with jazz by Zach Brock and rock via Erin Anne. Also on tap, brand new blues via Luke Lalonde, folk with The Deer, and soft electro vibes with Gemma. And hit up 2020 tour news as bands reawaken the road trips, including Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie and the Generationals. 00:00 - Mic Break 00:49 - Waiting for the Light to Change - Luke Lalonde 02:57 - Desert Dreams - Lonesome Shack 06:55 - Bad Neighborhood - Daddy Long Legs 11:10 - Just Holler - Jesper Lindell 15:40 - Controversy - Low Cut Connie 18:33 - If All I Was Was Black - Mavis Staples 22:20 - Mic Break 23:16 - Bitter Winter - Erin Anne 26:07 - Time To Forgive The Winter - Girls In Hawaii 29:02 - Aliens In Our Midst - Wussy 32:33 - But L Like You - Say Sue Me 36:37 - Diamond Drive - Ex Hex 40:12 - Mic Break 40:35 - I've Been Wrong Before - Generationals 43:53 - Treat Jar - Great Grandpa 46:28 - Lil Jazzy - Half Stack 49:08 - January - The Rubinoos 52:00 - I Quit - Alex Little and The Suspicious Minds 56:08 - Mic Break 56:37 - January - Ali Barter 59:33 - Snow Is Falling In Manhattan - Purple Mountains 65:32 - Snow Globe - Long Beard 70:42 - Low Life - Kate Teague 74:11 - Private Eye - M.T. Hadley 77:25 - Go To The Top - Girl Ray 79:58 - Mic Break 80:29 - Swoon - The Deer 84:08 - Pet Town - Eerie Wanda 87:28 - Handyman - Esther Rose 90:10 - The Healing - Flora Hibberd 93:37 - Misbehaving - Infinity Crush 96:05 - Mic Break 96:15 - Darjeeling - Barrie 99:26 - Reverie - Bodywash 103:27 - Olympia - Flamingods 106:57 - Love Like (Knock it Off) - Gemma 112:41 - Rebel Robin - Ingeborg Von Agassiz 116:11 - Mic Break 116:51 - Winter Transition - Zach Brock 120:04 - Finish

In my conversation with jazz violinist, Zach Brock, we talk about his musical upbringing and how he straddles the line between classical training and improvisation. Snarky Puppy What it means to take risks and be vulnerable. How Zach and I met at Mike Block String Camp and what how challenging and vulnerable that was for me. How some classical musicians embody a sort of cultural musical superiority complex and how some can experience that as social violence. How some people are socially and economically blocked from access to the upper echelons of classical music. How it seemed like I was having a great time at Mike Block's camp but was having "the worst time" because I was uncomfortable and being stretched creatively. Why vulnerability is the most important thing PERIOD if you're going to be a performing artist. Nathan Milstein Fritz Kreisler Why people want to see performers being open and vulnerable. How vulnerability is a way to show that you don't care what people think or say about you. How vulnerability empowers the performer. How the vulnerable performer gives permission to others to aspire to greatness because "this is in you, too." Maria Callas Jeff Buckley singing Dido's Lament How vulnerability amplifies our humanity. Stuff Smith and Stephane Grapelli How we can become more open-minded as we grow older and why we are necessarily more judgemental when we are aquiring information. "Arts" versus "Crafts": When are you being an "artist" and when are you being a "craftsperson" and why we need to be both. Kid Logic: This American Life Pee-Wee's Big Adventure How classical musicians can practice improvisation. How improvisation connects you more immediately to your instrument and musical voice. Facing the void when you first start improvising and why we need to wait and listen and allow for nothing to come back. How improvising enables us to make musical choices with more authority. Why you can't think you're a "schmuck" if your first improv attempts don't sound like a "double fugue by Bach." Why being an improvisor is not profound. Why we should trust our internal musical voice and trust that is it there. Why the concept of "play" needs to come back into our own playing and how improvisation can do that for us. Why enjoyment, experimentation, being silly and feeling joy in playing the violin is worthwhile. The importance of finding creative partners. How institutions are always the last to evolve and why we have to fight for change from the bottom up. Seth Godin Noa Kageyama and Bulletproof Musician Why we shouldn't "give up and float just because we think it's too late." The mental game of performing: why he thinks performers need to get serious about meditation. How improvisation lights up different parts of our brains than classical playing. The importance of mastering our minds.

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 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! This is great for beginner jazz violinists who want a little direction once in a while. This episode is sponsored by Ithaca Strings. Ithaca Strings www.ithacastring.com/ Ithaca Strings IS Eric Aceto, a luthier, violinist and producer of the ISI dual pickup system. This system is by far the best and most honest sounding violin pickup system on the market right now! It blends an Electret microphone with a bridge pickup, both attaching to a stereo jack out under the chin rest. This means you get the solid sound of the pick up blended with the sweeter sound of the Electret mic without heavy cables attached to your instrument. Eric also makes amazing instruments and has made both pickups and violins for Jean Luc Ponty, Zach Brock, Matt Glaser and many other amazing musicians. Omer Ashano Omer Ashano is a Israeli violinist based in New York. He has his own unique style, taking influence from Didier Lockwood, post-bop and music from Africa. He has a great sense of sound and rhythm and his tone is amazing! We chatted over skype, sorry for any glitches in the audio we did have some technical issues but overall a good sound anyway.   The music at the beginning of the episode is Omers original tune 'Pnima' and 'Limehouse Blues from a recent recording of Omer on Denis Pol's new album 'New York' The music art the end is 'Whisper Not' by Benny Golson, recorded by my band Latchepen.

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 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! This is great for beginner jazz violinists who want a little direction once in a while. This episode is sponsored by Ithaca Strings and Headway Audio. Ithaca Strings www.ithacastring.com/ Ithaca Strings IS Eric Aceto, a luthier, violinist and producer of the ISI dual pickup system. This system is by far the best and most honest sounding violin pickup system on the market right now! It blends an Electret microphone with a bridge pickup, both attaching to a stereo jack out under the chin rest. This means you get the solid sound of the pick up blended with the sweeter sound of the Electret mic without heavy cables attached to your instrument. Eric also makes amazing instruments and has made both pickups and violins for Jean Luc Ponty, Zach Brock, Matt Glaser and many other amazing musicians.   Headway Audio https://www.headwaymusicaudio.com/ Headway was founded in the UK in 2006 by John Littler, they make pickups and preamps for string instruments. Most famously they make 'The Band' pickup for violin, viola, cello and bass, which is a very reasonably priced pickup that wraps around the body of the instrument. They make the amazing EDB2, an acoustic instrument preamp that can blend 2 channels of audio to a balanced output ready for the sound desk. This is perfect for blending a microphone and a pickup on the same instrument, as is needed with Eric Aceto's dual system. The EDB2 also has 5 band EQ, a notch filter and the ability to power each channel differently. Its an amazing piece of kit!   John Etheridge is a guitarist from the UK, he was in the band 'Soft Machine' and was picked up by Diz Dizley to become Stephane Grappelli's lead guitarist between 1976 and 1981. John is a great dude and an amazing player, it was fun to chat with him in his London home about his days with Grappelli and a bunch of other music related stuff too. John has a great way with words and is a natural storyteller. Hope you enjoy.

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 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! This is great for beginner jazz violinists who want a little direction once in a while.   This episode is sponsored by Ithaca Strings and Headway Audio.    Ithaca Strings www.ithacastring.com/ Ithaca Strings IS Eric Aceto, a luthier, violinist and producer of the ISI dual pickup system. This system is by far the best and most honest sounding violin pickup system on the market right now! It blends an Electret microphone with a bridge pickup, both attaching to a stereo jack out under the chin rest. This means you get the solid sound of the pick up blended with the sweeter sound of the Electret mic without heavy cables attached to your instrument. Eric also makes amazing instruments and has made both pickups and violins for Jean Luc Ponty, Zach Brock, Matt Glaser and many other amazing musicians.   Headway Audio https://www.headwaymusicaudio.com/ Headway was founded in the UK in 2006 by John Littler, they make pickups and preamps for string instruments. Most famously they make 'The Band' pickup for violin, viola, cello and bass, which is a very reasonably priced pickup that wraps around the body of the instrument. They make the amazing EDB2, an acoustic instrument preamp that can blend 2 channels of audio to a balanced output ready for the sound desk. This is perfect for blending a microphone and a pickup on the same instrument, as is needed with Eric Aceto's dual system. The EDB2 also has 5 band EQ, a notch filter and the ability to power each channel differently. Its an amazing piece of kit! Christian Howes Christian Howes is a jazz violinist, educator and composer. He runs Creative Strings, the non for profit organisation dedicated to teaching string players how to play music out-with the classical idiom. He runs regular summer camps across the world and had taught and mentored many amazing artists that are now making their own careers in the music industry, like our friend Jason Anick.   Please Like, Subscribe and send to your friends!

G.R.A.C.E. - With Zach Brock

We talk to athlete and gym owner Zach Brock.  Why does he train at 4am?  How does he stay motivated after doing Crossfit for over 10 years?  Why did he turn down his invitation to Regionals twice?  

  This episode is sponsored by Ithaca Strings.  www.ithacastring.com/ Ithaca Strings IS Eric Aceto, a luthier, violinist and producer of the ISI dual pickup system. This system is by far the best and most honest sounding violin pickup system on the market right now! It blends an Electret microphone with a bridge pickup, both attaching to a stereo jack out under the chin rest. This means you get the solid sound of the pick up blended with the sweeter sound of the Electret mic without heavy cables attached to your instrument. Eric also makes amazing instruments and has made both pickups and violins for Jean Luc Ponty, Zach Brock, Matt Glaser and many other amazing musicians.   Jean Luc Ponty is THE living legend of jazz violin so I'm super excited to share this episode with you. Jean Luc was one of the first people to play anything past swing and pre-bop jazz on the violin, he has been pushing jazz violin forward since his first solo record 'Jazz Long Playing' in 1964. We had a nice long chat about his development as a musician and how he keeps his chops up to scratch. I hope you enjoy.

Zach and I talk about kudos to mom, Stage 4 Rhabdomyosarcoma, mouth pain, 20% chance of survival, stem cell rescue, hair as a reproducing cell, late effects clinic, St. Louis Children's Hospital, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, grass root funding, St. Louis University, cancer was my life, people really do care, cook good food, roots of music, introvert extrovert, DJ Chesta, flex, overcome, learn and dwell.

Frank Zappa may have said "jazz is not dead, it just smells funny" but looking at his life and music one does not get the impression that he really believed that jazz was decomposing or dying a slow death. This week we revel in the beauty of the jazzier side of Zappa's vast repertoire checking out not only some of his recordings but also how the jazz world has embraced his genius. The playlist includes music by Frank Zappa, Colin Towns, The NDR Bigband, Ed Palermo, Mike Mainieri, Joe Lovano, Stefano Bollani, Daniele Sepe, Woody Herman, Le Bocal, Riccardo Fassi, David Kikoski, Zach Brock, Javon Jackson, Jean-Luc Ponty, Zappatistas, Flat Earth Society, Anais Drago, Asphalt Orchestra, Detailed playlist available at: https://spinitron.com/radio/index.php?station=rfb&playlist=8916#here

****This months episode is a little late due to my being on tour for the whole of November, stuck in the back of a van****   This episode is sponsored by Ithaca Strings.  www.ithacastring.com/ Ithaca Strings IS Eric Aceto, a luthier, violinist and producer of the ISI dual pickup system. This system is by far the best and most honest sounding violin pickup system on the market right now! It blends an Electret microphone with a bridge pickup, both attaching to a stereo jack out under the chin rest. This means you get the solid sound of the pick up blended with the sweeter sound of the Electret mic without heavy cables attached to your instrument. Eric also makes amazing instruments and has made both pickups and violins for Jean Luc Ponty, Zach Brock, Matt Glaser and many other amazing musicians.   Tim Kliphuis www.timkliphuis.com/ Tim is one of the front runners of jazz violin in the world today! He has an amazing tone, and as well as being a very creative improviser he really has the late Grappelli sound down! I studied a little with Tim when I first started learning jazz, he is a wonderful teacher and lovely dude! He has been integral in the development of many musicians around the world through his books, workshops and his own very popular music camp 'The Grappelli/Django Camp' in Holland. He has played with everyone you could possibly think of in the world of gypsy jazz and swing and continues to perform all over the world with these amazing musicians as well as his own trio.  Check out Tims lesson series for DC music below... https://www.dc-musicschool.com/store/in-the-style-of-tim-kliphuis-vol1/ We had a great chat about everything jazz violin plus much more! 

Zach Brock is a Grammy Award-winning violinist and composer whose music evokes the spirits of John Coltrane, Béla Bartók, and Jimi Hendrix. He has been recognized for his "soaring lyricism, audacious ingenuity, and masterful command of the instrument." Downbeat Magazine named Zach it's 'Rising Star Violinist' of 2013. Besides fronting his own critically acclaimed projects, Zach has recorded and toured all over the world with Snarky Puppy, Stanley Clarke, and Phil Markowitz. Learn more about Zach, his music, and upcoming projects and performances at zachbrock.com. Rockstar Violinist is the Electric Violin Shop podcast, hosted by Matt Bell and featuring interviews with the most creative and noteworthy electric strings performing and recording artists. Electric Violin Shop is the world leader in amplified strings. Shop at www.electricviolinshop.com or contact us at info@electricviolinshop.com for advice.

Zach Brock is a jazz violinist, composer and general good guy. Zach could safley be placed in the contemporary jazz camp without raising too much suspicion, he very much has his own sound that could be and has been compared to Jean Luc Ponty, Zbigniew Seifert and John Coltrane. He plays with the Grammy Award wining supergroup Snarky Puppy and has played and recorded with such jazz luminaries as Stanley Clarke, Phil Markowitz, Eric Harland plus a long list of other amazing jazz musicians. We chatted over the internet, Zach is a lovley dude and we really enjoyed chatting with each other. I hope you enjoy listening. The intro music is 'Tripping Step' from Ada Rovatti Brecker's album Disguise (featuring Zach on Violin obviously)   The outro music is 'Whisper Not' recorded by me and my band Latchepen

In this episode, we talk with world-class Julliard-trained violinist Tricia Park about her experiences as a child prodigy. We discuss how learning to play the violin and perform for world-class audiences at a very young age made her feel special all the while contributing to a limited sense of identity. She shares her unique insights into what it’s like to live a big life as a quiet and painfully shy child and she discusses simple ways that educators can help their exceptional students rise about the pressures associated with achievement and perfectionism. For more information about Tricia, including links to some of her amazing work with the Solera Quartet, the Music IC Organization or her other projects, visit triciapark.com or check out the shownotes at smallactbigimpact.com for all of the related links to her performances and work. Praised by critics for her "astounding virtuosic gifts" (Boston Herald) and "achingly pure sound” (The Toronto Star), concert violinist TRICIA PARK enjoys a diverse and eclectic career as soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and festival curator. Tricia is a recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and was selected as one of "Korea's World Leaders of Tomorrow" by the Korean Daily Central newspaper. Since appearing in her first orchestral engagement at age 13 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, she has performed with the English Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra of South Africa; the Montreal, Dallas, Cincinnati, Seattle, Honolulu, Nevada, and Lincoln Symphonies; and the Calgary, Buffalo, and Westchester and Naples Philharmonics. She has also given recitals throughout the United States and abroad, including a highly acclaimed performance at the Ravinia Rising Stars series. As First Violinist of the Maia Quartet from 2005-2011, she performed at Lincoln Center and the 92nd Street Y in New York and Beijing’s Forbidden City Hall and was on faculty at the University of Iowa. Other career highlights include Tricia’s recital debut at the Kennedy Center, appearances at the Lincoln Center Festival in Bright Sheng's The Silver River, her Korean debut performance with the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Orchestra and collaborations with composer Tan Dun, Cho-Liang Lin, Paul Neubauer, Timothy Eddy and Steven Tenenbom. An appearance with the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra at Jordan Hall garnered a glowing review from the Boston Herald that stated, "If you see the name Tricia Park in any future programs, buy a ticket." Recent season highlights include a performance of Lalo Symphonie Espagnole with the South Bend Symphony; a recital at Carnegie Hall with Ensemble Peripherie; a performance of the Brahms Double Concerto with the Notre Dame Symphony; a collaborative performance with violist Daniel Avshalomov; and a recording of works by Per Bloland on the TZADIK label with the ECCE Ensemble. Tricia is also the founding member of the Solera Quartet, the new Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Notre Dame. Tricia maintains an ongoing interest in new music and non-classical styles. She has performed with jazz musicians Matt Ulery and Zach Brock, has appeared with the rock band, Another Dead Clown and performs duo violin recitals with fiddler-violinist, Taylor Morris. Passionate about arts education and community development, Tricia is the co-founder and artistic director of MusicIC, a summer chamber music festival that takes place in downtown Iowa City. MusicIC presents free concerts and events focus on music for small ensembles inspired by works of literature, both prose and poetry. Tricia received her Bachelor and Master of Music from the Juilliard School where she studied with Dorothy DeLay. She is a recipient of the Starling-DeLay Teaching Fellowship at the Juilliard School. She has studied and performed chamber music with Felix Galimir, Pinchas Zukerman, Cho-Liang Lin, Michael Tree, Gary Hoffman, Paul Neubauer, Robert McDonald, and members of the American, Guarneri, Juilliard, and Orion String Quartets as well as the new music group, Eighth Blackbird. Other former teachers include Cho-Liang Lin, Donald Weilerstein, Hyo Kang and Piotr Milewski. Currently, Tricia is full-time Violin Faculty and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Notre Dame. The New Yorker Article Tricia Mentioned...by Malcolm Gladwell https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/10/20/late-bloomers-malcolm-gladwell Tricia Park Founding member, Solera Quartet Founding Artistic Director, MusicIC Violinist and Fiddler, Tricia and Taylor - Violin and Fiddle duo www.triciapark.com www.soleraquartet.com www.musicic.org www.triciaandtaylormusic.com

Las aventuras de la reina para escapar de un destino inesperado y aterrador, y la gente que la ayuda en sus andanzas. “Las bodas de una reina y de un bandido” es un cuento popular italiano, recopilado por Italo Calvino en su libro El Pájaro Belverde, de Ediciones Librerías Fausto. La traductora al castellano, Eva Luisa Fajardo, comenta lo siguiente sobre este cuento: “Un país entero: con sus reyes, sus cortes y sus soldados movilizados al servicio de una niña, princesa-reina, cuya felicidad será resuelta gracias a la astucia de humildes campesinos. En cuanto al héroe que conduce a la salvación, en el original siciliano era el hijo séptimo de una familia, al cual el vulgo atribuía capacidades de curación a veces mágicas. Aquí Calvino lo transforma en un Sietemesino, frágil de aspecto pero fuerte de voluntad (tal vez recordando que también en la campiña de la Alta Italia, a los chicos nacidos de siete meses se les atribuyen virtudes y poderes, sobre todo curativos). Recogida en Sicilia.” Narrado por Gabriel Naranjo, Ilustrado por Ana Margarita Naranjo. Música del capítulo: - Tema en G compuesta e interpretada por Chad Crouch, de Podington Bear - Improvización interpretada por Zach Brock en el violin y Gabe Noel en el bajo - Somewhere leading to nowhere, producdia or Jared C. Balogh e interpretada por Trans Atlantic Rage/Balogh Musica de los créditos - Sólo nosotros, de la banda Blanket Music Edición de Sonido de Gabriel Naranjo Muchas gracias a ti por escucharnos, recuerda suscribirte a nuestro podcast en tu aplicación favorita para recibir los nuevos cuentos que publicaremos. Suscríbete en Itunes http://bit.ly/querreapple Suscríbete en Google Play http://bit.ly/querregoogle

Matt Ulery is a jazz bassist, bandleader, and composer based in Chicago, Illinois.  He recently released his seventh album and has started his own record label. We dig into: the Chicago jazz scene how Matt integrates various projects to make a living as a creative artist, social media and its challenges ...and much more! Follow along with all of our jazz content at contrabassconversations.com/jazz! Links to check out: Matt's website Matt on Zach Brock's podcast Thanks to our sponsors! This episode is brought to you by D’Addario Strings! Check out their Kaplan strings, which have versatility and control throughout the dynamic spectrum, rich tonal color palette, superb bow response, and beautiful balance. Enter our latest string giveaway for Kaplan strings at contrabassconversations.com/strings! Thank you also to the Bass Violin Shop, which  offers the Southeast's largest inventory of laminate, hybrid and carved double basses. Whether you are in search of the best entry-level laminate, or a fine pedigree instrument, there is always a unique selection ready for you to try. Trade-ins and consignments welcome! This episode is also brought to you by Rosin Saver, a revolutionary storage device that keeps bass rosin feeling as fresh as the day it was made. Rosin Saver is used by members of the New York Philharmonic, the MET orchestra, the Los Angles Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony, and many others. Use the promo code 'HEATH' at checkout for 10% off any and all orders from rosinsaver.com. Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!

When I think of Jazz, the violin is not usually the first instrument that comes to mind, but today’s guest has set me straight. Zach Brock is the real deal and I’m so glad we found a break in his schedule to have him on the show. He’s been a member of Snarky Puppy going back to the early days of the band and has played with the likes of Matt Ulery, Bill Laurence, Wycliffe Gordon, Stanley Clarke, Phil Markowitz and Dave Liebman.

“In order to create something you’ve gotta have limitations.” We're finally back! For Shat Talk Episode 004 I spoke with three-time Emmy-nominated pianist and composer Steve Sandberg whose scoring, songwriting, and musical direction for “Dora the Explorer,” “Go, Diego, Go!,” and “Dora and Friends” helped to make these shows the landmarks that they are in children’s television worldwide. We discuss his new classical and world music quartet called Alaya, of which I am a part, as well as his time in the electronic music department at Yale, his passion for Afro-Caribbean, Brazilian, and Indian music, playing in the Rei Momo band w/ David Byrne, studying with Seymour Bernstein, and lot’s more. To go to the fun-funded project page for the new acoustic Alaya CD with Zach Brock go to www.fanfunded.com/Projects/Experie…-Steven-Sandberg Music samples courtesy of Steve Sandberg. "Elastic Plastic Generation" by Steve Sandberg(from Elastic Plastic Generation, 2015, Teknofonic Recordings) "Unicorn Scene" by Steve Sandberg (from Dora The Explorer, Viacom Entertainment) "Oromi" by Steve Sandberg ‎(from Daniel Ponce's album Arawe, 1987, Antilles New Directions) "Prelude No. 2" by Steve Sandberg (personal recording) "Master of Prayer" by Steve Sandberg (from Alaya, 2015) "Janos" by Steve Sandberg (from a soundcheck at Cornelia Street Cafe, 2016) "A Dream" by Steve Sandberg (from Alaya, 2015) www.stevesandbergmusic.com/ @stevesandberg

"Keep an ear out for a fresh idea that seems like it’s you." In Shat Talk Episode 003 I spoke with award-winning bassist and composer Matt Ulery who has just released his seventh record, Festival, on Woolgathering Records. Known for his sweeping lyricism, unconventional phrase structures, and expressionistic emotionalism, Ulery’s music is informed by the entire spectrum of jazz, classical, rock, pop, and folk – specifically American, South American, Balkan, and other European folk styles. Matt and I definitely talked some shat as we discussed his compositional process, the importance of developing one's inner musical voice, working as both a writer and sideman, and his continuing collaboration with Grammy Award winners Eighth Blackbird. Music samples from Festival courtesy of Woolgathering Records. Music samples from In The Ivory and By A Little Light courtesy of Greenleaf Music. "Hubble" by Matt Ulery(from Festival, 2016, Woolgathering Records) "The Peacocks" by Jimmy Rowles, arranged by Matt Ulery, featuring Zach Brock (from Festival, 2016, Woolgathering Records) "Depth Of Winter" by Matt Ulery(from Festival, 2016, Woolgathering Records) "Visceral" by Matt Ulery, featuring Rob Clearfield(from In The Ivory, 2014, Greenleaf Music) "Hymnody" by Matt Ulery(from Festival, 2016, Woolgathering Records) "Resilin" by Matt Ulery, featuring Eighth Blackbird(from In The Ivory, 2014, Greenleaf Music) "There's a Reason and a Thousand Ways" by Matt Ulery, featuring Grazyna Auguscik(from In The Ivory, 2014, Greenleaf Music) "To Lose Your Mind" by Matt Ulery(from By A Little Light, 2012, Greenleaf Music) www.mattulery.com mattulerywoolgathering.bandcamp.com/ mattulery.bandcamp.com/ itunes.apple.com/us/album/festival/id1115091887 itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-the-ivory/id906752144 itunes.apple.com/us/album/by-a-li…ight/id532408408

Matt Ulery, the Chicago-based composer and jazz bassist, appeared with his group on December 21, 2012. The program, “By a Little Light: A Winter Solstice Concert,” featured mostly original works from Matt’s newest CD, By a Little Light. Matt was joined by some of Chicago’s finest jazz players: Rob Clearfield, piano; Jon Deitemyer, drums; Zach Brock and Chihsuan Yang, violins; Nicholas Photinos, cello; Michael Maccaferri, clarinets; and James Davis, trumpet.

The Rogues discuss Square with Jack Danger Canty and Zach Brock.

The Rogues discuss Square with Jack Danger Canty and Zach Brock.

The Rogues discuss Square with Jack Danger Canty and Zach Brock.

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY bring their bib-band fusion of classic American sounds from jazz, swing, to Dixieland to the WoodSongs Stage for one incredible night of music. Since their arrival on the music scene in 1993 in a legendary residency at Los Angeles� Brown Derby nightclub, BBVD�s irresistible live show and aggressive, musically perceptive approach has proven them over time to be the singular standout among the numerous bands that launched the Nineties swing revival. ZACH BROCK is a Lexington native that received a global musical education in Chicago and now resides in NYC. He has been lionized as "the great bright hope for jazz violin" by the Chicago Tribune. His wide-ranging professional accomplishments place him in the company of today's leading "indie jazz" innovators. Zach will be performing solo-violin on this very special, adventurous WoodSongs broadcast.