For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings Podcast
1) Lewis Kaplan
45 years after graduating from The Juilliard School, I have a chance to chat with my former violin professor there, Lewis Kaplan. At 91, Kaplan is a senior professor of violin and chamber music at Jui...Show More
2) Matt Glaser
“There are things in the music that conjoin us all.” Matt Glaser chats about the music that still inspires him after 50 years of study—the swing music of the 20’s thru the 50’s—and his perspective, af...Show More
3) Curtis Stewart
Curtis Stewart is a violinist/composer who is at the forefront of the new music world as a solo performer and recording artist, founding member of the Publiqartet, Artistic Director of the American Co...Show More
4) Ginny Luke
With a musical worldview centered on individuality, freedom and emotion, Ginny talks about how to deal with the challenges women face in the performing arts, how to be fearless onstage, her new album,...Show More
5) Regina Carter
Regina talks about her sound, her move from classical to jazz, her experience as a hospice caregiver, and then I ask the MacArthur genius how much she knows about...the song ”MacArthur Park.”
6) Jean Luc Ponty
Jean Luc Ponty is the father of all modern jazz violinists with a long and ground-breaking career. In this wide-ranging conversation, Jean Luc talks about his transition from a young classical violini...Show More
7) Jesus Florido
Violinist and tireless educator Jesus Florido talks about the importance of the groove in Latin music and how it’s expressed on the violin. We share an astonishment at how the groove is so often ignor...Show More
8) Best of ’22: All Killer, No Filler
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 Contre...Show More
9) Daniel Bernard Roumain
Composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain shares his unique perspective as a black progressive string player and composer in a very traditional classical world. We talk about his journey of self-disco...Show More
10) Eugene Friesen
Eugene Friesen is one of the architects of progressive string playing. We go deep and we get specific--Eugene slows down an example of his trademark pizzicato technique and drops nuggets of gold all t...Show More