Six Count
44 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsA podcast for the voices and stories of jazz in Durham, North Carolina. Hosted by Xara Wilde, a dancer and performer in the Triangle Region.
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Listening Session #1: Saxophonist Dexter Moses (plus special album announcement!)
February 23, 2024 10:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBSix Count hosted its first listening session with a small group of musicians in January. Dexter Moses, the featured guest, curated the following playlist for the evening: “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles,” by Charlie Parker and Jay McShann (1942) “Cherokee,” by Charlie Parker and Efferge Ware (1942 or 1943) “Bag’s Groove” (1953) and “Off Minor” (1947), by Bud Powell The Black Peril, by Soweto Kinch (2019) Liberation Rag Degeneration, Pt. 11 – The Disorder Within Liberation’s Dawn Black ...
Show-day release: Percussionist Larry Q. Draughn on a pivotal moment at Newport Jazz Festival, what we can learn from youth, and the magic of double trios
January 26, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBLarry Q. Draughn is a percussionist and educator based in Greensboro, North Carolina. You can catch Larry next this Friday, January 26, at the Sharp Nine Gallery in Durham. The drummer will perform a double trio at 7:30 p.m. with Lynn Grissett on trumpet, Jason Foureman on bass, Steven Haines on bass, Devin Fuller on drums, and two special guests. Get tickets. In addition to performing throughout the Triangle and beyond, Larry teaches at Brightwood Elementary School in Guilford County and...
Cicely Mitchell, co-owner of Missy Lane’s Assembly Room, on opening weekend in Downtown Durham
January 16, 2024 01:46 - 9 minutes - 8.81 MBCicely Mitchell is the co-owner of Missy Lane’s Assembly Room, Downtown Durham’s newest venue dedicated to jazz and other Black American Music (BAM). Cicely spoke with Six Count during the venue’s opening weekend on January 14, 2024. She shares reactions from the inaugural evening headlined by vocalist Lois Deloatch, her vision for the space as a hub for art and community, and what guests can expect. Miss Lane’s plans to put on three seasons of live programming per year, with each announc...
Live recording: Al Strong, trumpet player, at Duke University’s Osher Institute with guest co-host Peter Burke of Locavore Jazz
December 08, 2023 19:37 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBIf you love jazz and live in the Triangle, you know Al Strong. The two-time Grammy-nominated trumpet player, composer, recording artist, mentor, and educator spoke with Six Count at Duke University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on October 4, 2023. Al is the co-founder of the Art of Cool Project, a nonprofit that hosts a jazz education summer camp and the Art of Cool Music Festival. The Washington, D.C. native is a graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, the only public h...
Happy One-Year Anniversary to the Six Count podcast in North Carolina!
November 28, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MBHappy One-Year Anniversary to the Six Count podcast in North Carolina! Since launching in fall 2022, we have: interviewed twenty-three musicians for seventeen episodes partnered with an online jazz radio station based in North Carolina (taintradio.org) upgraded our equipment had first interview with a live audience collaborated with blogger Peter Burke of Locavore Jazz to co-host an episode Thank you to our guests for joining the show and to our listeners! 2022–2023 Six Count gues...
Joseph Silvers, founder of the Hot Club of Raleigh, on the legacy of guitarist Rex Griffin on North Carolina’s jazz manouche scene, and the story of when Django Reinhardt’s son performed in Greensboro
November 10, 2023 17:39 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBJoseph Silvers is the founder of the Hot Club of Raleigh, a jazz manouche band based in the City of Oaks. The group has performed at Watts & Ward and Young Hearts Distilling, among other establishments in the Triangle and beyond. On this episode, Joseph shares the story of when Jean-Jacques “Babik” Reinhardt, son of Django Reinhardt, performed with the Hot Club of North Carolina during a U.S. tour from France with the François Vola Group. François Vola, a French guitarist and composer, i...
Farewell episode: Saxophonist Aaron Hill on leaving the Triangle, heading to Washington State University to serve as director of big bands and applied saxophone
October 06, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBSaxophonist Aaron Hill spoke with Six Count before moving back to the West Coast this past August. Aaron accepted a position as an assistant professor at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. The musician will serve as director of big bands and applied saxophone in the university’s School of Music. On this episode, Aaron reflects on his many musical collaborations in the Triangle since moving to the area in 2007, including with pianist and bandleader Eric Hirsh; the Mint Ju...
Dexter Moses, saxophonist, on the underappreciated influence of Don Byas (1913–1972) on swing and bebop
September 01, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBDexter Moses is a saxophonist, composer, and educator in Durham. In addition to his own group, the Dexter Moses Quartet/Quintet, the musician has performed and recorded with Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Joey Calderazzo, and Nneena Freelon, among others. A double alumnus from North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Dexter holds a bachelor’s in jazz studies and master’s in jazz composition and arranging. On Wednesdays, he hosts Evening Jazz at WNCU 90....
Listen to the Six Count podcast on taintradio.org, an online jazz radio station based in North Carolina
August 31, 2023 17:56 - 30 seconds - 496 KBListen to the Six Count podcast on taintradio.org, a noncommercial venue for independent producers. The online jazz radio station based in North Carolina presents music and music-related programming 24/7. Six Count airs on Sundays at 6:00 p.m. and Fridays at 8:00 p.m. EST. Music credits This episode features the song “Forged in Rhythm” by Keenan McKenzie & The Riffers (2017), used by Six Count with permission from the artist. How to listen You can find Six Count on Apple Podcasts, Sp...
Show alert! Jazz guitarist Kai Lance to play with the Mark Tipton Trio of Boston at the Sharp 9 Gallery this August
August 04, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBNorth Carolina native Kai Lance is a guitarist and educator based in Chapel Hill. Kai will perform with the Mark Tipton Trio at the Sharp 9 Gallery in Durham on Saturday, August 19. The lineup: Mark Tipton, trumpet Kai Lance, guitar George MacLaurin, piano Aaron Gross, bass Donovan Cheatham, drums Buy tickets for the show. Mark is a trumpeter, composer, and educator. The musician is pursuing a DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he is a ...
50 years of jazz in the Triangle: Saxophonist and bandleader Gregg Gelb on his performance and teaching career, and new music with La Fiesta Latin Jazz Quintet
July 21, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBGregg Gelb is a saxophonist and clarinetist, bandleader, and educator based in the Triangle. On this episode, the musician shares about his latest work with La Fiesta Latin Jazz Quintet, “The Latin Jazz Dance Suite,” which his group debuted at Magnetic Sound Studios in Durham on June 23. The quintet comprises Ramon Ortiz and Beverly Botsford on percussion, Steve Anderson on keys, and Andy Kleindienst on bass. Since moving to Raleigh in 1979, Gregg has collaborated with and formed an arra...
Pianist Ernest Turner on his approach to improvisation, fatherhood, and reflections from a more than 20-year career in jazz
June 30, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBErnest Turner is a GRAMMY-nominated pianist, composer, and educator based in Durham. Ernest began learning the piano at the age of four from his mother. Since launching his professional career more than twenty years ago, the musician has performed with three of the Marsalis brothers (Delfeayo, Branford, and Jason), R&B artist John Legend, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, saxophonist Stephen Riley and the late saxophonist Brian Horton, and many others in the Triangle. The pianist shares abo...
Jazz vocalist Angela Bingham on storytelling through music, performing little-known lyrics, and creating intimacy with audiences
June 08, 2023 21:39 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBAngela Bingham is a jazz vocalist, voiceover actress, and podcast co-host. You can catch her next with the Jim Ketch Quintet on Friday, June 9, at the Sharp 9 Gallery in Durham. The show, entitled “There’s Lyrics for That,” will feature songs by Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Jon Hendricks, and Thelonious Monk, among others. Buy tickets. Who’s on: Angela Bingham, voice Jim Ketch, trumpet Andrew Berinson, piano* Kenny Phelps-McKeown, bass Donovan Cheatham, drums* Dexter Moses, saxop...
Keenan McKenzie & The Riffers to launch recording project this spring on historic jazz, swing music
April 21, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBKeenan McKenzie is a musician (saxophone and clarinet), composer, and educator based in Durham. On this episode, Keenan shares about an upcoming recording project for his band, The Riffers, to produce the historic jazz group’s first full-length album. The Riffers will record at Magnetic Sound Studios, a new studio in the Lakewood neighborhood of Durham that specializes in acoustic music and vintage equipment. In addition to his own band, Keenan regularly travels throughout the United Stat...
Live recording! Laura Windley, vocalist and bandleader of Mint Julep Jazz Band, on the release of the album Watch the Birdie
April 14, 2023 09:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBFor Six Count’s first recording with a live audience, Laura Windley of the Mint Julep Jazz Band spoke with Xara Wilde about her latest album, Watch the Birdie, released in fall 2022. Laura shares about the recording process for the historic jazz band, converting the album into vinyl, and what’s next for the vocalist and bandleader. The event, hosted by Xara on February 18, was attended by area jazz musicians, Lindy Hop and Balboa dancers, and friends of Six Count before a swing dance thr...
Six Count to air on taintradio.org, an online jazz radio station based in North Carolina
April 13, 2023 20:08 - 30 seconds - 482 KBBeginning this spring, the Six Count podcast will stream on taintradio.org, a noncommercial venue for independent producers. The online jazz radio station based in North Carolina presents music and music-related programming 24/7. Six Count will air on Sundays at 6:00 p.m. and Fridays at 8:00 p.m. EST. Thank you to Bob Rogers and Ben Boddie of taintradio for the opportunity! Music credits This episode features the song “Forged in Rhythm” by Keenan McKenzie & The Riffers (2017), used by ...
What to expect: Wednesday jazz jam at Hayti Collective Kitchen and Cocktails, with drummer Taha Arif
April 07, 2023 19:22 - 10 minutes - 9.44 MBTaha Arif spoke with host Xara Wilde outside the Hayti Collective Kitchen and Cocktails in Durham to share about the restaurant’s jazz jam on Wednesday evenings. The jam takes place from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and musicians of all levels are welcome. Weekly jazz jams in the Triangle Mondays Halo Trio at The Cave in Chapel Hill. 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Tuesdays Drummer Bean Clemmons at KingFisher in downtown Durham. 9:00 to 11:30 p.m. Wednesdays Taha Arif and featured artists at ...
Saxophonist Brad Linde with co-host Peter Burke of Locavore Jazz on making avant-garde jazz accessible, paying tribute to our heroes, and what we can learn from Lucky Thompson
March 31, 2023 13:34 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBBrad Linde is a tenor and soprano saxophonist based in Washington, D.C., where he’s known as “the capital city’s contemporary cool king” (Giovanni Russonello, Capitalbop). The North Carolina native regularly performs at the Sharp Nine Gallery, the Cave, and other venues in the Triangle. Brad spoke with host Xara Wilde and guest co-host Peter Burke of Locavore Jazz in Carrboro a few hours before his performance at the Cave in Chapel Hill. The quartette (featuring Danny Grewen on trombone, ...
Mark Wells, pianist and vocalist for Peter Lamb & the Wolves: “There’s that thing in me as a vocalist that is a primal drive to wail”
March 03, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBMark Wells is a pianist and vocalist for Peter Lamb & the Wolves, among other bands in the Triangle. You can find the Wolves next on Sunday, March 5, at SideBar in downtown Cary from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Mark shares about the Benny Goodman Small Groups, the King of Swing’s original trio and quartet from the early 1940s. The pianist played a tribute performance at the Sharp Nine Gallery on February 4 led by clarinetist Keenan McKenzie, along with vibraphonist Brandon Mitchell, guitarist Chip Ne...
Vibraphonist Christian Tamburr presents Legacy of Jazz Series at the Fuquay-Varina Arts Center this spring
February 24, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBChristian Tamburr is a vibraphonist, pianist, composer, and arranger based in the Triangle. The musician joined Six Count to share about the Trio Legacy of Jazz Series at the Fuquay-Varina Arts Center happening this spring in Fuquay-Varina. Christian also shares about his varied career so far, which has included touring with Julio Iglesias and Cirque du Soleil! Upcoming events Thursday, March 9, 2023: Swingin’ into Spring, with Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz, and the Christian Tamburr Quart...
Al Strong presents Beyu Caffe’s winter live music series in downtown Durham
January 21, 2023 16:35 - 2 minutes - 2.24 MBAl Strong shares with Six Count about the winter live music series he’s been curating on behalf of Beyu Caffe in Downtown Durham. The shows, at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, will continue through February. You can purchase tickets ($25 for seating, $12 for standing) on the venue’s website. This message features live music by flutist Rebecca Kleinmann from her shows at Beyu on January 7. Al sat in with Rebecca during the performances. You can listen to her Six Count episode...
Vocalist Frankie Alexander on being discovered as a late twenty-something and her mentorship under pianist Yusuf Salim and singer Bus Brown
January 11, 2023 19:37 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBVocalist Frankie Alexander grew up listening to her sister’s jazz records, but never thought she’d become a musician herself until her late twenties. A North Carolina native from Concord, Frankie was discovered by Baltimoreans Yusuf Salim (born Joseph Blair), a jazz pianist and composer, and Bus Brown, a vocalist and friend of Billie Holiday. Yusuf moved to Durham in the 1970s to escape Baltimore’s drug scene at the time. Following his conversion to Islam, he became the founder and owner o...
New to the scene: Meet Rebecca Kleinmann, jazz flutist, singer, composer, and educator
January 07, 2023 21:35 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBJazz flutist Rebecca Kleinmann moved to the Triangle in February 2022 after more than 20 years in California, and a dozen in the Bay Area alone. The internationally renowned musician joined Six Count to share about her first year in North Carolina after a busy year splitting time between both coasts. Her first 12 months included selling out her Durham debut show at the Sharp Nine Gallery; joining the women-led Brazilian band, Também; founding her own local Choro band, Noites Carolinas; rec...
DreamRoot on the album release of Leaf, with bassist Ittai Korman, drummer Theous Jones, and keyboardist Joe MacPhail
November 30, 2022 11:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBIttai Korman (upright and electric bass), Theous Jones (drums and percussion), and Joe MacPhail (piano and keyboards) of DreamRoot joined Six Count in Durham. The trio released Leaf, the group’s second album, on October 28 at the NorthStar Church of the Arts. DreamRoot recorded Leaf in the Catskills of Upstate New York (not far from where Six Count originated, in Albany, New York!) in the summer of 2021. The musical collective’s debut album, Phases (2020), was developed as an “emotional an...
From the producers’ studio at Chatham Street Records: Michael Pelz-Sherman and Hal Goodtree
November 09, 2022 11:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBPianist Michael Pelz-Sherman and multi-instrumentalist Hal Goodtree joined Six Count at Chatham Street Records, an indie record label in Cary, North Carolina. The label supports local artists through artist management, fair-share royalty collection, music production, and distribution. Michael and Hal’s next album, “Notes from the Suburbs,” released November 8. Follow the Lounge Doctors on Spotify. About Michael A jazz fusion enthusiast, Michael has been playing jazz, blues, and R&B in Ra...
From Chapel Hill’s The Cave: Ellis Dyson & The Shambles
October 19, 2022 13:23 - 16 minutes - 15 MBNorth Carolina native Ellis Dyson (of the band Ellis Dyson & The Shambles) joined Six Count just before a performance at The Cave in Chapel Hill. The show was the first gig on The Shambles’s short tour along the East Coast this October. The band is known for combining “old-time influences ranging from early New Orleans Jazz to Piedmont Murder Ballads.” Now based in New Orleans, Ellis shares about the group’s origin story from 2015 as a banjo and saxophone duo in “The Southern Slice of Hea...
Six Count is back! Thrio, with pianist Andrew Berinson, bassist Paul Creel, and drummer Donovan Cheatham, from the Triangle album release tour of Volume 1
October 05, 2022 14:38 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThrio is, you guessed it, a trio (“. . . because there’s three of them!”) featuring Andrew Berinson on piano, Donovan Cheatham on drums, and Paul Creel on bass. They released the group’s first album, Volume 1, in fall 2022. This interview was recorded on September 23, 2022, before Thrio’s performance at the Sharp Nine Gallery in Durham through the Durham Jazz Workshop. You can catch Thrio next at the Bond Brothers Eastside in Cary, North Carolina, every Thursday this October. Stream Volum...
Jazz Voices, with Peg Delaney, Jody Shayne, Colleen Pratt & Teresa Broadwell
January 17, 2020 03:27 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBFor a special episode of Six Count, the women of Jazz Voices reunite. Peg Delaney, a pianist, composer and arranger, is responsible for the vocal group with Jody Shayne, Colleen Pratt and Teresa Broadwell. Thank you for listening to Six Count. This show, hosted and produced by Xara Wilde, seeks to promote and preserve the jazz and swing scene in the Capital Region of New York. Six Count is a listener-supported, independent project. Contribute to the series. Have a comment, question or sug...
Rod Ferrone, Tap Dancer
January 17, 2020 03:25 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBRod Ferrone is a tap dancer and vaudevillian based in Upstate NY. After dropping out of college, Ferrone went on to lead a long-standing dance career in NYC. He eventually partnered up with Joe Orrach, a boxer-turned-tap-dancer. On a park bench outside of McGeary’s Irish Pub in downtown Albany, Ferrone shares some of their most memorable performances, including a two-hour act where Gregory Hines made a surprise appearance. Ferrone has danced with Jimmy Slyde, also known as the “King of Sl...
William Kennedy, Author & Journalist, Co-Writer of 'The Cotton Club'
January 17, 2020 03:18 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBWilliam Kennedy is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and journalist based in Averill Park, N.Y. As a reporter for Albany's Times Union, Kennedy interviewed Louis Armstrong at the Kenmore Hotel. He shares about this conversation with Satchmo as well as his other run-ins with jazz greats including Frank Sinatra at Carnegie Hall and Duke Ellington at a prom in Upstate N.Y. The author also details these experiences in "Riding the Yellow Trolley Car," a collection of essays and interviews publi...
Wayne Hawkins, Pianist & Composer
January 14, 2020 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBSix Count caught up with pianist Wayne Hawkins at the Halfmoon Diner in Clifton Park, N.Y. Originally from Kansas City, Hawkins now plays in a variety of jazz styles around the Capital Region as well as composes and arranges music for films, commercials and recording artists. In showbiz, he’s collaborated with the movie stars Bruce Lee and Kristin Chenoweth, among others. Learn more about Hawkins’ work. Music: “My Man’s Gone Now” and “Everything I Love,” by Wayne Hawkins. Thank you f...
Frankie Bailey, Crime Novelist
January 03, 2020 21:21 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBA Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden. A public concert by opera singer Marian Anderson at Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday. The World’s Fair in New York. All three events took place in 1939 and are at the center of crime novelist Frankie Bailey’s next novel. The historical thriller, “A Penny Struck by Lightning,” takes the reader into the world of jazz in New York City at the height of the Great Depression and on the cusp of World War II. The protagonist, a Pullman porter, is an undercove...
Rich Syracuse, Bassist
December 20, 2019 16:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBHudson Valley-based musician Rich Syracuse spoke with host Xara Wilde following a gig with the Chuck Lamb Trio at Caffè Lena in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Syracuse, who plays the string and electric bass, has been a mainstay in the area’s jazz scene for more than three decades. He began his jazz career at the age of 13 in New York City and received his bachelor’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music. After moving to Upstate New York in the 1980s, Syracuse played regularly with Nick Brigno...
Jeff "Siege" Siegel, Drummer, & Andre Peterson, Pianist
December 18, 2019 02:22 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBDrummer Jeff "Siege" Siegel and pianist Andre Peterson sat down with host Xara Wilde to chat briefly before a gig with bassist Ira Coleman at Grappa '72 in Albany, N.Y. Peterson, based in Johannesburg, shares what it was like to grow up around South Africa's jazz greats, how music was used as a political force during apartheid and where the scene is headed now. Siegel is a veteran of the jazz world in New York. He's performed with Ron Carter, Kenny Burrell, Jack DeJohnette, Benny Golson, F...
Graeme Francis, Percussionist
December 06, 2019 02:31 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBGraeme Francis is a percussionist who began playing jazz around the Capital Region four years ago after moving from San Antonio, Texas. Originally from Prince Edward Island, Canada, Francis has played with numerous chamber orchestras and ensembles, jazz bands and other musical groups across the country. Francis shares about his years working with Texas-based pianist Doc Watkins, including a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City, how he balances teaching responsibilities with a busy ...
Colleen Pratt, Vocalist
November 19, 2019 23:54 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBVocalist Colleen Pratt performs in her four-piece band, “Colleen Pratt & Friends,” as well as a host of other jazz groups around the Capital Region. She is the daughter of musicians Helen and Norman Pratt and the niece of renowned jazz pianist and trombonist Bobby Pratt. Her uncle played with some of the biggest swing bands of the 1940s, regularly performing with Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Sid Catlett and Roy Eldridge. Pratt shares about spending summers going to jazz clubs in Manhattan...
Tim Coakley, Drummer and Jazz DJ
November 05, 2019 11:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBDrummer Tim Coakley performs with Skip Parsons’ Riverboat Jazz Band, a dixieland band (featured in our pilot episode!), as well as his own trio. He has played with jazz greats including Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson and Buddy Tate. Coakley is also the president of A Place for Jazz, a fall concert series in the Capital Region, and host of the Tim Coakley Jazz Show (Saturdays from 11 p.m. to midnight) on WAMC Northeast Public Radio. The radio personality has also had a long-standing career as ...
Joe Finn, Post-Bop Jazz Guitarist
October 28, 2019 02:26 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBJoe Finn is a jazz guitarist playing in the post-bop style around Upstate New York. On this episode, Finn shares about teaching music lessons during the "Beatlemania" era of the 1960s, growing up with his father's vast record collection, and what it was like to start his professional jazz career by traveling across the United States and Canada during his twenties. Finn, who received his bachelor's in music from SUNY Plattsburgh, has played and studied with Roy Burns, James Spaulding, Jim M...
Six Count Special! Interview with Alan Bramwell of Giants of Jazz Radio
October 17, 2019 20:30 - 7 minutes - 6.94 MBWhile visiting Galway, Ireland earlier this week, host Xara Wilde spoke with Alan Bramwell of Giants of Jazz Radio to share about the pilot season of Six Count. The station, based in Lancashire, England, will begin airing the show starting next Wednesday, Oct. 23. Episodes will broadcast on Wednesdays and Sundays at 12:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. UK time). GOJR has an international audience and brings you the best in classic jazz, playing tracks from the 1940s through the 1970s. Support the sta...
Tyler Giroux, Valve Trombonist and Pianist
October 08, 2019 13:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBTyler Giroux is a valve trombone and piano player based in Troy, N.Y. He performs around the Capital Region with the Giroux Brothers (featuring his brother, Nate Giroux, on sax and clarinet), Alex Torres and His Latin Orchestra, the Dylan Perrillo Orchestra, Phil Allen's Concert Jazz Band, Bryan Brundige and the Piggly Wigglies, and Mike Jenkins and the Fat Ties, among others. You can find Giroux's upcoming gigs on his website. Giroux comes from a long line of musicians. His grandfather, G...
Peter Fisher, Gypsy Jazz Jam with Collar City Guitars
September 25, 2019 01:46 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBPeter Fisher is the owner and founder of Collar City Guitars, a guitar shop that specializes in repairs, sales and service on 199 4th Street in Troy, N.Y. The luthier and rhythm guitarist is also the founder of the Gypsy Jazz Jam, a free and open event that takes place on the third Tuesday of every month at the Ale House in Troy. Jam nights are from 7-9 p.m. (or until everyone is kicked out). All are welcome to participate or to simply enjoy the music. Fisher is a band member of the C.C. V...
Jeanine Ouderkirk, Vocalist
September 02, 2019 23:59 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBJeanine Ouderkirk is a vocalist based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. On this episode, Ouderkirk shares how she came to pursue life as a professional jazz singer while in college, how she battles nerves before performing and what working as a vocalist is like near the home of the Saratoga Race Course. Ouderkirk received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. Ouderkirk has also been a private music instructor for over 15 years, and teaches woodwinds (f...
Zach Cohen, Le Bēt
September 02, 2019 23:44 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBZach Cohen is the guitarist for Le Bēt, an electro-swing band with roots in gypsy jazz, and swing and electronic music. On this episode, Cohen shares how he and clarinetist Jonathan Greene got the band started, what it was like to play with internationally-renowned guitarist Stephane Wrembel at WAMC’s The Linda, and about life as a professional musician in Upstate New York. Follow Le Bēt on Facebook. Gigs: Thursday evenings with Mike Jenkins (bassist) and The Fat Ties for Swing Night at ...
Pilot: Skip Parsons, The Riverboat Jazz Band
September 02, 2019 23:32 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBSkip Parsons is a clarinetist and bandleader for the Riverboat Jazz Band. Parsons and drummer Tom Brown formed the dixieland band in 1955. The group has been playing around the Capital Region ever since. On this episode, Parsons shares stories from being the main band for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., his decades-long stint at The Fountain (an Albany-based eatery and longtime haunt for area jazz lovers), gigging with legendary trumpeter Doc Cheatham, and what it was like to...