Oz Noy - I Don't Write Songs I Write Music

Guitar virtuoso, Oz Noy, is on the show today.

Born in Israel, Oz moved to New York in 1996 to play with, as he puts it, the real jazz players. Oz has also won Guitar Player magazine readers poll for “Best Guitar riff on a record”, “Best new talent” and “Best out there guitar player”.

Oz also has a new record coming out later this month called Snapdragon with some bad-ass players like Dennis Chambers, Chris Potter, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta and many others. So, be on the lookout for that one!

It was a real pleasure talking to Oz and I hope you will enjoy our conversation as well.

Check in the description for some of the jazz album mentioned in this episode.

In this interview, Oz spoke about:

• Having a practice routine • His song Schizophrenic and the tremolo effect

• If everything will get back to normal after the pandemic

• Moving to New York to play with the “real” jazz players

• How tough the first few years were moving to New York

• His new album, Snapdragon and recording it at Sweetwater

• Important jazz albums to check out

• What are intervals and how to practice them

• Why only practicing technique is easy

• The benefit of doing yoga

• The difference between writing songs and writing music

• Why he is not a songwriter

Album Tips By Oz:

Miles Davis - Live At The Plugged Nickel - https://open.spotify.com/album/2mU4JzmR1ej9ruf9FNx4eR?si=s2qKhNtuSJCOi8Uk9wrltg

Kurt Rosenwinkel - https://open.spotify.com/artist/253GMpCNwx1TJtASNAeDoP?si=-yVdD4I6Sc615COUHeg8Iw

Nir Felder - II - https://open.spotify.com/album/1o8RJPlyIQ18LpGFgFjcBa?si=-1vcTy2YQHCmY1uUA8Wg-g

Miles Davis - The Man With The Horn - https://open.spotify.com/album/1fRSDRiFk922cV3bgFCdtz?si=HSXpH0eaRJ-qWNr4-NbgiQ

Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7F8NRNfsAcAnnN2WQMUuZk?si=cAxYaJ-BSiiVgZGT9dd5RQ

Pat Metheny Group - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4uBSazM6snEc9wCG3jMlYt?si=66d4h7tpT7mQ8RfOuOA1qA

Lou Donaldson - Alligator Bogaloo - https://open.spotify.com/album/4XBcW9JiDXOxXb9sfI1CiX?si=_D_DUxScQ4uyhHBM780veQ

Lou Donaldson - Midnight Creeper - https://open.spotify.com/album/34ATM9F3xEyKpRngzzes5A?si=H9wP2aYJTqKwN3slzUpj4Q

John McLaughlin- Is That So? - https://open.spotify.com/album/3ylCRdrUcCGJo47CkPtCDm?si=oOx_X_ZFQXSSW3HwVcfvIw

Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue - https://open.spotify.com/album/0hMuKAciHKinu4L3R4Ojjl?si=GRTO-pIJTnWKP3bbNVY8YA

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