Nate Wooley is one of the most in-demand, first-call trumpet players in the East Coast jazz, improvisation and new music scenes. Hailing from the great Pacific Northwest and now residing in Brooklyn, Nate's playing incorporates the spaces and s...

Chicago based drummer, composer and producer Gustavo Costiñas is making his Art of today, today. His dynamic touch and facility behind the drum kit is matched by his skill as a composer. The music he writes and plays is committed to building em...

Dan Cavanagh is the relatively new Director of the Mead Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where he is also Professor of Composition and Jazz Studies. He has won awards both Nationally and Internationally for his c...

Brooklyn-based guitarist, singer, composer, songwriter, Ava Mendoza speaks about her expressive, energetic, wide sonic ranged approach to the music she plays. Her impeccable technique, wizardry with the array of "stomp pedals" she deploys for h...

Oud player Wanees Zarour and guitar player Fareed Haque discuss the reformed Chicago Immigrant Orchestra, which represents a wide range of Chicago's immigrant community. The Orchestra feature musicians from the Far East, Western Europe, Africa ...

Leader of both large and small ensembles, improvisation, groove, feel, latin rhythms with percussion, electronics for layers, DJ-ing dance tracks of R&B, electronic, house, trance, composer, highly sought out side man, teacher, Bulls fan, b...

From hardcore punk, to early-ish days of punk-funk, to the history-making realm of post-rock with Tortoise, Dan Bitney is no stranger to cool scenes, creative folks and improvisational music. Join this wide ranging conversation with this rather...

Guitarist Ben Monder spends some time with us before finishing up the recording of his latest solo project, and re-embarking on the continuation of an extensive world tour with The Bad Plus.