Episode #180 – Johnny MandelEpisode #180 – Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel is a composer, arranger, record producer, bandleader and musician. His whole life has been comprised of musical achievement. As a trumpeter and trombonist he played in the bands
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Episode #161 – Scarlet RiveraEpisode #161 – Scarlet Rivera
 Scarlet Rivera is one of the world’s foremost violinists, a performing and recording artist and a composer. Her recordings feature her original style and compositions. Scarlet Rivera has performed in
Episode #151 – Bill FrisellEpisode #151 – Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell is a virtuoso guitarist, composer, arranger, and Grammy award-winning recording artist. Considered one of the greatest jazz guitarists, Frisell interprets his own compositions as well as songs from
Episode #136 – Jimmy WebbEpisode #136 – Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb is a songwriter, composer, singer and recording artist. An inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Webb’s famed songs include “Galveston,”
Episode #125 – Patrick WilliamsEpisode #125 – Patrick Williams
Patrick Williams was a musician, composer, producer, conductor, arranger, big-band jazz leader and music educator. Born April 23, 1939, he sadly passed away Wednesday morning (July 25, 2018). Prolific is
Episode #113 – Henry ButlerEpisode #113 – Henry Butler
Henry Butler has been called the “pride of New Orleans” by Dr. John. A jazz and blues pianist, Butler is a composer, arranger, performing and recording artist. His eclectic music
Episode #69 – Jonathan WolffEpisode #69 – Jonathan Wolff
Jonathan Wolff is a composer and musician. It’s safe to say that every single day, many times a day, his music is playing on television somewhere in the world. He
Episode #58 – Evan ChristopherEpisode #58 – Evan Christopher
Evan Christopher is a New Orleans-based clarinetist and composer. His performances and recordings preserve and perpetuate the tradition of the New Orleans clarinet style, with influences from greats like
Episode #53 – Sammy NesticoEpisode #53 – Sammy Nestico
Sammy Nestico is a composer and arranger who has worked with the most legendary artists in music. Loras Schissel of the Library of Congress said “Sammy Nestico and his