Michael Cavanaugh came on to talk about his concerts of Elton John and Billy Joel music. Originally aired on FM radio in Charleston, South Carolina, Cavanaugh was touring with his concerts. An exceptionally talented pianist, vocalist and entertainer, he became friends with Billy Joel’s tour manager who brought Billy to one
Conal Fowkes is a great pianist, vocalist, double bassist, teacher and performer who has been featured on Woody Allen soundtracks as well as performing with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. As a recording artist, he’s made one of the most interesting albums entitled “Dizzy Fingers,” which is a solo
Singer, pianist, songwriter, performing and recording artist Laila Biali stopped into the studio for an in-depth interview and played a few of her songs. A Canadian-born artist, the Juno Award-winning Laila Biali was performing a concert in Georgia prior to this interview. Biali is multi-talented: a powerful and emotive singer,
My guest Laurence Hobgood has been called “one of the finest jazz pianists out there” by Jazz Times, and a “piano virtuoso” by the New York Times. Pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, recording artist and performer Laurence Hobgood dropped in on The Paul Leslie Hour to talk about his latest album “Tessetera.” Although respected as
Known and trusted by some of the greatest musicians of our time, Gene Dunlap is one of those guys who can plain do it all. A multi-instrumentalist, he’s played piano, saxophone, guitar, drums, bass and in the past the fiddle. He was the bandleader for country music icon Loretta Lynn for more
John Primerano is a one of a kind, multi-talented creator on this episode of The Paul Leslie Hour. John Primerano is a Philadelphia-based singer, pianist, songwriter, recording artist, author, actor and entertainer. Along with his performances of the entire book of the Golden Age of Ausic, he has recorded an acclaimed album
Gap Mangione is a jazz pianist, composer, arranger & big band leader Gap Mangione. This telephone interview goes back to the radio days. At that time I was playing the Gap Mangione album called Stolen Moments, a pretty diverse collection of tunes, composed by everyone from Paul Simon to Henry Mancini and
Has there ever been a more gregarious and jovial musician than James Schneider? A pianist, bassist and world music multi-instrumentalist, he’s pursued a lot of things in music from performing, teaching, recording, tour management, and more. Schneider’s love for music is infectious. He’s played for an audience of 60,000 people in