Fixed the morning 40 Federation/josh Cohen/ Ryan Scully links and sound
Apologies to the interested listeners!
The links in the announcement post below and on the interviews page should all work now.
The sound on the audio should be there now too.
The Language of Music: Jonathan Freilich
Before the month is out, I should remember to say a few words about this on the website.
Offbeat put some words in on the subject of the interviews. Really the first they have printed about my musical endeavors since the 90s.
Laura DeFazio wrote the article. When she did the interview I had no idea what it was for, so I was pleasantly surprised to get a mention in the current climate. It was also nice speaking to Elsa Hahn while she shot the portrait pictured here.
Elsa Hahn
Part 1 of an interview with Ryan Scully and Josh Cohen
There has been a long gap since the last interview went up. Apologies to those who have been requesting more.
We'll kick off the next set with a really great one. The other parts will follow very soon.
The Morning 40 Federation are a band that has great resonance with a certain swath of New Orleans locals who see in them the embodiment of a certain set of life experiences that very definitely were in fast effect at one time in New Orleans and in a long gone era of a certain way that Bywater used to look. The reflections from that are still reverberating strongly and the mighty 40s continue on once in a while. As we find out here, they are still writing.
Ryan Scully is a fascinating music writer that I've been trying to catch up with for an interview since the 90s. Currently he is also fronting another interesting band, Scully and the Rough 7.
Josh Cohen is a saxophone player and writer for the 40s as well as being crafty in some other areas and, really quite philosophical.
These folks have amazing insight into the old problem of the correspondence between life and music and, of the folks I have interviewed, they have some of the most unexpectedly profound things to say on the subject.
Alex Mcmurray is often involved in what sometimes becomes a quite multi-layered discussion.
It all happens on the interviews page...
As always, it's also available as a podcast on itunes.
The Naked Orchestra rides again. Tonight 10:30PM Blue Nile-downstairs!
Fresh off a refreshing hiatus, with new works, some newer faces and a lot of old friends. There will be a catwalk!
The full complement will be there:
Jimbo Walsh- conductor
Janna Saslaw- flute/piccolo
Chris Kohl- clarinets
Steve Bertram-Bassoon
Martin Krusche- soprano sax
Aurora Nealand- Alto sax
Rex Gregory- tenor/ bass clarinet
Joe Cabral- tenor sax
Dan Oestreicher- bari sax
John Culbreth-trumpet
Scott Frock- trumpet
Jeff Albert- Trombone
Devon Taylor- Tuba
Nobu Ozaki-bass
Helen Gillet-cello
Carl LeBlanc-guitar
Jonathan Freilich- guitar
Doug Garrison-drums
I'll let you in on a secret. The Naked Orchestra shows are also a party with some of the most interesting and colorful folks in town. Come over and get down while comparing the key system on bassoons and bass clarinets; the body differences between a cello and a bass, all while pretending to eye the object of your desires so you aren't caught staring hungrily at such things. You wouldn't want to appear over eager.
The Fermin Muguruza record is out!- Go get a copy.
This is a success story already. We all learned how you say Black in Basque.
Over the summer I produced an album for the legendarysinger and activist, Fermin Muguruza. It's out and available on Itunes. It's a collection of his classics done with a gaggle of New Orleans great musicians, playing at their finest.
On itunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nola-irun-meets-new-orleans/id1059688754
Arrangements by yours truly and I think it is the first New Orleans/ Basque connection (with maybe Zatarain's being the exception.)
Check out the video to get a feel for the killer energy of the project:
Stay tuned for the documentary made concurrently with the project.
Europe and Back with Klezmer All Stars Duo
The klezmer All Stars Duo (Glenn Hartman, Jonathan Freilich) made it to Austria, Spain, and back. A second European trip completed! Shows were-
in Austria:
Klezmore festival, Vienna
Amberner-
The Amberner
In Catalunya:
Barcelona
San Feliu de Guixols
Girona
Celra
Girona
The album is still available!
Special thanks to our friends out there who made it possible or helped along the way:
Thomas Shudek- King of Malwonia
Albert Mestres- sharp swift booking attacks in Spain
Fermin Muguruza- online support. Black is Beltza!