The Jake Feinberg Show

My guest today is expanding the musical boundaries of the Jake Feinberg Show. He grew up studying classical music however the times were so progressive that he wound up deep in roots music playing with Bill Monroe the father of bluegrass. Before the likes of Jean Luc Ponty he was the pioneer of incorporating the electric violin in jazz/rock settings. This led to the formation of his folk rock cong...

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One of the soul cats! AACM , Roscoe Mitchell , Bird , NEA , Muhal Richard Abrams , Sun Ra , Absence of the Black Media , Jackson , MI ,

Missionaries, Japan, Psych Folk, Candido, Big Pink, Fear Itself, Cassius Kahn The Jake Feinberg Show

Brains on Fire! Brains on Fire , Reggie Workman , Fugue II , Joe Farrell , Refugee Camp , Poland , Hungary The Jake Feinberg Show

BILL COBHAM One of the all time greats! I wish that I could have experienced his performances more. Jimmy Smith , Hampton Hawes , Black American Music , Judo Samba , High in the Sky , Muffin Man The Jake Feinberg Show

Ed Neumeister is a gifted trombone player. He has played in symphonies and big band orchestras. He also had a chance to play with Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Merl Saunders and Ron Stallings who made up the gut-bucket of San Francisco. He also played strip-clubs with Mark Levine in the Tenderloin late seventies. What a career that will never stop. Enjoy and Share, JF Reconstruction , Fast Tone , John...

Tyrone Brown a distinguished double bassist and part of the Funkiest Band You've Never Heard of! Philadelphia , Earle Theatre , Catalyst , Eddie Green , Sherman Ferguson , Pat Martino The Jake Feinberg Show

The trend setter, the one who is most authentic. Trying to play from her guts and her soul the way her mentors did. She was part of the sterile universe of the fifties growing up watching bands with striped shirts and acts. Not real people channeling themselves but an act. She pushed back against the act by creating change. She went to Appalachia to find Doc Watson, going to Find That Tennessee Mo...

I got to play with Gene once quite recently in Philadelphia. It was a great experience…..that Steve Grossman band from the 70’s wow! I will check out his interview later today…. Ron Thomas

RIP to a GD family member and archivist

It's still the 50s vs. the 60s today in America. Those who are seekers vs. those who play by some imaginary set of rules conjured up by man's view of god and his beliefs about mysticism and magic. It's that thin layer just above consciousness when you leave the physical world and the perceptions and the worry and the prophets on the burning shore. What's funny now is that those who who pushed back...

Inventive and inspiring drummer talks about the underground New York scene that he came up in prior to the formation of Medeski, Martin & Wood

Master guitarist talks about his humble upbringing in Pittsburg. Being humbled by Pat Martino and some wise words he received from Elvin Jones.

Many of us have gifts and if we begin to access our true nature those gifts become accentuated. How did you do that? Did it matter? does it now? If you don't put yourself out there then those gifts can not be acted on and your true nature will remain unrefined. My guest has been putting himself out there his whole life. Northern Exposure in swampy jersey Bars or the Bitter End with Terry Silverlig...

One of the baddest keyboardists and arrangers around

Legendary session pianist talks about working with the kings of the studio cats

All the records we ("The Section") made including 'Tapestry' and James Taylor; we were all in the room together. Everyone's in the same room playing at the same time. From playing on 'Tapestry' and Sweet Baby James that lit us all up. "I was taught to play in the studio by some very astute fellows. Namely Peter Asher, Lou Adler and Carole (King). They always brought me back to the song; what's bes...

My wife and I just spent probably the most enjoyable weekends we've had at The Mission Inn in Riverside, California, for our 17th. The highlight was Henry Franklin on bass in the Presidential Lounge both Friday and Saturday night, with two different pianists: Jimmy Dykes and Gary Matsumoto. Both nights featured jazz standards and classics--and a few of their own compositions. Skip's solos display...

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Eloquent guitarist from Malta talks about his musical life  Johnny Smith , Brooklyn , The Playboy Club , Larry Willis , Dick Berk The Jake Feinberg Show

My guest today is an old friend of the show. A spiritual sage of sorts who gave my archival tribute immediate gravitas with his appearance back in early April. At the time he told me "Jake, I am really excited about what's about to unfold." At the time I accepted the compliment but did not take it seriously. Now sitting here on the precipice of a new year, after over 100 interviews, using several...

Swinging From Coast To Coast...

Michael Howell's album, "In the Silence" was instrumental in the Jake Feinberg Show going from a fantasy to a reality. When I chose to go in the direction of jazz this was one of the albums that propelled me to track down the unsung heroes of the early 1970's. Bassist Henry Franklin gave instant credibility (by playing!) to the show that I promoted in South Central. Since than I have interviewed N...

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