Jazz Interviews
Jazz remains such a vibrant art form because its performers have vivid imaginations and dedication to their craft. Also, music has an oral tradition, so its ideas get passed down from one generation to the next. Below you can find interviews with artists whose words may shed light on the music they play.
Interview with jazz singer Kate McGarry.
Interview with John Comerford, executive producer of jazz documentary 'Icons Among Us,' an exploration of contemporary jazz and some of today's most notable musicians.
Interview with jazz pianist Hank Jones, a winner of the 2009 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Interview with Jason Olaine, General Manager of Monterey Jazz Festival Records and Vice President of Programming for Festival Network.
Interview with drummer Antonio Sanchez
This links directly to the All About Jazz interview archive, including interviews with over 400 musicians.
This BBC page includes several recorded interviews with legends including Gil Evans, Oscar Peterson, Sonny Rollins, and Freddie Hubbard.
Read interviews with modern masters on the "Features and Interviews" page of Jazz.com.
Saxophonist and woodwind player Mel Martin's website has a page dedicated to interviews with jazz legends. Scroll down on the page to listen to RealAudio recordings of interviews with musicians such as Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, and Wayne Shorter.
Read the transcripts from interviews with musicians, writers, critics, and others in the music industry conducted by award-winning documentarian Ken Burns while researching his film,
Jazz.
