Voice = Power Nicholas Krolak

My guest today is Bassist Mike Boone. Patriarch of the Philly Jazz Scene, mentor to all, and one of the greatest musical minds I've ever come across. Originally from New York City, he moved to Philadelphia in 1983, after attending the Eastman School of music and touring with Ben Vereen and Buddy Rich. Mike is the top call in Philadelphia on both electric and upright bass, and is the torch-bearer of the Philly Jazz tradition. He has just released and re-released several amazing albums on bandcamp featuring the legendary Sid Simmons, Uri Caine, Byron Landham, and Mekhi Boone.


https://mikeboone1.bandcamp.com/

Hailey Brinnel is a trombonist, vocalist, and educator based in Philadelphia.  At the age of 12 she began performing throughout New England with her father Dave Brinnel.  Now she has performed at prestigious venues around the world, independently having played with artists such as Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Ingrid Jensen, Anat Cohen, Pell, and Charles Neville. Hailey is currently on faculty at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia,  and works independently as a guest clinician to bring jazz education to classrooms throughout the city. This year has also marked her debut as a leader with two single releases of her arrangements of the standards "Easy to Love" and "Orange Colored Sky"




https://www.haileybrinnel.com

My guest today is Andy Bianco, guitarist, educator and composer based in Brooklyn. Originally from Pittsburgh, he graduated from Berklee College of Music before moving to NYC. His new album "NYC Stories" featuring George Burton and Wayne Escoffery is out on Outside in Music. In our conversation we talked about a wide range of topics including: moving to bigger scene, solo guitar concepts, composing, building a band and much more.

My guest today is saxophonist Yesseh Furaha-Ali. He is one of Philadelphia's most in demand players whether he is holding it down with Omar's Hat at their World Café Live Residency or touring the world with Laurin Talese Yesseh brings a diversity of musical styles and master level story-telling to any situation. In our conversation, we talked about his five favorite albums of all time, dealing with the quarantine, staying positive, future projects and much more.

My guest today is Nick Finzer; Trombonist, Educator, and founder of the NYC based record label Outside in Music. Famed trombonist and mentor Wycliffe Gordon called Finzer “a new voice [in] the pantheon of upcoming trombone greats in the making”. An accomplished educator, Finzer is the Assistant Professor of Jazz Trombone at the legendary University of North Texas, and serves as the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Institute for Creative Music. His latest album "Cast of Characters" (Outside in Music) is a masterfully developed thematic work that builds into something bigger than the sum of it's parts.

www.nickfinzermusic.com

Tom Moon is a saxophonist and music writer based in Philadelphia. Alumnus of the University of Miami and veteran of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, he put his career as a musician on hold to focus on music journalism. He was the resident music critic at the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1988 to 2004 and has contributed to other publications Rolling Stone, GQ, Blender, and Spin, as well as NPR's 'All Things Considered'. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller 1000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die (Workman Publishing), and a contributor to other books including The Final Four of Everything. In the years after the Inquirer, Moon has refocused his career as a musician, becoming a staple of the Philadelphia Jazz Scene. His current project, 'Ensemble Novo', is inspired by the music made in Brazil during the 1960s and early 70s.

www.ensemblenovo.com