SEVEN ?’s WITH LINDA OH

LINDA LED A QUARTET AT SOPHIE’S ON FRIDAY MARCH 8

NBJP:   Other than the instrument you play, what’s your favorite  instrument to listen to?

LO: It would always depend on what’s being played and how it’s being played, but I might have to say drumset

NBJP:  Who’s your favorite non-jazz composer?

LO: Ravel

NBJP:  What inspires you creatively?

LO: Many things, but I’d have to say my sisters are a huge inspiration.

NBJP:  What’s one thing other than milk or water we’d ALWAYS find in your refrigerator?

LO: Apples

NBJP:   What’s your favorite jazz club to perform in?

LO: I have quite a few but I guess Village Vanguard

NBJP:  When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

LO: A Scientist

NBJP: If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

LO: My tendency to misplace things, namely cell phones and keys.

SEVEN ?s WITH SYLVIA CUENCA

SYLVIA PERFORMS AT MAKEDA THURSDAY MARCH 8

NBJP:  Other than being a musician what’s the best job you ever had?

SC:  Trail maintenance in the back country of Olympic National Park in Washington

NBJP:  What one word would your friends use to describe you?

SC: Humble

NBJP:   What’s the one thing about you few people know?

SC:  I used to rockclimb

NBJP:    How old were you when you first played in front of an audience (other than family)? Do you remember what song  it was?

SC: 13 yrs old ….I think it was the Theme to Peter Gunn!!!

NBJP: What’s your favorite city to visit?

SC: Internationally: Amsterdam  Domestically: San Francisco

NBJP:  What’s your favorite guilty pleasure?

SC:  Large glass of Shiraz and organic Dark Chocolate

NBJP:  What musician has (thus far) influenced you the most?

SC: Impossible to name just one…… Miles & Coltrane

SEVEN ?s WITH TYRHA LINDSEY

TYRHA performs Wednesday March 7 at the Hyatt

 

NBJP: What quality do you like least about yourself?

TL: I’m rarely satisfied.  Hence, I keep on pushing myself in both my personal and professional lives.  Sometimes, I wish I could just be satisfied and relax. Perhaps one day.

NBJP: What’s your favorite non-jazz tune?

TL:  ”His Eye Is On The Sparrow”

NBJP: If you could be a performer at any time in history, when would that be?

TL: The Harlem Renaissance

NBJP: Finish this sentence: If I can, I try to avoid _____”singing Aretha Franklin songs (ie “Respect..).” When I lived and worked inHollywood, at EVERY audition, you just were expected to sing an Aretha Franklin song! UGH!

NBJP: What musical instrument would you like to be able to play?

TL:   Violin

NBJP: What musician has influenced you the most …thus far?

TL:  Dianne Reeves- Through the years (I was first introduced to her during my college days at Northwestern), I have studied her phrasing and song choices to her stage performances. Truly would love to have a long and successful career like hers.

NBJP: What living musician do you admire most? Why?

TL:  Barbra Streisand/vocalist-I listened to Barbra Streisand while growing up.  Even during my training at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio, I sang many of her songs from “Yentl” to “Hello Dolly.”  I love and admire the versatility of her voice and her career.

Jonathan Butler/instrumentalist-I opened for Jonathan in 2003 at The Kentucky Derby gala.  I love his story and journey from South Africa to the U.S.  Once I met him in 2003 and since then, he has been a consistently wonderful and gracious human being which is so refreshing for a man if his stature.

SEVEN ?s WITH TANYA DARBY

TRUMPETER TANYA DARBY LAUNCHES OUR WOMEN IN JAZZ MARCH SERIES ON MARCH 1, 2012 AT MAKEDA

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NBJP: What musician influenced you the most?

TD: Freddie Hubbard

NBJP:If you were about to have your last meal, what would it be?

TD: Buffalo Wings

NBJP:What’s your favorite jazz club to go to if you’re going just to hang?

TD: Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola

NBJP:What instrument, other than the one you are known for playing,  would you  like to beable to play?

TD: Drums

NBJP:What’s your favorite non-musical pastime?

TD: Spending time with loved ones

NBJP:What quality do you like least about yourself?

TD: I’m very impatient

NBJP: What’s your favorite jazz tune?

TD: Infant Eyes

SEVEN ?s WITH BRUCE WILLIAMS

Bruce Williams

Bruce Williams performs with his quartet, Thursday February 23 at Makeda

 

NBJP:  What living musician do you admire most? Why?

BW: Gary Bartz. He is sort of a painter and a poet when he plays. He’s always stood for something and has presented his ideas in an intelligent  and soulful manner.

NBJP:What would you want to be if you weren’t a jazz musician?

BW: Probably a lawyer or a pro MMA fighter.

NBJP:If you could only own one CD (Download–whatever), what would it be?

BW: Jackie McLeans’  “Jackie’s Bag”

NBJP: Complete this sentence: If I can, I try to avoid_____________________

BW: negativity. It drains me.

NBJP: What’s the worst job you ever had?

BW: Cleaning the offices at the World Bank in D.C.

NBJP: What’s the last book you read?

BW: University of Jiu Jitsu by Saolo Ribero

NBJP:  If you could live anywhere, where would that be?

BW: Back in the D.C. area or the Bay area.

 

 

SEVEN ?s WITH AARON WEIMAN

photo: Mary Brown/Mary B. Photography & Design

NBJP:  What musical instrument (that you don’t play)would you  like to be able to play?

AW: Cello — I love the beautiful range

NBJP: What’s your favorite non-jazz tune?

AW: Tough call between Scriabin’s 5th Piano Sonata and Prokofiev’s 4th Sonata.   I love dark and beautiful Russian piano music 

NBJP: If you could live anywhere on the planet where would that be?

AW:  Anyplace with great food and a music scene, right now I’m thinking Barcelona

NBJP: What’s a food you shouldn’t eat, but can’t resist?

AW: Pork belly with so much fat that it melts in your mouth

NBJP: What’s the worst job (non musical) you ever had?

AW: Honestly, I love what I do and I try to keep it that way.  

NBJP:  What musician influenced you the most?

AW:  I have had several really important teachers and mentors in this music, but I must recognize Stanley Cowell. He has been my teacher and guide since I went up to him after one of his concerts and told him I played jazz piano too.  I was 11.  The arrogance of youth. 

NBJP:  If you could only own one CD/album, what would it be?

AW:  For the last several years, Toots Theilmans’s Brazil Project has been in heavy rotation.  He’s such a melodic genius.  

SEVEN ?s WITH BEHN GILLECE

VIBRAPHONIST, BEHN GILLECE PERFORMS THURSDAY

FEBRUARY 16 AT MAKEDA

 NBJP:   Other than the   instrument you play, what’s your favorite instrument to listen to?

BG: Piano

NBJP:  Who’s your favorite non-jazz composer?

BG: Frank Zappa

NBJP:        What inspires you creatively?

BG: Pretty much anything can spark it!

NBJP:        What’s one thing other than milk or water we’d ALWAYS find in your refrigerator?

BG: Eggs

NBJP:      What’s your favorite jazz club to perform in?

BG: Smalls

NBJP:      When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

BG: An author 

NBJP:       If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

BG: If I could answer that, then I probably would have done it already!

SEVEN ?S WITH MISHA FATKIEV

GUITARIST MISHA FATKIEV PERFORMS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 7-10PM  AT GLASS WOODS TAVERN AT THE HYATT

NBJP :If you were about to have your last meal, what would it be?

MF:  Depends on who’s cooking! Ha:). Seriously though, I love lamb kebab

NBJP: What’s your favorite jazz club to go to if you’re going to hang?

MF:  It’s always a blast at Makeda’s, we end up hanging for hours after the gig!

NBJP: What musician influenced you the most?

MF:  Jimi Hendrix

NBJP: What instrument, other than the one you play,  would you  like to be able to play?

MF:  Trumpet!!  I always wanted to play trumpet.  And I did for a while (shhh..:))

NBJP: What’s your favorite non-musical pastime?

MF: Eating, lol

NBJP: What’s your favorite jazz tune?

MF:  This is a tough one, I love the tune, “The Man I Love”

NBJP: What quality do you like least about yourself?

SEVEN ?s WITH ABE OVADIA

Guitarist, Abe Ovadia, performs next Tuesday, Valentine’s Day at Makeda.

NBJP:  Other than being a musician what’s the best job you ever had?

AO: Camp counselor for 2nd graders! 

NBJP:  What one word would your friends use to describe you?

AO: Eccentric

NBJP:   What’s the one thing about you few people know?

AO: I used to work for Carnival Cruise Lines as a guitarist.

NBJP:    How old were you when you first played in front of an audience (other than family) and what song was it?

AO: 9 years old and it was The Star Spangled Banner 

NBJP: What’s your favorite city to visit?

AO: Los Angeles 

NBJP:  What’s your favorite guilty pleasure?

AO: Popped Corn, pretzels, crackers with some apple juice right before going to sleep!

NBJP:  What musician influenced you the most?

AO: John Coltrane and his Classic Quartet

SEVEN ?s WITH TOM DICARLO

Bassist Tom DiCarlo performs for the New Brunswick Jazz Project Wednesday Feb 1 with Vanessa Perea and Thursday February 2, with Lee Hogans. 

photo: Chris Drukkar

 

NBJP:  What musical instrument (that you don’t play)would you  like to be able to play?

TD: Piano

NBJP: What’s your favorite jazz tune?

TD: ”West EndBlues“

NBJP: What is your  favorite non-musical pastime?

TD:  Being Outdoors

NBJP: What’s a food you shouldn’t eat, but can’t resist?

TD:  Cheesecake!!

NBJP: What would you like to be if you were not a bassist?

TD: I love playing the bass.

NBJP:  What musician influenced you the most?

TD:  One of them is Red Mitchell. There are many though…

 NBJP:  If you could only own one CD/album, what would it be?

TD: ”Love Deluxe” by Sade