https://simplecast.com VJC Q&T The VJC Q&T podcast is produced by the Valley Jazz Cooperative and hosted by VJC Director Russell Schmidt. In each episode, Russ shares questions and tangents (Q&T) with musicians, artists, and friends. Whether discussing seminal moments that have shaped the lives of our guests, pondering the nature of creativity, or exploring any interesting digressions that come up, the conversation is always entertaining. The VJC Q&T podcast: Two roads diverge in a wood...and we’re cool with both. 2019 Russell Schmidt | Valley Jazz Cooperative en Thu, 2 Apr 2020 13:00:02 +0000 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 04:08:36 +0000 https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com VJC Q&T https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7822868e-3e64-4027-9f4b-48c22838c8a8/801cea37-c7f5-4ae9-a6d6-9826a57e5278/3000x3000/VJC_QandT_WINNER_revised_logo_2_0_CIRCLE_w_o_PODCAST.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com episodic The VJC Q&T podcast is produced by the Valley Jazz Cooperative and hosted by VJC Director Russell Schmidt. In each episode, Russ shares questions and tangents (Q&T) with musicians, artists, and friends. Whether discussing seminal moments that have shaped the lives of our guests, pondering the nature of creativity, or exploring any interesting digressions that come up, the conversation is always entertaining. The VJC Q&T podcast: Two roads diverge in a wood...and we’re cool with both. Russell Schmidt no https://feeds.simplecast.com/ffz0jf4_ creativity, education, improvisation, jazz, jazz education, jazz piano, music, music education, piano, russell schmidt, valley jazz cooperative Russell Schmidt | Valley Jazz Cooperative russ@msw.org d9f9b236-c1a5-4ed6-8e0b-4bc6647a6881 Q&T with Mary Petrich – Neptunefulness Phoenix-based saxophonist/composer/educator Mary Petrich stopped by the VJC Q&T podcast in late February for a spirited conversation with host Russell Schmidt. Mary has long been admired by her peers for her uniquely creative voice, both as a performer and composer. A founding member of the Nash Composers Coalition, she is also increasingly active on the scene as an educator, including her brilliant work with the Phoenix Jazz Girls Rising program.

In this engaging interview (recorded prior to the massive upheaval resulting from the global pandemic), Mary and Russ shared questions and tangents on such matters as how practice habits can morph into compositions, the connection between vibration in one’s horn and vibration in the body, and even consider how the creative process might be analogous to excavation.

Learn more about Mary Petrich here:

http://marypetrich.com/

Learn more about the Phoenix Jazz Girls Rising program, of which she is a Co-Founder, here:

https://thenash.org/education/phoenix-jazz-girls-rising/

Find her most recent recording, Murmuration, here: 

https://www.amazon.com/Murmuration-Mary-Petrich-Openhand/dp/B019S6YOMQ

Learn more about some of the people, venues, works, and concepts mentioned in the podcast here:

Claudia Bloom – https://www.claudiabloompianist.com/

Julianne Colwell – http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/art-life-julianne-colwell/

Bill Evans – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans

Charles Lewis – https://downtowndevil.com/?s=Charles+lewis+jazz

Thelonious Monk – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk

Pam Morita – https://pamelamorita.wixsite.com/jazz

Terry Riley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Riley

Wayne Shorter – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Shorter

Monica Shriver – http://www.monicashriver.com/

Brice Winston – http://www.bricewinston.com/

The Nash – https://thenash.org/

The Language of the Unknown – https://www.audaud.com/the-language-of-the-unknown-the-wayne-shorter-quartet-blu-ray-2014/

Tread On The Trail – http://www.sonoloco.com/rev/composers/glo/trail/trail.html

University of Exeter Study on the Different Effects of Poetry and Prose on the Brain – https://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112971504/effects-of-poetry-on-the-brain-101013/

Collaborative Piano – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_piano

Drop the Needle – https://nafme.org/drop-the-needle/

Motivic Cell – http://composersguide.com/motivic-cells/

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website: https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host: Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, John Hollenbeck, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian, for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Thu, 2 Apr 2020 13:00:02 +0000 russ@msw.org (Russell Schmidt, Mary Petrich) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/qt-with-mary-petrich-neptunefulness-O2RH395C Phoenix-based saxophonist/composer/educator Mary Petrich stopped by the VJC Q&T podcast in late February for a spirited conversation with host Russell Schmidt. Mary has long been admired by her peers for her uniquely creative voice, both as a performer and composer. A founding member of the Nash Composers Coalition, she is also increasingly active on the scene as an educator, including her brilliant work with the Phoenix Jazz Girls Rising program.

In this engaging interview (recorded prior to the massive upheaval resulting from the global pandemic), Mary and Russ shared questions and tangents on such matters as how practice habits can morph into compositions, the connection between vibration in one’s horn and vibration in the body, and even consider how the creative process might be analogous to excavation.

Learn more about Mary Petrich here:

http://marypetrich.com/

Learn more about the Phoenix Jazz Girls Rising program, of which she is a Co-Founder, here:

https://thenash.org/education/phoenix-jazz-girls-rising/

Find her most recent recording, Murmuration, here: 

https://www.amazon.com/Murmuration-Mary-Petrich-Openhand/dp/B019S6YOMQ

Learn more about some of the people, venues, works, and concepts mentioned in the podcast here:

Claudia Bloom – https://www.claudiabloompianist.com/

Julianne Colwell – http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/art-life-julianne-colwell/

Bill Evans – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans

Charles Lewis – https://downtowndevil.com/?s=Charles+lewis+jazz

Thelonious Monk – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk

Pam Morita – https://pamelamorita.wixsite.com/jazz

Terry Riley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Riley

Wayne Shorter – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Shorter

Monica Shriver – http://www.monicashriver.com/

Brice Winston – http://www.bricewinston.com/

The Nash – https://thenash.org/

The Language of the Unknown – https://www.audaud.com/the-language-of-the-unknown-the-wayne-shorter-quartet-blu-ray-2014/

Tread On The Trail – http://www.sonoloco.com/rev/composers/glo/trail/trail.html

University of Exeter Study on the Different Effects of Poetry and Prose on the Brain – https://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112971504/effects-of-poetry-on-the-brain-101013/

Collaborative Piano – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_piano

Drop the Needle – https://nafme.org/drop-the-needle/

Motivic Cell – http://composersguide.com/motivic-cells/

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website: https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host: Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, John Hollenbeck, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian, for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T with Mary Petrich – Neptunefulness Russell Schmidt, Mary Petrich 00:37:42 Phoenix-based saxophonist/composer/educator Mary Petrich stops by the VJC Q&T podcast for a spirited conversation with host Russell Schmidt. A founding member of the Nash Composers Coalition, Mary is deeply admired by her peers for her uniquely creative voice, both as a performer and composer. Join us today as we share questions and tangents on such matters as how practice habits can morph into compositions, the connection between vibration in one’s horn and vibration in the body, and even consider how the creative process might be analogous to excavation. NOTE: This episode was recorded in late February 2020. It is the final VJC Q&T episode to be recorded prior to the massive upheaval resulting from the global pandemic. While thought was given to shelving this episode–as the current state of affairs goes blissfully unmentioned throughout–the decision was made to release it nonetheless, in large part because it frequently focuses on beauty in the creative process. Phoenix-based saxophonist/composer/educator Mary Petrich stops by the VJC Q&T podcast for a spirited conversation with host Russell Schmidt. A founding member of the Nash Composers Coalition, Mary is deeply admired by her peers for her uniquely creative voice, both as a performer and composer. Join us today as we share questions and tangents on such matters as how practice habits can morph into compositions, the connection between vibration in one’s horn and vibration in the body, and even consider how the creative process might be analogous to excavation. NOTE: This episode was recorded in late February 2020. It is the final VJC Q&T episode to be recorded prior to the massive upheaval resulting from the global pandemic. While thought was given to shelving this episode–as the current state of affairs goes blissfully unmentioned throughout–the decision was made to release it nonetheless, in large part because it frequently focuses on beauty in the creative process. jazz education, mary petrich, russell schmidt, music education, music, valley jazz cooperative, phoenix jazz girls rising, the nash, improvisation, jazz saxophone, creativity, murmuration, education, jazz no full 12 1 b6987ed4-cb8c-4246-908b-b5f23cddc34e Q&T with Nancy Buck – State of the Union (Vol. II) VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has shared a journey in music education with violist Nancy Buck since they first met in 1995 at Bowling Green State University’s new faculty orientation. And for more than two decades, Nancy and Russ have maintained a joyous partnership on and off the concert stage. Nancy is a nationally-renown artist/teacher who presently serves as an Associate Professor of Viola at Arizona State University. She is also the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Arizona Violacademy. 

Nancy recently stopped by the MSW-Tempe studio to share questions and tangents with Russ. In this, the second of two podcasts together, they discussed why playing with others must be an “ears-over-eyes” experience, what it means to contribute texture to music, and even how varieties of chocolate might relate to a performing artist’s concept of sound.

Learn more about Nancy Buck here:

https://music.asu.edu/profile/nancy-buck

Learn more about the Arizona Violacademy, for which she serves as Artistic Director and Co-Founder, here:

https://astaaz.org/event/violacademy/

Learn more about some of the people, institutions, and other topics mentioned in the podcast here:

Johannes Brahms – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms

Elizabeth Buck – https://music.asu.edu/profile/elizabeth-buck

Steven Cornelius – https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/steven_cornelius

Vincenzo Sannino – https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/cozio-carteggio/vincenzo-sannino/

Shinichi Suzuki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinichi_Suzuki_(violinist)

Georg Philipp Telemann – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Philipp_Telemann

Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright

Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts – https://www.bgsu.edu/musical-arts.html

Oberlin Conservatory of Music – https://www.oberlin.edu/conservatory

Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts –https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Governor%27s_School_for_the_Arts

University of California, Berkeley – https://www.berkeley.edu/

Afro-Caribbean Music – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Caribbean_music

Chamber Music – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_music

Dance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance

Dark Chocolate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_chocolate

Kinesthetic (or Physical) Intelligence – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_intelligence

Milk Chocolate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_chocolate#Milk_chocolate

Mona Lisa – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa

Plasma – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)

Suzuki Method – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_method

Viola Repertoire – https://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_Compositions_Featuring_the_Viola

White Chocolate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_chocolate

 

Thanks for listening!

 

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website: https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host: Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, John Hollenbeck, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian, for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:00:05 +0000 russ@msw.org (Nancy Buck, Russell Schmidt) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/qt-with-nancy-buck-state-of-the-union-vol-ii-iYea3lYA VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has shared a journey in music education with violist Nancy Buck since they first met in 1995 at Bowling Green State University’s new faculty orientation. And for more than two decades, Nancy and Russ have maintained a joyous partnership on and off the concert stage. Nancy is a nationally-renown artist/teacher who presently serves as an Associate Professor of Viola at Arizona State University. She is also the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Arizona Violacademy. 

Nancy recently stopped by the MSW-Tempe studio to share questions and tangents with Russ. In this, the second of two podcasts together, they discussed why playing with others must be an “ears-over-eyes” experience, what it means to contribute texture to music, and even how varieties of chocolate might relate to a performing artist’s concept of sound.

Learn more about Nancy Buck here:

https://music.asu.edu/profile/nancy-buck

Learn more about the Arizona Violacademy, for which she serves as Artistic Director and Co-Founder, here:

https://astaaz.org/event/violacademy/

Learn more about some of the people, institutions, and other topics mentioned in the podcast here:

Johannes Brahms – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms

Elizabeth Buck – https://music.asu.edu/profile/elizabeth-buck

Steven Cornelius – https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/steven_cornelius

Vincenzo Sannino – https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/cozio-carteggio/vincenzo-sannino/

Shinichi Suzuki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinichi_Suzuki_(violinist)

Georg Philipp Telemann – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Philipp_Telemann

Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright

Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts – https://www.bgsu.edu/musical-arts.html

Oberlin Conservatory of Music – https://www.oberlin.edu/conservatory

Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts –https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Governor%27s_School_for_the_Arts

University of California, Berkeley – https://www.berkeley.edu/

Afro-Caribbean Music – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Caribbean_music

Chamber Music – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_music

Dance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance

Dark Chocolate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_chocolate

Kinesthetic (or Physical) Intelligence – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_intelligence

Milk Chocolate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_chocolate#Milk_chocolate

Mona Lisa – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa

Plasma – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)

Suzuki Method – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_method

Viola Repertoire – https://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_Compositions_Featuring_the_Viola

White Chocolate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_chocolate

 

Thanks for listening!

 

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website: https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host: Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, John Hollenbeck, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian, for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T with Nancy Buck – State of the Union (Vol. II) Nancy Buck, Russell Schmidt 00:29:17 Noted classical artist/teacher Nancy Buck (Arizona State University Associate Professor of Viola; Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Arizona Violacademy) returns to the VJC Q&T podcast, joining host Russell Schmidt for more questions and tangents. Nancy and Russ have shared a journey together in music education since they first met in 1995 at Bowling Green State University’s new faculty orientation, and have maintained a joyous partnership on and off the concert stage for more than 20 years. In this second of their podcasts together, they discuss why playing with others must be an “ears-over-eyes” experience, what it means to contribute texture to music, and even how varieties of chocolate might relate to a performing artist’s concept of sound. Noted classical artist/teacher Nancy Buck (Arizona State University Associate Professor of Viola; Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Arizona Violacademy) returns to the VJC Q&T podcast, joining host Russell Schmidt for more questions and tangents. Nancy and Russ have shared a journey together in music education since they first met in 1995 at Bowling Green State University’s new faculty orientation, and have maintained a joyous partnership on and off the concert stage for more than 20 years. In this second of their podcasts together, they discuss why playing with others must be an “ears-over-eyes” experience, what it means to contribute texture to music, and even how varieties of chocolate might relate to a performing artist’s concept of sound. jazz education, white chocolate, nancy buck, suzuki method, viola, pennsylvania governor’s school for the arts, russell schmidt, piano, music education, asu school of music, arizona violacademy, music, vincenzo sannino, jazz piano, asu, valley jazz cooperative, improvisation, viola repertoire, dark chocolate, creativity, milk chocolate, arizona state university, education, kinesthetic intelligence, jazz no full 11 1 2f3637a7-0c98-41a8-a1cb-5b05c865d6bf Q&T with Nancy Buck – State of the Union (Vol. I) VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has shared a journey in music education with violist Nancy Buck since they first met in 1995 at Bowling Green State University’s new faculty orientation. And for more than two decades, Nancy and Russ have maintained a joyous partnership on and off the concert stage. Nancy is a nationally-renown artist/teacher who presently serves as an Associate Professor of Viola at Arizona State University. She is also the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Arizona Violacademy.

 

Nancy recently stopped by the MSW-Tempe studio to share questions and tangents with Russ. In this, the first of two podcasts together, they discussed the pervasive impact a great mentor teacher can have, the factors that shifted her path from violinist to violist, and even the unexpected benefits that may fall to the first student of the day to get a lesson.

 

Learn more about Nancy Buck here:

https://music.asu.edu/profile/nancy-buck

 

Learn more about the Arizona Violacademy, for which she serves as Artistic Director and Co-Founder, here:

https://astaaz.org/event/violacademy/

 

Learn more about some of the people, institutions, and other subjects mentioned in the podcast here:

Heidi Castleman – https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/castleman-heidi

Otto Erdesz – https://josephcurtinstudios.com/otto-erdesz-remembered/

Howard Johnson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Johnson_(jazz_musician)

Elizabeth Oakes – https://music.uiowa.edu/people/elizabeth-oakes

Vincenzo Sannino – https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/cozio-carteggio/vincenzo-sannino/

Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright

Arizona State University School of Music – https://music.asu.edu/

Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts – https://www.bgsu.edu/musical-arts.html

Canton Symphony Orchestra – https://www.cantonsymphony.org/

Cleveland Institute of Music – https://www.cim.edu/

Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra – https://www.oaklandsymphony.org/community-education/oakland-symphony-youth-orchestra/Oberlin Conservatory of Music – https://www.oberlin.edu/conservatory

Plymouth Church UCC of Shaker Heights (OH) – https://www.plymouthchurchucc.org/

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra – https://www.sfsymphony.org/EducationCommunity/SFS-Youth-Orchestra

Strings (magazine) – https://stringsmagazine.com/

Tendonitis (a.k.a. Tendinopathy) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendinopathy

 

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website: https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host: Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian, for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:00:24 +0000 russ@msw.org (Nancy Buck, Russell Schmidt) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/qt-with-nancy-buck-state-of-the-union-vol-i-oKsf5mA8 VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has shared a journey in music education with violist Nancy Buck since they first met in 1995 at Bowling Green State University’s new faculty orientation. And for more than two decades, Nancy and Russ have maintained a joyous partnership on and off the concert stage. Nancy is a nationally-renown artist/teacher who presently serves as an Associate Professor of Viola at Arizona State University. She is also the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Arizona Violacademy.

 

Nancy recently stopped by the MSW-Tempe studio to share questions and tangents with Russ. In this, the first of two podcasts together, they discussed the pervasive impact a great mentor teacher can have, the factors that shifted her path from violinist to violist, and even the unexpected benefits that may fall to the first student of the day to get a lesson.

 

Learn more about Nancy Buck here:

https://music.asu.edu/profile/nancy-buck

 

Learn more about the Arizona Violacademy, for which she serves as Artistic Director and Co-Founder, here:

https://astaaz.org/event/violacademy/

 

Learn more about some of the people, institutions, and other subjects mentioned in the podcast here:

Heidi Castleman – https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/castleman-heidi

Otto Erdesz – https://josephcurtinstudios.com/otto-erdesz-remembered/

Howard Johnson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Johnson_(jazz_musician)

Elizabeth Oakes – https://music.uiowa.edu/people/elizabeth-oakes

Vincenzo Sannino – https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/cozio-carteggio/vincenzo-sannino/

Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright

Arizona State University School of Music – https://music.asu.edu/

Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts – https://www.bgsu.edu/musical-arts.html

Canton Symphony Orchestra – https://www.cantonsymphony.org/

Cleveland Institute of Music – https://www.cim.edu/

Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra – https://www.oaklandsymphony.org/community-education/oakland-symphony-youth-orchestra/Oberlin Conservatory of Music – https://www.oberlin.edu/conservatory

Plymouth Church UCC of Shaker Heights (OH) – https://www.plymouthchurchucc.org/

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra – https://www.sfsymphony.org/EducationCommunity/SFS-Youth-Orchestra

Strings (magazine) – https://stringsmagazine.com/

Tendonitis (a.k.a. Tendinopathy) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendinopathy

 

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Website: https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host: Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian, for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T with Nancy Buck – State of the Union (Vol. I) Nancy Buck, Russell Schmidt 00:40:58 VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with classical artist/teacher Nancy Buck (Arizona State University Associate Professor of Viola; Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Arizona Violacademy). They have shared a journey together in music education since they first met in 1995 at Bowling Green State University’s new faculty orientation, and have maintained a joyous partnership on and off the concert stage for more than 20 years. In this first of two podcasts together, they discuss the pervasive impact a great mentor teacher can have, the factors that shifted her path from violinist to violist, and even the unexpected benefits that may fall to the first student of the day to get a lesson. VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with classical artist/teacher Nancy Buck (Arizona State University Associate Professor of Viola; Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Arizona Violacademy). They have shared a journey together in music education since they first met in 1995 at Bowling Green State University’s new faculty orientation, and have maintained a joyous partnership on and off the concert stage for more than 20 years. In this first of two podcasts together, they discuss the pervasive impact a great mentor teacher can have, the factors that shifted her path from violinist to violist, and even the unexpected benefits that may fall to the first student of the day to get a lesson. heidi castleman, extended intermission, jazz education, nancy buck, viola, tendinopathy, russell schmidt, tendonitis, piano, music education, asu school of music, arizona violacademy, music, vincenzo sannino, jazz piano, asu, valley jazz cooperative, improvisation, creativity, otto erdesz, arizona state university, education, kinesthetic intelligence, jazz, alto clef no full 10 1 137d9b85-391f-4997-8047-d0425cbc2699 Q&T with Caleb Kilian & Russell Schmidt – The Big 180 (with a side of Parlando-Rubato) VJC Q&T podcast producer (and Critics Anonymous podcast co-host) Caleb Kilian has know Valley Jazz Cooperative Director Russell Schmidt for more than a decade. And for the past five years, they have worked together as colleagues at Music Serving the Word Ministries, where Caleb serves as Media Manager and Russ is Coordinator of Education.

At the start of the Arizona Music Educators Association’s 2020 Conference, and with concert band and jazz ensemble competition season imminent for music educators all over the country, Russ sat down with Caleb to record a unique Questions and Tangents podcast, one in which the usual host was the interviewee, not the interviewer. Their wide-ranging dialogue encompassed such subjects as the intersection of objectivity and subjectivity in education, how a mentor teacher continues to impact his life thirty years after his passing, and even why musicians “playing in parallel” might not be as good a thing as it sounds.

Learn more about Caleb Kilian and Russell Schmidt here:

https://musicservingtheword.org/artist_ministers

Find the Critics Anonymous podcast (co-hosted by Caleb Kilian and Robert Garza) here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critics-anonymous/id1480289208

Learn more about some of the individuals mentioned in the podcast here:

Count Basie – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie

Michael Brecker – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brecker

Gabe Condon – https://www.gabecondon.com/

Duke Ellington – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington

Maynard Ferguson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_Ferguson

Paul Ferguson – http://paulfergusonmusic.com/

Herbie Hancock – https://www.herbiehancock.com/

Neal Hefti ­– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Hefti

Woody Herman – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Herman

John Hollenbeck – https://johnhollenbeck.com/

Vijay Iyer – https://vijay-iyer.com/

Thad Jones – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Jones

Stan Kenton –https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kenton

Joel McNeely – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_McNeely

Matt Mitchell – http://www.mattmitchell.us/

Sammy Nestico – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Nestico

Bud Powell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Powell

Buddy Rich – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rich

Maria Schneider – https://www.mariaschneider.com/

Wayne Shorter – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Shorter

Billy Strayhorn – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Strayhorn

Art Tatum – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Tatum

Alexa Tarantino – https://alexatarantino.com/

Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright

Thanks for listening!

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Website: https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Interviewee: Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Sat, 1 Feb 2020 01:00:17 +0000 russ@msw.org (Caleb Kilian, Russell Schmidt) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/qt-with-caleb-kilian-russell-schmidt-the-big-180-with-a-side-of-parlando-rubato-3S3UGjC5 VJC Q&T podcast producer (and Critics Anonymous podcast co-host) Caleb Kilian has know Valley Jazz Cooperative Director Russell Schmidt for more than a decade. And for the past five years, they have worked together as colleagues at Music Serving the Word Ministries, where Caleb serves as Media Manager and Russ is Coordinator of Education.

At the start of the Arizona Music Educators Association’s 2020 Conference, and with concert band and jazz ensemble competition season imminent for music educators all over the country, Russ sat down with Caleb to record a unique Questions and Tangents podcast, one in which the usual host was the interviewee, not the interviewer. Their wide-ranging dialogue encompassed such subjects as the intersection of objectivity and subjectivity in education, how a mentor teacher continues to impact his life thirty years after his passing, and even why musicians “playing in parallel” might not be as good a thing as it sounds.

Learn more about Caleb Kilian and Russell Schmidt here:

https://musicservingtheword.org/artist_ministers

Find the Critics Anonymous podcast (co-hosted by Caleb Kilian and Robert Garza) here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critics-anonymous/id1480289208

Learn more about some of the individuals mentioned in the podcast here:

Count Basie – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie

Michael Brecker – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brecker

Gabe Condon – https://www.gabecondon.com/

Duke Ellington – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington

Maynard Ferguson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_Ferguson

Paul Ferguson – http://paulfergusonmusic.com/

Herbie Hancock – https://www.herbiehancock.com/

Neal Hefti ­– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Hefti

Woody Herman – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Herman

John Hollenbeck – https://johnhollenbeck.com/

Vijay Iyer – https://vijay-iyer.com/

Thad Jones – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Jones

Stan Kenton –https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kenton

Joel McNeely – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_McNeely

Matt Mitchell – http://www.mattmitchell.us/

Sammy Nestico – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Nestico

Bud Powell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Powell

Buddy Rich – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rich

Maria Schneider – https://www.mariaschneider.com/

Wayne Shorter – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Shorter

Billy Strayhorn – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Strayhorn

Art Tatum – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Tatum

Alexa Tarantino – https://alexatarantino.com/

Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website: https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Interviewee: Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T with Caleb Kilian & Russell Schmidt – The Big 180 (with a side of Parlando-Rubato) Caleb Kilian, Russell Schmidt 01:28:00 The tables have turned. In this episode, VJC Q&T producer Caleb Kilian interviews the usual podcast host, Russell Schmidt. Together, they share questions and tangents on a number of subjects, including the intersection of objectivity and subjectivity in education, how a mentor teacher continues to impact his life thirty years after his passing, and even why musicians “playing in parallel” might not be as good a thing as it sounds. The tables have turned. In this episode, VJC Q&T producer Caleb Kilian interviews the usual podcast host, Russell Schmidt. Together, they share questions and tangents on a number of subjects, including the intersection of objectivity and subjectivity in education, how a mentor teacher continues to impact his life thirty years after his passing, and even why musicians “playing in parallel” might not be as good a thing as it sounds. objectivity, jazz education, arts education, critics anonymous, russell schmidt, caleb kilian, piano, music education, music, jazz piano, rayburn wright, subjectivity, valley jazz cooperative, improvisation, communication, creativity, education, jazz no full 9 1 553f9b25-614a-4009-b5b9-a2512c048d45 Q&T with Clarke Rigsby – And Russ Forgets To Ask About Snuff Garrett VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has known Emmy-winning recording engineer and composer Clarke Rigsby for more than fifteen years. Clarke is the founder and owner of Tempest Recording in Tempe, AZ. As a leading recording engineer and artistic collaborator, Clarke has worked in studio settings and/or live performances with such artists as Joe Alessi, Glen Campbell, Alice Cooper, Joey DeFrancesco, Bo Diddley, Peter Erskine, Bob Freedman, Steve Gadd, James Galway, Waylon Jennings, Wynonna Judd, Paul McCartney, James Moody, Lewis Nash, Mark O’Connor, LeAnn Rimes, Blake Shelton, Phil Smith, Tower of Power, Travis Tritt, Stevie Wonder, Trisha Yearwood, and many other greats. 

At the start of December, Clarke joined Russ to discuss the sense of occasion that can happen for musicians entering a recording studio, why system upgrades aren’t always evidence of progress, and even what is or isn’t lurking inside a tube amp. (Spoiler alert: Those aren’t light bulbs back there.) 

Learn more about Clarke Rigsby here:

https://tempestrecording.com/about/

Learn more about his Tempe, AZ, studio here:

https://tempestrecording.com/studio/

Learn more about some of the people, places, and technologies mentioned in the podcast here:

Jimmy Cobb – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cobb

David Foster – https://davidfoster.com/story/

Lewis Nash – https://www.lewisnash.com/

Lucas Pino – https://www.lucaspino.com/

David Sax – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sax

Stevie Wonder – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder

Tower of Power – https://towerofpower.com/

MIM Music Theater – https://mim.org/mim-music-theater/

The Nash – https://thenash.org/

Pro Tools (by Avid) – https://www.avid.com/pro-tools

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website:

https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook):

https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host:

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019). 

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian, with assistance from Larissa Johnson, for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Thu, 12 Dec 2019 07:00:14 +0000 russ@msw.org (Clarke Rigsby, Russell Schmidt) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/qt-with-clarke-rigsby-and-russ-forgets-to-ask-about-snuff-garrett-FdShncV5 VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has known Emmy-winning recording engineer and composer Clarke Rigsby for more than fifteen years. Clarke is the founder and owner of Tempest Recording in Tempe, AZ. As a leading recording engineer and artistic collaborator, Clarke has worked in studio settings and/or live performances with such artists as Joe Alessi, Glen Campbell, Alice Cooper, Joey DeFrancesco, Bo Diddley, Peter Erskine, Bob Freedman, Steve Gadd, James Galway, Waylon Jennings, Wynonna Judd, Paul McCartney, James Moody, Lewis Nash, Mark O’Connor, LeAnn Rimes, Blake Shelton, Phil Smith, Tower of Power, Travis Tritt, Stevie Wonder, Trisha Yearwood, and many other greats. 

At the start of December, Clarke joined Russ to discuss the sense of occasion that can happen for musicians entering a recording studio, why system upgrades aren’t always evidence of progress, and even what is or isn’t lurking inside a tube amp. (Spoiler alert: Those aren’t light bulbs back there.) 

Learn more about Clarke Rigsby here:

https://tempestrecording.com/about/

Learn more about his Tempe, AZ, studio here:

https://tempestrecording.com/studio/

Learn more about some of the people, places, and technologies mentioned in the podcast here:

Jimmy Cobb – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cobb

David Foster – https://davidfoster.com/story/

Lewis Nash – https://www.lewisnash.com/

Lucas Pino – https://www.lucaspino.com/

David Sax – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sax

Stevie Wonder – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder

Tower of Power – https://towerofpower.com/

MIM Music Theater – https://mim.org/mim-music-theater/

The Nash – https://thenash.org/

Pro Tools (by Avid) – https://www.avid.com/pro-tools

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website:

https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook):

https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host:

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019). 

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian, with assistance from Larissa Johnson, for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T with Clarke Rigsby – And Russ Forgets To Ask About Snuff Garrett Clarke Rigsby, Russell Schmidt 00:41:56 VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with Emmy-winning recording engineer/composer Clarke Rigsby (Founder/Owner of Tempest Recording in Tempe, AZ). In various studio recordings and/or live performances, Clarke has collaborated with such artists as Joey DeFrancesco, Bo Diddley, Paul McCartney, Blake Shelton, Stevie Wonder, Trisha Yearwood, Tower of Power, and many, many other greats. Join Russ and Clarke in a spirited discussion as they explore the sense of occasion that can happen for musicians entering a recording studio, why system upgrades aren’t always evidence of progress, and even what is or isn’t lurking inside a tube amp. (Spoiler alert: Those aren’t light bulbs back there.) VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with Emmy-winning recording engineer/composer Clarke Rigsby (Founder/Owner of Tempest Recording in Tempe, AZ). In various studio recordings and/or live performances, Clarke has collaborated with such artists as Joey DeFrancesco, Bo Diddley, Paul McCartney, Blake Shelton, Stevie Wonder, Trisha Yearwood, Tower of Power, and many, many other greats. Join Russ and Clarke in a spirited discussion as they explore the sense of occasion that can happen for musicians entering a recording studio, why system upgrades aren’t always evidence of progress, and even what is or isn’t lurking inside a tube amp. (Spoiler alert: Those aren’t light bulbs back there.) tempest recording, jazz education, recording studio, russell schmidt, clarke rigsby, piano, music education, music, jazz piano, recording technology, valley jazz cooperative, improvisation, audio technology, audio recording, creativity, education, jazz no full 8 1 a1319653-48dc-4ba3-a8f7-0f005350202b Q&T with Pam Morita – Music and Love and Working on Ourselves VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has known jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, educator Pam Morita (The Nash Futures Workshop, Paradise Valley Community College) for more than a decade. Pam is the former Director of CityJazz (an outreach of Phoenix Center for the Arts) and currently leads the Nash Futures Workshop in downtown Phoenix. Additionally, she is on the faculty at Paradise Valley Community College.

Just over a month ago, Pam sat down with Russ to discuss her initial transition from classical piano student to a working jazz musician, why she has been particularly motivated to work with music students at the beginning of their jazz journeys, and even how a more optimistic worldview has allowed her to find beauty in some interesting places.

Learn more about Pamela Morita here: https://pamelamorita.wixsite.com/jazz

Learn more about her innovative educational program, The Nash Futures Workshop, here: https://thenash.org/education/the-nash-futures-workshop/

Learn more about some of the people, places, pieces, and concepts mentioned in the podcast here:

J. S. Bach – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

Count Basie – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie

Tony Bennett (performing artist) – https://tonybennett.com/music.php

Tony Bennett (visual artist) – https://www.tonybennett.com/arts.php

Miles Davis (performing artist) – https://www.milesdavis.com/albums

Miles Davis (visual artist) – https://www.milesdavis.com/gallery/miles-artwork/

Claude Debussy – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy

Michael Kocour – http://www.michaelkocour.com/

Paul-Eirik Melhus (on SoundCloud) – https://soundcloud.com/paul-eirikmelhus

Mulgrew Miller – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulgrew_Miller

Mulgrew Miller (improvisation-as-language video) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyRGB_x7VSg

Lucas Pino – https://www.lucaspino.com/

Maurice Ravel – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel

Diana Ross – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ross

Dennis Rowland – https://www.dennisrowland.com/

George Shearing – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shearing

Miyoshi Umeki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyoshi_Umeki

Joe Williams – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams_(jazz_singer)

Oprah Winfrey – http://www.oprah.com/index.html

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (song) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate_the_Positive

The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (series) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courtship_of_Eddie%27s_Father

Crazy Rich Asians (film) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Rich_Asians_(film)

Every Day I Have the Blues (song) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Day_I_Have_the_Blues

The Nash – https://thenash.org/

Paradise Valley Community College Music Department – https://www.paradisevalley.edu/music

Relocation/Internment Camps – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans

Tempo rubato – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo_rubato

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Music – https://music.illinois.edu/

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website: https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host: Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Fri, 8 Nov 2019 02:28:49 +0000 russ@msw.org (Pamela Morita, Russell Schmidt) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/qt-with-pam-morita-music-and-love-and-working-on-ourselves-GPpupT1Q VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has known jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, educator Pam Morita (The Nash Futures Workshop, Paradise Valley Community College) for more than a decade. Pam is the former Director of CityJazz (an outreach of Phoenix Center for the Arts) and currently leads the Nash Futures Workshop in downtown Phoenix. Additionally, she is on the faculty at Paradise Valley Community College.

Just over a month ago, Pam sat down with Russ to discuss her initial transition from classical piano student to a working jazz musician, why she has been particularly motivated to work with music students at the beginning of their jazz journeys, and even how a more optimistic worldview has allowed her to find beauty in some interesting places.

Learn more about Pamela Morita here: https://pamelamorita.wixsite.com/jazz

Learn more about her innovative educational program, The Nash Futures Workshop, here: https://thenash.org/education/the-nash-futures-workshop/

Learn more about some of the people, places, pieces, and concepts mentioned in the podcast here:

J. S. Bach – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

Count Basie – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie

Tony Bennett (performing artist) – https://tonybennett.com/music.php

Tony Bennett (visual artist) – https://www.tonybennett.com/arts.php

Miles Davis (performing artist) – https://www.milesdavis.com/albums

Miles Davis (visual artist) – https://www.milesdavis.com/gallery/miles-artwork/

Claude Debussy – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy

Michael Kocour – http://www.michaelkocour.com/

Paul-Eirik Melhus (on SoundCloud) – https://soundcloud.com/paul-eirikmelhus

Mulgrew Miller – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulgrew_Miller

Mulgrew Miller (improvisation-as-language video) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyRGB_x7VSg

Lucas Pino – https://www.lucaspino.com/

Maurice Ravel – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel

Diana Ross – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ross

Dennis Rowland – https://www.dennisrowland.com/

George Shearing – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shearing

Miyoshi Umeki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyoshi_Umeki

Joe Williams – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams_(jazz_singer)

Oprah Winfrey – http://www.oprah.com/index.html

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (song) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate_the_Positive

The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (series) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courtship_of_Eddie%27s_Father

Crazy Rich Asians (film) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Rich_Asians_(film)

Every Day I Have the Blues (song) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Day_I_Have_the_Blues

The Nash – https://thenash.org/

Paradise Valley Community College Music Department – https://www.paradisevalley.edu/music

Relocation/Internment Camps – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans

Tempo rubato – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo_rubato

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Music – https://music.illinois.edu/

Thanks for listening!

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Website: https://www.valleyjazz.org/

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About The Host: Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T with Pam Morita – Music and Love and Working on Ourselves Pamela Morita, Russell Schmidt 00:44:55 VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and educator Pam Morita (The Nash Futures Workshop, Paradise Valley Community College). In this episode, they discuss Pam’s transition from a classical piano student to a working jazz musician, why she is particularly motivated to work with music students who are at the beginning of their jazz journeys, and even how a more optimistic worldview allows her to find beauty in some interesting places. VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and educator Pam Morita (The Nash Futures Workshop, Paradise Valley Community College). In this episode, they discuss Pam’s transition from a classical piano student to a working jazz musician, why she is particularly motivated to work with music students who are at the beginning of their jazz journeys, and even how a more optimistic worldview allows her to find beauty in some interesting places. jazz education, pam morita, russell schmidt, nash futures workshop, piano, music education, vocal jazz, music, jazz piano, pamela morita, valley jazz cooperative, the nash, improvisation, creativity, jazz composition, education, jazz no full 7 1 27865236-2f7c-4624-b93a-d27c99778e43 Q&T with Genevieve Rice – Oatmeal in My Formula (and Other Delights) In this special “wait, he’s not interviewing a jazz musician” episode, VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt took the show in a different direction. With a goal of exploring creativity in various fields, and expanding beyond the realm of jazz, he invited comedian Genevieve Rice (https://genevieverice.com/) to share questions and tangents with him. 

There is certainly much common ground between jazz and comedy: performance aspects, creative development of source material, rhythm and pacing, even improvisation. The wide-ranging discussions in this episode included how a one-time, open mic opportunity grew into a stand-up career for Genevieve, whether or not the writing of a particular joke is ever truly finished, and the impact motherhood has had on her comedy. 

Learn more about and listen to Genevieve Rice here:

https://genevieverice.com/

https://twitter.com/genevieverice

http://www.thankyouforbeingapodcast.libsyn.com/

https://tastebuddies.libsyn.com/

Learn more about some of the artists, programs, and other topics mentioned in the podcast here:

Maria Bamford – https://www.mariabamford.com/

Mark Cherry – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cherry

Anthony Desamito – http://www.anthonydesamito.com/

Craig Ferguson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Ferguson

Gilbert Gottfried – https://gilbertgottfried.com/

Dana Gould – https://www.danagould.com/

Jeff Libman – http://jefflibmanmusic.com/

Patton Oswald – http://www.pattonoswalt.com/

Paul F. Tompkins – https://paulftompkins.com/

Ali Wong – https://www.aliwong.com/

Oklahoma! (musical) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma!

@ Midnight (series) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/@midnight

Detroiters (series) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroiters_(TV_series)

G.L.O.W. (series) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLOW_(TV_series)

The Golden Girls (series) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Girls

Horcrux – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_objects_in_Harry_Potter#Horcruxes

Myspace – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace

Arizona Suicide Prevention Coalition – https://www.azspc.org/

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website:

https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook):

https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host:

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019). 

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Thu, 3 Oct 2019 07:00:10 +0000 russ@msw.org (Genevieve Rice, Russell Schmidt) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/qt-with-genevieve-rice-oatmeal-in-my-formula-and-other-delights-i8CvvCXa In this special “wait, he’s not interviewing a jazz musician” episode, VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt took the show in a different direction. With a goal of exploring creativity in various fields, and expanding beyond the realm of jazz, he invited comedian Genevieve Rice (https://genevieverice.com/) to share questions and tangents with him. 

There is certainly much common ground between jazz and comedy: performance aspects, creative development of source material, rhythm and pacing, even improvisation. The wide-ranging discussions in this episode included how a one-time, open mic opportunity grew into a stand-up career for Genevieve, whether or not the writing of a particular joke is ever truly finished, and the impact motherhood has had on her comedy. 

Learn more about and listen to Genevieve Rice here:

https://genevieverice.com/

https://twitter.com/genevieverice

http://www.thankyouforbeingapodcast.libsyn.com/

https://tastebuddies.libsyn.com/

Learn more about some of the artists, programs, and other topics mentioned in the podcast here:

Maria Bamford – https://www.mariabamford.com/

Mark Cherry – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cherry

Anthony Desamito – http://www.anthonydesamito.com/

Craig Ferguson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Ferguson

Gilbert Gottfried – https://gilbertgottfried.com/

Dana Gould – https://www.danagould.com/

Jeff Libman – http://jefflibmanmusic.com/

Patton Oswald – http://www.pattonoswalt.com/

Paul F. Tompkins – https://paulftompkins.com/

Ali Wong – https://www.aliwong.com/

Oklahoma! (musical) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma!

@ Midnight (series) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/@midnight

Detroiters (series) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroiters_(TV_series)

G.L.O.W. (series) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLOW_(TV_series)

The Golden Girls (series) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Girls

Horcrux – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_objects_in_Harry_Potter#Horcruxes

Myspace – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace

Arizona Suicide Prevention Coalition – https://www.azspc.org/

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website:

https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook):

https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host:

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019). 

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T with Genevieve Rice – Oatmeal in My Formula (and Other Delights) Genevieve Rice, Russell Schmidt 00:35:52 In this episode, host Russell Schmidt takes the VJC Q&T podcast in a surprising direction. As part of a goal to explore creativity in different fields, and not merely within the realm of jazz musicians, he shares questions and tangents with comedian Genevieve Rice (https://genevieverice.com/). Among the topics considered: how a one-time, open mic opportunity grew into a stand-up career, whether or not the writing of a particular joke is ever truly finished, and even the impact motherhood has had on her comedy. In this episode, host Russell Schmidt takes the VJC Q&T podcast in a surprising direction. As part of a goal to explore creativity in different fields, and not merely within the realm of jazz musicians, he shares questions and tangents with comedian Genevieve Rice (https://genevieverice.com/). Among the topics considered: how a one-time, open mic opportunity grew into a stand-up career, whether or not the writing of a particular joke is ever truly finished, and even the impact motherhood has had on her comedy. jazz education, comedy, genevieve rice, russell schmidt, piano, music education, music, the golden girls, jazz piano, stand-up comedian, valley jazz cooperative, improvisation, creativity, education, jazz no full 6 1 442818fb-d0b2-412a-a7bc-fb66d9b0cef2 Q&T&T with Tito Carrillo & Paul Ferguson – The Back-to-School Edition In this special Jazz Educators Panel episode, focusing on subjects of specific interest to music teachers and their students, VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shared questions and tangents with artist-teachers Tito Carrillo (Associate Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Paul Ferguson (Director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University).

Shortly after the 2019 Highland/ASU Jazz Festival (at which Tito served as an adjudicator, clinician, and performer), they got together to discuss preferred pedagogical approaches and examine trends and tendencies found with their current students. Among the topics considered: the differences between a practice mindset and a performance mindset, the educational benefits of free improvisation, and even the value of a more tactile learning experience.

Learn more about Tito Carrillo here: https://music.illinois.edu/faculty/tito-carrillo

Learn more about Paul Ferguson here: http://paulfergusonmusic.com/

Learn more about some of the artists mentioned in the podcast here:
Count Basie – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie
Wayne Bergeron – https://www.waynebergeron.com/
Bob Brookmeyer – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Brookmeyer
Miles Davis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis
Sammy Davis, Jr. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr
Duke Ellington – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington
Quincy Jones – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones
Thad Jones – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Jones
Joe Lovano – http://www.joelovano.com/
Wynton Marsalis – https://wyntonmarsalis.org/
Sammy Nestico – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Nestico
Buddy Rich – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rich
Maria Schneider – https://www.mariaschneider.com/
Wayne Shorter – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Shorter
Horace Silver – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Silver

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website:

https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook):

https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host:

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Thu, 5 Sep 2019 07:00:15 +0000 russ@msw.org (Paul Ferguson, Tito Carrillo, Russell Schmidt) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/qtt-with-tito-carrillo-paul-ferguson-the-back-to-school-edition-EyhJrYI_ In this special Jazz Educators Panel episode, focusing on subjects of specific interest to music teachers and their students, VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shared questions and tangents with artist-teachers Tito Carrillo (Associate Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Paul Ferguson (Director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University).

Shortly after the 2019 Highland/ASU Jazz Festival (at which Tito served as an adjudicator, clinician, and performer), they got together to discuss preferred pedagogical approaches and examine trends and tendencies found with their current students. Among the topics considered: the differences between a practice mindset and a performance mindset, the educational benefits of free improvisation, and even the value of a more tactile learning experience.

Learn more about Tito Carrillo here: https://music.illinois.edu/faculty/tito-carrillo

Learn more about Paul Ferguson here: http://paulfergusonmusic.com/

Learn more about some of the artists mentioned in the podcast here:
Count Basie – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie
Wayne Bergeron – https://www.waynebergeron.com/
Bob Brookmeyer – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Brookmeyer
Miles Davis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis
Sammy Davis, Jr. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr
Duke Ellington – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington
Quincy Jones – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones
Thad Jones – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Jones
Joe Lovano – http://www.joelovano.com/
Wynton Marsalis – https://wyntonmarsalis.org/
Sammy Nestico – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Nestico
Buddy Rich – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rich
Maria Schneider – https://www.mariaschneider.com/
Wayne Shorter – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Shorter
Horace Silver – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Silver

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website:

https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook):

https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host:

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T&T with Tito Carrillo & Paul Ferguson – The Back-to-School Edition Paul Ferguson, Tito Carrillo, Russell Schmidt 00:41:36 In this special Jazz Educators Panel episode, VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with artist-teachers Tito Carrillo (Associate Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Paul Ferguson (Director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University). Together, they discuss preferred pedagogical approaches and examine trends and tendencies found with their current students. Among the topics considered: the differences between a practice mindset and a performance mindset, the educational benefits of free improvisation, and even the value of a more tactile learning experience. In this special Jazz Educators Panel episode, VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with artist-teachers Tito Carrillo (Associate Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Paul Ferguson (Director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University). Together, they discuss preferred pedagogical approaches and examine trends and tendencies found with their current students. Among the topics considered: the differences between a practice mindset and a performance mindset, the educational benefits of free improvisation, and even the value of a more tactile learning experience. composing, arranging, tito carrillo, jazz trombone, paul ferguson, jazz trumpet, fusion, free improvisation, jazz composition no full 5 1 9d1a08d5-3d78-4833-aebe-8db195eb220e Q&T with Michael Kocour (Part II) – Dancer, Interrupted VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has known pianist/organist/composer Michael Kocour for more than a dozen years. A nationally-renown educator, Mike is the Director of Jazz Studies at Arizona State University. Additionally, he is a recording artist for Origin Records, releasing a solo piano album, East of the Sun, on that label’s OA2 imprint earlier this year.

In early summer, Mike sat down with Russ to partake in spirited, engaging discussions on jazz, music education, and the nature of creativity. In this second of two podcasts together, they discussed the sometimes-random nature in discovering one’s passions and influences, the deeper truths revealed on vinyl records, and even the lengthy path to be travelled just to join a school’s “stage band”.

Learn more about Michael Kocour here:
http://www.michaelkocour.com/
https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/profile/michael-kocour

Listen to Michael Kocour (solo piano) perform his composition Winter’s Spell here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ceKy9Y0aU

Listen to Michael Kocour (organ quartet) perform his composition Chunky here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SXXrTByxyI&list=OLAK5uy_nftb9Vv4HNX37Li27g2dv1_aiCC6ItNHw

Purchase Michael Kocour’s recordings for the Origin Records/OA2 label here:
http://originarts.com/oa2/artists/artist.php?Artist_ID=138

Learn more about some of the artists, authors, venues, and recurring sitcom characters mentioned in the podcast here:
Jamey Aebersold – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamey_Aebersold
Michael Brecker – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brecker
Tina Brooks – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Brooks
Jerry Coker – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Coker
Chick Corea – http://chickcorea.com/
Joe Daley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Daley_(musician)
Keith Emerson – https://www.keithemerson.com/
Bill Evans – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans
Joel Frahm – https://joelfrahm.com/
Benny Golson – https://www.bennygolson.com/
Herbie Hancock – https://www.herbiehancock.com/
Alfred Hitchcock – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock
Scott Joplin – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin
Wynton Kelly – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Kelly
Gladys Kravitz – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bewitched_characters#Gladys_Kravitz
Brad Mehldau – https://www.bradmehldau.com/
Roger Miller – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Miller
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Lewis Nash – https://www.lewisnash.com/
Herbie Nichols – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Nichols
Oscar Peterson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson
Clarke Rigsby – https://tempestrecording.com/
Antonio Salieri – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Salieri
David Sax – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sax
Craig Taborn – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Taborn
McCoy Tyner – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCoy_Tyner
Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright
The Nash – https://thenash.org/

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website:

https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Social Media (Facebook):

https://www.facebook.com/ValleyJazzCooperative/

About The Host:

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Thu, 1 Aug 2019 07:00:11 +0000 russ@msw.org (Mike Kocour) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/004-qt-with-mike-kocour-part-ii-dancer-interrupted-4k7W_P7d VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt has known pianist/organist/composer Michael Kocour for more than a dozen years. A nationally-renown educator, Mike is the Director of Jazz Studies at Arizona State University. Additionally, he is a recording artist for Origin Records, releasing a solo piano album, East of the Sun, on that label’s OA2 imprint earlier this year.

In early summer, Mike sat down with Russ to partake in spirited, engaging discussions on jazz, music education, and the nature of creativity. In this second of two podcasts together, they discussed the sometimes-random nature in discovering one’s passions and influences, the deeper truths revealed on vinyl records, and even the lengthy path to be travelled just to join a school’s “stage band”.

Learn more about Michael Kocour here:
http://www.michaelkocour.com/
https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/profile/michael-kocour

Listen to Michael Kocour (solo piano) perform his composition Winter’s Spell here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ceKy9Y0aU

Listen to Michael Kocour (organ quartet) perform his composition Chunky here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SXXrTByxyI&list=OLAK5uy_nftb9Vv4HNX37Li27g2dv1_aiCC6ItNHw

Purchase Michael Kocour’s recordings for the Origin Records/OA2 label here:
http://originarts.com/oa2/artists/artist.php?Artist_ID=138

Learn more about some of the artists, authors, venues, and recurring sitcom characters mentioned in the podcast here:
Jamey Aebersold – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamey_Aebersold
Michael Brecker – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brecker
Tina Brooks – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Brooks
Jerry Coker – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Coker
Chick Corea – http://chickcorea.com/
Joe Daley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Daley_(musician)
Keith Emerson – https://www.keithemerson.com/
Bill Evans – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans
Joel Frahm – https://joelfrahm.com/
Benny Golson – https://www.bennygolson.com/
Herbie Hancock – https://www.herbiehancock.com/
Alfred Hitchcock – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock
Scott Joplin – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin
Wynton Kelly – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Kelly
Gladys Kravitz – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bewitched_characters#Gladys_Kravitz
Brad Mehldau – https://www.bradmehldau.com/
Roger Miller – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Miller
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Lewis Nash – https://www.lewisnash.com/
Herbie Nichols – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Nichols
Oscar Peterson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson
Clarke Rigsby – https://tempestrecording.com/
Antonio Salieri – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Salieri
David Sax – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sax
Craig Taborn – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Taborn
McCoy Tyner – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCoy_Tyner
Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright
The Nash – https://thenash.org/

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About The Host:

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He was also a member of the Eastman School of Music jazz faculty, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

Find music from VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T with Michael Kocour (Part II) – Dancer, Interrupted Mike Kocour 00:47:53 VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt continues to share questions and tangents with jazz pianist, organist, composer, educator Michael Kocour (Director of Jazz Studies at Arizona State University). In this second of two podcasts together, they discuss the sometimes-random nature in discovering one’s passions and influences, the deeper truths revealed on vinyl records, and even the lengthy path to be travelled just to join a school’s “stage band”. VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt continues to share questions and tangents with jazz pianist, organist, composer, educator Michael Kocour (Director of Jazz Studies at Arizona State University). In this second of two podcasts together, they discuss the sometimes-random nature in discovering one’s passions and influences, the deeper truths revealed on vinyl records, and even the lengthy path to be travelled just to join a school’s “stage band”. lewis nash, chicago jazz, listening session, jazz organ, active listening, the nash, michael kocour, arizona state university, jazz composition no full 4 1 6a196b6a-1ac7-48b2-bbdd-c73bc3dca7ed Q&T with Michael Kocour (Part I) – São Paulo, Sapporo, Chicago VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt (Director, Valley Jazz Cooperative) has known pianist/organist/composer Michael Kocour for more than a dozen years. A nationally-renown educator, Mike is the Director of Jazz Studies at Arizona State University. Additionally, he is a recording artist for Origin Records, releasing a solo piano album, East of the Sun, on that label’s OA2 imprint earlier this year.

In early summer, Mike sat down with Russ to record a Q&T podcast. Their far-ranging discussion was engaging and abundant, so much so that the conversation has been split into two separate podcasts, the second of which will be made available later. But in this, the first of two podcasts together, Mike and Russ addressed the potential dangers a sabbatical can bring, talked about an unlikely mentor for the study of Brazilian music, and even found a point at which Oscar Peterson and Johnny Costa intersect.

Learn more about Michael Kocour here:
http://www.michaelkocour.com/
https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/profile/michael-kocour

Listen to Michael Kocour (solo piano) perform his composition Winter’s Spell here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ceKy9Y0aU

Listen to Michael Kocour (organ quartet) perform his composition Chunky here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SXXrTByxyI&list=OLAK5uy_nftb9Vv4HNX37Li27g2dv1_aiCC6ItNHw

Purchase Michael Kocour’s recordings for the Origin Records/OA2 label here:
http://originarts.com/oa2/artists/artist.php?Artist_ID=138

Learn more about some of the artists and/or concepts mentioned in the podcast here:
John Campbell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell_(jazz_pianist)
Tony Caramia – https://www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/caramia_tony/
Johnny Costa – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Costa
Joe Daley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Daley_(musician)
Bill Evans – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans
Red Garland – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Garland
Don Grolnick – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick
Ian Hobson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hobson
Toninho Horta – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toninho_Horta
Antonio Carlos Jôbim – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim
Wynton Kelly – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Kelly
Jim McNeely – https://www.jim-mcneely.com/
Nicole Pesce – http://www.nicolepesce.com/
Oscar Peterson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson
Bud Powell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Powell
Marlene Rosenberg – https://www.marlenemusic.com/
Akio Sasajima – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akio_Sasajima
Wayne Shorter – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Shorter
Art Tatum – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Tatum
McCoy Tyner – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCoy_Tyner
Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright
Schillinger System (or Schillinger Method) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schillinger_System

Learn more about the Valley Jazz Cooperative and VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.valleyjazz.org/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

Thanks for listening!

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Website:

Link - valleyjazz.org

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New Here?

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. He has also served as a keyboard soloist with more than 30 professional orchestras, including performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and the San Francisco Symphony. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He also held faculty appointments at Northern Arizona University, the University of North Carolina–Asheville, and the Eastman School of Music, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Mon, 1 Jul 2019 07:10:32 +0000 russ@msw.org (Mike Kocour, Russell Schmidt) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/003-qt-with-mike-kocour-part-i-sao-paulo-sapporo-chicago-eaoahzD8 VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt (Director, Valley Jazz Cooperative) has known pianist/organist/composer Michael Kocour for more than a dozen years. A nationally-renown educator, Mike is the Director of Jazz Studies at Arizona State University. Additionally, he is a recording artist for Origin Records, releasing a solo piano album, East of the Sun, on that label’s OA2 imprint earlier this year.

In early summer, Mike sat down with Russ to record a Q&T podcast. Their far-ranging discussion was engaging and abundant, so much so that the conversation has been split into two separate podcasts, the second of which will be made available later. But in this, the first of two podcasts together, Mike and Russ addressed the potential dangers a sabbatical can bring, talked about an unlikely mentor for the study of Brazilian music, and even found a point at which Oscar Peterson and Johnny Costa intersect.

Learn more about Michael Kocour here:
http://www.michaelkocour.com/
https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/profile/michael-kocour

Listen to Michael Kocour (solo piano) perform his composition Winter’s Spell here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ceKy9Y0aU

Listen to Michael Kocour (organ quartet) perform his composition Chunky here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SXXrTByxyI&list=OLAK5uy_nftb9Vv4HNX37Li27g2dv1_aiCC6ItNHw

Purchase Michael Kocour’s recordings for the Origin Records/OA2 label here:
http://originarts.com/oa2/artists/artist.php?Artist_ID=138

Learn more about some of the artists and/or concepts mentioned in the podcast here:
John Campbell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell_(jazz_pianist)
Tony Caramia – https://www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/caramia_tony/
Johnny Costa – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Costa
Joe Daley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Daley_(musician)
Bill Evans – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans
Red Garland – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Garland
Don Grolnick – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick
Ian Hobson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hobson
Toninho Horta – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toninho_Horta
Antonio Carlos Jôbim – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim
Wynton Kelly – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Kelly
Jim McNeely – https://www.jim-mcneely.com/
Nicole Pesce – http://www.nicolepesce.com/
Oscar Peterson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson
Bud Powell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Powell
Marlene Rosenberg – https://www.marlenemusic.com/
Akio Sasajima – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akio_Sasajima
Wayne Shorter – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Shorter
Art Tatum – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Tatum
McCoy Tyner – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCoy_Tyner
Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright
Schillinger System (or Schillinger Method) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schillinger_System

Learn more about the Valley Jazz Cooperative and VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.valleyjazz.org/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website:

Link - valleyjazz.org

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Facebook - @ValleyJazzCooperative

New Here?

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. He has also served as a keyboard soloist with more than 30 professional orchestras, including performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and the San Francisco Symphony. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He also held faculty appointments at Northern Arizona University, the University of North Carolina–Asheville, and the Eastman School of Music, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T with Michael Kocour (Part I) – São Paulo, Sapporo, Chicago Mike Kocour, Russell Schmidt 00:42:53 VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with jazz pianist, organist, composer, educator Michael Kocour (Director of Jazz Studies at Arizona State University). In the first of two podcasts, Mike and Russ discuss the potential dangers a sabbatical can bring, talk about an unlikely mentor for the study of Brazilian music, and even find a point at which Oscar Peterson and Johnny Costa intersect. VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with jazz pianist, organist, composer, educator Michael Kocour (Director of Jazz Studies at Arizona State University). In the first of two podcasts, Mike and Russ discuss the potential dangers a sabbatical can bring, talk about an unlikely mentor for the study of Brazilian music, and even find a point at which Oscar Peterson and Johnny Costa intersect. jazz education, chicago jazz, russell schmidt, piano, music education, music, jazz piano, stroll, jazz organ, improvisation, michael kocour, creativity, arizona state university, jazz composition, education, jazz no full 3 1 b3a68f90-2daa-499d-b341-ff193a6ab4ef Q&T with Paul Ferguson: God, Football, and Country (in whatever order…) VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt (Director, Valley Jazz Cooperative) has known jazz composer/arranger/educator/trombonist Paul Ferguson for 35 years and has recorded with him off and on for the past two decades. Paul is the Director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University. He is also the Artistic Director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, one of the leading professional big bands in the Midwest. Paul is a nationally-renown writer for large and small jazz ensembles, and is a former recipient of the Gil Evans Fellowship in Jazz Composition.

In the midst of performing a series of concerts together in Arizona in mid-April 2019, Paul sat down with Russ to record a Questions and Tangents podcast. (Paul also recorded a second podcast, joined by trumpeter Tito Carrillo, which will be released at a later date.) Their free-flowing discussion encompassed the emotional heft of musical memory, the serendipity of finding the right teacher at the right time, and even consideration of the overriding cultural ethos permeating northeast Ohio.

Learn more about Paul Ferguson here:
http://www.clevelandjazz.org/About/Meet-the-Orchestra/Name-of-Person
https://music.case.edu/faculty/paul-ferguson/
http://paulfergusonmusic.com/

Listen to the Paul Ferguson Jazz Orchestra perform his composition Fortune Teller here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS9BPgIpYHA&list=PLeGvpurj2XRDNOYHKUfBosheV9tpN8DPD&index=10&t=0s

Purchase Paul Ferguson’s Encounter recording here:
https://www.amazon.com/Encounter-Paul-Ferguson/dp/B00NR85C9G/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1558478876&refinements=p_32%3APaul+Ferguson&s=music&sr=1-6

Learn more about some of the artists and/or 19th century German philosophers mentioned in the podcast here:
Bill Dobbins – http://sonsofsound.com/artist/bill-dobbins/
J.J. Johnson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Johnson
Sergei Rachmaninoff – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SergeiRachmaninoff
Jack Schantz – http://www.clevelandjazz.org/About/Meet-the-Orchestra/Jack-Schantz
Maria Schneider – https://www.mariaschneider.com/
Arthur Schopenhauer – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArthurSchopenhauer
Gunther Schuller – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuntherSchuller
Igor Stravinsky – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IgorStravinsky
Billy Strayhorn – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BillyStrayhorn
Bill Watrous – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BillWatrous
Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RayburnWright
Lyric Opera of Chicago – https://www.lyricopera.org/
Porgy and Bess (review of 2014 LOC production) – https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-lyric-opera-chicago-porgy-bess-review-20141118-column.html

Learn more about the Valley Jazz Cooperative here:
https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Listen to music by VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

Purchase recordings by Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.amazon.com/Russell-Schmidt/e/B001LHCGMG/digital/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&sn=d

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website:

Link - valleyjazz.org

Social Media:

Facebook - @ValleyJazzCooperative

New Here?

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. He has also served as a keyboard soloist with more than 30 professional orchestras, including performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and the San Francisco Symphony. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He also held faculty appointments at Northern Arizona University, the University of North Carolina–Asheville, and the Eastman School of Music, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Mon, 1 Jul 2019 07:05:05 +0000 russ@msw.org (Paul Ferguson, Russell Schmidt) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/002-q-t-with-paul-ferguson-god-football-d786icVq VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt (Director, Valley Jazz Cooperative) has known jazz composer/arranger/educator/trombonist Paul Ferguson for 35 years and has recorded with him off and on for the past two decades. Paul is the Director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University. He is also the Artistic Director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, one of the leading professional big bands in the Midwest. Paul is a nationally-renown writer for large and small jazz ensembles, and is a former recipient of the Gil Evans Fellowship in Jazz Composition.

In the midst of performing a series of concerts together in Arizona in mid-April 2019, Paul sat down with Russ to record a Questions and Tangents podcast. (Paul also recorded a second podcast, joined by trumpeter Tito Carrillo, which will be released at a later date.) Their free-flowing discussion encompassed the emotional heft of musical memory, the serendipity of finding the right teacher at the right time, and even consideration of the overriding cultural ethos permeating northeast Ohio.

Learn more about Paul Ferguson here:
http://www.clevelandjazz.org/About/Meet-the-Orchestra/Name-of-Person
https://music.case.edu/faculty/paul-ferguson/
http://paulfergusonmusic.com/

Listen to the Paul Ferguson Jazz Orchestra perform his composition Fortune Teller here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS9BPgIpYHA&list=PLeGvpurj2XRDNOYHKUfBosheV9tpN8DPD&index=10&t=0s

Purchase Paul Ferguson’s Encounter recording here:
https://www.amazon.com/Encounter-Paul-Ferguson/dp/B00NR85C9G/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1558478876&refinements=p_32%3APaul+Ferguson&s=music&sr=1-6

Learn more about some of the artists and/or 19th century German philosophers mentioned in the podcast here:
Bill Dobbins – http://sonsofsound.com/artist/bill-dobbins/
J.J. Johnson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Johnson
Sergei Rachmaninoff – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SergeiRachmaninoff
Jack Schantz – http://www.clevelandjazz.org/About/Meet-the-Orchestra/Jack-Schantz
Maria Schneider – https://www.mariaschneider.com/
Arthur Schopenhauer – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArthurSchopenhauer
Gunther Schuller – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuntherSchuller
Igor Stravinsky – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IgorStravinsky
Billy Strayhorn – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BillyStrayhorn
Bill Watrous – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BillWatrous
Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RayburnWright
Lyric Opera of Chicago – https://www.lyricopera.org/
Porgy and Bess (review of 2014 LOC production) – https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-lyric-opera-chicago-porgy-bess-review-20141118-column.html

Learn more about the Valley Jazz Cooperative here:
https://www.valleyjazz.org/

Listen to music by VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ?

Purchase recordings by Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.amazon.com/Russell-Schmidt/e/B001LHCGMG/digital/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&sn=d

Thanks for listening!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE!

Website:

Link - valleyjazz.org

Social Media:

Facebook - @ValleyJazzCooperative

New Here?

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. He has also served as a keyboard soloist with more than 30 professional orchestras, including performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and the San Francisco Symphony. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He also held faculty appointments at Northern Arizona University, the University of North Carolina–Asheville, and the Eastman School of Music, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Q&T with Paul Ferguson: God, Football, and Country (in whatever order…) Paul Ferguson, Russell Schmidt 00:41:24 VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with jazz composer, arranger, trombonist Paul Ferguson (Director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University, Artistic Director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra). Together, Paul and Russ explore a wide range of topics, including the emotional heft of musical memory, the serendipity of finding the right teacher at the right time, and even the overriding cultural ethos permeating northeast Ohio. VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with jazz composer, arranger, trombonist Paul Ferguson (Director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University, Artistic Director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra). Together, Paul and Russ explore a wide range of topics, including the emotional heft of musical memory, the serendipity of finding the right teacher at the right time, and even the overriding cultural ethos permeating northeast Ohio. jazz education, composing, arranging, jazz trombone, russell schmidt, paul ferguson, piano, music education, gil evans fellowship in jazz composition, music, jazz piano, cleveland jazz orchestra, improvisation, creativity, jazz composition, arthur schopenhauer, education, jazz no full 2 1 64c97209-6b5b-42f3-9c99-4ed2ec2dfaca Q&T with Tito Carrillo - Where The Magic Happens "VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt (Director, Valley Jazz Cooperative) has known jazz trumpeter/composer/educator Tito Carrillo for more than twenty years and has had the privilege of sharing a bandstand with him periodically during that time. Tito is a leading musician on the Chicago jazz scene and an Associate Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

In the midst of performing a series of concerts together in Arizona in mid-April 2019, Tito sat down with Russ to record the very first Questions and Tangents podcast. Their wide-ranging conversation delved into the relationship between performing and teaching, the importance of musical communication, the nature of creativity, and even the value of liner notes in this digital age.

Learn more about Tito Carrillo here:
https://music.illinois.edu/faculty/tito-carrillo

Listen to Tito Carrillo perform Thelonious Monk’s Rhythm-a-Ning here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5xNdzbFM5g

Purchase Tito Carrillo’s debut recording, Opening Statement, here:
http://originarts.com/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=82603

Learn more about some of the artists mentioned in the podcast here:
Clifford Brown – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Brown
Ryan Cohan – http://ryancohan.com/
Celia Cruz – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz
Miles Davis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis
Paquito D’Rivera – https://paquitodrivera.com/
Jon Faddis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis
Kenny Garrett – http://www.kennygarrett.com/
Adolph “Bud” Herseth – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Herseth
Freddie Hubbard – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard
Wynton Marsalis – https://wyntonmarsalis.org/
Nicholas Payton – http://www.nicholaspayton.com/
Tito Puente – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Puente
Claudio Roditi – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Roditi
Woody Shaw – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Shaw
Willie Thomas – https://www.jazzeveryone.com/
Immanuel Wilkins – http://www.immanuelwilkins.com/music
Miguel Zenón – https://miguelzenon.com/
El Gran Combo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%C3%ADn_Rodr%C3%ADguez#El_Gran_Combo

Purchase recordings by Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.amazon.com/Russell-Schmidt/e/B001LHCGMG/digital/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&sn=d

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Learn more about the Valley Jazz Cooperative here: valleyjazz.org

Listen to music by VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: YouTube

Social Media:

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New Here?

Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. He has also served as a keyboard soloist with more than 30 professional orchestras, including performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and the San Francisco Symphony. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He also held faculty appointments at Northern Arizona University, the University of North Carolina–Asheville, and the Eastman School of Music, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

]]> Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:22:24 +0000 russ@msw.org (Tito Carrillo, Russell Schmidt) https://qt-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/001-q-t-with-tito-carrillo-where-the-ma-F4qVxaQA "VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt (Director, Valley Jazz Cooperative) has known jazz trumpeter/composer/educator Tito Carrillo for more than twenty years and has had the privilege of sharing a bandstand with him periodically during that time. Tito is a leading musician on the Chicago jazz scene and an Associate Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

In the midst of performing a series of concerts together in Arizona in mid-April 2019, Tito sat down with Russ to record the very first Questions and Tangents podcast. Their wide-ranging conversation delved into the relationship between performing and teaching, the importance of musical communication, the nature of creativity, and even the value of liner notes in this digital age.

Learn more about Tito Carrillo here:
https://music.illinois.edu/faculty/tito-carrillo

Listen to Tito Carrillo perform Thelonious Monk’s Rhythm-a-Ning here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5xNdzbFM5g

Purchase Tito Carrillo’s debut recording, Opening Statement, here:
http://originarts.com/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=82603

Learn more about some of the artists mentioned in the podcast here:
Clifford Brown – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Brown
Ryan Cohan – http://ryancohan.com/
Celia Cruz – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz
Miles Davis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis
Paquito D’Rivera – https://paquitodrivera.com/
Jon Faddis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis
Kenny Garrett – http://www.kennygarrett.com/
Adolph “Bud” Herseth – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Herseth
Freddie Hubbard – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard
Wynton Marsalis – https://wyntonmarsalis.org/
Nicholas Payton – http://www.nicholaspayton.com/
Tito Puente – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Puente
Claudio Roditi – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Roditi
Woody Shaw – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Shaw
Willie Thomas – https://www.jazzeveryone.com/
Immanuel Wilkins – http://www.immanuelwilkins.com/music
Miguel Zenón – https://miguelzenon.com/
El Gran Combo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%C3%ADn_Rodr%C3%ADguez#El_Gran_Combo

Purchase recordings by Russell Schmidt here:
https://www.amazon.com/Russell-Schmidt/e/B001LHCGMG/digital/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&sn=d

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Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. He has also served as a keyboard soloist with more than 30 professional orchestras, including performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and the San Francisco Symphony. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019).

After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He also held faculty appointments at Northern Arizona University, the University of North Carolina–Asheville, and the Eastman School of Music, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman.

The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

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