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Each week on Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired, Grammy-Nominated jazz pianist Judy Carmichael explores these questions with celebrated creative artists who love jazz. A wide range of talents — everyone from Billy Joel to Seth MacFarlane — discuss their creative process and how jazz inspires them. They share their favorite recordings as well as insight into their life and art.
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UPDATED 12/23/17 - Bassist/composer David Finck discusses his collaborations with everyone from Tony Bennett and Aretha Franklin to Rosemary Clooney and Dizzy Gillespie. He sings occasionally too, which is shown to advantage on his newest CD â??Low Standards."
Filmmaker and design consultant discusses the influence his grandparents, design icons Charles and Ray Eames, have had on his work.
Composer/arranger/pianist talks about writing "Here's to Life" for the classic Shirley Horn recording, as well as his pop hits for Barry Manilow ("Copacabana") and others.
Banjoist Bela Fleck has collaborated with the top musicians in every style of music and has the 16 Grammys to prove it.
UPDATED 11/4/17 - From child prodigy as a classical pianist to his own Dixieland band as an eight year old to the musician Yehudi Menuhin calls â??one of the finest pianists I have ever had the pleasure of performing with."
Chicago saxophonist talks about working with Count Basie and Earl Hines and performs with Judy onstage for â??Jazz Inspired from Kiawah Island.â??
88 years young, Marilyn performs with the energy a 40-year-old would envy and a talent that Johnny Carson honored a record 70 times on his "Tonight Show."
Judy Carmichael interviews Joey Singer
British classical pianist Alisdair Hogarth discusses his solo playing, accompanying vocalists and how jazz has changed the way he listen and practices. Judy recorded this conversation in London.
Vocalist Hilary Gardner discusses her debut CD celebrating New York, "A Great City" and her vocal trio "Duchess."
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