Gilad Weiss: Moving Strings
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
10/14/24
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Gilad Weiss takes us on a visit to his music studio and improvises on several of his instruments, including the fretless guitar, and some of the instruments from Turkey and Central Asia, such as the kopuz, the baglama and the Turkmenistani dutar. He also spoke to me about his duo project with the Anatolian kamanche player Melisa Yildirim and we’re including a track from their beautiful album, which is linked below, along with Gilad’s album Improvisations on Fretless Guitar Volume 1, and the ways to connect with Gilad. He shared his valuable insights about teaching music, and teaching the guitar, improvisation and interesting details about the modes and tuning systems for the various instruments he demonstrates. This episode has a lot of improvised music; Gilad spent much of the interview with an instrument in his hand; please use the detailed timestamps (below) to navigate the episode, which like all my episodes you can either watch on my YouTube or listen to on all the podcast platforms, and the transcript is here too: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/gilad-weiss
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You may be also interested in my episodes with lutenist Elizabeth Pallett, guitarists including masters Derek Gripper, Daniel Ramjattan, or Marc van Vugt, along with many episodes featuring traditional and improvised music from around the world. Catalog of Episodes: https://www.leahroseman.com/about
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:24) saz, dutar, guitar, fingernails
(06:31) intro to “Late Night” from Improvisations on Fretless Guitar, Volume 1
(07:16)fretless guitar “Late Night” from Improvisations on Fretless Guitar, Volume 1
(11:50) Gilad’s fretless guitar, Erkan Oğur
(14:29) fretless guitar improvisation
(16:30) album with kamancheh player Melisa Yildirim
(24:49) Yeldeğirmeni Zeybeği | Windmill Zeybek from Talûs with Melisa Yildirim and Gilad
(28:11) musical experiences in Turkey, Engin Topuzkanamış
(33:40) kopuz (tambur) history and demo, tuning system
(36:50) kopuz improv
(39:37) huseyni mode and tuning systems
(43:18) kopuz improv
(44:00) kisa sap baglama
(46:23) other episode you will enjoy, different ways to support this series
(47:15) different playing techniques, history of microtonal frets
(55:48) tambur
(58:46) Turkmensitani dutar
(01:04:08) Gilad’s early musical influences
(01:11:07) Gilad’s approach to teaching music and guitar
(01:18:25) improvising and different approaches to learning
(01:28:35) different guitars, approach to tuning and teaching guitar
(01:34:44) next recording project
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Sara Caswell: Jazz violinist
October 5, 2024
•68m
I was honoured to have this opportunity to record this conversation with the phenomenal violinist Sara Caswell, who is a GRAMMY Nominee for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo. We focused on the recent 9 Horses album, Strum with mandolinist and composer Joseph Brent, and she also spoke to me about some of her other collaborators including esperanza spalding, Chuck Owen, Nadje Noordhuis, and mentors including David Baker, Mimi Zweig and Josef Gingold. She shared how she started playing the 10 stringed Hardanger d’amore, her rich early musical life in Bloomington, and how she is grounded and inspired from her family and friends.
You can read the transcript or watch the video, both linked here on my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/sara-caswell
https://9horses.bandcamp.com/album/strum
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Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(02:19) 9 Horses album Strum, Joe Brent
(07:12) clip from The House that Ate Myself, 9 horses album Strum
(08:30) 9 horses trio and different recording projects
(11:50) clip from Americannia from 9 horses ablum Strum
(13:09) acoustic versus electric violin
(15:06) about Sara’s Hardanger d’amore fiddle
(23:00) clip from Long Time Away
(25:27) Sara’s approach to teaching jazz
(28:33) GRAMMY nomination, Chuck Owen the Jazz Surge
(32:59) Sara Caswell quartet The Way to You, Nadje Noorduis
(34:26) excerpt from South Shore Sara Caswell quartet The Way to You by Nadje Noorduis
(37:30) early musical life in Bloomington, David Baker, supportive parents, Mimi Zweig
(40:55) Josef Gingold
(48:14) related episodes and ways to support this project
(48:57) Bloomington years with David Baker, Jamey Abersold, Janis Stockhouse, Stanley Ritchie
(53:32) New York early years, John Blake, Sylvia Rosenberg
(56:47) clip from Jennie Pop Nettle-Eater
(57:22) meeting Joe Brent
(59:18) esperanza spalding
(01:02:54) the joy of collaboration
(01:04:31) clip from Strum
(01:05:19) work-life balance and self-care
Next Episode
Omo Bello: Celebrating African Art Song
October 21, 2024
•100m
Omo Bello is an acclaimed French-Nigerian operatic soprano , and in this episode we are focussing on her newly-released album “African Art Song” on Somm recordings with pianist Rebeca Omordia. Many of you heard my episode this past summer with pianist and curator of the African Concert Series, Rebeca Omordia, and I’ll be linking that episode below for you.
Omo talked to me about overcoming shyness and stage fright, her childhood and university years in Lagos, Nigeria, and some of her mentors including Grace Bumbry and Thomas Quasthoff. I was fascinated to gain insights from her life as an opera singer, and to learn about many of the composers from Africa and the African diaspora featured on this wonderful album, including Ayo Bankole, Fred Onovwerosuoke, Ishaya Yaron, Chirstian Onyeji and Shirley Thompson .
Like all my episodes, you can watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast on all the podcast platforms, and I’ve also linked the transcript to my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/omo-bello
Episode with Rebeca Omordia: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/rebeca-omordia-african-pianism
African Art Song album: https://somm-recordings.com/recording/african-art-song/
Omo Bello website: http://www.omobello.com/about.html
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:53) African Art Song album with Rebeca Omordia
(09:12) Ayo Bankole
(10:40) Ayo Banko’s Adura fun Alafia Prayer for Peace
(14:22) Ayo Bankole
(17:00) Omo’s childhood and university years in Lagos
(32:22) Fred Onovwerosuoke, cultural context to interpret this music
(39:13) excerpt of “Ngulu” by Fred Onovwerosuoke
(40:11) the voice as instrument
(44:49) other episodes you may like, and different ways to support this series
(45:33) Grace Bumbry
(53:44) Shirley Thompson
(58:15) excerpt from Shirley Thompson’s "Psalm to Windrush”
(59:44) Omo Bello Music Foundation in Nigeria
(01:07:47) Ishaya Yarison
(01:10:26) excerpt from Ishaya Yarison’s Ku zo, mu raira waƙa
(01:11:54) Christian Onyegi, African Art Song album themes
(01:15:34) Giri Giri by Christian Onyegi
(01:17:31) percussionist Richard Olatunde Baker on the album, transmitting oral tradition of the music
(01:20:46) challenges in music education in France
(01:28:17) Thomas Quastoff, Des Knaben Wunderhorn album
(01:34:21) challenges and joys of an opera singer
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