Peter Hum and Steve Boudreau: Jazz Piano Duo
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
11/18/23
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This week’s episode is a special double episode with the jazz piano duo of Peter Hum and Steve Boudreau, who have recently released their album Nonlinear Blues. Peter and Steve performed three of their original tunes for this podcast and we’ve also included some of their other compositions from their respective discographies, and in terms of the conversation, it was a wide-ranging dialogue with interesting insights from their contrasting careers, Peter primarily as a music and food journalist, and Steve as an educator and performer across many different styles. We got into restaurant culture, how to memorize music, and the importance of encouraging creativity and individuality. At it's core, this is an episode very much about the importance of supporting and encouraging each other.
Please check out the links to their websites linked below and on my website https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/peter-hum-and-steve-boudreauwhere you will find linked the video version of this episode, the transcript, and you can sign up for my weekly podcast newsletter and get access to Sneak Peeks for upcoming guests. If you’re a jazz lover, I have featured a lot of wonderful jazz musicians and have well over 100 episodes to explore.
Below you'll also find detailed Timestamps to navigate the episode!
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Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(02:23) jazz piano duo
(10:25) intro to Irreversibly
(11:35) Irreversibly
(14:49) Steve Boudreau weekly online concerts, all of Monk’s tunes
(20:42) Peter Hum’s journalism career, Herbie Hancock
(24:52) please support the podcast
(25:28) Peter’s father, debut recording A Boys’ Journey
(29:26) Steve Boudreau learning and teaching different styles, Hindustani music
(33:14) intro to Nonlinear Blues
(35:44) Nonlinear Blues
(41:27) tips on memorizing music, jazz ensemble skills
(48:46) F8-Bit game console music
(52:57) audio clip F8-Bit band
(54:46) Peter Hum food critic, restaurant industry
(59:44) intro to Bursting the Bubble, pandemic concerts
(01:03:43) Bursting the Bubble
(01:09:27) Ordinary Heroes album Peter Hum
(01:13:54) Spare Hearts Peter Hum ensemble
(01:23:27) Steve Boudreau George Gershwin
(01:26:35) Gershwin Prelude 1 Steve Boudreau jazz trio
(01:28:44) Steve Boudreau solo albums
(01:30:50) positive habits
(01:36:18) encouraging creativity in students, ease in writing
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November 11, 2023
•61m
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Alexis Chartrand on Bandcamp: https://alexischartrandnicolasbabineau.bandcamp.com/
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Kirsten Agresta Copely: multi-style Harpist, Composer, Arranger
November 25, 2023
•76m
Welcome to Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman: This podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts, or as a video on my YouTube. This week’s episode is with the award-winning GRAMMY-nominated harpist and composer Kirsten Agresta Copely. The video and transcript are linked on my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/kirsten-agresta-copely Kirsten has had a really diverse career, starting with rigorous classical training as a young child, an illustrious career as an internationally touring solo harpist, and then a contrasting career performing with pop and rap icons such as Beyonce, JayZ, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and so many more famous artists, lots of studio work, and as a composer and arranger. In this wide-ranging conversation we talked about dealing with grief, ways of dealing with stress and anxiety, and many insights from Kirsten’s unique path through the music industry, including as an educator and mentor. Very shortly after we recorded this episode, Aquamarine was nominated for a GRAMMY award for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album. Kirsten has shared several tracks from Aquamarine and some of her other projects that are excerpted in this podcast, and if this music draws you in, please click on the link to her website: https://www.kirstencopelymusic.com/
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Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(01:57) clip from I Am Water
(03:15) the creation of Aquamarine, Kirsten’s mother
(06:41) Kirsten’s musical education
(09:32) intro to Naids
(10:12) clip from Naids
(11:06) production of Aquamarine
(13:12) Kirsten’s development as a harpist, career choices
(19:57) please support the podcast!
(20:35) the isolation of being a harpist, career advice
(24:44) clip from Aquamarine
(26:58) high school in Michigan, Star Age piano music
(29:28) clip from Threads Star Age piano music
(30:46) Nashville scene, move to Brooklyn
(34:44) Suzanne McDonald
(36:41) intro to Into the Mist
(37:50) Into the Mist
(41:46) dealing with stress, movivation for creating New Age music, Kirsten’s mother’s death
(46:30) Tanzania trip witnessing the Great Migration
(48:27) the Sphere Las Vegas
(52:16) performing with Beyoncé for President Obama
(54:12) Live 8, playing pop arrangements
(57:47)how a pedal harp works
(01:04:01) different aspects to Kirsten’s career: soloist, different albums, arrangements
(01:06:40) clip from Kirsten’s arrangement of Radiohead’s Creep
(01:08:10) arranging for harp
(01:10:00) mentoring younger musicians, career advice
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