Explanation about the Kyte Channel Movies

Hi everyone,

I would like to explane how this Kyte Channel works.

You can watch ALL the movies I have made on this channel. The one shown on the screen, is the last updated.

But if you click in the tiny ‘LEFT’ button on the control panel, you can scroll through all the movies in here.

If you click on the little ‘camera’ on the screen, you arrive at the PLAY, and STOP buttons.

You can leave a comment (please do!), by joining the LIVE CHAT.

Have fun watching, I had fun making them!

Interview Ari Hoenig, NY drummer

I mailed New York drummer Ari Hoenig and asked him to do an interview with him for my weblog. “Sure”, Ari responded, “you can meet me at Smalls tonight or any other Monday night before the 30th. 10th st and 7th ave”. Wow, I thought, this is a guy who plays with one of my all time favorite pianists, Mr. Kenny Werner. And he invites me to come over to one of he most well known venues in New York. “Ok”, I thought, “this is cool.”

So, there I went, monday Sept 17th, walking from Marion’s Marquee Lounge, where I just saw the concert of Tony Scherr, on Bowery, from 3 avenue, passing Washington Square Park, Broadway, 6th avenue, passing the 55 bar, also a famous NY venue, to Smalls. It was a lovely september night, still warm at the time, and I was enjoying the special energy of the Big Apple and it surprised me that it’s just a 30 minute walk from East of Manhattan to the West.

When I arrived at Smalls, I saw Ari playing together with pianist Jean-Michel Pilc and bassplayer Johannes Weidenmueller and to my surprise, the Van Gelder Brothers, Ben en Gideon, were in the audience. I think they were improvising on Giant Steps I recall, and Jean-Michel Pilc doing amazing stuff with it. I found out that Gideon van Gelder currently is taking lessons from both Jean-Michel Pilc and Ari Hoenig, at the New School. When I spoke to Ari about the interview, we decided to do it on Friday, because it was already getting late and the jamsession was about to begin. So we had a date for next Friday, where Ari Hoenig would play with a guitar trio at Park Luncheonette in Brooklyn. And, because I never had been in Brooklyn, this was a great opportunity to visit it and I was curious, because I heard a lot of positive stories about it, how the vibe of Brooklyn would be.

So this interview was held just outside restaurant Park Luncheonette, some environmental sounds (noise) can be heard. Also, I have a ’sidekick’ in Freek Halsema, who also asks some questions. Mr. Hoenig adressed the fact that he rarely plays in venues like this, most of his concerts are held in well known jazzclubs and concert halls around the world.

To introduce Ari Hoenig, here are some names he has played with: Jean Michel Pilc Trio, Kenny Werner Trio, Chris Potter Underground, Kurt Rosenwinkel Group and bands led by Mike Stern, Richard Bona, Pat Martino. He also shared the stage with artists as Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Toots Thielemans, Pat Metheny and Gerry Mulligan.

YOU CAN WATCH ALL MOVIES BY CLICKING THE ‘LEFT’ BUTTON ON THE SCREEN. BY CLICKING< YOU CAN SCROLL TO A PARTICULAR MOVIE YOU LIKE.

Interview Meilana, NY Saxophonist (Part II)

Here’s part II of the nice interview I had with Meilana. I wanna thank her for being so open, it has given me a good insight of her life as a jazz musician in NY. And some quotes are really inspiring.

(from MySpace) Meilana McLean Gillard is an exciting, young tenor saxophonist and composer residing in Brooklyn, New york. She enjoys creating music that is not held captive by any particular genre or label and takes full advantage of NYC’s vast artistic culture. Most-recently, you can find Meilana performing at various New York city venues like Minton’s Playhouse and Sweet Rhythm with such artists as Charli Persip and Tyshawn Sorey. Meilana recently recorded with Joan Osborne and Greg Osby. Gillard leads her own groups “Quintet Nouveau” and “Heartland” and co-leads “Symmetry” with Mingus Big Band Baritone Saxophonist, Lauren Sevian. Look soon for a nonet led by Gillard. Meilana has been a member of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra since 2001. She has performed with artists such as: Lou Rawls, Rene Marie, Johny Mathis, Mary Wilson, Debbie Reynolds, Toni Tennile, Benny Rietveld, Jeff “Tain” Watts and Gary Bartz. Gillard was born in London, UK in 1981. She relocated to the miniscule village of Ridgeway, Ohio at a very young age where she began to study music at age 7 and saxophone at age 11. Through her teens she won several awards for her efforts as a jazz soloist. Gillard studied for 2 years at Ohio State University under “Beatles” saxophonist, Gene Walker where she became developed an obsession for composition and arranging. She abandoned her small-town life in pursuit of knowledge and the desire to play with musicians of the highest calibur. Meilana moved to New York City in 2003 and began study at the New School University Jazz Program(class of 2005) where she studied privately with Seamus Blake, George Garzone, Tim Price and Dave Glasser.

YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE OTHER INTERVIEWS BY CLICKING THE ‘LEFT’ BUTTON, YOU CAN SCROLL TO A PARTICULAR INTERVIEW YOU LIKE.

NOW BROADCASTING INTERVIEWS WITH DRUMMER MARK GUILIANA (PART I,II,III) AND SAXOPHONIST MEILANA (PART I,II).