HeyJaredThe Jim Motavalli Interview Podcast
Jim Motavalli of WPKN features interviews new and archival - artists, movers, shakers, and more.
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Dr. Denny Zeitlin: Adventurous Dual-Career Jazz Man (opens the original)
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Denny Zeitlin is a highly regarded jazz pianist--signed by John Hammond, and Thelonious Monk sang his praises in a Blindfold Test--who is also a clinical professor psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. In this wide-ranging interview, he talks about his dual roles, going back to the 1960s. Zeitlin is a pioneer in electro-acoustic music, and wrote the music for the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers . He might have done more movies, but his schedule was too busy.
Nat Reeves: New England Bass Man (opens the original)
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Hartford, Connecticut-based bassist Nat Reeves is best known for backing legends such as saxophonists Jackie McLean, Kenny Garrett, Benny Golson and Pharoah Sanders, but he's also been (with McLean as his mentor) a longtime professor of jazz studies at the University of Hartford's Hartt School, His own recordings are State of Emergency, Blue Ridge and Now In Time . Reeves has worked and recorded with saxophonists, George Coleman and Eric Alexander, trumpeters Eddie Henderson and Roy Hargrove, tr
Tu Le Explains the Hugely Ascendant Chinese Auto Industry (opens the original)
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Tu Le of Sino Auto Insights lived in China from 2009 to 2022, and is one of the more insightful voices analyzing the car industry there from an American perspective. It's a view we don't get because Chinese cars are invisible in the U.S. (though all around us in Canada and Mexico). China sells more cars than the U.S. and the European Union combined.
Talking Dealer Scams with Ray Shefska of CarEdge, a 40-Year Industry Veteran (opens the original)
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Automotive analyst Ray Shefska of CarEdge spent decades at dealerships learning the tricks of the trade, and here he reveals some of the nastier ones--such as bogus destination fees and fake certification charges. He also explains why there aren't any $20,000 cars--it's not just inflation, but manufacturer greed. They want us to buy the top models with all the bells and whistles.
Neyla Pekarek, Ex-Lumineers, Talks About Her New Musical, Queen of Magic (opens the original)
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Neyla Pekarek was a Lumineer for eight years as cellist and vocalist of the folk-rock group, but says her roots are in theater, and she's glad to be back in that world with a new musical (her second) called The Queen of Magic . It's about the celebrated 19th century magician Adelaide Hermann, a contemporary of Harry Houdini who helped reshape the magic world. An EP of songs from the musical has been released.
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