This is the first episode of the podcast Blue Voodoo. I am interviewing Sebastian Noelle at The Copenhagen Jazz Festival, July 14, 2018. He was performing several shows as both front man and side man at the festival. Sebastian Noelle is a German guitar player who lives in New York and has been part of the city´s muti-facated creative music scene since 2002. He released his latest album named Shelter in 2016. You will hear the two songs Rolling With The Punches and Ahir Bhairav, and hear Sebastian talks about his influences, approaches to music, and the writing process. At the end of the interview he mentions some records that have been of great influence to him. These are the ones: The Beatles - White Album Allan Holdsworth - Wardenclyffe Tower Ben Monder - Excavation Lage Lund Trio – Small Club - Big City Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life Adam Rogers – Art Of The Invisible Matt Mitchell – Vista Accumulation Sebastian Noelle also mentions some inpirational musicians of the New York scene: Steve Coleman Steve Coleman Miles Okazaki Miles Okazaki Dan Weiss Dan Weiss Vijay Iyer Vijay Iyer Loren Stillman Loren Stillman Deerhoof Deerhoof Steve Cardenas Steve Cardenas To buy Sebasitian Noelle´s records or to find out where he performs and other information go to: http://www.sebastiannoelle.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/sebnoelle Sebastian Noelle´s album Shelter, on Spotify: Shelter Don´t forget to subscribe to the show!