Hosted by Noah Preminger, this episode of the Jazz Language podcast features a conversation with bassist Rufus Reid and pianist Randy Ingram.

Reid, who taught himself the bass as an Air Force musician before stints in Japan and Chicago, spent nearly five years touring with Dexter Gordon and has performed alongside Thad Jones, Elvin Jones, and J.J. Johnson. Ingram, raised in Laguna Beach and mentored by drummer Joe La Barbera, releases his new trio album Sound Within on July 10 on Chill Tone Records, featuring Reid and La Barbera and inspired by the music of Bill Evans.

In this episode, Noah, Rufus, and Randy discuss seeing John Coltrane and Louis Armstrong live, the week Reid played with Bill Evans and Philly Joe Jones, life on the road with Dexter Gordon, the lost ritual of listening to records together, what makes a great bandleader, the mentorship of Billy Higgins and the late Frank Kimbrough, the making of Sound Within, and sustaining passion for the music across a lifetime.

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Noah Preminger - Host

Rufus Reid & Randy Ingram - Special Guest

Coyle Girelli - Executive Producer

Andrew Horowitz - Executive Producer

Chris Leon - Executive Producer

Erica Ramon - Producer

Eric Elterman - Producer

Livia Blanc - Director

Matt Heymann - Director of Photography

Michael Bartolomeo - Video Editor

Jacob Derwin - Audio Engineer

Eric Elterman - Mixing Engineer

Linds Cadwell - Assistant Engineer, DIT

Lauren Cohen - Production Assistant

Jazz Language Episode Seven is brought to you by Chill Tone Records and recorded at Audio Technica House in SoHo NY

Thank you to Audio-Technica for access to AT-One Studio at Technica House NYC.

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Theme song composed by Noah Preminger

Played by:

Noah Preminger - Saxophone

Christian Li - Piano

Martin Nevin - Bass

Roberto Giaquinto - Drums and Percussion