Spotlight Welcome to Tales from the Jazz Side first spotlight addition! This new segment features young musicians as they start their musical journey, creating their own stories to be passed on. Tales will be coming from singer-songwriter, Julia Blenzig. I met Julia about 3 months after she was born. She is the daughter of pianist, composer, arranger, Charles Blenzig. Since Charles and I have been on the road together touring with Michael Franks for over 20  years, I’ve had the pleasure to get to know Charles’ family through dinners, rehearsals, events and celebrations. Watching his children as they grew from infants to...

All good things come to those who wait. And wait I did until finally everything lined up and voilà, I now present to you the interview with my road buddy, my friend, Charles Blenzig. You ask, how come that was so hard to do, don’t you guys tour together? The answer is yes we do, for over 21 years to be exact. Timing is everything and that seems to be the case with Charles and me. It was just the right time when we met, it was just the right amount of time for our friendship to develop, and so...

Guest Charles Blenzig is a pianist, composer, arranger, and percussionist who slips effortlessly among musical styles, retaining his own

Guest Jennifer Vincent, bassist and cellist, has been an active force on the music scene in New York City for well over a decade.

If you’ve ever wondered who is that amazing bass player on American Lullaby, Standard Delivery, Awake and Travis Shook plays Kurt Weill, it is none other than Jennifer Vincent. As with most of my guests so far on this show, we too go back a ways.

Guest Blues Harmonica player David A. Barnes has been mainly associated with guitar legends, Vernon Reid and James ‘Blood’ Ulmer.