The Crossover Cellist

Candidate for CA Assembly District 20, Jennifer Esteen, talks about winning fights against the establishment, not being a corporate candidate, The CA Green New Deal,  police reform, and more!

Join Jennifer at https://www.jenniferesteen.com

CTO of Groupmuse, Kyle Schmolze, talks about adapting to the pandemic and the POST-pandemic. For the uninitiated, Groupmuse is a platform that facilitates private chamber music concerts. They recently shifted their guidelines from requiring all programs have at least 50% classical rep to 50% historical rep.

Groupmuse.com

Nov. 7 Groupmuse with Jazz Mafia Strings

Kyleschmolze.com

Lewispatzner.com

Janani Ramachandran is running for CA state assembly for district 18, which represents Oakland. We talk about housing, criminal justice reform, environmental concerns, and her history as a performing artist. The election is August 31st. Also, the podcast gets a theme song!

https://jananiforca.com

Founder of the Greek Chamber Music Project, Ellie Ganelin, talks about "Talos Dreams," a piece she commissioned during the pandemic. We also get on some heavy tangents about politics.

Album info: http://www.greekchambermusic.com/synchronos-new-greek-voices/

Link to register for the Zoom concert and CD release on May 16: TalosDreams.com

Andrew Yang and Larry Lessig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3oTqBWrj0s

Part 2 of our Star Trek spectacular! Talking more in depth about music within episodes. 

With Corey Mike of the Town Quartet and Star Trek expert, Misha Madison.

Sorry I know the audio is shotty! I did my best in post...

Corey Mike from the Town Quartet and Star Trek expert, Misha Madison, join me to talk about the music of Star Trek. We talk about the themes of the shows and the scores of the movies, and we touch on how classical music is used in episodes. Then we run out of time so this is just part 1. In part 2, we continue the conversation!

Lilan Kane and I celebrate the release of the the new Shadows E.P. with Cosa Nostra Strings! We also talk about her teaching at the California Jazz Conservatory, recording remotely, and we break a podcast rule and pitch music video ideas to each other. You lucky listeners get to hear 4 of Lilan's tracks:

17:04 Without You (feat. Cosa Nostra Strings)
27:32 Separate Lives
32:58 Bring it Back
41:11 Love, Myself

https://www.lilankane.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nhMAry4ZabG1t7YOwxSAB
Jazz Mafia Tuesday's with Lilan and Cosa Nostra Strings 

Brian Adam Mccune discusses the art of orchestrating and  his remix of my track "Autopsy" from the new Cosa Nostra Strings "Remixed" album. We also get to hear a few tracks that he either wrote or orchestrated, which we discuss:

12:08 - All in a Golden Afternoon from the Alice in Wonderland Bibliosymphony.
24:16 - Awesöme Orchestra feat. Casey Crescenzo - UnderCover Presents- A Tribute to Green Day's Dookie - 12 Emenius Sleepus.
48:35 - Trinity - III. Agility - for saxophone quartet.
1:2:49 - Though I Try, from Petty Troubles by Matt Montgomery.
1:10:27 - There's a Disconnect from Within.
1:35:19 - Autopsy Remix.

https://www.brianadammccune.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4FqBuAXiJGs4mW13zqris8
https://www.patreon.com/bibliosymphony/posts

The illustrious Laura Weinbach joins me to talk about the new Laura and Anton song, "Castles in the air," her band, Foxtails Brigade, and we go deep on some of her carpentry knowledge. We also talk about her podcast, "Totally Tell Me," and her newly found love of teaching (maybe you need guitar or vocal lessons?). At the end we talk a little tv, like TNG, GOT, and Lost, and then we listen to a rare Foxtails Brigade song, "On the Other Side."

13:31 Castles in the Air (Laura & Anton)
57:02 On the Other Side (Foxtails Brigade)

Foxtails Brigade: https://www.foxtailsbrigade.com
Laura & Anton: https://lauraandantonmusic.com
Foxtails Brigade Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/foxtailsbrigade
Foxtails Brigade (Laura) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foxtailsbrigade/?hl=en
Laura and Anton Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraandanton/?hl=en
Foxtails Brigade and Laura and Anton Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxtailsBrigade
Totally Tell Me (Laura's podcast) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5RiHaWEb_t6GubWMLP1Pzg
Totally Tell Me Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/totally-tell-me/id1212032572

Adam Theis of Jazz Mafia fame talks about producing music, putting out albums, and helping Petaluma's Phoenix Theater make their skate ramps. Specifically, we talk about the brand new Cosa Nostra Strings album, the politically themed Say Something, Do Something album, the Cosa Nostra Strings remix project, and the Cosa Nostra Strings "Shadows" E.P. Featuring Lilan Kane. We hear 4 tracks: 

25:55 Kill em with Kindness 
44:44 The Clown (Achilles Heel remix) 
55:04 The Oath (Omertà Reimagined) 
1:08:38 Shadows 

Cosa Nostra Strings's self titled album: https://jazzmafia.bandcamp.com/album/cosa-nostra-strings 
Jazz Mafia https://www.jazzmafia.com 
Jazz Mafia Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jazzmafia 
The Clown Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HV9xFS6A1g 
https://www.lewispatzner.com