Big Noise...From Planet Earth
Jazz and Broadway drummer Rich Rosenzweig combines in-depth interviews with the some of the best freelance musicians in New York City and across the country, and pairs the discussion with his special challenge: each guest must lay down their own improvised tracks over previously recorded drum vignettes created by Rich. No other rules, no boundaries- the sky’s the limit. What follows is a fascinating compare-and-contrast of creative minds. That, along with some illuminating and at times hysterical discussion of the lives and careers of some of the best guns-for-hire in the professional world of music. Season One: Bassists/Duets Season Two: NEW!-Various Instrumentalists/Trios
- Update frequency
- every 40 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
Trumpeter Ron Horton 2.27.23
“A whole bag o' mutes...”
Trumpeter Ron Horton and I go back 43 years- when we were fresh out of college, dipping our toes into the world of adulthood, and living the bohemian life in funky Washington…
Guitarist Pete McCann- 12.23.21
Paying for it on the other side…
I couldn’t have picked a better way to launch Season Two into its next atmospheric level, than to invite world-class guitarist Pete McCann as my first guest. After a f…
Bassist John Beal- 6.24.21
What /Who becomes a bass legend most?
How to finish Season One on an ultimate “low” note? It was several of my guests who chimed in- “Ya gotta interview John. He’s a New York legend, has great stories…
Bassist John Hébert- 6.5.21
Just turn on, press record, and play.
At about the halfway point in our interview, John casually mentions that he just received word that a record he’s on, “The ReMission”, led by pianist Andy Milne …
Bassist Lyles West- 5.25.21
“Improvisation’s a mysterious thing, man.”
In this episode I connect with an old friend- the incredible bassist/composer Lyles West, a luminary of the Dallas jazz scene for 3 decades. Lyles discusses …
Bassist Darren Solomon- 5.16.21
I don’t need no stinkin’ bass…
In the late 90s I toured with jazz harp guru, Park Stickney, and the bassist was the phenomenally talented Darren Solomon. Darren, who a decade earlier had a running sta…
Bassist George Farmer- 2.26.21
Covid is a mother of invention…
George was more than three years into the run of his fifth Broadway hit, “Ain’t Too Proud…The Life And Times Of The Temptations”, when the pandemic hit. It seemed to ta…
Bassist Pete Donovan- 1.29.21
Disclaimer: I’ve hung out with this guy…
Even if he wasn’t a close friend whom I’d played jazz gigs, concerts, and Broadway with, even if he wasn’t generously helping to edit this podcast because he’s…
Bassist Bill Moring- 1.13.21
“Ride the storm, baby…”
As soon as I decided to do this project and begin by featuring bassists, I knew I’d want to r…
Bassist Mike Valerio- 9.28.20
Throwing down some funky bass for a galaxy far, far away...
Mike moves across the country to eventually hit it big on the L.A. film, TV, jazz, and musical theater scene. As a first-call studio bass s…
Bassist Lou Bruno- 9.9.20
An “Out Of The Past” jazz Homecoming, 50 years in the making...
Lou discusses his “film noir reunion” with his 1963 Bridgeport, Connecticut high school jazz trio, and also his journey from the Buffal…
Bassist Mary Ann McSweeney- 8.31.20
Escaping out her bedroom window to play jazz with the adults...
Mary Ann came a long way from her buttoned-down childhood in Santa Cruz, breaking out as a teen asked to sit in with dozens of major ja…