J&D Exclusive Artist Interviews

Musician interviews are the foundation of J&D materials and pedagogy. J&D students hear directly from the nearly 40 artists pictured below, learning about craft, approach, and their thoughts on the jazz-as-democracy metaphor. Insights from these established and emerging masters brings both musical and non-musical students alike inside the jazz aesthetic, providing a springboard to begin thinking about what the jazz process can teach us about a democratic process.

Lakecia

Benjamin

Terence

Blanchard

Michel

Camilo

Terri Lyne

Carrington

Marc

Cary

Sarah

Elizabeth Charles

Gerald

Clayton

Rachelle

Ferrell

Tia

Fuller

Terreon

Gully

Stefon

Harris

Lalah

Hathaway

Horacio “El Negro”

Hernandez

Grace

Kelly

Billy

Kilson

Mark

Levine

Alexis

Lombre

Christian

McBride

Myra

Melford

Marcus

Miller

Meshell

Ndegeocello

Hailey

Niswanger

Dafnis

Prieto

Joshua

Redman

Anton

Schwartz

Kendrick

Scott

Marcus

Shelby

Wayne

Shorter

Ben

Sidran

Walter

Smith III

Aneesa

Strings

Helen

Sung

Jacky

Terrasson

Camille

Thurman

Jeff ‘Tain’

Watts

Ben

Williams

Warren

Wolf

Brandee

Younger

Miguel

Zenón