Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Fun Over the Airwaves

I'm just returning from a radio interview I had for WLIU 88.3 FM out of Southampton, NY. It's the first radio interview I've done since this past August and it was sure fun! No doubt because of the liveliness of the hostess, Bonnie Grice, and the quick wit of the other guest...a good friend of mine and a true patron of jazz, Steve Bard.

I haven't spoken to either of them in nearly 2 years, but you would never know that from listening to the interview, which lasted for about 20 minutes and featured a couple of tracks from my CD Front and Center.
It was great to have a chance to crack a couple of jokes and talk about jazz with a couple of first class people who really care about the music.

The interview was scheduled by the organizers of an event I'm performing in called Long Island Winterfest. It's a great event because the people that come are true jazz fans and it helps out both us artists and the vineyards that the event is held in.

Anyway, the interview went very well and the 3 of us shared great chemistry. It certainly helped to put a better light on my day since I am now going on 36 hours with no sleep! I just could not sleep last night and I barely got 2 hours the night before...I'm exhausted! In fact, I think I'll be hitting the sack now and saving my practice time for when I'm a little more coherent.