Stephen Rathe

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  • Username: steverathe
  • independent producer
  • Role: Producer Group Staff

Recent Pieces from Stephen Rathe

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JazzStories: Jonathan Batiste (17:44)
From: Murray Street Productions

"I felt like I had to do more in order for people to think of what they would think of another musician—about the level of intellect or artistry of what I was doing…A big ...
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JazzStories: Fred Hersch (13:44)
From: Murray Street Productions

"Sometimes I hear jazz and it sounds like hip cats playing for other hip cats to dig instead of taking more of a chance by trying to relate to the larger world by using ...
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JazzStories: Rudresh Mahanthappa (11:32)
From: Murray Street Productions

"And he said we’ll I don’t want to play any of those 7s or 11s or 13s or 22s. I don’t want to play any of that stuff that you’re writing. He said because even if I work on it ...
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JazzStories: Gary Burton and Julian Lage (16:42)
From: Murray Street Productions

"There’s an interesting thing that happens. You prepare a piece. You rehearse it. It sounds perfect...And you go out and play it on the first night and immediately you hear ...
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JazzStories: Bill Frisell (13:41)
From: Murray Street Productions

"I had moved to New York and spent a couple of years here scuffling around. I was getting a little discouraged, playing a lot of weddings. It wasn't exactly what I had in ...
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JazzStories: Vijay Iyer (12:02)
From: Murray Street Productions

"I kind of had a revelation once seeing him [Randy Weston] play live. It happened for me in a particular time in my life when I recently made the decision to be an artist. ...
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JazzStories: Jazz and the Cold War (13:26)
From: Murray Street Productions

"Up until the late 80's, it was not officially forbidden, but you were always like marked: 'Ah, he's interested in jazz. He's with Western culture. He's potentially enemy of ...
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JazzStories: Sweet Honey In The Rock (12:33)
From: Murray Street Productions

“Their music affects your consciousness, it changes your DNA if you really, really let it settle into your soul; Odetta’s voice, Miriam’s energy and a culture, Nina Simone’s ...
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JazzStories: Joe Zawinul (12:59)
From: Murray Street Productions

"I was brought up in small farm of my grandfather, and in the city. And My father was…working class. My father was working, my mother was working. I was on the streets all ...
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JazzStories: Nat Hentoff (09:31)
From: Murray Street Productions

Since the 1960s, writer and producer Nat Hentoff has confronted the question "Is jazz black music.' He discusses the issue in a 2008 conversation with Dr. Lewis Porter and ...