Stephen Rathe
- Username: steverathe
- independent producer
- Role: Producer Group Staff
Recent Pieces from Stephen Rathe
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
