March 13, 2014
Mark Dresser, a singular double bassist and composer, joins the ANFTD team to talk about his many projects.
February 20, 2014
Invertabrate Zoologist, Apurva Narechania joins Dave and Michael to play science related music and talk about some really smart stuff: emergence properties, dinosaurs, DNA as mass storage, exoplanets and the possibility of life on other planets.
December 16, 2013
Part 2 of Dave Douglas' sit down with John Zorn recorded on September 12th, 2013 at WNYU Studios.
November 21, 2013
Dave sits down with John Zorn for a conversation at the WNYU studios.
October 25, 2013
Miguel Zenon and Dave Douglas talk about Miguel's music including his latest self-released album "Oye!!! Live In Puerto Rico," as well as his recent travels.
September 12, 2013
The ANFTD team welcomes trumpeter/composer and former Dave Douglas teacher John McNeil for a trumpet geekfest.
August 22, 2013
Saxophonist and composer John O'Gallagher joins the ANFTD team to discuss his Anton Webern Project, and a new book he authored on Twelve-Tone Improvisation.
August 1, 2013
Artist Steve Bryam joins Dave and Michael for a talk about his process and his works including album art for Tim Berne's Screwgun Records, the Beastie Boys, Slayer, Dave Douglas, and many more. Also included is a brief Paul Motian tribute with audio from Dave's latest release "Time Travel" and another entry in the future inventions series.
April 22, 2013
Dave & Michael talk with bassist Dezron Douglas about his music and the Hartford jazz scene. And Dave answers a letter from one of our listeners.
April 3, 2013
Michael and Dave talk to composer and pianist Matt Mitchell about his etudes, about Ches Smith, about his work with Tim Berne, and about playing on Dave's most recent records. We talk about Herb Robertson and listen to some of Tim Berne's earlier work. Dave gets nerdy about firewood, Michael gets nerdy about practicing scales. All in a day's podcast.
March 19, 2013
A talk with Henry Threadgill about composition and touring; Interesting concert venues; and, The Lagond School of Music.
November 20, 2012
The Many Voices of Trumpeter and Composer Dave Douglas
August 1, 2011
Two conversations between Dave Douglas and Curtis Macdonald on composing, playing, and technology.
January 12, 2010
May 14, 2009
November 14, 2008
September 7, 2007
With so much noise in the air about what jazz music and musicians are becoming, there remains the crucial question: How do you teach/learn improvised music?
April 10, 2006
This last summer I was given the opportunity to design and implement a music theory curriculum for a new, forward-thinking summer music institute in Los Angeles that some friends of mine had started the previous year.