The Jake Feinberg Show

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jake-feinberg/subscribe On The Jake Feinberg Show (radio) and in Facebook Lives, Jake Feinberg has now conducted over 2,000 interviews with “The Cats”—popular musicians across the spectrum from rock to jazz, R&B to folk, pop to country, bluegrass to fusion. Jake’s unique interviewing style puts musicians at their ease and inspires them to reflect candidly on topics familiar or unexpected. The Cats tell little stories, muse about life, uncover aspects of the music business, dig deep into overcoming adversity, revel in camaraderie, and open their souls. You will never see musicians in the same light again....

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The Harvey Mason Interview

When I began to interview my heroes in jazz I started my search in the time period I loved most, the early 1970s. The guys I have pursued; Martino, Ndugu, Upchurch and Maupin are individuals who were already established but hit their groove in the early seventies. They had their role models, Lloyd Price, Hampton Hawes, Eric Gale and Horace Silver but mat this point there was a clear passing of the torch. It was time for a youth movement. And this youth movement coincided with a cross current of ...

Aug 29, 2020•54 min

The Russ Kunkel Interview

Magical drummer talks about his musical upbringing, playing himself, and how adversity has made him stronger and more resilient.

Aug 29, 2020•56 min

The Cyril Neville Interview

Part of the Neville Brothers Cyril talks about growing up in the pressure cooker of New Orleans, his time spent with brother Aaron at Catch A Rising Star and the rhythm of the drum.

Aug 29, 2020•1 hr 59 min

The Jim Keltner Interview

This program has been dedicated to the unsung. Those who lie below the surface waiting for the phone to ring and the calendar to fill up. It's these unsung folks that made careers for the pop stars that most people are familiar with. It's a quarter past 10 and my guest is disassembling his kit for the 4th time that day. He had a commercial in the morning, a game show in the afternoon, a bluegrass record date and then playing jazz for free in Larry Gales coffee house with the Afro Blues Quintet.....

Aug 28, 2020•57 min

The Michael Gregory Jackson Interview

Brilliant inventive guitarist talks about expanding his sonic pallet and collaborating with the late great Walter Becker

Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 23 min

The Camille Waldorf Set II

A further discussion about creating in the moment authentic song and dance, being hunted as a model and learning to love herself and trust in authentic musical collaboration.

Aug 28, 2020•58 min

The Matthew Kelly Interview

Along the way on this bus to never never land The spirits have helped bring me closer to my native seed. The ability at @ 32 years old to begin to harness my passion for music with my broadcasting prowess. This is not to say that the journey has not been winding, laborious and full of lessons. Still, there are moments when you realize what your doing is painting a picture of Americana. Mexico is the country south of the United States. And it's in the biggest of cities, Mexico, that my guest star...

Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 27 min

The Danny Seraphine Interview

Jazz/Rock drummer talks about fusing jazz aesthetics into the prog rock band Chicago. Deeply ensconced and always paying homage to his jazz mentors

Aug 28, 2020•58 min

The Bill Frisell Interview

Sound seeking guitar player talks about trying to be himself on the bandstand while creating spiritual music and collaborating with like minded cats

Aug 28, 2020•28 min

The Helen Anahita Wilson Interview

Gifted pianist talks about her formative trips to India discovering transcendental meditation and south Indian classical music.

Aug 28, 2020•1 hr

The Charles Neville Interview

One of the Neville brothers, Charles was the tenor man and unique spirit who played the chitlin circuit and RnB before going to New York and playing spiritual jazz. Amazing cat and sorely missed

Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 18 min

The Khalif Neville Interview

Sublime pianist and singer talks about learning on the bandstand and jamming on shuffles with his dad Charles Neville....

Aug 28, 2020•40 min

The Karl Rucker Interview

Groove master talks about his life in a musical world....

Aug 27, 2020•33 min

The Paul Jackson Interview

Heroic double bass player and funk pilot discusses time displacement, his musical relationship with Herbie Hancock and the Buddha nature of living in Japan

Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 31 min

The Alan Evans Interview

Gifted drummer talks about his life on and off the bandstand....

Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 10 min

The Neal Casal Interview Set II

Singer songwriter talks about how Chris Robinson has saved him a couple of times in his career. A sorely missed soul brother gone to soon. RIP....

Aug 26, 2020•57 min

The Zakir Hussain Interview

What's happening in today's world is that everything is happening so quickly that the minute a good idea comes along it doesn't have a chance to drop root because we have already moved on to the next idea and then another idea and then another idea You find people clamoring to sink into one and before they are really able to experience it and understand it and enjoy it they are thrown into another little pond. So I can see people narrowing their viewpoint. They are saying, "hey let me get used t...

Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 4 min

The Paul Hornsby Interview

Legendary Capricorn Studios session player and producer talks about his life on and off the bandstand.

Aug 26, 2020•59 min

The Neal Casal Interview

Iconic singer songwriter and bandleader talks about living in a freezing barn in order to play music, the conception of CATS and his love of Mel Brown. (RIP)

Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 7 min

The Marni Sclaroff Interview Set II

Pegasus archetype talks about the being humbled, slowing down when connecting to source and being a shining light for her people.

Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 18 min

The Wil Blades Interview

Versatile organist/pianist speaks of making authentic music with his peers and elders in the age of digitization.

Aug 25, 2020•49 min

The Chris Gunst Interview

Singer songwriter talks about his organic musical conception and how that evolved into authentic musical relationships and the band known as Beachwood Sparks.

Aug 25, 2020•1 hr 23 min

The Eddie Palmieri Interview

Legendary pianist talks about playing the prison circuits, the evils of racism and his love of music.

Aug 25, 2020•30 min

The Reggie Workman Interview

Iconic string bass player talks about learning to keep time with Elvin and living a musical life.

Aug 24, 2020•48 min

The Bobby McFerrin Interview

My guest today relentlessly pursues individual sound. He knows the spirit inside him sings from an island shore in the middle of the world, a cotton field in New Madrid Missouri or at Smalls Paradise in Harlem where Jimmy Smith would groove that organ like a wailer. My guest today is a conductor of major symphony orchestras in the US and Canada so he has roots in the classical idiom but when performing he likes to swing the band like Tony Williams except unlike polyrhythms my guest uses his voic...

Aug 24, 2020•18 min

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