The Reema Datta Interview
Radiant healer steeped in wisdom and cosmic consciousness talks about her fortunes in life and how she considers everyone a teacher.

Radiant healer steeped in wisdom and cosmic consciousness talks about her fortunes in life and how she considers everyone a teacher.
Cosmic drummer and artist talks about being a team player in the modern music era to stay in the game and thrive as a human.
Indelible Tulsa drummer talks about his early musical influences and the evolution of the band Teegarden and Van Winkle.
Stellar pianist and band leader talks about finding his own individual sound as a jazzer on the bandstand.
Aphrodisiacs By Stanley Clarke "When I got into Scientology I was very close to becoming a serious drug addict. I could always get a jump on things when things were going a little to the left. Since I was very young I was always someone who would pull the plug on something before it went over the line. I was not at a good place. I was not feeling good physically and I was too young not to be feeling good physically. I recognized that so when I got into the rehab program my drug thing got handled...
Brilliant and ethereal pianist talks about her psychic and telepathic abilities on the bandstand.
Explosive and highly inventive guitarist talks about his philosophies as they relate to playing improvisational music and what he learned from gigging with cats like Alan Dawson and Miles Davis
All around badass producer and guitarist from Texas talks about living the musical dream.
Saxophonist talks about his journey towards musical salvation with his peers and as a teacher.
Resilient and boundless musicians talks about his days as a hang gliding instructor and his musical bond with Little Steven Van Zandt.
Discussion revolving around songwriting, meeting Cass Elliott and the ebbs and flows on and off the bandstand.
Musical director of the Saturday Night Live house band and original Blues Brother talks about his musical upbringings in South Carolina and his constant pursuit of greatness in composition, arranging and playing.
Unheralded musician talks about the long and winding road of his melodic existence, trusting in the pull of the universe and his relationships with equally cosmic cats on and off the bandstand.
Good Leaders are hard to find these days in Public Life. Transcendent figures like Pope Francis make you again realize in the power of the spirit and love. My guest is a transcendent leader in the world of music. He has had a positive impact on so many lives. Recycling Reusing being resourceful in the face of adversity. Most importantly making bread for his family and breaking bread with his bandmates at Jazz Alley. My guest was the leader of the band Tower of Power. He led a frontline horn sect...
"Saved My Life" By Carmine Appice "I played a few burlesque houses but our manager was connected to the Mafia. Those guys you see in the movie Goodfellas, we used to know Henry Hill. We used to know Paulie (The Don). They all used to go to my managers club. In the movie the club that was burned down was my managers club, "The Action House." They burned it down to collect insurance and then rebuilt it. It just so happens my managers club had a fire there. Music probably saved my life. A lot of my...
Multi-dimensional guitarist talks about the different musical worlds he dwells and thrives in.
Print journalist originally from Kansas talks about her own career and how the newspaper industry has changed over the last half century.
Show Tunes by Steve Kimock When I arrived in California, there were people around who made comparisons between my playing and Jerry’s playing. I just wasn’t that familiar with his playing. I was doing my best to sound somewhere in between Roy Buchanan and Steve Howe. I didn’t relate to “the Garcia thing” as an influence until much later, when I realized how much influence in certain areas we shared. That’s when I said, “I get it: that’s what you’re hearing.” I had friends who were into the G...
Legendary trumpeter who made his name in the Chicago studios talks about his development as a player and his close personal and professional relationship with Tony Bennett.
Continued conversation about the art of rhythm in different musical contexts..........
Drummer talks about finding another J.C. - John Coltrane - and how fate that led him to Max Roach and Archie Shepp.
Spiritual jazz master talks about accessing his multi-dimensional self on the bandstand and learning under cats like Lonnie Smith and Jack McDuff.
Beyond genre musician and songwriter talks about this that and the other with cumulative results.
Beginning again with the brilliant keyboardist
Brilliant pianist talks about becoming band leader and harnessing his own individual sound.
Dynamic singer talks about making iconic albums and being on the doorstep of worldwide fame.
Former director of the Albert Hofmann Foundation talks about how LSD is linked to the origins of man's religion and how he found his purpose in life through psychedelic experiences.
Tulsa drummer talks about his will to swing a band growing up under the tutelage of his father David. I plan to stay a believer...
Bandleader and multi-instrumentalist talks about her deep family musical lineage and the way she finds peace and satisfaction playing music with cats she locks in with immediately. Another Midnight Ramble..
Decorated singer from a long lineage of musicians and songwriters talks about how she has found her own voice on the bandstand.