Jeremiah Cymerman

Justin Frye

Citadels & Sanctuaries : A Conversation Between Justin Frye & Jeremiah Cymerman 

Jamie Saft

For Coronacast #8, the wise and hilarious Jamie Saft returns to talk performing with the masters, making records, solo performance, playing on antique instruments and much much more. Strap in, this is a good one.

For Coronacast #8, the wise and hilarious Jamie Saft returns to talk performing with the masters, making records, solo performance, playing on antique instruments and much much more. Strap in, this is a good one.

5049 Coronacast #8, Jamie Saft

Peter Evans

Trumpet virtuoso Peter Evans returns to the podcast to answer questions about practice, development of musical ideas, his current listening and tons more. You know Peter. You love Peter. I love Peter. At the end of the episode, my advice for caccio e pepe. Enjoy.

Trumpet virtuoso Peter Evans returns to the podcast to answer questions about practice, development of musical ideas, his current listening and tons more. You know Peter. You love Peter. I love Peter. At the end of the episode, my advice for caccio e pepe. Enjoy.

5049 Coronacast #7, Peter Evans

Natasha Pickowicz

Today we are joined by 2020 James Beard semi-finalist, pastry chef extraordinaire and lover of underground music, Natasha Pickowicz. Natasha is a friend and a colleague. Her knowledge of improvised and experimental music is deep and her skills in the kitchen are unmatched. Natasha knows delicious and I adore her.

Today we are joined by 2020 James Beard semi-finalist, pastry chef extraordinaire and lover of underground music, Natasha Pickowicz. Natasha is a friend and a colleague. Her knowledge of improvised and experimental music is deep and her skills in the kitchen are unmatched. Natasha knows delicious and I adore her.

5049 Coronacast #6, Natasha Pickowicz

Today I welcome a bearded 40 year old unemployed man onto the podcast to answer your questions. Thank you all for the birthday wishes and questions. ONWARD! #PMA

Today I welcome a bearded 40 year old unemployed man onto the podcast to answer your questions. Thank you all for the birthday wishes and questions. ONWARD! #PMA

5049 Coronacast #5, Jeremiah Cymerman

Randall Dunn

Producer Randall Dunn has worked for years with bands like Sunn O))), Bill Frisell, Kayo Dot, Eyvind Kang, Chelsea Wolfe, Earth and hundreds more. Over time he has crafted in an instantly recognizable sound that is marked by clarity, spaciousness and big time vibes. For this talk we answer your questions about a variety of topics from Buddhism to tracking Sunn O))), recording aesthetics, travel and a whole lot more.

Producer Randall Dunn has worked for years with bands like Sunn O))), Bill Frisell, Kayo Dot, Eyvind Kang, Chelsea Wolfe, Earth and hundreds more. Over time he has crafted in an instantly recognizable sound that is marked by clarity, spaciousness and big time vibes. For this talk we answer your questions about a variety of topics from Buddhism to tracking Sunn O))), recording aesthetics, travel and a whole lot more.

5049 Coronacast #4, Randall Dunn

Marc Urselli

Live from London, producer/sound engineer Marc Urselli returns to the show to answer your questions about home recording and mixing, working with John Zorn and Hal Willner, desert island gear, Coronavirus and much more.

Live from London, producer/sound engineer Marc Urselli returns to the show to answer your questions about home recording and mixing, working with John Zorn and Hal Willner, desert island gear, Coronavirus and much more.

5049 Coronacast #3, Marc Urselli

Charlie Looker

Episode 2 of the 5049 Coronacast brings back our old friend Charlie Looker. Easily one of my favorites to chew the fat with, Charlie has been busy with a new Psalm Zero record, his Youtube channel and his new electronic project, Nothing Human. For this talk we answer your questions, ranging from based culture to improvised music, Patrice O’neal to Gilles Deleuze, fascism to Extra Life. Dig it.

Episode 2 of the 5049 Coronacast brings back our old friend Charlie Looker. Easily one of my favorites to chew the fat with, Charlie has been busy with a new Psalm Zero record, his Youtube channel and his new electronic project, Nothing Human. For this talk we answer your questions, ranging from based culture to improvised music, Patrice O’neal to Gilles Deleuze, fascism to Extra Life. Dig it.

5049 Coronacast #2, Charlie Looker

Aaaaaand we’re back. Live from the epicenter of the global pandemic we are bringing new episodes of the 5049 Coronacast every week, answering questions from, YOU, the listener. Episode 1: Toby Driver.

Aaaaaand we’re back. Live from the epicenter of the global pandemic we are bringing new episodes of the 5049 Coronacast every week, answering questions from, YOU, the listener. Episode 1: Toby Driver.

5049 Coronacast #1, Toby Driver

Aaron Novik

For episode 215 clarinetist Aaron Novik swings by for a go-round on the mics. Raised in Connecticut, he lived in San Francisco for several years, where nurtured several longstanding musical relationships. Aaron moved to New York in 2015 and starting tomorrow night , July 16th, he’s kicking off a weeklong residency at the Stone. In an unprecedented move, for each performance Aaron is releasing an EP of new music. Aaron is a sweetheart and I’m glad we finally found the time to talk on the mics. Sorry for the salt levels.

For episode 215 clarinetist Aaron Novik swings by for a go-round on the mics. Raised in Connecticut, he lived in San Francisco for several years, where nurtured several longstanding musical relationships. Aaron moved to New York in 2015 and starting tomorrow night , July 16th, he’s kicking off a weeklong residency at the Stone. In an unprecedented move, for each performance Aaron is releasing an EP of new music. Aaron is a sweetheart and I’m glad we finally found the time to talk on the mics. Sorry for the salt levels.

Episode 215, Aaron Novik

The 5049 Podcast is a weekly interview show hosted by composer/clarinetist Jeremiah Cymerman, broadcast from the Lower East Side of New York City to the Web every Monday morning. Each week Jeremiah sits down with a musician to talk music, life, art, philosophy and shit. Lots of shit. Join us each Monday morning.

This podcast has been such an inspiration. There are so many great musicians and incredibly interesting music out there.  Whenever I’m in a musical slump, I listen to an interview and am instantly motivated to push through. Thank you Jeremiah for sharing these stories. I really hope there’s more in the future.

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For the modern-day, up-and-coming creative musician, these talks are invaluable insights.

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Nels Cline

For our final episode of 2018, the great Nels Cline returns for another go-round on the mics and it’s a home run. A true lifer, Nels is a musician who never sleeps. For our second talk, Nels and I discuss LA, vintage guitars, excess and a whole lot more. A great talk with one of the greatest cats around.

For our final episode of 2018, the great Nels Cline returns for another go-round on the mics and it’s a home run. A true lifer, Nels is a musician who never sleeps. For our second talk, Nels and I discuss LA, vintage guitars, excess and a whole lot more. A great talk with one of the greatest cats around.

Episode 190, Nels Cline Part II

On the verge of releasing his first recording of chamber music, the best dude around, Trevor Dunn, returns to the podcast for a second go-round on the mics. Living in Brooklyn since 2000 Trevor has been a key figure in dozens of projects led by John Zorn, Mike Patton, Erik Friedlander, Kris Davis and many many more. Now at the age of 51, he is embarking on a series of releases of his own projects. For this talk we cover a lot of ground: being a sideman, compositional process, Ornette Coleman, film-scoring, the Fyre Festival and a lot lot more. It’s a good time to be a Trevor Dunn fan.

On the verge of releasing his first recording of chamber music, the best dude around, Trevor Dunn, returns to the podcast for a second go-round on the mics. Living in Brooklyn since 2000 Trevor has been a key figure in dozens of projects led by John Zorn, Mike Patton, Erik Friedlander, Kris Davis and many many more. Now at the age of 51, he is embarking on a series of releases of his own projects. For this talk we cover a lot of ground: being a sideman, compositional process, Ornette Coleman, film-scoring, the Fyre Festival and a lot lot more. It’s a good time to be a Trevor Dunn fan.

Episode 203, Trevor Dunn Part II

Bill Orcutt

For the past several decades, guitarist Bill Orcutt has been on a singular musical journey that started in Miami, FL and has led him all over the world. On a recent visit to New York, he stopped by the 5049 Chihuahua Sanctuary for a talk about his work, the Bay Area, growing up in Florida, picking up and putting down the guitar and a whole lot more. A great talk with a completely unique musician. Dig.

For the past several decades, guitarist Bill Orcutt has been on a singular musical journey that started in Miami, FL and has led him all over the world. On a recent visit to New York, he stopped by the 5049 Chihuahua Sanctuary for a talk about his work, the Bay Area, growing up in Florida, picking up and putting down the guitar and a whole lot more. A great talk with a completely unique musician. Dig.

Episode 160, Bill Orcutt

Episode 167, 5049 Live #2: Peter Evans

Ethan Iverson

Episode 129, Ethan Iverson

Brandon Seabrook

Today is a good one. Originally from Massachusetts, trained at the New England Conservatory and based in Brooklyn for the last fifteen years, Brandon Seabrook is a true original. Equally adept at the electric guitar as he is at the banjo, his playing is intense, complex, intricate and completely over the top. He's worked closely with artists such as Peter Evans, Jessica Pavone, Anthony Braxton, Nels Cline Cooper-Moore and Mary Halvorson. He leads his own bands, Die Trommel Fatale, Seabrook Power Plant, Needle Driver and most recently, the Brandon Seabrook Trio featuring Daniel Levin on cello, and Henry Fraser on bass. Brandon is deeply funny and original cat. We need more Brandon Seabrooks.

Today is a good one. Originally from Massachusetts, trained at the New England Conservatory and based in Brooklyn for the last fifteen years, Brandon Seabrook is a true original. Equally adept at the electric guitar as he is at the banjo, his playing is intense, complex, intricate and completely over the top. He's worked closely with artists such as Peter Evans, Jessica Pavone, Anthony Braxton, Nels Cline Cooper-Moore and Mary Halvorson. He leads his own bands, Die Trommel Fatale, Seabrook Power Plant, Needle Driver and most recently, the Brandon Seabrook Trio featuring Daniel Levin on cello, and Henry Fraser on bass. Brandon is deeply funny and original cat. We need more Brandon Seabrooks.

Episode 176, Brandon Seabrook

William Winant

Percussionist William Winant has played with everyone from John Cage to John Zorn, Sonic Youth to Mr Bungle, Steve Reich to Iannis Xenakis. If anyone can be described as the Zelig of experimental music, it’s Willie. For this talk, the maestro swings by to talk about his path from a teenager playing trap kit in Los Angeles to performing at the Ojai Festival with Pierre Boulez. We also talk his work as a college instructor, studying gamelan in Indonesia, the recording of “Disco Volante” and a whole lot more. An essential talk with a technician of the sacred.

Percussionist William Winant has played with everyone from John Cage to John Zorn, Sonic Youth to Mr Bungle, Steve Reich to Iannis Xenakis. If anyone can be described as the Zelig of experimental music, it’s Willie. For this talk, the maestro swings by to talk about his path from a teenager playing trap kit in Los Angeles to performing at the Ojai Festival with Pierre Boulez. We also talk his work as a college instructor, studying gamelan in Indonesia, the recording of “Disco Volante” and a whole lot more. An essential talk with a technician of the sacred.

Episode 188, William Winant

Taylor Ho Bynum

Episode 147, Taylor Ho Bynum

Tom Rainey

Originally from Santa Barbara, drummer Tom Rainey has been an integral part of the New York jazz and improvised scene since the late 1970s. He's collaborated closely with artists such as Tim Berne, Kenny Werner, Nels Cline and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock. In the past ten years he has begun releasing records and leading projects under his own name: The Tom Rainey Trio and Obbligato, the latter of which is an exploration of jazz standards. Tom is an absolute master of his instrument and a super nice dude.

Originally from Santa Barbara, drummer Tom Rainey has been an integral part of the New York jazz and improvised scene since the late 1970s. He's collaborated closely with artists such as Tim Berne, Kenny Werner, Nels Cline and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock. In the past ten years he has begun releasing records and leading projects under his own name: The Tom Rainey Trio and Obbligato, the latter of which is an exploration of jazz standards. Tom is an absolute master of his instrument and a super nice dude.

Episode 153, Tom Rainey

Melvin Gibbs

Melvin Gibbs is an extraordinary bass player who for the better part of the last four decades has been a key figure in the worlds of rock, jazz, funk and the New York avant-garde. An original member of the Black Rock Coalition and a veteran of bands led by Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock, Henry Rollins and others, Melvin has led an incredibly varied and colorful career. Ahead of his appearance this Thursday at the 2019 Vision Festival, Melvin stopped by to talk about his new project the God Particle, a collaboration with physicist and musician Stephon Alexander.

Episode 210, Melvin Gibbs

William Parker

Episode 207, William Parker Revisited

Oren Ambarchi

Based in Sydney, Australia, Oren Ambarchi is a gifted composer, multi-instrumentalist and improviser who has been traveling the world, crafting a most singular musical vision for the past twenty five years. He's also an enthusiastic listener and avid record collector, a gourmand and happens to be one of my favorite musicians around. On a quick visit to New York for performances with Alvin Lucier and Loren Connors, Oren dropped by for a candid conversation about his early days as an Hasidic student in NYC, record collecting, learning to play guitar, running his own record label and a whole lot more. I love Oren's music deeply and am delighted conversation got to happen. After our talk, Oren and I headed over to Russ &amp; Daughters Cafe and gorged on smoked fish and chopped liver.

Episode 141, Oren Ambarchi

Colin Stetson

Colin Stetson is an unbelievably talented saxophonist who has been on a very personal musical journey since a young age. An undisputed virtuoso, he has been blowing the minds of audiences around the world with his solo concerts since the early 2000s. His personal language is incredibly lyrical, using extended sax and extra musical mic'ing techniques to add multiples layers of complexity and soul to his work. He's worked closely with the Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Tom Waits, Sara Neufeld and most recently with the quartet Ex-Eye. This conversation took place just a few weeks ago and was an utter delight.

Episode 136, Colin Stetson

Sam Amidon

Singer/song writer/multi-instrumentalist Sam Amidon is a 100% completely unique and original musical specimen. Born and raised in Brattleboro, VT he presents music that is a highly realized synthesis of his many disparate influences: folk music, free jazz, music concrete, performance art, indie rock, etc etc etc.  The list of descriptions could last forever, but one thing is sure: he sounds unlike anyone I've ever heard and his music is something that I've been returning to time and time again for the past decade. Please enjoy an hour with a true American original.

Episode 128, Sam Amidon

Kelly Moran

Kelly Moran is an exceptional pianist and composer originally from Long Island, now based in Brooklyn, NY. Her current work focuses on performances for both prepared and unprepared solo piano. A student of 20th century composition, her output contains healthy amounts of lyricism and dissonance, beauty and black metal aesthetics. For today’s conversation we get into a lot of it, from Cage to Krallice, Sakamoto to Kayo Dot. Check it.

Episode 148, Kelly Moran

Alan Licht

Guitarist Alan Licht has been active across a broad range of activity in the wold of experimental music since the late 80s. Born and raised in Jersey, based in Brooklyn, Alan has been playing guitar since he was a teenager. He’s worked closely with Loren Connors, Lee Ranaldo, Jim O’Rourke and many others. He’s a published author and for many years was the booker for the legendary NYC club Tonic. Alan has stayed very busy over the years and has a perspective all his own, with a lot of stories to tell.

Guitarist Alan Licht has been active across a broad range of activity in the wold of experimental music since the late 80s. Born and raised in Jersey, based in Brooklyn, Alan has been playing guitar since he was a teenager. He’s worked closely with Loren Connors, Lee Ranaldo, Jim O’Rourke and many others. He’s a published author and for many years was the booker for the legendary NYC club Tonic. Alan has stayed very busy over the years and has a perspective all his own, with a lot of stories to tell.

Episode 199, Alan Licht

Chris Forsyth

Chris Forsyth is a Philly based, Jersey born guitarist of enormous range and creativity.  He cut his teeth in New York City, working with improvisers like Nate Wooley, Daniel Carter, Loren Connors and Mike Pride, as well as his long running band Peeesseye. He relocated to Philadelphia in 2009 and, inspired by the likes of his friends Jack Rose and Steve Gunn, began focusing on solo guitar playing. Since then he has been working steadily with his band, the Solar Motel Band. For this talk, we get into it, discussing everything from the Grateful Dead to working in restaurants, improvising to band leading. Good shit.

Episode 142, Chris Forsyth

Jen Shyu

Jen Shyu is a master vocalist, multi-instrumentalist / multi-linguist who embarks on incredibly ambitious projects that feature elements of jazz, theatre, dance and performance art. She spent several years as a key member of Steve Coleman's Five Elements, has worked closely with Tyshawn Sorey, Nicole Mitchell, Vijay Iyer and Dave Binney. She's travelled the world, engaged in a practice of research that has informed her most recent work, "Song of Silver Geese", that was recently released on Pi Records. She tours frequently and in the next year, will engage in a 50-state U.S. tour of her most recent work, “Songs of Our World Now / Songs Everyone Writes Now”.

Jen Shyu is a master vocalist, multi-instrumentalist / multi-linguist who embarks on incredibly ambitious projects that feature elements of jazz, theatre, dance and performance art. She spent several years as a key member of Steve Coleman's Five Elements, has worked closely with Tyshawn Sorey, Nicole Mitchell, Vijay Iyer and Dave Binney. She's travelled the world, engaged in a practice of research that has informed her most recent work, "Song of Silver Geese", that was recently released on Pi Records. She tours frequently and in the next year, will engage in a 50-state U.S. tour of her most recent work, “Songs of Our World Now / Songs Everyone Writes Now”.

Episode 158, Jen Shyu

Briggan Krauss

Based in Brooklyn since 1994, Briggan Krauss is a saxophonist and composer whose work explores the sonic possibilities of his instrument in great detail. He's released several records under his own name, leading bands like 300 and H-Alpha. In addition to his solo and group projects, he's worked closely with a broad range of artists from Bill Frisell to Ikue Mori, Antony to Satoko Fuji, and is widely known for his contributions to Steven Bernstein's long-running Sex Mob. Most recently he has begun an extensive study of the electric guitar and has been releasing a series of solo saxophone recordings entitled "The Art of the Saxophone".

Based in Brooklyn since 1994, Briggan Krauss is a saxophonist and composer whose work explores the sonic possibilities of his instrument in great detail. He's released several records under his own name, leading bands like 300 and H-Alpha. In addition to his solo and group projects, he's worked closely with a broad range of artists from Bill Frisell to Ikue Mori, Antony to Satoko Fuji, and is widely known for his contributions to Steven Bernstein's long-running Sex Mob. Most recently he has begun an extensive study of the electric guitar and has been releasing a series of solo saxophone recordings entitled "The Art of the Saxophone".

Episode 157, Briggan Krauss

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