A contemporary take on the wind quintet with Jeff Lederer

About this episode

Hilary Seabrook interviews Jeff Lederer about his album featuring historic works by jazz composers.

Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, where I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious. I’m joined for this episode by saxophonist, clarinettist and composer Jeff Lederer to discuss his latest album - There’s a Yearnin’ - this intensely interesting album is a historic first recording of long-buried works by Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman and Oliver Nelson. Thanks to Jeff for allowing me to play extracts from There’s a Yearnin’ alongside our con...

People in this episode

Host: Hilary Seabrook

Guest: Jeff Lederer

Topics covered

• wind quintet
• music composition
• interview
• jazz history
• album discussion

Keywords

• wind quintet
• Jeff Lederer
• There’s a Yearnin’
• Eric Dolphy
• Ornette Coleman
• Oliver Nelson
• jazz
• music interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: There’s a Yearnin’

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