Podcasts interviews Meaningful Musical Conversations Episode 11 John Simon: Improvising in a Jazz Combo; Listening, Responding, Leaving Space, The Art of Accompanying a Vocalist, Moog Synthesizers & the Early Days of Electronic Music.

Episode 11 John Simon: Improvising in a Jazz Combo; Listening, Responding, Leaving Space, The Art of Accompanying a Vocalist, Moog Synthesizers & the Early Days of Electronic Music.

Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 2:46 a.m.

Our guest this episode is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a pianist, composer, arranger, sound engineer, accompanist, as well as the music director at a church. He moved to Northern California in 1979, and currently lives in Sebastopol, CA.\xa0\nOur guest also works as producer, musician, and sound engineer at his recording Studio, J Dog Studios in Sebastopol. He has both a Bachelors and Masters degree in Music Composition and composes in the genres, jazz and electronics. You can find clips of his music at the end of the podcast in this order: \xa0\u201cA Night in Athabasca\u201d \xa0(Electronic piece), followed by \xa0\u201cCMYK\u201d, and \u201cCrepuscle with Nellie\u201d - both\xa0Jazz piano compositions, and can listen to many other recordings on his website, johnsimon.net by clicking on "listen".\nOur guest is also an accomplished soloist and the preferred accompanist for many vocalists and instrumentalists in the Bay Area, as well as the keyboardist for many different rock, dance and jazz groups.\nAlong with his gifts as a performer and composer, our guest is also a teacher. He taught at Sonoma State for seven years, and at Santa Rosa Junior college for 11. He also teaches piano out of his studio in Sebastopol, where I\u2019ve been the lucky recipient of his knowledge, wisdom, and hilarity!\xa0\nWe are very pleased to welcome our guest, John Simon!\nwww.johnsimon.net