Dr. Jazz Talks #48: Samo Šalamon & Hal Galper interview

New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time Hal Galper -incredible pianist and composer with a great new album The Zone…
We talk about Hal's beginnings and influences, playing in piano trio format, his different projects and albums, his last album The Zone, being a bandleader, playing with Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Tony Williams, Chet Baker, Sam Rivers, Cannonball Adderley, Phil Woods and others, his improvisational and compositional approaches, etc…
A selection of the incredible albums that Hal did as a leader:
1972 - Inner Journey (with Dave Holland, Bill Goodwin)
1976 - Reach Out (with Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Wayne Dockery, Billy Hart)
1977 - Now Hear This (with Terumasa Hino, Cecil McBee, Tony Williams)
1980 - Ivory Forest (with John Scofield, Wayne Dockery, Adam Nussbaum)
1987 - Dreamsville (with Steve Gilmore, Bill Goodwin)
1995 - Rebob (with Jerry Bergonzi, Jeff Johnson, Steve Ellington)
1999 - Let's Call This That (with Tim Hagans, Jerry Bergonzi, Jeff Johnson, Steve Ellington)
2009 - Art-Work (with Reggie Workman, Rashied Ali)
2012 - Airegin Revisited (with Jeff Johnson, John Bishop)
2018 - Cubist (with Jerry Bergonzi, Jeff Johnson, John Bishop)
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[@davidsheriff9274]

Good interview. I remember Hal from the New school. He was a good teacher.

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beautiful to hear that...yeah, hal is such a great pianist and composer... some fantastic music...