Dr. Jazz Talks #69: Samo Šalamon & Miles Okazaki interview

New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time Miles Okazaki - fantastic guitarist and composer with a beautiful last album Trickster's Dream …
We talk about Miles' beginnings and influences, being a bandleader, the Monk project, playing solo, playing with Steve Coleman, Mary Halvorson, Dan Weiss and others, his improvisational and compositional approaches, etc…
A selection of the incredible albums that Miles did as a leader:
2006 - Mirror (with Chris Potter, Miguel Zenon, David Binney, Christof Knoche, Jon Flaugher, Dan Weiss)
2009 - Generations (with Jen Shyu, Miguel Zenon, David Binney, Christof Knoche, Jon Flaugher, Dan Weiss)
2012 - Figurations (with Miguel Zenon, Thomas Morgan, Dan Weiss)
2017 - Trickster (with Craig Taborn, Anthony Tidd, Sean Rickman)
2020 - Trickster’s Dream (with Matt Mitchell, Anthony Tidd, Sean Rickman)
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I’m a big fan of Miles, thank you so much for bringing this! BTW, I also like your bassless trio records!

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txxxxxxx Gin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!