SEVEN ?s with KATE BAKER & VIC JURIS
NJBP: Other than being a musician what’s the best job you ever had?
KB: Lifeguard!!!!!!!!!!! Outside in a bathing suit all day an twirling a whistle!
Kate Baker
NBJP: What one word would your friends use to describe you?
KB: Kind
NBJP: What’s the one thing about you few people know?
KB: I am deathly afraid of heights.
NBJP: How old were you when you first sang in front of an audience (other than you family)? Do you remember what song you sang?
KB:The Irish soldier boy. I was 8.
NBJP: What’s your favorite city to visit?
KB:Washington DC!
NBJP: What’s your favorite guilty pleasure?
KB: Hot Fudge Sundae!
NBJP: What musician influenced you the most?
KB: Vic….playing with him…….
NBJP: What one word would your friends use to describe you?
NBJP: What musician influenced you the most?
KB: Vic….playing with him…….
Vic Juris
NBJP: Other than the instrument you play, what’s your favorite instrument to listen to?
VJ: The Cello is my fav inst to listen to
NBJP: Who’s your favorite non-jazz composer?
VJ: My fav non jazz composer is Chopin
NBJP: What inspires you creatively?
VJ: My inspiration comes from nature, weather, and listening to others..
NBJP: What’s one thing other than milk or water we’d ALWAYS find in your refrigerator?
VJ: Lots of yogurt, Vitamin Zero water in the fridge,
NBJP: What’s your favorite jazz club to perform in?
VJ: My fav jazz club is the 55 bar, NYC and the Green Mill in Chicago, also Paradiso in Ottowa, Canada
NBJP: When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
VJ: As a child I wanted to be a musician
NBJP: If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
VJ: I would like to change from the worry wart that I am…..Let things go with the flow a lot more
SEVEN ?s WITH DAVE STRYKER
NBJP: If you could live anywhere on the planet, where would that be?
DS: In a country and a planet where people had learned to get along with each other
and had the compassion to help those less fortunate, and would work together for that goal regardless of their political affiliation
NBJP: You are a musician, is there another art in which you’d like to be accomplished?
DS: The art of compassion. The art of charitable good deeds and helping those less fortunate. The art of forgiveness. The art of the Golden Rule.
NBJP: If you were about to have your last meal, what would it be?
DS: Enough food to give sustenance to those throughout this country and the world that are hungry.
NBJP: What’s your favorite jazz tune? (Today–we understand your answer might be different on a different day!)
DS: Nefertiti by Wayne Shorter
NBJP: What’s your favorite guilty pleasure (G-or at least PG rated)?
DS: Golf and exercise. (I feel guilty for not working out enough. I’m going to try and change that soon).
NBJP: If you could only own one record/CD, what would it be?
DS: Grant Green – I Want to Hold Your Hand
NBJP: What’s the worst job you ever had?
DS: Working at a Bottling Company in Omaha NE
SEVEN ?s with CURTIS TAYLOR
CURTIS TAYLOR
Photo: Phillip Dowdell
NBJP: What would you want to be if you weren’t a jazz musician?
CT: Not quite sure but if would definitely involve helping people in
some way!
NBJP: What inspires you creatively?
CT: Hearing other great music/musicians Inspires me
NBJP: As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
CT: A carpenter
NBJP: If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
CT: Um…i’ll get back to you on that one….
NBJP: What’s your favorite jazz club to be a guest in?
CT: Any that are gracious enough to have me and my band!!
NBJP: Who’s your favorite non-jazz composer?
CT: Stevie Wonder
NBJP: If you could live anywhere, where would that be?
CT: Well I’m an options type of guy so before I could honestly answer that question I want to do some more traveling!
SEVEN ?’S with ORRIN EVANS
(We got carried away and forgot to count the ??s we sent Orrin–so there are 8 not 7!)OE: I’ve been blessed to ALWAYS PLAY MUSIC! Yeah but when I was 20 I worked as a bread delivery guy for Au Bon Pain 4am-12noon shift!
NBJP: What’s your favorite non-jazz tune?
OE: Hard One! So much good music out there!
NBJP: How old were you when you first played in front of an audience (other than your family)?
OE: I was a poet a storyteller first so I’ll say 5th grade. I used to read stories at retirement homes and schools when I lived in Trenton.
NBJP: If you could share one thing with a new musician what would it be?
OE: KNOW YOUR HISTORY!
NBJP: What’s the last movie you saw–and loved?
Seven ?’s with Shamie Royston
SR: Cello
NBJP: What’s your favorite jazz tune?
SR:Summer in Central Park by Horace Silver
NBJP: What quality do you like LEAST about yourself?
SR: A quality I do not like about myself is I always try to take on too many projects and tasks, and never ask for help when I need help at times.
NBJP: What’s a food you shouldn’t eat, but can’t resist?
SR: A food I cannot resist is CAKE! Any kind!!
NBJP: Who’s your favorite singer?
SR: My favorite singer now is Ledisi but overall is Donnie McClurkin
SR:I had many different musicians of different styles who influenced me. Earth Wind and Fire, Bartok, Debussy, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Kirland, etc. Tough question for me
NBJP: Complete this sentence: I own too many “toy bouncey balls” that you buy from the gum ball machines or toy isle in the store.
SEVEN ?’S with KEVIN HILDEBRANDT
NBJP: If youcould live anywhere, where would that be?KH: Rio Hato, Panama…250 feet from the Pacific Ocean
NBJP: What quality do you like most about yourself?
NBJP: What’s the worst job you ever had?
NBJP: What instrument would you like to be able to play?
NBJP: Who’s your favorite jazz composer?
NBJP: If you could only own one CD, what would it be?