SEVEN ?s WITH AKIKO TSURUGA

Akiko  performs Wednesday March 14 at the Hyatt New Brunswick  NBJP: Other than the instrument you play (organ), what's your favorite instrument to listen to? AT: Everything NBJP: What's the worst job you ever had? AT: Nothing NBJP:   If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be? AT:I love the United States and Japan so I've never thought about living in

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SEVEN ?’s WITH LINDA OH

LINDA LED A QUARTET AT SOPHIE'S ON FRIDAY MARCH 8 NBJP:   Other than the instrument you play, what’s your favorite  instrument to listen to? LO: It would always depend on what's being played and how it's being played, but I might have to say drumset NBJP:  Who’s your favorite non-jazz composer? LO: Ravel NBJP:  What inspires you creatively? LO:

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SEVEN ?s WITH SYLVIA CUENCA

SYLVIA PERFORMS AT MAKEDA THURSDAY MARCH 8 NBJP:  Other than being a musician what’s the best job you ever had? SC:  Trail maintenance in the back country of Olympic National Park in Washington NBJP:  What one word would your friends use to describe you? SC: Humble NBJP:   What's the one thing about you few people know? SC:  I used to rockclimb NBJP:    How old were

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SEVEN ?s WITH TANYA DARBY

TRUMPETER TANYA DARBY LAUNCHES OUR WOMEN IN JAZZ MARCH SERIES ON MARCH 1, 2012 AT MAKEDA NBJP: What musician influenced you the most? TD: Freddie Hubbard NBJP:If you were about to have your last meal, what would it be? TD: Buffalo Wings NBJP:What’s your favorite jazz club to go to if you're going just to hang? TD: Dizzy's

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SEVEN ?s WITH AARON WEIMAN

NBJP:  What musical instrument (that you don't play)would you  like to be able to play? AW: Cello -- I love the beautiful range NBJP: What’s your favorite non-jazz tune? AW: Tough call between Scriabin's 5th Piano Sonata and Prokofiev's 4th Sonata.   I love dark and beautiful Russian piano music  NBJP: If you could live anywhere on the

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SEVEN ?s WITH BEHN GILLECE

VIBRAPHONIST, BEHN GILLECE PERFORMS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16 AT MAKEDA  NBJP:   Other than the   instrument you play, what’s your favorite instrument to listen to? BG: Piano NBJP:  Who’s your favorite non-jazz composer? BG: Frank Zappa NBJP:        What inspires you creatively? BG: Pretty much anything can spark it! NBJP:        What’s one thing other than milk or water we’d ALWAYS find in your refrigerator?

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SEVEN ?s WITH ABE OVADIA

Guitarist, Abe Ovadia, performs next Tuesday, Valentine's Day at Makeda. NBJP:  Other than being a musician what’s the best job you ever had? AO: Camp counselor for 2nd graders!  NBJP:  What one word would your friends use to describe you? AO: Eccentric NBJP:   What's the one thing about you few people know? AO: I used to work for Carnival Cruise Lines as

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SEVEN ?s WITH TOM DICARLO

Bassist Tom DiCarlo performs for the New Brunswick Jazz Project Wednesday Feb 1 with Vanessa Perea and Thursday February 2, with Lee Hogans.    NBJP:  What musical instrument (that you don't play)would you  like to be able to play? TD: Piano NBJP: What’s your favorite jazz tune? TD: "West EndBlues" NBJP: What is your  favorite non-musical pastime? TD:  Being Outdoors NBJP:

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SEVEN ?s WITH ALEX COLLINS

NBJP: What living musician do you admire most? Why? AC: Quincy Jones because he is an artist who has found a way to make beautiful music that is both true to himself and accessible to the public audience. NBJP:What would you want to be if you weren’t a jazz musician? AC: An anthropologist NBJP:If you could only own one CD (Download--whatever),

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SEVEN ?s WITH CONRAD HERWIG

NBJP: Other than the instrument you play, what’s your favorite instrument to listen to? CH: B-3 Organ.  Larry Young, Jimmy Smith, Lonnie Smith, Jack McDuff, Shirley Scott, and many more. NBJP: What’s the worst job you ever had? CH: Playing the rodeos inTexas.  So much dirt and dust was like cement on a trombone slide. NBJP:   If you could live anywhere

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