This is the first episode of the podcast Blue Voodoo. I am interviewing Sebastian Noelle at The Copenhagen Jazz Festival, July 14, 2018. He was performing several shows as both front man and side man at the festival.
Sebastian Noelle is a German guitar player who lives in New York and has been part of the city´s muti-facated creative music scene since 2002. He released his latest album named Shelter in 2016. You will hear the two songs Rolling With The Punches and Ahir Bhairav, and hear Sebastian talks about his influences, approaches to music, and the writing process. At the end of the interview he mentions some records that have been of great influence to him. These are the ones:
The Beatles - White Album
Allan Holdsworth - Wardenclyffe Tower
Ben Monder - Excavation
Lage Lund Trio – Small Club - Big City
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life
Adam Rogers – Art Of The Invisible
Matt Mitchell – Vista Accumulation
Sebastian Noelle also mentions some inpirational musicians of the New York scene:
Steve Coleman Steve Coleman
Miles Okazaki Miles Okazaki
Dan Weiss Dan Weiss
Vijay Iyer Vijay Iyer
Loren Stillman Loren Stillman
Deerhoof Deerhoof
Steve Cardenas Steve Cardenas
To buy Sebasitian Noelle´s records or to find out where he performs and other information go to:
http://www.sebastiannoelle.com/
or
https://www.facebook.com/sebnoelle
Sebastian Noelle´s album Shelter, on Spotify:
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