The Jazz Violin Podcast

Episode 54 - Tips with Matt - Starting Out

A new solo podcast format! Tips for Jazz Violin Beginners. Listening working on music that you love You don't have to focus everything on improvising straight away enjoying yourself To support the podcast go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn    

Episode 53 - Drew Jurecka

Drew Jurecka is a canadian violinist, arranger and composer. https://www.drewjurecka.com/   To support the podcast or get involved in my practise club go to... https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 52- Zach Brock on Zbigniew Seiferts ’Man of the Light’

I chat to Snarky Puppy violinist about one of his fouritre jazz violin albums "Man of the Light" by Zbigniew Seifert. https://www.zachbrock.com/   To support the podcast or get involved in my practise club go to... https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn  

Favourites with Tcha Limberger

New format where I chat with one of my past guests about their Favourite jazz violin recording. Tcha tells us about the "Grappelli in Paris" recordings from the 1950s. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96iyAVaz9pOIGfRticax-B4ee_2T6E1w   https://open.spotify.com/album/6nD1T8V6ZzeeVIPSKHUuHw?si=oiOeiTokT5efIt-9uU-ktQ   to support the podcast or get involved in my practise club go to www.patreon.com.mattholborn  

Episode 49 - Seonaid Aitken

Seonaid Aitken is a Scottish violinist, composer and arranger based in Glasgow UK. http://seonaidaitken.com/   To support the Podcast or join my jazz violin practise club go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn   To buy my new duo album visit  https://mattholborn.bandcamp.com/album/a-duo

Advice #1 Alexandre Tripodi

Subscribe and share, it really helps! In this series I ask some of the guests from way back in the archives what advice they would give to other violinists trying to get into playing jazz on the violin. Today I chat with Alexandre Tripodi (https://soundcloud.com/alexandre-tripodi) and find out some excellent stuff. To watch this on youtube go to https://youtu.be/dYq5c9ybJ9k To support the podcast or join my jazz violin practise club, go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn email at bookings@mattholborn.com

Episode 48 -Alexandre Cavaliere

Alexandre Cavaliere is a Belgian violinist bassed in Brussels.   https://www.womex.com/virtual/homerecords_be/alexandre_cavaliere   To support the Podcast go to www.patreon.com/mattholborn   To preorder my upcoming duo album visit    https://mattholborn.bandcamp.com/album/a-duo

Episode 47- 2021 A Year in Review

A little review of some interesting moments on the podcast in 2021.   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 46 - Mathias Levy

Mathias Levy is a violinist and composer based in Paris. https://mathiaslevy.fr/about/mathiaslevy/   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 45 - Tracy Silverman

Tracy Silverman is an eclectic electric violinist based in Nashville.  https://www.tracysilverman.com/   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn    

Episode 44 - Dominic Ingham

Dom Ingham is an excellent young UK based violinist and composer.    http://www.dominicingham.com/welcome   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 43 - Eva Slongo

Eva Slongo is Swiss violinist and composer based in France. She studied with Didier Lockwood at the CMDL and now creates and performs her own original music as well as teaching countless others how to play jazz violin. She has a fantastic playing style, feel and a terrific command of her instrument.   https://www.evaslongo.com/   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 42-Nora Germain

Nora Germain is a jazz violinist and author based in LA. She has played on countless albums and soundtracks as well as producing 10 of her own albums as a bandleader. http://www.noragermain.com/ If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 41 - Ben Holder

Ben Holder is a UK jazz violinist based in the Midlands. A stalwart of the British jazz scene and a household name to fans of UK swing and jazz. https://www.benholdermusic.co.uk/ If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 40 - Mario Forte

Mario Forte is an improvising violinist based between NYC and Europe.  http://www.marioforte.com/   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 39 - Grappelli Special with Martin Taylor

Martin Taylor is a British guitarist based in Scotland. He was a longstanding collaborator with Stephane Grappelli and now tours the world and has taught thousands of guitarists around the world through his online academy. https://martintaylor.com/   If you want to support the podcast or join my Jazz Violin Practise Club go to https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn    

Episode 38 - Yannick Hiwat

Yannick Hiwat is a violinist, composer and educator based in the Netherlands.  https://yannickhiwat.com/   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club, check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn   Check out Charlie MacCarthy's new book 'Post-Classical Violin' here. https://www.postclassicalviolin.com/

Episode 37 -Laura Risk on Ginger Smock

It was pleasure to chat with excellent fiddler and scholar Laura Risk about the life, career and music of the amazing Ginger Smock. Check out her article in Strings Magazine below https://stringsmagazine.com/ginger-smock-first-lady-of-the-jazz-violin/ You can buy her music below from AB Fable, an excellent archive and record label devoted to jazz violin gems. You will be able to find many rare jazz violin recordings here. http://www.abar.net/   Check out Laura's Website below too. https://laurarisk.com/

Episode 36 - Miguel Atwood Ferguson

Miguel Atwood Ferguson is an improvising violinist, violist, composer, arranger and orchestrator for many left-field electronic, jazz, soul, hiphop and pop acts.  https://www.miguelatwoodferguson.com/   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club, check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 35 - Ben Powell

Ben Powell is an english violinist based in Texas US. Check out his website below   https://www.ben-powell.com/   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club, check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 34 - Evan Price

Evan Price is a violinist from the USA, he has played with the Turtle Island String Quartet and is a master improvisor.   https://www.evanpricemusic.com/   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club, check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 33 - Johanna Burnheart

Johanna Burnheart is a German violinist based in London UK. Her new album is coming out of Ropeadope Records on October 30th 2020.  Disclaimer-I pronounce her name wrong in the introduction, it is actually pronounced 'Yohanna"...   https://johannaburnheart.bandcamp.com/album/burnheart   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club, check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 32 - Adam Bałdych

Adam Bałdych is a Polish jazz violinist, one of the best and most original in the world. Enjoy   To support the podcast or to get involved with my Jazz Violin Practise Club  check out my Patreon below https://www.patreon.com/mattholborn

Episode 31 Matt Glaser

Matt Glaser is a fiddler, educator, and author, who has performed with Stephane Grappelli, David Grisman, Lee Konitz, Bob Dylan, J. Geils, Leo Kottke, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker, Kenny Werner, Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, the Waverly Consort, Fiddle Fever, and the Wayfaring Strangers. He is artistic director of the American Roots music program at Berklee College of Music, after serving as string department chair for twenty-eight years, and has mentored thousands of musicians.   https://www.berklee.edu/people/matt-glaser   Jazz Violin Practise Sessions and Workshops   I am running some sessions practising scales and arpeggios in fun ways as well as looking at different jazz tunes and working on how to improvise with them. If you are interested in getting involved during the month of August please get in touch via bookings@mattholborn.com. Check out some examples of the sessions below.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9RhQ41VSl8   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzGoKompRCQ

Episode 30 - Ernst Reijseger (Seifert Competition special)

Ernst Reijseger is a Dutch cellist and is one of the judges of this years (2020) Seifert Competition. To watch this years competition or find out more info about the semi finalists follow this link https://seifertcompetition.com/en/   Patreon   You can become a patron of the podcast on Patreon by following this link   https://www.patreon.com/Jazzviolinpodcast   Becoming a patron of the podcast means that you are directly helping the podcast continue. This is a chance for you to help out with the running costs of the podcast, if you feel like you get a lot out of my interviews you can be a part of it by donating a small amount of money.   I will be creating one extra monthly show specifically for my patrons. This is either an interview with a musician I know from the jazz scene or I also create episodes where I listen back to previous shows and chat about some key points that my guests bring up. There are so many great ideas and concepts that these amazing musicians bring up and I would like to share with you some of my favourites! Jazz Violin Classes I am running some very successful and busy zoom sessions at the moment to help people get into playing jazz, its a great thing to get yourself stuck into whilst you wait for your gigs to start again. If you want and info on these sessions email bookings@mattholborn.com