66: Adam Schatz, musician/presenter

For a such busy guy, Adam Schatz manages to watch more television than you might imagine. At least, that’s what he says. Known to some as a music presenter, co-producer of the Winter JazzFest in New York (held every January in downtown Manhattan), saxophone player in an array of local bands ranging from free improvised ensembles to Afro Beat and dance music, and leader of the band Landlady. Apparently he also takes pictures.

We met recently just as he was setting off on a cross country tour with Landlady. Their most recent album had come out just as Winter Jazz Fest wrapped up, so he was in the zone and ready to talk about his thoughts on the scene in New York, his process for writing and producing music, and why it’s important to make your grandparents laugh. Along the way he explained to me why I need to leave my house more often and told "The Good California Story".

ELECTRIC ABDOMEN is from the Landlady album 'The World Is A Loud Place' out 1/20/17 & available for pre-order now on Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/theworldisaloudplace // FEATURING art by Jesse Jacobs, part of a set of animated gif covers for each song on the album, transformed to video here for your viewing pleasure.

"Above My Ground" by Landlady - BTR Live Studio [ep356.5] from BTR Live Studio. Like this? Watch the latest episode of BTR Live Studio on Blip! http://blip.tv/btrlivestudio/watch When Landlady visited the studio recently, they did something bands don't normally do at these sessions -- they made our crew a part of their performance.

In a small, packed Washington, D.C., living room late one December night, I heard a cacophony of horns, keys, drums and guitars that simply floored me. It was brash, zany, brainy, scary and danceable. At the end of a long year of amazing live music, this would turn out to be one of the most memorable concerts I'd seen.

at night 4 of Adam Schatz & Friends at Manhattan Inn featuring Jordan Hyde (guitar), Will Graefe (guitar), Mikey Freedom Hart (guitar), Jared Samuel (bass), Rich Levinson (drums), Danny Fisher-Lochhead (alto sax), Jonah Parzen-Johnson (bari sax), Jas walton (tenor sax), Kevin Moehringer (trombone), Ray Mason (trombone), Aaron Rockers (trumpet) Adam's band Landlady at: http://landlady.bandcamp.com filmed by Christine Lockerby

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