Dr. Jazz Talks #33: Samo Šalamon & Michael Formanek interview

New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time Michael Formanek – fantastic bassist and composer, who recently released three great new albums – Time Like This, Pre-Apocalyptic and Even Better… We talk about Michael's beginnings and influences, his last three different projects, musical connections with Tim Berne, Mary Halvorson, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver and others, his first album Wide Open Spaces, his compositional and improvisational approaches, etc… A selection of the incredible albums that Michael did: 1990 – Wide Open Spaces (with Greg Osby, Mark Feldman, Wayne Krantz, Jeff Hirschfield) 1992 – Extended Animation (with Tim Berne, Mark Feldman, Wayne Krantz, Jeff Hirschfield) 1996 – Nature of the Beast (with Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Dave Douglas, Steve Swell, Tony Malaby, Jim Black) 1999 – Relativity (with Marty Ehrlich, Peter Erskine) 2010 – The Rub and Spare Change (with Tim Berne, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver) 2012 – Small Places (with Tim Berne, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver) 2014 – Thumbscrew (with Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara) 2018 – Ours (with Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara) 2019 – Even Better (with Tim Berne, Mary Halvorson) 2020 – Pre-Apocalyptic (with Tim Berne, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver) Michael Formanek's links: http://www.michaelformanek.com/ Facebook:   / samosalamonmusic   Instagram:   / samosalamon   Bandcamp: https://samosalamon.bandcamp.com/ Website: http://www.samosalamon.com/