New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time Jesse Van Ruller – incredible guitarist and composer, with a beautiful last duo album Spirits High…
We talk about Jesse's beginnings and influences, being a bandleader, playing with Bill Stewart, Seamus Blake, Peter Bernstein and others, the US and European jazz scene, his improvisational and compositional approaches, etc…
A selection of the incredible albums Jesse did as a leader:
2021 – Spirits High (with Maarten Hogenhuis)
2015 – Phantom (with Clemens van der Feen, Joost van Schaik)
2010 – Chamber Tones (with Joris Roelofs, Clemens van der Feen)
2006 – Views (with Seamus Blake, Sam Yahel, Bill Stewart)
2003 – Circles (with Seamus Blake, Sam Yahel, Bill Stewart)
1997 – European Quintet (with Peter Weniger, Julian Joseph, Nicolas Thys, Mark Mondesir)
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