In Episode 15 of Make/Work, host Scott Pinkmountain speaks with trumpet player/composer Nate Wooley. Wooley’s playing has been widely praised by everyone from the New York Times and DownBeat to trumpet icon Dave Douglass who called him “one of the most interesting and unusual trumpet players living today.” He’s constantly performing and recording internationally with such folks as John Zorn, Thurston Moore, and pretty much everyone playing contemporary free jazz and improvised music.
Wooley speaks about how he has a greater appreciation for the confessions of St. Augustine than for the way in which Beyoncé is handling her career.
There’s a difference between taking a chance and having the audience perceive or recognize how frantic you are that it has to be a success, and taking a chance on something you believe in and having the confidence.
Listen to Episode 15 (and subscribe to Make/Work!) now in iTunes. Or get the direct download. And you can now get Make/Work through Stitcher.
Check a recent performance of Nate Wooley’s Seven Storey Mountain (which we speak about) at this year’s Winter Jazz Fest below (or click here).
Every creative laborer has a different story to tell about how they negotiate their relationship between their creative work and their paycheck and how they balance their lives to sustain their creative practice. In Make/Work, Scott will speak with emerging and established artists working in a wide range of creative mediums about how they survive, how they make a living, and how they maintain their work over the long term. New episodes will be released every other Thursday.
