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Wayne Krantz: How to Organize Your Phrasing | Improvisation Masterclass

Throughout his decades-long career, Wayne has never rested on his laurels. From his early sideman days through his numerous live and studio solo recordings, Krantz has consistently pushed his stylistic roots in rock, jazz, fusion and blues beyond their boundaries. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:28 What is Phrasing? 00:48 A Function of Form with Example 02:35 What if There are No Chord Changes? 04:10 How to Organize Your Phrasing 08:01 Getting the Band on the Same Page 09:50 How to Practice 4-Bar Phrasing 11:40 The Importance of Sharing a Phrase

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List of Jewish Characters for the Panfandom Hanukkah Bingo

I've gotten a few requests for a list of Jewish characters to help people brainstorm for the bingo -- just as a reminder, Jewish headcanons and fanons are totally allowed for the event, so if you don't KNOW whether your character is Jewish, it's totally fine to make them Jewish for your fanwork! :)

But, since people asked, here is a little starter-list of 225 fictional Jewish and Jew-ish characters (characters who are "nebulously Jewish," played by Jews, are Jewish in at least one variation of the character, only make sense if they're Jewish, etc.)

Feel free to add! This list is alphabetized by first name.

Abbi Abrams (Broad City) Abby Stevenson (The Baby-Sitters' Club) Adam Birkholtz (Check Please!) Adam Sackler (Girls) Alec Hardison (Leverage, Leverage: Redemption) Alex Kerkovitch (Happy Endings) Alexis Rose (Schitt's Creek) Amy Green (FRIENDS) Amy Matthews (Boy Meets World) Angela Wexler (The Westing Game) Angelica Pickles (Rugrats) Ann Perkins (Parks & Recreation) Anna Stevenson (The Baby-Sitters' Club) Annie Edison (Community) April O'Neill (Rise of the TMNT) Arnie Roth (Marvel) Arnold Perlstein (The Magic School Bus) Aunt Gayle (Bob's Burgers) Bail Organa (Star Wars) Barney Guttman (Dead End Paranormal Park) Ben Geller-Willick (FRIENDS) Ben Grimm | The Thing (Fantastic Four) Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (Star Wars) Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek) Bernie Rosenthal (Marvel) Billy Kaplan | Wicca (MCU, X-Men) Breha Organa (Star Wars)

Bruce Wayne | Batman (DCU) Carl Foutley (As Told By Ginger) Cassie Howard (Euphoria HBO) Cassie Lang (MCU) Catherine Frensky (Arthur) Charles Deetz (Beetlejuice) Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Sex and the City) Cher Horowitz (Clueless) Chuckie Finster (Rugrats) Cindy Hayes (Orange is the New Black) Cole Tillerman (Central Park) Cory Matthews (Boy Meets World) Craig Manning (Degrassi: The Next Generation) Cristina Yang (Grey's Anatomy) Cyrus Goodman (Andi Mack) Darcy Lewis (MCU) David "Gordo" Gordon (Lizzie McGuire) David Rose (Schitt's Creek) Desi Harperin (Girls) Dil Pickles (Rugrats) Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls) Dodie Bishop (As Told By Ginger) Eddie Munson (Stranger Things) Edward Teach | Blackbeard (Our Flag Means Death) Elaine Benes (Seinfeld) Elijah Krantz (Girls)

Emily Deetz (Beetlejuice) Emma Geller-Green (FRIENDS) Eric Matthews (Boy Meets World) Erik Lehnsherr | Magneto (X-Men) Felicity Smoak (Arrow) Finn (Star Wars) Ford Pines (Gravity Falls) Fox Mulder (The X-Files) Fran Fine (The Nanny) Fran Parker (Girls) Francine Frensky (Arthur) Frankie Landau-Banks (The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks) Gene Belcher (Bob's Burgers) George Costanza (Seinfeld) Gert Yorkes (Marvel Runaways) Ginger Foutley (As Told By Ginger) Gomez Addams (The Addams Family) Grace Adler (Will & Grace) Grace Windkloppel Wexler (The Westing Game) Greg Universe (Steven Universe) Gretchen Weiners (Mean Girls) Hal Jordan | Green Lantern (DCU) Han Solo (Star Wars) Hannah Horvath (Girls) Harley Quinn (DCU)

Harold Berman (Hey Arnold!) Harold Hooper (Sesame Street) Helen (Central Park) Holly Wheeler (Stranger Things) Howard Wolowitz (The Big Bang Theory) Ilana Wexler (Broad City) Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (Phineas and Ferb) Jack Geller (FRIENDS) Jack Zimmermann (Check Please!) Jake Berenson (Animorphs) Jake Peralta (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) Jake Wexler (The Westing Game) James "Bucky" Barnes | Winter Soldier (MCU) James Tiberius Kirk (Star Trek) Jane Foster | The Mighty Thor (MCU) Jane Kerkovitch-Williams (Happy Endings) Jane Smith (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) Janet Perlstein (The Magic School Bus) Janice Littman nee Hosenstein (FRIENDS) Jean-Ralphio Saperstein (Parks & Recreation) Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld) Jessi Glaser (Big Mouth) Jill Green (FRIENDS) Jillian Holtzmann (Ghostbusters: Answer the Call) Jimmy Brooks (Degrassi: The Next Generation) Jobal Naberrie (Star Wars)

Johnny Rose (Schitt's Creek) Jonathan Byers (Stranger Things) Josh Lucas (Clueless) Josh Lyman (The West Wing) Joshua Matthews (Boy Meets World, Girl Meets World) Joyce Byers (Stranger Things) Jude Lizowski (6teen) Judy Geller (FRIENDS)

Kady Orloff-Diaz (The Magicians) Karen Wheeler (Stranger Things) Kate Bishop | Hawkeye (MCU) Kate Kane | Batwoman (DCU) Kaydel Ko Connix (Star Wars) Kelsey Pokoly (Craig of the Creek) Kes Dameron (Star Wars) Kimi Finster (Rugrats) Kit Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Kitty Pryde (X-Men) Klaus Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Krusty the Clown (The Simpsons) Kyle Broflovski (South Park) Leah Birch (Big Mouth) Leia Organa (Star Wars) Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Lenny Briscoe (Law & Order) Lenny Bruce (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Leo Markus (Will & Grace) Leonard Green (FRIENDS) Lexi Howard (Euphoria HBO) Libby Stein-Torres (The Ghost and Molly McGee) Liberty Van Zandt (Degrassi: The Next Generation) Lilly Moscovitz (The Princess Diaries) Linda Belcher (Bob's Burgers) Lorna Dane | Polaris (X-Men) Louis Stevens (Even Stevens) Louise Belcher (Bob's Burgers) Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice) Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls) Macie Lightfoot (As Told By Ginger) Marc Spector | Moon Knight (MCU) Margaret Simon (Are You There God? It's Me Margaret) Max Blum (Happy Endings) Michael Moscovitz (The Princess Diaries) Michelle "MJ" Jones (MCU) Midge Maisel (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) Mike Wheeler (Stranger Things) Min Green (Why We Broke Up) Missy Foreman-Greenwald (Big Mouth) Moira Rose (Schitt's Creek) Molly Tillerman (Central Park) Mona Lisa Saperstein (Parks & Recreation) Monica Geller (FRIENDS)

Moose Pearson (Pepper Ann) Morgan Matthews (Boy Meets World) Mort the Mortician (Bob's Burgers) Morticia Addams (The Addams Family) Ms. Frizzle (The Magic School Bus) Nadia Diamondstein (The View from Saturday) Nancy Wheeler (Stranger Things) Natasha Romanov | Black Widow (MCU) Nick Birch (Big Mouth) Owen Tillerman (Central Park) Padmé Amidala Naberrie (Star Wars) Paige Hunter (Central Park) Paris Geller (Gilmore Girls) Penny Hartz (Happy Endings) Pepper Ann Pearson (Pepper Ann) Peter Parker | Spider-Man (All variants) Pietro Maximoff | Quicksilver (MCU, X-Men) Poe Dameron (Star Wars) Pugsley Addams (The Addams Family) Rachel Berenson (Animorphs) Rachel Berry (Glee) Rachel Green (FRIENDS) Rachel Menken (Mad Men) Ray Ploshansky (Girls) Rebecca Rubin (American Girl)

Ren Stevens (Even Stevens) Riley Matthews (Girl Meets World) Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible) Rose Krensky (American Girl) Ross Geller (FRIENDS) Roza Wasserstein (The Diviners) Ruth bat Seraph | Sabra (MCU) Ruwee Naberrie (Star Wars) Ryoo Naberrie (Star Wars) Sam Manson (Danny Phantom) Sam Windkloppel Westing (The Westing Game) Schmidt (New Girl) Scott Lang | Ant-Man (MCU) Sebastien LeLivre | Booker (The Old Guard) Sergei "Sam Lloyd" Lubovitch (The Diviners) Seth Cohen (The OC) Shara Bey (Star Wars) Shirley Cohen (A League of Their Own) Shoshannah Shapiro (Girls) Sola Naberrie (Star Wars) Spock (Star Trek) Stan Pines (Gravity Falls) Stanley Uris (IT, IT: Chapter Two) Steven Universe (Steven Universe) Sunny Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

T.K. Strand (9-1-1) Ted Moseby (How I Met Your Mother) Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things) The Children (How I Met Your Mother) The Goldbergs (The Goldbergs) Tina Belcher (Bob's Burgers) Tina Cohen-Chang (Glee) Tish Katsufrakis (The Weekenders)

Toby Isaacs (Degrassi: The Next Generation) Toby Ziegler (The West Wing) Tommy Pickles (Rugrats) Tommy Shepherd | Speed (MCU, X-Men) Tsabin | Sabé (Star Wars) Turtle Wexler (The Westing Game) Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo) Violet Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Wanda Maximoff | Scarlet Witch (MCU, X-Men) Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family) Will Byers (Stranger Things) Willow Rosenberg (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer) Yelena Belova | Black Widow (MCU) Yitzhak (The Old Guard) Zed Necrodopoulous (Disney Channel ZOMBIES) Zevon Necrodopoulous (Disney Channel ZOMBIES) Ziva David (NCIS) Zoey Necrodopoulous (Disney Channel ZOMBIES)

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HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES - 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Box Set & Steelbook

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• Behind The Scenes • Includes 5 On-Set BTS Segments • Dr. Satan Test • Professor Test • Electronic Press Kit • Teaser Trailer

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After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he’s human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Stephanie Speck: Ally Sheedy Newton Crosby: Steve Guttenberg Ben Jabituya: Fisher Stevens Howard Marner: Austin Pendleton Skroeder: G.W. Bailey Frank: Brian McNamara Number 5 (voice): Tim Blaney Duke: Marvin J. McIntyre Otis: John Garber Mrs. Cepeda: Penny Santon General Washburne: Vernon Weddle Senator Mills: Barbara Tarbuck Howard Marner’s Aide: Tom Lawrence Norman: Fred Slyter Zack: Billy Ray Sharkey Reporter: Robert Krantz Reporter: Jan Speck Barmaid: Marguerite Happy Farmer: Howard Krick Farmer’s Wife: Marjorie Card Hughes Gate Guard: Herb Smith Party Guest: Jack Thompson Party Guest: William Striglos Party Guest: Mary Reckley Party Guest: Shay McLean Party Guest: Eleanor C. Heutschy Frank: Sergio Kato Film Crew: Producer: David Foster Producer: Lawrence Turman Director: John Badham Editor: Frank Morriss Art Direction: Dianne Wager Original Music Composer: David Shire Director of Photography: Nick McLean Second Unit Director: Gregg Champion Scenario Writer: S.S. Wilson Writer: Brent Maddock Location Manager: Mark Indig Casting: Jane Feinberg Script Supervisor: H. Bud Otto Co-Producer: Dennis E. Jones Title Designer: David Oliver Pfeil Casting: Mike Fenton Executive Producer: Mark Damon Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis Associate Producer: Dana Satler Hankins Associate Producer: Gary Foster Title Designer: Wayne Fitzgerald Executive Producer: John W. Hyde Casting: Judy Taylor Production Coordinator: Mary Cay Hollander Unit Production Manager: Steve Perry First Assistant Director: Jerry Ziesmer Second Assistant Director: Bryan Denegal Assistant Art Director: Donald B. Woodruff Camera Operator: Michael D. O’Shea Camera Operator: Steve Bridge First Assistant Camera: Michael A. Chavez Still Photographer: Bruce McBroom Sound Mixer: Willie D. Burton Boom Operator: Marvin E. Lewis Utility Sound: Robert W. Harris Supervising Sound Editor: William L. Manger Supervising Sound Editor: Milton C. Burrow Sound Editor: Richard Burrow Sound Editor: Scott Burrow Sound Editor: Richard Oswald Music Editor: Stan Witt Assistant Sound Editor: Kelly L. Manger Construction Coordinator: Michael Muscarella Construction Foreman: Joseph C. Fama Property Master: Gregg H. Bilson Assistant Property Master: Stan Cockerell Standby Painter: Jerry Gadette Greensman: Philip C. Hurst Makeup Artist: Tom Lucas Hairstylist: Damon Grill Gaffer: Colin J. Campbell Key Grip: Bill Young Dolly Grip: Donald L. Hartley Grip: Johnny London Jr. Leadman: Mark Woods Video Assist Operator: Richmond G. Cogswell Production Illustrator: Martin A. Kline Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Wayne Artman Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom E. Dahl Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Beckert Unit Publicist: Vic Heutschy Production Accountant: Jan Garner Negative Cutter: Donah Bassett Stunt Coordinator: Walter Scott Special Effects Coordinator: Chuck Gaspar Stunts: Freddie Hice Stunts: Christine Anne Baur Stunts: Brad Bovee Stunts: Vince Deadrick Sr. Stunts: Marguerite Happy Stunts: Clifford Happy Stunts: Danny Costa Stunts: Bob Harris Stunts: Loren Janes Stunts: Robert Jauregui Stunts: Ben Scott Stunts: John-Clay Scott Stunts: Sasha Jenson Stunts: Ted White Stunts: R.L. Tolbert Second Assistant Camera: Robert Samuels Movie Reviews:

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ZACH DANZIGER

Zach Danziger is a drummer and composer originally from New York City. He has spent many years composing music for major Hollywood films, as well as working with a wide range of artists including Wayne Krantz, Donny McCaslin, Chaka Khan, and Primal Scream. He has also written music for a variety of his own groups including Aerobe, Boomish, and Bluth, though this is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of his creative output.

In the early nineties, Zach's interest in programmed electronic music led him towards combining acoustic and electronic drumming together, reimagining the role of the instrument within modern music and creating a truly unique vocabulary which has made him one of today's most creative and forward thinking drummers.

His main creative outlet for his own original music is Edit Bunker, which is a collaborative project with bassist Owen Biddle, who he also played alongside in the group Mister Barrington.

Edit Bunker uniquely combines acoustic and electronic drums and bass with live, improvised video sequencing, allowing the musical improvisation to manipulate the visual aspects of the performance in realtime.

SIGHT/SOUND/RHYTHM sat down with Zach before a Donny McCaslin show in Manchester to talk about his playing background, the role of technology within his music and what drives his exploration on the instrument.

Blow. by Donny McCaslin

How has the tour with Donny McCaslin been?

Well, it's over! This is the last date but the tour went well. 

You have Nate Wood playing bass with you tonight, is that right?

Yeah, Nate is with us. He's done the last few gigs. My friend Owen Biddle, who is part of the project Edit Bunker that I have, he did a chunk of dates in the middle. At the beginning of the tour we had Jonathan Maron for one gig and before that in the States we had Tim Lefebvre. So we've had four bass players over the course of a month and a half.

Do you remember the first time you played drums? Was it something you felt you had an immediate connection to?

I don't know that I remember the first time I played drums but it was at a very young age. My parents are both musicians and I grew up watching them. My mom was a professional singer and my dad was a piano player, and I remember going to see them perform in night clubs as a three year old and I eventually gravitated towards the drums. I don't remember exactly when but I might have been five or six years old, but as I was so young I sadly can't remember any of the feelings involved with that.

What were your parents like? Were they good mentors for you as a musician?

Yeah, they were both in the music scene, plus I grew up in Greenwich Village in New York City, so those two things alone were a big advantage and gave me a leg up. They had better judgement perhaps than if they weren't musicians, as well as an understanding of whether or not I had any talent.

Now, with the internet, it doesn't matter as much where you come from as we all have access to the same information. Everybody puts up everything that they've got and it's all there. Back in the day, when you wanted to hear good music or if you wanted to find good drum teachers, you needed to be hands on and that came from where you lived and who you knew. It's not like that anymore. It's much easier.

Did you study music formally at college?

No. I went to a performing arts high school for a couple of years but outside of that I took lessons at the Drummers' Collective in New York as a young teenager and that was kind of the extent of it.

People tend to go to college to figure out what it is they want do but I was already touring a lot as a musician throughout high school, so the advice I got from the musicians I was playing with was to just carry on.

You incorporate a lot of technology into your playing, across a lot of different projects. How does technology influence how you play or are you using it to mainly expand your sound palette?

These are questions that I think about a lot and I don't know if I have the answer yet.

Technology for me has had more of a production value means rather than a drumming means. Whether it was something I could use to augment my own drum sound for a particular aesthetic or if I had a production sound in my head when programming drums for sample based stuff. I'd then use it to figure out how to arrive at that.

So if I wanted to get an old school seventies funk drum sound, I'd figure out how they would mic the drums, what effects were used and what types of rooms they recorded in. It wasn't so much technology directly being used to augment stuff in a live playing situation. I mean, that’s something I now strive for but initially it was to get recorded material to sound and feel a certain way, not only from the drums but across the board. I used technology to get something in my head out that couldn't have been achieved without it.

How time consuming is it to create a single song for Edit Bunker? Does the process still challenge you?

The process is excruciating. There are times where I can write something that is ready to be performed in a matter of hours, and there are other times where I can sit for days and not even get out of the gate in terms of what I want to do with it. It's a constant struggle and the process takes a long time.

What software are you using for Edit Bunker?

Mainly Ableton. I don't want to throw any companies under the bus but I'm having certain issues with the new computer that I have where there are drop outs of audio. I'm trying to call each company, but neither is aware of the problems. So I'm getting sent a laundry list of things that I should try to solve some of these issues. It's frustrating but for me there is no option to turn back.

Right now in my life I have zero interest in not doing what I'm doing. I have zero interest in just playing the drums. I would sooner go into a different line of work. If someone were to say that I had to throw out all of my computers and just focus on playing the drums I would say no, because I can't fully express myself in that way, it'd be too frustrating. I'd rather not express myself at all and just go and open a restaurant.

There's a frustration that comes in knowing how much I'm having to compromise that pure drumming thing in order to see this vision through. What I do is the hardest, most frustrating thing but I have to do this. I feel like I'm playing drums with my hands tied behind my back because of all of the limitations of what I'm struggling with with the electronics. I want to be able to give the same amount of focus to it that my favourite drummers give but I can't. So that's where the frustration lies – but I won't give up the electronics. I'd rather suffer as the drummer right now.

Are you using any electronics with Donny McCaslin?

No, I'm not. It's funny because he asked me if I wouldn't mind throwing in some stuff, but it's like – it's all or nothing for me. I don't just want to sort of do it. It's got to be something that's fully fledged where I'm devoting a lot of energy to it, because if I just went up there with a pad with a couple of samples on it I'd be just half-assing it and I don't want to do that.

At what point did you become interested in incorporating technology into your playing?

1993.

Wow! That's pretty specific. What happened in 1993?

I bought a sampler and wanted to see that vision through a little bit more.

Was there anyone during that time who doing something in drumming that was interesting to you?

No, not in '93. I just loved sampling, and it wasn't even the influence of hip hop, which I loved at the time, I just liked recording sounds and being able to manipulate them, so that's when I decided that it was something that I wanted to pursue. 

The first thing that I did which spoke to that was a project called Bluth, which not a lot of people knew about in 1996. That was me and the bass player Tim Lefebvre, which was before our other band Boomish. It was a lot of sample based stuff which was humorous. People likened it to Frank Zappa, though we never listened to Frank Zappa. I actually felt that the Zappa stuff was over my head and I never gravitated to it, so that wasn't an influence on us. No doubt, if you hear humour in music you think about Frank Zappa pretty quickly, so to say that it doesn't sound like that wouldn't be true, but it wasn't a target for us.

So in 1993 I decided that I wanted to sit behind my computer more and make music that way, and again in '96 when I heard drum and bass - Aphex Twin and Squarepusher. That was where I heard something specific which made me sit up and say wow, but in '93 it was just an idea because I loved sampling, computers and sequencing and I wanted to do more of that.

Have there been any other points between 1996 and today where you've heard players that have made you feel the way that drum and bass did when you first heard it?

Yeah, I'd say more and more. The biggest one for me was when I met Mark Guiliana. We often joke because he claims that we met numerous times between 2000 and 2009, but I'm really bad with names and faces, like embarrassingly so.

We finally had a proper introduction and we met and spoke about a bunch of different things over lunch. He mentioned that he had some gigs coming up so I went to see him play and I thought, wow, this guy is playing the drums the way I'm hearing them in my head. His approach was more that of a beat maker and producer than a drummer. So I liked what Mark was going for. We became very close.

There's a new crop of guys within our network, where we'll hang together as friends and share different ideas about what we like. We all pick up things involuntarily from each other.

Nate Wood is playing bass in the group tonight and personally I would like to hear him play bass and drums on this gig at the same time, I would enjoy that more than hearing him just on bass. I'd rather hear him do both, but that's me. He loves the way I'm playing on this gig and we both sincerely like the other person's thing as much or better than our own stuff. It's very sincere and we both pick up things from each other. He's learning the wrong things from me, as far as i'm concerned. He should just stick to what he does because it's just way better than what I'm doing, but we do trade knowledge, and you end up having similarities in your mindset and in your approach.

I'm older than those guys so they came up listening to me just because I'm the older guy here, but I feel like I came up again, in an almost second incarnation, listening to them. I feel like that kid in the bedroom listening to these new players that I want to be like. We're all helping each other – or maybe not, I dunno, but that's what seems to be happening.

Well, that's a cool network to have.

Yeah, it is. It’s something that I value a lot.

What's the creative approach for writing with Edit Bunker? Are you starting with a particular piece of film in mind or does music come first?

It can be either way. We can have tracks written without any particular piece of video in mind but we can also see something on the web, or remember a movie that we loved as a kid, or even see something happen on the streets and grab a video of it to turn it into something.

We're doing some gigs soon and I want to have some new tunes for it so Owen said, 'Hey, I've been thinking about this one scene in a movie that's kind of cool which involves phones dialling, tones and spoken parts', and I immediately thought that we could segue into one of our Mister Barrington tunes called Wrong Number, which also has a similar concept. So now we have a tune from ten years ago which all of a sudden has the potential to be merged with this.

Sometimes the video starts and we wonder how we can write music to it, and other times we’ll write a track and have to think about what visuals could be used. So things don't have just one way in which to operate.

Are you improvising ideas to the films or are you working away from the rehearsal space and then coming in with new ideas?

I would say that we're writing them first and then improvising with them later. I wish I could say that there was one way in which we approach it but there isn't.

Do you still live in New York city or are you in L.A. now?

I would actually say that, at this very moment, I don't live anywhere right now. I'm bouncing between both but I really don't know where I'm going to end up.

I'm trying to make L.A. a base, at least for the near future. I have a rehearsal space out there but I don't officially have an apartment as I tend to rent through Air B&B. I'll leave a suitcase with clothing and things that I need when I'm there but I haven't signed that one year lease on an apartment because I don't want to yet.

I also honestly don't have the time to look for a place and to furnish it because I'm gone every other week. Being away gives me time to think, do I even want to be here?

If you were to move to L.A., what would prompt that move for you?

It would be based on my friends who live there and not a musical decision at all. It's also not necessarily a lifestyle decision either, because I like the New York lifestyle better - I like a real city where I can walk around. L.A. is different from New York and it feels like a little break that might give my brain the chance to think different things and to make different decisions, for better or for worse.

Again, I would look at it as something temporary. If great things happen there  and I start to have more of a settled life then maybe I'll think differently. But right now it's nice to have a rehearsal room there where I can work out ideas for my own projects.

What are some of the things that you've valued the most from being between the two cities?

Being in New York, I value the conditions of how the day is structured. You don't need a car. You can walk around and it feels like there's an immediate social impact. You're not alone in your car, isolated, like in L.A., because it's spread out. I mean, the weather is great there but I actually don't care about that. I don't love it when it's cold in New York but it's ok, you deal with it. So the weather isn't the draw for me there, it's friends. I like hanging out with them.

I haven't been to the clubs in L.A. as much as I've been to the clubs in New York, so it feels a little fresher in that way. It feels a little more unknown, even though I've spent a lot of time there over the years. Again, I do think that it would be a temporary thing for me.

I think that I would sooner consider moving to Europe longer term than I would moving to L.A.

Anywhere in particular?

Vienna, Stockholm, Barcelona, maybe Berlin or Copenhagen. Just cities that I like to be in, and not even musically speaking. London would be a smarter move professionally, so that's on my list by default, but I think I like places like Copenhagen more. I mean, I'm there for a few days at a time, and I might get bored if I were there for a longer period, but I like the way those places feel and I get a good vibe from them.

What have been some of the milestones in your playing that you feel have pushed you forwards creatively?

Oh, man. I don't think I've hit many.

An absolute milestone for me was playing with Wayne Krantz, but I don't love my contributions to the records that we did in terms of the execution. I can't listen to them because I don't feel like I played up to par for my own standards, but it was a milestone to have been a part of that, especially given what Wayne brought to it, and what his skill level and vision was. I feel like what it was, in terms of what we did, was beyond being up to par, but not what I did.

I wish I could do it over and do it better, and I feel that I could now, but back then I don't feel like I did as well as I would've liked to have but that felt like a milestone because I turned a corner.

Certainly the stuff I did with my own groups Bluth and Boomish, which is where the aesthetic in my head was realised, and again with a group called Bedrock with Uri Caine and Tim Lefebvre, and then for sure with the band Mister Barrington. I think Mister Barrington might be the only records that I can listen to without an ounce of regret on any part of it, where as with every other record it's like, turn it off, I can't listen to this. But I don't say that with those albums, at least not yet anyway.

That's been a very personal project for you.

Yes, we did three records together and every time I listen to them I still like it.

What's something that you've been paying attention to recently that's inspiring you, either musically or non musically?

That's a tough one. I would say just the commitment that I've invested in towards what it is that I'm trying to do, and the continuation of how much further I have to go as well as knowing all of the things that I want to do with the technology. I write everything down in a document, so whenever an idea comes to mind I have it there. The inspiration is in knowing how much more there is that is still to do. I see so much more beyond where I'm at, and not abstractly but very specifically. I know exactly what I want to be doing and I just have to do it. The reward of doing it will be worth it.

That's what keeps me going probably more than anything because you get to a point, or at least I do, where I get older and I like so many things but I don't like so many things for myself. I like very few things for what it is that I want to say, where I realise that I can only say a finite amount of stuff and still feel genuine, you know.

Knowing that I literally have it mapped out in steps of what I need to do, and getting better at the things I'm interested in, and allowing them to speak more clearly, that's what keeps me going.

Thanks so much for your time, Zach.

Yeah, man. Of course.

Interview by Dave Jones. 

Live photo by Julie Ann Rouquette.

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The American black comedy crime thriller A Simple Favor was released in 2018, and its cast members in it are extremely recognizable. The film, directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay written by Jessica Sharzer, is a suspenseful story based on the 2017 novel of the same name, written by Darcey Bell. The movie stars Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick in the main roles, among other notable actors in supporting roles. The plot centers on a small-town video blogger who attempts to solve the mystery behind her friend's disappearance.

A Simple Favor was released by Lionsgate, and the movie garnered critical praise upon its theatrical release. Most critics praised the chemistry of the ensemble cast, and also wrote enthusiastically about the movie's shocking plot twists and turns. The film ended up making $5.9 million on its first day alone, and grossed a total of $97 million worldwide, on a budget of only $20 million.

Related: The Equalizer 2021 Cast & Character Guide

Indeed, the movie has an impressive cast led by its main stars, Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick. Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, and Linda Cardellini are some of the supporting cast members, as well as Jean Smart, Rupert friend, Eric Johnson, and Dustin Milligan, among other actors.

Blake Lively takes on the role of Emily Nelson, Hope McLanden, and Faith McLanden in A Simple Favor, and her character's life is the most interesting part of the film. Viewers know Lively from teen movies The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Accepted, Simon Says, and other early-aughts flicks. Later, she appeared in movies ranging from New York, I Love You to The Town to superhero flick Green Lantern, which she starred in alongside her future husband Ryan Reynolds. In more recent years, Lively has appeared in The Age of Adaline, The Shallows, Café Society, and All I See Is You.

Following her success with A Simple Favor, Lively starred in the movie The Rhythm Section in 2020 alongside actors Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown. The movie follows a grieving woman who goes on a destructive path for revenge after learning that the plane crash that killed her family was actually a terrorist attack. To date, that is Lively's most recent role. From 2007 - 2012, of course, Lively starred as Serena van Der Woodsen in the hit show Gossip Girl, for which she won several accolades.

Like Lively, actress Anna Kendrick, who portrays Stephanie Smothers in A Simple Favor, has been working in Hollywood for several years. She first became a familiar face for her role as Jessica Stanley in the Twilight movies. Following the franchise's end, Kendrick began to take on different roles. She played Natalie Keener in Up In The Air, Janet Taylor in End of Watch and voiced Courtney Babock in ParaNorman. In 2012, Kendrick reached full stardom for playing Becca Mitchell in the popular movie Pitch Perfect. After that, Kendrick appeared in a slew of movies from 2013 until A Simple Favor in 2018, including  What to Expect When You're Expecting, Drinking Buddies, Cake, Into the Woods, the two Pitch Perfect sequels, and The Accountant. She also appeared in the movies Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates and voiced a character in Trolls.

Related: The Shallows Behind The Scenes: How Filming Injured Blake Lively

Following her turn as Stephanie in A Simple Favor, Kendrick played Kendra Glack in the 2019 movie The Day Shall Come and portrayed Noelle Kringle in the holiday movie Noelle, released the same year. She also reprised her role in Trolls for the movie's 2020 sequel.

Andre Rannells, who plays Darren in A Simple Favor, began his career in television. He voiced characters on children's shows, like Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, as a kid, and the early aughts also saw his break into theater. He had numerous roles on the stage, and in 2011 played Elder Kevin Price in The Book of Mormon as an original cast member. From 2014 - 2018, he also had roles in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hamilton, Falsettos, and The Boys in the Band.

Related: Disney+ & HBO Max Already Have One Thing In Common: Anna Kendrick

Rannells became a familiar face on the screen when he joined the cast of Girls from 2012 - 2017, playing Elijah Krantz in 35 episodes. This role led him to other television parts, including Bryan Collins in The New Normal and Frazier H. Wingo in The Knick, as well as guest appearances in hit shows like How I Met Your Mother and Glee. He also had voice roles in the shows Sofia the First, Welcome to the Wayne, and Vampirina. Most notably, in 2017 Rannells joined the cast of Big Mouth. He continues to play that role into 2021, as well as continues to make occasional guest appearances on other shows. In terms of film — Rannell's most recent roles were in the 2020 films The Boys in the Band, The Prom, and The Stand In. And before appearing in 2018's A Simple Favor, he had parts in 2016's Why Him? and 2015's The Intern.

Linda Cardellini plays the part of Diana Hyland in A Simple Favor. Cardellini first became a household name in 1999, when she starred as Lindsay Weir in the cult television series Freaks and Geeks. That wasn't her first time in a series, though; throughout the late 1990s, she appeared in shows like Bone Chillers, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Clueless, Step by Step, Promised Land, Kenan & Kel, and Boy Meets World, among other programs.

Post-Freaks and Geeks, Cardellini continued her career in TV, appearing as Samantha Taggart in ER as Bliss Goode and Shelly in The Goode Family. She also had turns in popular shows like Gravity Falls, Mad Men, and New Girl, and took on the serious role of Meg Rayburn in 2015 for 33 episodes of Bloodline. In 2019, Cardellini began portraying Judy Hale in the Netflix series Dead to Me, opposite Christina Applegate.

Related: Why Freaks and Geeks Was Cancelled After One Season

Of course, many movie watchers know Cardellini's likeness from feature films. She appeared as Chutney Wyndham in Legally Blonde, and famously portrayed Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo and its sequel. Cardellini also had parts in Brokeback Mountain, The Lazarus Project, Kill the Irishman, and Daddy's Home and its sequel. Superhero movie fans know Cardellini as Laura Barton, the wife of Clint Barton aka Hawkeye in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Endgame. And Cardellini has also starred in critically acclaimed films like Green Book, in which she played Dolores. In 2020, Cardellini portrayed Mae Capone in the movie Capone.

Actor Henry Golding portrays Sean Townsend in A Simple Favor. Golding has been a presenter on BBC's The Travel Show since 2014. Today's movie watchers primarily know him for playing the role of Nick Young in the hit 2018 movie Crazy Rich Asians, for which he won a Teen Choice Award. He also took on the role of Tom in the recent 2019 romantic-comedy holiday flick Last Christmas. Some lesser-known movies Townsend has appeared in include Pisau Cukur, Monsoon, and The Gentlemen. His most recent project is Snake Eyes, which is in post-production. In addition to being a longtime host on BBC's travel show, Golding has hosted shows including Football Crazy, Welcome to the Railworld Japan, and Surviving Borneo.

Jean Smart, who played Margaret McLanden in A Simple Favor, is most known for playing Lana Gardner on the NBC sitcom Frasier - a role for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards. She started her impressive acting career in both film and television in the late 1970s. Some of the notable movies she's appeared in include Piaf, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Snow Day, Sweet Home Alabama, Garden State, Life As We Know It, The Accountant, and, most recently, Superintelligence.

Related: Blake Lively & Michiel Huisman Talk 'Age of Adaline' Science, Harrison Ford & More

Smart has also appeared in television shows other than Fraiser throughout her career. She voiced Helen Ventrix in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series, played Sally Brewton in three episodes of Scarlett, and played Elinore "Ellie" Walker for 13 episodes of High Society. She also gained recognition for playing Martha Logan, the First Lady, in the show 24, and for portraying Regina Newly in 35 episodes of Samantha Who? 

Smart was in numerous other television series up until her turn in A Simple Favor, and also appeared in small guest roles in popular shows like Halt and Catch Fire and The McCarthys. In more recent years, Smart portrayed Floyd Gerhardt in Fargo and Melanie Bird in Legion, as well as Arlane Hart in Dirty John, Mimi in Arrested Development, and series regular Agent Laurie Blake in Watchmen. 

Rupert Friend played Dennis Nylon in A Simple Favor. The actor began his career with the 2004 movie The Libertine. He first became a familiar face when he took on the role of Mr. Wickham in Pride & Prejudice. Throughout the early aughts he had several other significant roles, including Sandy Mardell in Outlaw and Demetrius in The Last Legion, as well as Lt. Kurt Kotler in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Prince Albert in The Young Victoria. 

Related: Bridgerton: Every Pride And Prejudice Easter Egg & Reference

TV-wise, Friend is most known for portraying the character Peter Quinn in 58 episodes of Homeland. For his performance as Peter, Friend was nominated for numerous accolades. He also appeared in other shows since the end of Homeland, including Dream Corp, LLC, Strange Angel, and, most recently, Anatomy of a Scandal.

Eric Johnson as Davis: played Flash Gordon on the eponymous 2007 - 2008 television series, as well as Whintey Fordman on the show Smallville and Jack Hyde in the Fifty Shades franchise, among other roles.

Dustin Milligan as Chris: played Ethan Ward on the teen drama show 90210. Most recently, of course, the majority of television watchers know him as Ted Mullens from Schitt's Creek.

Bashir Salahuddin as Detective Summervile: appeared in the movies Snatched and Gringo, and since then has been in Marriage Story and The 24th. He's also known as a writer on Maya and Marty and for portraying Keith Bang on GLOW and Office Goodnight on South Side.

Kelly McCormack as Stacy: known for playing Zeph in the sci-fi show Killyjoys and for playing Betty Anne on the show Letterkenny. Most recently, she wrote, produced, and starred in the feature film Sugar Daddy.

Sarah Baker as Maryanne Chelkowsky: was previously in the movies The Campaign and Mascots, as well as shows like The Kominsky Method and Louie.

Melissa O'Neil as Beth: first gained fame for winning the third season of Canadian Idol in 2005. She's also known for her roles as Two/Rebecca/Portia Lin on the sci-fi series Dark Matter and as Officer Lucy Chen on the police drama show The Rookie.

Of course, viewers have probably seen these listed stars in other movies and TV shows, too. This is a non-exhaustive list of the films and shows that they are most likely recognized from. When all of these actors came together to work on 2018's A Simple Favor, it was a notable project. The movie was praised for its ensemble effort and continues to gain traction among movie watchers today.

Next: A Simple Favor Ending: Disappearance Reveal & The Many Twists Explained

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David Binney

Anacapa

Criss Cross, 2014

David Binney: alto, tenor and soprano saxophones, vocals, synths, bass; Wayne Krantz: guitar; Adam Rogers: guitar; John Escreet: piano, Fender Rhodes; Matt Brewer: electric bass; Obed Calvaire: drums; Dan Weiss: drums, tabla; Sergio Krakowski: pandeiro (8); Louis Cole: vocals (6); Nina Geiger: vocals (4). 

Some artists move forward in great leaps and bounds, while others evolve more slowly, over longer periods of time. David Binney is one of those rare musicians who manage to do both. While a sampling of some of his recent albums, such as Bastion of Sanity (2005), Cities and Desire (2006) and Aliso (2010l, all on Criss Cross) paint a picture of the saxophonist as evolutionary, others, like 2009's Third Occasion and 2011's Graylen Epicenter (both on Binney's Mythology Records imprint) suggest he's capable of more revolutionary leaps forward as well. Even his most recent Criss Cross record, 2013's uncharacteristically unshackled Lifted Land, revealed hitherto unknown aspects of an artist whose ears and mind are always open. But nothing could prepare even for the most seasoned Binney fan for Anacapa, a massive statement for the saxophonist/composer. While it's easy to throw around accolades like "best album to date," every subsequent listen to this remarkable recording makes clear that if this isn't Binney's absolute best record, it's certainly a strong contender, right up there with albums that remain particularly definitive, such as South (ACT, 20011), Graylen Epicenter and Afinidad (Red Records, 2001), Binney's first of three recordings co-led with Venezuelan-born pianist Edward Simon. Still, there are certain earmarks on Anacapa that identify it instantly as a Binney record, even as the opening, synth-driven "She Loves, Introduction"—a through-composed miniature that, combines a four-on-the-floor electronic pulse with minimalist hints, synthesizers blazing otherworldly textures and close harmonies—suggests something very different going on as well. The album is bookended with the similarly synth but this time also sequencer-driven "She Hates, Outro"—in addition to its minimalist tendencies, also referencing the mitochondria of '70s electronic bands like Tangerine Dream buried somewhere deep in Binney's DNA...and, with his sparse saxophone line floating atop, some genetic coding of British saxophonist John Surman's solo excursions, such as Upon Reflection (ECM, 1980), as well. Still, while it's possible to delineate individual elements that prove even forward-thinking musicians like Binney don't emerge from a vacuum, it's the confluence of so many of these building blocks in such a deeply personal way that makes Ancapa such a remarkable—and shocking—album from someone whose discography has largely been defined by the sound of surprise. Binney has worked with both Adam Rogers and Wayne Krantz in the past—Rogers dating right back to Binney's early days with Lost Tribe, the group that, in addition to the saxophonist and guitarist, also introduced David Gilmore, Fima Ephron and Ben Perowsky to the world, while Krantz first collaborated with him on Balance (ACT, 2002)—but, barring a few tracks on Balance, he's never worked with them together on the same record. And while Dan Weiss has been a regular Binney collaborator—alone as well as together with other drummers, like Brian Blade on Graylen Epicenter—Anacapa marks the first time the saxophonist has recruited up-and-comer Obed Calvaire; it's also the first time that he's relied on two drummers for most of an album, and the result is music of unbridled energy and sonic density, to a degree rarely before achieved by the saxophonist. Between Krantz and Rogers, the saxophonist's own overdubbed horns—this is the first time since Fiesta de Agosto (Red Records, 2005) that Binney has employed so many saxophones—along with pianist John Escreet and, on some tracks, vocals from himself, Louis Cole and Nina Geiger, Binney has more potential for color and interweaving lines than ever before, with "The Golden Zone" an early example of Binney's making full use of complex counterpoint while, at the same time, retaining the touchstone lyricism that's defined his work as far back as 1995 and The Luxury of Guessing (Audioquest). And while there's considerable compositional structure on this five-minute piece, there's still room enough for Binney to stretch out on his main axe (alto) for a fiery solo made all the more so by Weiss and Calvaire's incendiary interplay, the whole thing held down by Matt Brewer's unshakable pulse—here, as is the case throughout Anacapa, solely on electric bass. Elsewhere, Anacapa rocks—and rocks hard. "Massive Humanity" is driven by a potent twin-drum back beat, a throbbing synth bass line and some massively overdriven guitar chords, leading to a series of shifting harmonies that act as a foundation for Weiss and Calvaire to solo in tandem...and pretty much blow the roof off the joint. Half of Anacapa's five tracks—Binney compositions, all—range from nine to twelve minutes, providing ample room for soloing amidst some of Binney's most complex—and epic—writing to date. And if Lifted Land represented some of his flat-out freest work to date, despite Anacapa being far more rooted in composition, there are moments where Binney allows his extended group to dissolve into complete and utter free playing, as he does on "Imagination Sets Us Free." The album's most expansive track, it begins in visceral funk territory, with Rogers' lower-register, overdriven chord-based playing contrasting the grit of Krantz's upper register lines. A scorching solo from Binney leads to Escreet's most impressive solo of the set, blending McCoy Tyner-esque modality with more delicate phrasing as a lead-in to Krantz's turn, where things really begin to break down. As he opens up into the kind of oblique angularity upon which at least some of his career has been predicated, it first turns into a fiery exchange with Calvaire but then, with Weiss and everyone in the pool, into a period of reckless abandon from everyone, Binney once again taking the lead as the entire band seems to literally lift the energy and density until...suddenly...form reasserts itself with the composition's anthemic coda, driven by the lyrics upon which the song's title is based. Binney's always been a master of the anthem, and has often incorporated diverse cultural influences, but always in ways that seem to fit his most specific aural universe. "Heart Shaped Mind" may begin as a percussion duo between pandeiro player Sergio Krakowski and Weiss, who moves from his kit to tabla—an instrument long part of his musical and spiritual studies—but there's nothing particularly eastern in the flavor of the writing. Instead, as one of Anacapa's least crowded compositions, it's an ambling piece reliant upon Binney's signature use of thematic unison lines to open up into a lengthy alto solo as much about the group's interpretive expressionism as it is Binney's. He may be the soloist, but there's a wealth of big-eared interaction going on all around him that's as exhilarating as it is intuitive, even as Binney winds down and passes the baton to Escreet. Thanks to consistent placement in the mix, for those unfamiliar with some of the players it's possible to identify their styles: Krantz and Calvaire in the left channel, Rogers and Weiss in the right. But such practicalities aside, Anacapa is a creative high watermark for Binney on a number of fronts: compositionally, it's his most richly realized album to date while, at the same time, incorporating his relatively newfound leanings toward completely unfettered freedom; its twin-guitar/twin-drums lineup lends it a density and attendant excitement that's palpable, as Binney makes terrific use, at times, of as many as eight musicians at once to weave his intricate musical tapestries, while also allowing the music to breathe through breaking things down into smaller subsets; and, as strong a player and bandleader as Binney has been for many years, he's never managed to squeeze so much challenging music into so little time. Criss Cross sessions typically last a single day and if Binney did, indeed, record the 71-minute Anacapa in a single six-hour session then it's an even more remarkable feat than what it is for the music and performances alone. But however it was recorded, Anacapa represents Binney at his absolute best as a writer, as a performer, and as a bandleader who not only makes astute choices as to who is right for the music at hand, but in the freedom he affords them to lift the music off the written page and bring it to what is, on Anacapa, a vivid, full and creative life.

JOHN KELMAN in All About Jazz

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