Episode 2
It’s a Feeling Thing with Gabriela Anders
Today’s guest has one of the most beautifully distinctive voices in contemporary jazz. Her first US project Wanting catapulted her onto the jazz charts, and she has continued to make some of the most special music in contemporary jazz to this day. Ms. Gabriela Anders was born in Argentina and moved to New York when she was 18. She grew up listening to Miles Davies, Dexter Gordon, Cuban music, Duke Ellington, Brazilian rhythm, and she liked that kind of music. She is a musician. She likes writing, composing, arranging. She is more of an intimate singer, and her passion comes from all the stuff she lived. She talks about her life, music, collaboration with other musicians, and new projects. In the ‘Bout it or Doubt it segment, Gabriela answers two questions from the Science and Technology category and gives her opinion on UFOs and Artificial Intelligence. Listen to this episode and enjoy some of her music - Fire of Love (Wanting), Shattered Love (The Ring), and I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues (Los Dukes). You can see Los Dukes live on their tour starting in November.
Episode Highlights
18:52 – I’m always trying to look for different rhythms to make it more exciting. And if I like it a lot, then I say – OK, this song will be on the next project. It’s more of a feeling thing.
20:46 – I have never imagined that not performing would be so difficult. I had recorded some songs with three great pianists just before the pandemic. What saved me through the pandemic was working on that project (The Ring).
28:27 – With big labels, you reach a lot of people because big labels have the power to connect with the world. Wanting was a good CD. Without a big label, it would have been a nice local CD, but it would not have reached Spain, Russia, and others the way it did. The problem with big labels is that they decided on the songs.
32:36 – ‘Bout it or Doubt it segment.
36:02 – Los Dukes project. Three years ago, I was asked to do the Latin jazz night at a jazz club in New York. I started off doing typical songs, Latin jazz standards. Then I started to write some arrangements. And I got interested in writing for a bigger ensemble.
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