Peter Hum and Steve Boudreau: Jazz Piano Duo

Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman

This week’s episode is a special double episode with the jazz piano duo of Peter Hum and Steve Boudreau, who have recently released their album Nonlinear Blues. Peter and Steve performed three of their original tunes for this podcast and we’ve also included some of their other compositions from their respective discographies, and in terms of the conversation, it was a wide-ranging dialogue with interesting insights from their contrasting careers, Peter primarily as a music and food journalist, and Steve as an educator and performer across many different styles. We got into restaurant culture, how to memorize music, and the importance of encouraging creativity and individuality. At it's core, this is an episode very much about the importance of supporting and encouraging each other.

Please check out the links to their websites linked below and on my website https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/peter-hum-and-steve-boudreauwhere you will find linked the video version of this episode, the transcript, and you can sign up for my weekly podcast newsletter and get access to Sneak Peeks for upcoming guests. If you’re a jazz lover, I have featured a lot of wonderful jazz musicians and have well over 100 episodes to explore.

Below you'll also find detailed Timestamps to navigate the episode!

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https://peterhum.com/

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photo: Curtis Perry

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(02:23) jazz piano duo

(10:25) intro to Irreversibly

(11:35) Irreversibly

(14:49) Steve Boudreau weekly online concerts, all of Monk’s tunes

(20:42) Peter Hum’s journalism career, Herbie Hancock

(24:52) please support the podcast

(25:28) Peter’s father, debut recording A Boys’ Journey

(29:26) Steve Boudreau learning and teaching different styles, Hindustani music

(33:14) intro to Nonlinear Blues

(35:44) Nonlinear Blues

(41:27) tips on memorizing music, jazz ensemble skills

(48:46) F8-Bit game console music

(52:57) audio clip F8-Bit band

(54:46) Peter Hum food critic, restaurant industry

(59:44) intro to Bursting the Bubble, pandemic concerts

(01:03:43) Bursting the Bubble

(01:09:27) Ordinary Heroes album Peter Hum

(01:13:54) Spare Hearts Peter Hum ensemble

(01:23:27) Steve Boudreau George Gershwin

(01:26:35) Gershwin Prelude 1 Steve Boudreau jazz trio

(01:28:44) Steve Boudreau solo albums

(01:30:50) positive habits

(01:36:18) encouraging creativity in students, ease in writing