Robert Kraft Interview
Robert Kraft started playing piano at the age of four. He’s put his musical talents to good use since then. Back in 1979, when he was part of a quintet “The Ivory Coast,” the group played everywhere from jazz clubs to opening concerts for the Manhattan Transfer at Radio City Music Hall. Out on his own now, Robert has just released a solo album on RCA. titled “Retro Active.” Robert’s dubbed his music “metro-pop “To find out what makes Robert tick, we sat down and had a chat with him…...
Abby Jaye Interview
Abby took some time off from her busy schedule, to give us an inside look at the life of an up and coming, yet struggling performer. Q – Abby, give me a career update. What is happening with your music? A – We have the interest of many of the major labels as well as some major management companies. Now, we have a major publishing company behind us. They have one songwriter in particular who wrote something for Tina Turner, and even offered her song for me to cover. I…...
Henry Mancini Second Interview
You talk about musical geniuses, Henry Mancini fit the bill. In a career that spanned 40 years, Henry Mancini scored the music for more than 80 films, collecting 20 Grammy’s in the process. Mancini is probably best known for “The Pink Panther Theme” and the Peter Gunn Theme song. Henry Mancini died recently at the age of 70. I interviewed Henry Mancini on April 13, 1981. That interview is being published here for the first time. Q – Is it true that you only write music on assignment? Wouldn’t you…...