Description
Jake Feinberg, The Cats! Volume 4: From Cradle to Groove. São Paulo, Brazil: Instant Harmony Music, 2023. Also available in printed form through amazon.com and other amazons around the world.
On The Jake Feinberg Show (radio), Jake has conducted over 2,000 interviews with “The Cats”—popular musicians across the spectrum. His unique interviewing style puts musicians at their ease, inspiring them to reflect candidly on topics familiar or unexpected.
Almost all music journalism is like driving a car: people ride the car, and writers write about what a nice ride it is, maybe how someone crashed the car. But Jake writes about how the car was engineered and built; who put it together and made it run. In his five books to date, Jake shows us the nuts and bolts of the music world, and continues to bring us an awareness of our long, rich musical history and culture in the US.
Jake has a gift as a facilitator. No matter who he’s talking too, it is obvious that he has done his homework and is excited to pull The Cats into open conversation. Interested people are also interesting people.
In From Cradle to Groove, Jake continues seeking out older studio “sharks,” who often get overlooked, and bringing out their talents and stories. Part 2 (Interlude) is “An Exodus to Jazz with the Godfather of the Guitar, Joe Diorio,” who passed away in 2022. Part 3 focuses on “wizards,” who push boundaries and have their own unique approaches to making music. In this age of auto-tune and soulless music, there is yet hope for people to cherish those organic, searching sounds for which the truly great artists strive.
