Ep. 75: Jason Robert Brown

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

Unknown, Music Interviews, Songwriting, Music, Songwriters, Education, Interviews, Music Creation, Artists

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

He is a composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, director, and performer – who has been hailed as “one of Broadway’s smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim” (Philadelphia Inquirer). Best known for his dazzling scores to several of the most renowned musicals of his generation, including the generation-defining ‘The Last Five Years,’ his debut song cycle ‘Songs for a New World,’ and the seminal ‘Parade,’ for which he won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Score, he also received two Tony Awards for his score for ‘The Bridges of Madison County,’ a musical adapted with Marsha Norman from the bestselling novel. A film version of his epochal Off-Broadway musical ‘The Last Five Years’ was released in 2015, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan and directed by Richard LaGravenese. His musical ‘13,’ written with Robert Horn and Dan Elish, is now in production with Netflix to be adapted for the small screen. For the past four years, he has been the artist-in-residence at New York’s SubCulture, where he offers a sold-out concert every month with stars of Broadway and the music world. He is the winner of the 2018 Louis Auchincloss Prize, the 2002 Kleban Award for Outstanding Lyrics and the 1996 Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Foundation Award for Musical Theatre. The New York Times refers to him as “a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the American musical.” And his songs, including the cabaret standard “Stars and the Moon,” have been performed and recorded by Ariana Grande, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Porter, Betty Buckley, Renée Fleming, Jon Hendricks, and many others. And The Writer Is…Jason Robert Brown!

This episode is sponsored by ABKCO.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.
0:11.0	So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Welcome to Season 5 of And the Writer is with your host Ross Golan.
0:38.8	Before I give my spiel, I want to acknowledge the Music army that listens to this podcast every week.
0:45.0	Since starting this, the And the Writer Is community has literally changed the
0:50.0	history of the music business by helping pass the Music Modernization Act, gotten songwriters
0:55.8	added to album of the year for the grammys, and still is advocating for positive changes
1:01.7	for our industry on a daily basis. So thank you and
1:05.5	Congrats. Now as you know I've written with hundreds of artists and writers over the
1:11.6	years and my favorite part of each session is
1:13.6	the first hour when we catch up about life the industry politics composition
1:18.4	whatever so this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs, and most importantly, who the people are who write the songs.
1:27.0	I'm producing this with the Great Joe London, Big Deal Music Publishing, and Mega House Music Management. If you want to listen to the songs we
1:35.8	discuss in this podcast follow us on our socials find out about special live
1:40.0	events or buy that merch aka that hat I always wear, go to our website
1:45.8	W.W. dot and the writer is dot com.
1:52.3	This episode is brought to you by Abco Music, a proud independent music publisher and advocate
1:58.0	for the songwriter and artist community over six decades worldwide.
2:02.8	Abco is home to iconic songs and writers of the 20th century,
2:06.6	including Sam Cook, Ray Davies, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards,
2:11.3	and Bobby Womack. And into the 21st century with chart-breaking hits like
2:16.0	Mariah Carey's We Belong Together and more. Find out about Abco by visiting
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from And The Writer Is, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of And The Writer Is and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.