Hosted by Noah Preminger, this episode of the Jazz Language podcast features a
conversation with saxophonist, flautist, and composer Ken Field. A computer science
student at Brown University before training at Berklee College of Music and studying
privately with saxophonist Joe Viola, Field leads the New Orleans–rooted
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble and co-leads the loop-based electroacoustic project b.mez.
In this episode, Noah and Ken discuss his path from computer science to music, how a
broken tooth led him to the flute, keeping New Orleans brass band traditions alive
through improvisation, the contrast between the New York and Boston jazz scenes,
building bands over touring, the art of directing and letting go as a bandleader, and
other projects such as Armenian-American ensemble Musaner, and serving as the
President of JazzBoston.