Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen tells Terry Gross how the singing style of cantors influenced her playing:

Cantors have an influence on anybody that listens, that is there. Because here is someone that is speaking out of their hearts and using one single melody and all they do is express it in the most heartfelt way and as a jazz musician or as any musician of course it would have an influence, I mean that’s what I try to do when I play music , when I play any music, when I play a cadence at the end of a song you want to take one note and make it meaningful and if you hear a cantor and they’re doing it right, you’re going to be so moved.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says the latest duo recording from Francois Houle and Benoit Delbecq is like a slow-motion sleepwalk.

On today’s episode of Fresh Air, The Bay State Winds (Master Sgt. Jennifer Dashnaw, Master Sgt. Kevin Connors, Technical Sgt. Christy Bailes and Staff Sgt. Matthew Ayala) join host Terry Gross for a discussion about what it’s like to be a musician in the military.