Wisdom and Jazz: Dialogue with Composer and Musician Carole Nelson

Composer and musician Carole Nelson helps us contemplate the dangerous wisdom of jazz and her new album, Night Vision. In honor of our dialogue, Carole and I collaborated on a meditative video project. You can check out the two takes we released here:

https://youtu.be/aWN6UDYp86E

https://youtu.be/OrnoYWUkVBw

In our dialogue, we make reference to Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet, as well as The Diamond Sutra.

We also make reference to an older podcast episode titled, “This Changes Everything”. Look for the re-release of that episode soon. 

Carole Nelson is a Londoner who has lived in Ireland for nearly 40 years. She is a multi-award winning composer, a jazz and improvising musician, pianist, saxophonist and songwriter. Her most recent work is with the Carole Nelson Trio, with whom she has recorded 3 acclaimed albums. Her music reflects the natural world – the woodlands, river and wildlife in her home in southern Ireland. She endeavours to integrate an authentic ecoliteracy into her creative practice and into her engagement with the world.

She is a long-time meditation practitioner in the tradition of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh’s socially engaged buddhism and she facilitates days of mindfulness.