Gilles Peterson (middle) with Stretch and Bobbito I’ve been doing a bit more driving lately with my private teaching, so I’ve started to get back into some podcasts, specifically music related ones. I have heard some interviews in the last couple of months that I found completely fascinating! I thought they would be worth […]
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Lesson/Interview with Skerik
I’m listening back to a recording of 2 hours I spent talking with Skerik, one of the saxophonists playing today that I really look up to and find inspiring for a multitude of reasons. Skerik is an example of a musician that, to me, has developed a truly individual style while at the same playing […]
James Booker, Stones Throw Records, Muscle Shoals
Hi everyone! I recently went through a good run of music-related documentaries that I would highly recommend: Bayou Maharaja – This doc is about James Booker, a New Orleans pianist and entertainer that was active primarily in the 70’s. Although he made several European tours and played with many of the era’s great musicians, Booker […]
More on Musical Circles
Although I won’t be in town, I was excited to see that Kamasi Washington is coming to Seattle, playing at Neumo’s on July 30: I’ve read a fair amount about Washington in the last couple of months, but one aspect of his approach that particularly interested me was his participation in creating the West Coast […]