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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Good Things Happen Slowly
I recently read Fred Hersch’s autobiography Good Things Happen Slowly, a beautiful book. Hersch is a New York-based jazz pianist, although he has played and composed for a variety of different musical styles, and also is an activist and spokesman for AIDS health and awareness causes; the book offers a look into Hersch’s development as […]
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 […]
East Coast, California, and Oregon
Home again home again after a busy couple of weeks: – The Polyrhythmics East Coast Tour was overwhelmingly positive, both individually and as a group. Although our time in each area or city was usually pretty short, I really enjoyed being in areas where the moods, personalities, and cultures were a bit different than that […]