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I get interviewed

June 21, 2011
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Oregon Music News’ Tom D’Antoni talks to me about my current project outside the Blue Monk:

Airto
Billy Higgins
bossa nova
Brazil
Cannonbal Adderly
drums
Flora Purim
free jazz
improvisation
Jack Dejohnette
Joe Zawinul
Miles Davis
percussion
performance practices
samba
studio

Airto: 1983 Modern Drummer interview

April 30, 2011
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Here’s part of another great Modern Drummer interview, from 1983, with Airto, the famous Brazilian drummer and percussionist. As always, I’ve excerpted the parts that are most important to me, and the headings are mine. […]

Billy Higgins
Charlie Haden
Dewey Redman
Do The Math
Ed Blackwell
Ethan Iverson
interview
jazz
Keith Jarrett
Ornette Coleman
Paul Motian

Charlie Haden interview by Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus

February 9, 2011
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As I mentioned, I’m doing a lot of thinking about Ornette Coleman, and happened to find this excellent, extended 2007 interview with one of my favorite musicians ever, Charlie Haden, by Bad Plus pianist Ethan […]