Podcasts about Bright Size Life

#28 Opening the doors to my Piano Studio today, and welcoming the listeners to join me in discovering a piece by the Jazz Guitar legend Pat Metheny, ‘Midwestern Nights Dream', from the album ‘Bright Size Life' (1976). We will investigate the main characteristics of Metheny's composition, highlighting the cultural influences and the symbolic ideas represented in the music, which ultimately offer a pathway for inspired improvisation.‎Midwestern Nights Dream - Pat Metheny - Apple MusicMidwestern Nights Dream - Pat Metheny | SpotifyCover Photo by Sean Stratton on UnsplashAlberto plays Midwestern Nights Dream (video)Support Where is the Music Podcast: PATREONFollow Alberto L. Ferro:MUSICBLOGYOUTUBEINSTAGRAMFACEBOOKSPOTIFYWhere is the Music Podcast is on:SPOTIFYAPPLEYOUTUBE TUNEINRSS FEEDMentioned in this episode:Patreon

Ra Kalam Bob Moses spent his youth growing up in New York City and living in the same building as Art Blakey, Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Elvin Jones, Rahsaan Roland Kirk. This early experience had a profound effect on this young musician. Ra Kalam would go on to work with jazz luminaries such as Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Jack DeJohnette, Tisziji Muñoz and many others.  He was also a member of the group The Free Spirits in the 1960's, considered one of the first Jazz rock bands ever.  Many were introduced to Ra Kalam's drumming by way of Pat Metheny‘s very first solo record Bright Size Life in 1976 with Jaco Pastorius on bass.  Ra Kalam is also a composer and leader on many recorded projects, going back decades. In this episode, Ra Kalam talks about:    His thoughts on the documentary being made about him    Growing up in the same building as Art Blakey, Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Elvin Jones, Rahsaan Roland Kirk in New York    Getting beyond your tendencies and patterns    His relationship with teacher and musical collaborator, Tisziji Muñoz    The origin of his name “Ra Kalam”    Reconciling his own legacy    Upcoming recordings

SONG LIST* M1 Bright Size Life (Pat Metheny), Bright Size Life, Pat Metheny, Released ECM, LP 1976, (4:55) M2 Sirabhorn (Pat Metheny), Bright Size Life, Pat Metheny, Released ECM, LP 1976, (5:27) M3 Unity Village (Pat Metheny), Bright Size Life, Pat Metheny, Released ECM, LP 1976, (3:38) M4 Unquity Road (Pat Metheny), Bright Size Life, Pat Metheny, Released ECM, LP 1976, (3:36) M5 So May It Secretly Begin (Pat Metheny), Still Life, Pat Metheny Group, Released Geffen Records, LP 1987, (6:24) M6 Last Train Home (Pat Metheny), Still Life, Pat Metheny Group, Released Geffen Records, LP 1987, (5:38) Pat Metheny is an American guitarist and composer. He has worked as a soloist, in duets and small jazz ensembles, and, for decades, with the Pat Metheny Group. His musical styles include Jazz Fusion, Jazz (both progressive and contemporary jazz) …..and also Latin Jazz. He was born in Lee's Summit, Missouri in 1954. Lee's Summit is a suburb on the southeast side of Kansas City. His main influences have been other musicians, his musical family and the British Invasion. Musicians influencing Metheny include trumpeter Miles Davis, Gary Burton on vibes, jazz guitarists Jim Hall and Wes Montgomery and Jazz Sax players John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman. PAUSE A major foundational influence for Metheny is his musical family. His father played trumpet, his brother Mike Metheny plays jazz trumpet, and Pat's maternal grandfather was a professional trumpeter. Brother Mike taught Pat how to play the trumpet, and so trumpet is actually Pat Metheny's first Musicians in the family. Metheny attributes his early success to the local musical environment he was brought up in – the years 1964-1972, in Kansas City. Much of this is described in his biography titled BENEATH MISSOURI SKIES. Seems like Metheny is destined to become a great trumpeter, with all that musical environment…. PAUSE .. there was a bump in the road at age 10. The BRITISH INVASION was in full force. Metheny saw the Beatles perform on TV in 1964, probably the Ed Sullivan Show, because that year the Beatles appeared. The Beatles are what inspired Metheny to defect from Trumpet to Guitar. Metheny persuaded his father to buy him a guitar for his 12th birthday. That first guitar was a Gibson ES-140. PAUSE That's a hollow-body guitar, built in ¾ scale for young players and small hands. It's a scale model of the Gibson ES-175 hollow body. Metheny soon got bigger hands and acquired a Gibson ES-175 …and that guitar is featured on his early albums like those in this podcast episode… Metheny started playing in pizza parlors at age fourteen (that's 1968). At age 15, Metheny won a scholarship from Down Beat Magazine to attend a jazz camp (1969). That camp led to a meeting with Jazz guitarist Jim Hall, and bassist Ron Carter. So, by the time he graduated from high school (1972) he was the first-call guitarist for Kansas City jazz clubs, private clubs, and jazz festivals. Metheny had A LOT of support from his musical environment. Even though he switched from trumpet to guitar.   Metheny briefly attended college at U of Miami in Florida, but quickly realized after practicing on guitar for years all day long… he was unprepared for a college program … He realized then he was first and foremost, a serious guitarist and composer.   Metheny moved to Boston to teach at Berklee College of Music at the age of 19, where he met Jazz Vibraphonist Gary Burton. Teaching Jazz Theory and Performance was in demand.   BIT BUCKET and for those not familiar, the ES-175 is sought-after by jazz country and rock guitarists - - - these vintage guitars today sell for $3,000 to $25,000. Back in the day, made in Kalamazoo MI. How about that for your first guitar? I am jealous, my first guitar was a Kay (named after John Kay) and it was … a very basic and cheap and crude electric starter guitar. Metheny, on the other hand, got a wonderful instrument, because

Rakalam Bob Moses is one of the most iconic drummers in our music. From his early recordings with Gary Burton (Dreams So Real is still one of my favorite records of all time), to the famous Pat Metheny recording, Bright Size Life, to his own uniquely beautiful recordings (Visit With the Great Spirit, When Elephants Dream of Music, and Devotion come to to mind immediately), Bob has presented us with an indelible and uniquely personal expression. I am fortunate to have the great Bob Moses as a guest on this podcast. Bob and I became acquainted for the first back in the 80's, though he wouldn't remember that. More recently, we began having lots of conversations a few years ago. This led to him coming to Furman University, where I serve as Adjunct Instructor, as a guest artist. A memorable event, indeed! Bob has always followed his own path, which has led in the last years to a more free form expression. He has produced or otherwise been involved in innumerable projects, many of which we discuss here in this episode. Not only is the music intriguing, every CD is packaged with Bob's beautiful artwork. I can tell you also that his written music is also what I would call musical calligraphy. It is art in it's own right. Welcome to the musical world of Rakalam Bob Moses. To hear Bob's music, go to this Bandcamp page: Rakalam Bob Moses If you want to purchase CD's, or otherwise communicate with Bob, go to his website: NativePulse.comI am available for online or in person study. Reach out to me at: keith@keithdavismusic.com Keith Davis Music

One of the most important things that you can do is listen to jazz music, and that seems so simple, but literally you are practicing when you listen to jazz music. You will become a better jazz musician, simply by putting on your headphones or putting them on the speakers and just listening to how this music actually sounds. So today I'm gonna talk about 25 jazz albums that every jazz musician absolutely needs to know, absolutely needs to listen to. In this episode:1. Listening to jazz is essential for becoming a great jazz musician.2. Being aware of different styles and artists in jazz is important for personal growth and inspiration.3. Jazz albums can have a transformative effect on a musician's playing. #1: Louis Armstrong's "Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions" #2: Duke Ellington's "Live at Newport" #3: Count Basie's "The Complete Deca Recordings"#4: Benny Goodman's "The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert"#5: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie's "Quintet Jazz at Massey Hall"#6: "Charlie Parker with Strings" - Charlie Parker#7: Sonny Rollins' "Saxophone Colossus" #8: John Coltrane's "Blue Train" #9: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' "Moanin'"#10: "Sonny Side Up" by Dizzy Gillespie #11: "Boss Tenors" by Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt #12: "Soul Station" by Hank Mobley #13: Wes Montgomery's "Boss Guitar" #14. "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis#15: "Time Out" by Dave Brubeck#16:  "Mingus Ah Um" by Charles Mingus #17: "The Shape of Jazz to Come" by Ornette Coleman#18: "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane #19:  "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane #20: "The Blues in the Abstract Truth" by Oliver Nelson #21:  "Bitches Brew" by Miles Davis #22:  "Head Hunters" by Herbie Hancock #23:  "Heavy Weather" by Weather Report#24:  "Bright Size Life" by Pat Metheny#25:  "Deep Song" by Kurt RosenwinkelImportant Links:Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayLJS Inner Circle MembershipListen to the Learn Jazz Standards PodcastGet 50% off your first month when joining the Inner Circle: https://members.learnjazzstandards.com/sp/inner-circle-sales-page-podcast-direct/

On this episode of the Nick Finzer Audio Experience, Nick plays Pat Metheny's Bright Size Life featuring himself and Chris Ziemba on piano.

What Neuroimaging Can Tell us About Improvisation in Music. Jazz Guitar Legend Pat Metheny and neurosurgeon Dr. Charles Limb talk language and music connection, freestyle rap brain scans and more!

It's Nick's topic but everyone helps fill out a discussion on the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. The show was a bit of a mess and the majority of the performances were lackluster, but DJ Cummerbund took home an award, so we have that to celebrate!Song: Phox - “Kingfisher”Coming off the great conversation with Honest Lee last week, Greg's been keeping an eye out for other tribute albums & The Metallica Blacklist just dropped last week. A tribute to Metallica's Black Album, celebrating it's 30th Anniversary this year, it contains over 4 hours of covers by a wild range of artists. We listen to a few and discuss how The Black Album changed Metallica's trajectory and opened them up to a much wider audience.Songs:Miley Cyrus - “Nothing Else Matters (feat. WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo & Chad Smith)”Corey Taylor - “Holier Than Thou”Mac DeMarco - “Enter Sandman”Finally, Jay uses the just released Pat Metheny Side-Eye V1.IV live album to come clean about his lifelong dislike of Metheny's sound. He has recently come around though on Metheny's 1976 breakthrough Bright Size Life. This album was hugely influential for Greg and he's been trying to get Jay to listen to it for years. Mission Accomplished.Songs:Pat Metheny - “It All Starts When We Disappear”Pat Metheny - “Bright Size Life”

Lovecraft Country again serves as a catalyst for conversation, with a recent episode of the TV series touching on the dangers to Black residents when integrating white neighborhoods. Don and Amy talk about school districting and home purchases, sparking an eclectic conversation that includes cultivating community and the recurring trauma Black people experience during this cultural awakening to white supremacy.Additional resources:"Ossian Sweet (1895-1960)" (Black Past, by Susan Bragg, July 18, 2007)https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/sweet-ossian-1895-1960/ "The 'Lovecraft Country' House Attack Sequence Evoked the 1951 Cicero Race Riots" (Men's Health, by Josh St. Clair, August 31, 2020)https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a33809239/lovecraft-country-cicero-housing-riots-true-story/ "Bright Size Life" by Pat Metheny (Apple iTunes)https://music.apple.com/us/album/bright-size-life/1523943125?i=1523943437 Buy "Your Racist Friend" by They Might Be Giants on iTunes

Rakalam Bob Moses is one the best Jazz Drummers of all time. He is a professor here at The New England Conservatory of Music and has performed with many of the great Jazz names including the recording of the Iconic album Bright Size Life by Pat Matheny. 

Peter and Adam start off the week with a list of tips you can use to enhance your practice sessions.Practice Strategies:ListenMeditationFocused Technical PracticePractice PerformanceTranscribe Solos From Other InstrumentsPractice Easy Things in Hard KeysRecord Your Practice Session/Take NotesThe ending theme song for today's episode is "Bright Size Life" by Jeff Mitchell. To get your music featured on You'll Hear It, send an MP3 recording of your music to andrew@openstudionetwork.comLet us know what you think by leaving a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review, or head over to our YouTube channel and leave a comment for this episode.Interested in more jazz advice? Go here to browse our catalog of jazz lessons and courses available for purchase.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram at:https://www.facebook.com/heyopenstudiohttps://twitter.com/heyopenstudiohttps://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There are many reasons so many drummers respect Ra-Kalam Bob Moses. His seminal book Drum Wisdom brought out his 8/8 concept of playing to resolution points.  His ground-breaking 1973 album, Bittersuite in the Ozone, marked the start of a solo recording career that continues through this day.  He's worked with some of the most respected names in jazz, including playing with Jaco Pastorious on Pat Metheny's classic 1976 debut album, Bright Size Life. The godson of Ed Shaughnessy, young Bob Moses was fortunate to grow up in the same building with such greats as Max Roach, Art Blakey and Elvin Jones. Admittedly getting into drums as a young teen to impress others, he soon was inspired by seeing Coltrane and realized that music was about much more than what people thought or admired.  From that point on, Bob Moses began playing music from the heart, music that could fill the world with much needed love.  In a world of fakes and copies, Ra-Kalam honors his own heroes by going his own way in life, music and art.     In this very special episode of Contraption, I am honored to talk with Ra-kalam Bob Moses, who shares stories of his past, news of his current and upcoming work, and his overall “drum wisdom.”

Guitarist Pat Metheny is one of the brightest stars in the jazz firmament. The only person to win a Grammy in ten different categories, the ever-evolving artist is constantly experimenting with new technology and honing his improvisational skills and unique style. On this 2006 Piano Jazz, The Pat Metheny Trio, which includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanchez, performs an exclusive version of "Go Get It" and "Bright Size Life.

PROGRAM SUMMARY Today in Part TWO of Jazz Fusion, we look at FIVE more Jazz Fusion artists on …VINYL VIBRATIONS ! M1 Miles Davis and his "Bitches Brew" album 1970 Columbia. Miles Davis experiments with electric instruments like electric piano and electric guitar. Also we see more of an improvisational style with a rock rhythm. a double album - a studio album.  We listen to the song titled "John McLaughlin" on Bitches Brew.  This is an all-star cast--Chick Corea and Joe Zawinul on two electric pianos, John McLaughlin on electric guitar, Jack DeJohnette and Don Alias on two drum sets, Dave Holland and Harbey Brooks on two electric basses and of course on trumpet, Miles Davis. M2  Return to Forever,  featuring Chick Corea. The recording and title song is "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy". A phenomenal set of musicians --- guitarist Bill Connors, Stan Clarke on Bass, Lenny White on Drums. This song provides examples of time changes, which Chick Corea thrives in, providing a high energy framework for Bill Connors to play lead guitar. A very mechanical song, with enough melodic component to to be interesting and tell a story about THE SEVENTH GALAXY ---- The band is Return to Forever and the title song is "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy"featuring Chick Corea, 1973, Polydor Records. M3 Soft Machine and we listen to the album simply named "5". On this 1972 CBS album, part 2 of the 2-part song "L.B.O., by John Marshall, the drummer.  The musicians are Elton Dean on Alto Sax, Saxello and Electric Piano, Hugh Hopper on Bass, Mike Ratlidge on Organ and Electric Piano, and John Marshall on Drums. Note the time changes, the improvisation, the use of electric saxello, electric piano, in a jazz format, with the rock beat. M4 Pat Metheny and his 1976 album BRIGHT SIZE LIFE. We listened to UNQUITY ROAD, composed by Pat Metheny.  I remember seeing the very young Metheny back in 1977 at a small venue named Amazingrace, then  locatedat 845 Chicago Ave in Evanston IL. There, up on stage stood this white kid from Missouri, then 21, with huge a afro and and a very large hollow body electric guitar. This kid is really different. The guitar playing is like nothing I had heard before. Great technique, the scales, wide intervals, the melodic character of this music, the little excursions each of the songs take. And a very NEW sound with jazz "improvisation"  The bass sound is also new, because it is fretless and electric, that's Jaco Pastorius on bass. Bob Moses Drums. Recorded in 1976, not in the US… but in Ludwigsburg, Germany, for ECM Records. M5 SPACES. Next, we hear from the Band, Album, and title Song . . . all titled "SPACES". Another all-star cast, featuring Larry Coryell and John McLaughlin on guitars, Billy Cobham on drums, Chick Corea electric piano, and Miroslav Vitous on bass….. Vitous playing a bowed bass, in this case, an electrified, acoustic bass. And the Coryell-McLaughlin guitar combination, works well … it's surprising, as they have such different styles (Coryell's fury and power vs McLaughlin's texture and finesse). Much improvisation, much power in the guitar solo parts. This is a great instrumental album. The song SPACES was composed by Julie Coryell. This was originally recorded in 1971, and this release is 1974 from VANGUARD APOSTOLIC records. M6 The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin and the album "The Inner Mounting Flame" and the most laid back song on that album, if you will, a track named "Dawn" with John McLaughlin on Guitar, Jerry Goodman on Violin, Jan Hammer on Piano, Rick Laird Bass and Billy Cobham on Drums. Original composition of John McLaughlin. This first studio album, released in 1971, by Columbia Records.

Music is the language of the soul and this episode bears fruit from that bountiful tree. Interesting things pop-up throughout this episode and we are here to bring it to light. We are bringing you fantastic long cuts on for your listening pleasure. Genres featured on this show include: Jazz, Jazz fusion, Afro-beat, “Three-of-a-Kind”, Velvet Underground, inspiration, and a little bit of prog-rock. It’s all here, ready for you to partake in Euphoric Musicality Radio. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/euphoricmusicalityradioFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/euphmusicradioE-mail: euphoricmusicalityradio@gmail.comWebsite: www.euphoricmusicalityradio.caCredits:EMR Host: CurtisEMR Producer: Lesley Playlist:1) Pt. 3 - Pursuance, John Coltrane (0:00:00)2) Bright Size LIfe, Jaco Pastorius (0:13:31)3) Dreamland, Jaco Pastorius (0:18:07)4) Havona, Jaco Pastorius (0:22:16)5) Sangria for Three, The Tony Williams Lifetime (0:31:28)6) Chameleon, Herbie Hancock (0:44:34)7) Mr. Clean, Freddie Hubbard (1:02:31)8) Moving On, Tony Allan (1:16:04)9) Go Slow, Fela Kuti (1:22:45)10) Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull (1:43:18)11) Favourite Thing, The Replacements (2:05:30)12) Unsatisfied, The Replacements (2:07:49)13) Can’t Hardly Wait, The Replacements (2:10:49)14) Gun, John Cale (2:16:26)15) Illegal Bodies, Simply Saucer (2:24:22)16) Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull (2:38:31)

Im Alter von 14 Jahren bekam er von seinem Basslehrer das Album"Bright Size Life" von Pat Metheny. Das Spiel von Jaco Pastorius war für ihn das Beeindruckendste auf dieser Aufnahme.