Podcasts about jaco pastorious

Joni Mitchell had hits, fame, and lots of famous friends when she decided to head out on a cross-country roadtrip and craft her jazziest album yet with a little help from Jaco Pastorious. The fellas discuss alterante tunings, triple tracking bass parts, and the long lonesome highway of a rock and roll life. Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaintsEmail us your complaints (or questions / comments) at 1001AlbumComplaints@gmail.comThanks to our special guest Amanda - check out her podcast / instagram at:https://linktr.ee/myrockmomentListen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YyQ4aYQev7qQSJU3DEKx4?si=94cb5d07eb8e4fe3Listen to Hejira here:https://open.spotify.com/album/3Z0qQc09rmk4JYtIaxEx2J?si=-bTx1sAFQvGhw8w_BNE9BQIntro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly CrushersOutro music: After the Afterlife by MEGAFollow our Spotify Playlist of music produced directly by us. Listen and complain at homeFollow us on instagram @thechopunlimited AND @1001AlbumComplaintsSupport us on Patreon, now including our new show Song Battle!https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaintsWe have 1001 Merch! Support us by buying some.US Merch StoreUK Merch StoreNext week's album: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I'm your host Ray Shasho. Legendary drummer Michael Shrieve announces the much-anticipated release of his album, “Drums of Compassion,” set to drop on May 24, 2024 on Trey Gunn's innovative label, 7D Media. This album is a testament to Shrieve's artistic journey, encapsulating over fifty years of musical exploration and collaboration with some of the most revered names in the industry. “Drums of Compassion” is not merely an album; it's an odyssey that began two decades ago inspired by the Dalai Lama's call for a Time of Compassion. The album boasts an ensemble of musical virtuosos, and their collective genius creates a tapestry of rhythmic brilliance that transcends conventional music boundaries, offering listeners an immersive sonic experience. Shrieve's collaboration with Soundmaster Jeff Greinke lays the foundation of the album with ambient, space-evoking melodies that serve as a backdrop to the dynamic percussive elements. Officially released on May 24, 2024. An as a very wise man once said … "MUSIC PROMPTS US TO RESPOND WITH OPEN-HEARTEDNESS INSTEAD OF JUDGMENT. IT USHERS US TO A HIGHER PLACE FROM WHERE WE CAN SEE BEYOND DISTRACTIONS TO WHAT IS TRUE AND GOOD AND LASTING." PLEASE WELCOME LEGENDARY AMERICAN DRUMMER AND COMPOSER BEST KNOWN AS THE ORIGINAL DRUMMER FOR SANTANA/ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER/ MICHAEL SHRIEVE TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS …   PREORDER THE NEW RELEASE BY MICHAEL SHRIEVE Entitled ‘DRUMS OF PASSION' To pre-order: https://7dmedia.com/micheal-shrieve-drums-of-compassion   FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MICHAEL SHRIEVE VISIT https://www.michaelshrieve.com/ Official website https://twitter.com/michaelshrieve Twitter https://www.pinterest.com/michaelshrieve Pinterest https://www.instagram.com/michaelshrieve/ Instagram   https://bandcamp.com/michaelshrieve Michael Shrieve Bandcamp https://7dmedia.com/ 7D Media   DISCOGRAPHY SOLO PROJECTS Transfer Station Blue - Michael Shrieve (1984) Big Picture - Michael Shrieve, David Beal (1989) with Klaus Schulze and Kevin Shrieve Stiletto - Michael Shrieve (1989) with Mark Isham, David Torn, Andy Summers and Terje Gevelt The Leaving Time - Michael Shrieve (1989) with Steve Roach Two Doors - Michael Shrieve (1996) with Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane Fascination - Michael Shrieve (2001) with Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz Drums of Compassion – (2006) with Jeff Greinke, Jack DeJohnette, Zakir Hussain and Airto Moriera   SANTANA Santana (1969) Abraxas (1970) Santana III (1971) Caravanserai (1972) Love Devotion and Surrender (1973) - John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana Welcome (1973) Lotus (1974) Borboletta (1974) Santana's Greatest Hits (1974) Viva Santana! [Columbia/Sony] (1988) Abraxas (Gold Remaster) (1991) Dance of the Rainbow Serpent (1995) Abraxas (1998) Santana [Japan Bonus Tracks] (1998) Santana III [Japan Bonus Tracks] (1998) Santana III (Remastered) (2000) Best of Santana, Vol. 2 (2000) Abraxas (Remastered) (2000) Divine Light - Love Devotion Surrender [Bill Laswell Remix] (2001) Essential Santana (2002) Shaman (2002) Caravanserai (Remastered) (2003) Love Devotion Surrender [Bonus Tracks] (2003) Santana: Legacy Edition [Bonus CD] (2004)   COLLABORATIONS Automatic Man (1976) Go (1976) with Stomu Yamash'ta, Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze Go Live From Paris - (1976) with Stomu Yamash'ta, Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze, Al Dimeola Go Too - (1977) with Stomu Yamashta Novo Combo (1980) Animation Generation - Novo Combo (1982) Through the Fire - Hagar Schon Arronson Shrieve (1984) Abraxas Pool (1997) Oracle - [exclusive at iTunes] (2005) with Amon Tobin   DRUMMER / PERCUSSIONIST David Crosby - If Only I Could Remember My Name (1971) with Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Garcia Luis Gasca - For Those Who Chant (1972) Mill Valley - Bunch Casting Pearls(1972) with Michael Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites Wilding - Bonus: Pleasure Signals (1978) Mickie D's Unicorn (1979) Time Actor: Klaus Schultze and Richard Wahnfried (1979) The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (1980) Pat Travers - Crash and Burn (1980) Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1981) Pat Travers - Radio Active (1981) Klaus Schulze - Trancefer (1981) Jefferson Airplane Loves You (1982) Klaus Schulze - Audentity (1983) Mickie D's Unicorn - Turn on the Music Machine (1983) Klaus Schulze - Richard Wahnfried Plays Megatone (1984) Roger Hodgson - In the Eye of The Storm (1984) Rolling Stones - Rewind (1984) Mick Jagger - She's the Boss (1985) Porky's Revenge! - Original Soundtrack (1985) with Dave Edmunds and George Harrison Bob Moses - The Story of Moses (1987) Brian Slawson - Distant Drums (1988) Marty Fogel - Many Bobbing Heads, at Last... (1989) Freddie Hubbard - Times Are Changin' (1989) Jill Sobule - Things Here Are Different (1990) Klaus Schulze - Drive Inn, Vol. 2 Rainer Bloss (1990) Marley's Ghost How Can I Keep From Singing: Gospel (1991) Robert Gordon - All for the Love of Rock 'N' Roll (1994) Zucchero - Miserere (1994) Jim Carroll - World Without Gravity: The Best of the Jim Carroll Band (1994) Steve Winwood - The Finer Things (1995) McKinley - Big Top Shop Talk (1998) Octave of the Holy Innocents (1995) with Jonas Hellborg and Buckethead Robert Gordon - All for the Good of Rock and Roll (1994) David Torn - Collection (1998) Klaus Schulze - Trancefer/Dig It (1999) Alan Merrill - Merrilly Christmas (2001) Shawn Smith - Shield of Thorns 2003 Octave Of The Holy Innocents - Remix (2004) with Jonas Hellborg and Buckethead Pistol Star - Crawl (2004)   PRODUCER Santana III (1971) Santana - Caravanserai (1972) Santana - Welcome (1973) Santana - Borboletta (1974) Michael Shrieve - Transfer Station Blue (1984) Michael Shrieve and David Beal - The Big Picture (1989) Michael Shrieve - Stiletto (1989) Michael Shrieve with Steve Roach The Leaving Time (1989) Rumors of the Big Wave - Burning Times (1991) Brothers of the Baladi - Eye of the World (1994) Michael Shrieve - Two Doors (1996) Abraxas Pool - Abraxas Pool (1997) F-5 - Dodging the Dream Killers (1998) Brothers Of The Baladi - Heart of the Beast (1998) Douglas September - Ten Bulls (1998) Bill Frisell - with Elvin Jones and Dave Holland (2001) Fascination - Michael Shrieve (2001) Santana - Aye Aye Aye (2003) New Monsoon - The Sound (2005) AriSawkaDoria (2006) Ruby Dee and The Snakehandlers (2006)   COMPILATIONS Novus Sampler (1988) Big Bang: In the Beginning Was a Drum (1994) All Day Thumbsucker Revisited (1995) New Spirits in Jazz (1996) New Spirits in Jazz, Pt. 2 (1997) Guitar Zone (1998) World of Drums & Percussion (1998) Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' (1999) World of Drums And Percussion, Vol. 2 (2000) Miniatures, Vol. 2 (2000) Ritmo de la Noche / Rhythm of the Night: The Very Best of Latin Jazz (2002) Story of the Blues [Sony] (2003) Mojo Presents (Can) (2004) Soul to Soul, DVD & CD [Rhino] (2004) Blue Note Plays Sting / Various (2005)   FILM & TELEVISION COMPOSITIONS Tempest (1982) Film, directed by Paul Mazursky Children of Time Square (1986) Television, directed by Curtis Hanson Return (1986) The Bedroom Window (1987) Film, directed by Curtis Hanson Blue Movies (1988) American Chronicles (1990) Television, directed by David Lynch The Take (1990) Crossing the Bridge (1992)   FILM APPEARANCES Woodstock (1970) Gimme Shelter (1970) Stamping Ground (1970) Fillmore (1972) Soul to Soul (2004) Featuring the 1971 music celebration in Ghana, West Africa. Performers: Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner, Les McCann and Eddie Harris, The Staple Singers, Voices of East Harlem, Santana A Night at the Family Dog (2005) Featuring a 1970 concert   Support us on PayPal!

Podcasters note: I mistakenly called this podcast, episode 18. It is in fact episode 19.I first became aware of writer, producer and author Bill Milkowski back in the mid to late 70's, when, as a young up-and-coming rock guitar player, I started buying Guitar Player Magazine. As my pursuit shifted to Jazz Guitar, Bill's writing was right there with me in such publications as Downbeat, Jazz Times, Guitar World and other top-shelf publications. Not to mention countless album liner notes. Suffice it to say, his writing is just as impactful today as it was when I was 17.In this podcast, Bill and I talk about Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Jaco Pastorious and much more. He is definitely full of surprises and has a vast wealth of knowledge in both the Jazz and Rock worlds.It's a fun, insighful, informative and entertaining interview and is definitely worth checking out! I think you're really gonna enjoy this one!As always, I'd love to hear or read your feedback so don't be shy!And for more Jazz Guitar related content including interviews, reviews and more, please visit Jazz Guitar Life at www.thejazzguitarlife.com. As always, I'd love to hear or read your feedback so don't be shy! Enjoy :)

In today's podcast episode, we pick up our exploration of jazz fusion by looking at the amazing careers and music produced by a number of genius musicians who came out of Miles Davis' bands.  We'll visit with Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin and his band, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorious and the band Weather Report, Chick Corea and his bands Return to Forever and the Elektrik Band.  The forces that Miles pioneered and set in motion continued to evolve in multiple directions. You'll discover in today's episode, and you'll be able to hear from the musicians themselves about what it was like to play in these bands and create this adventurous, beautiful new music!IN TODAY'S EPISODE:Interview;  Herbie Hancock from a lecture given at Harvard UniversityHerbie Hancock       Chameleon       Watermelon ManInterview:  John McLaughlin talks about what it was like to play with Miles Davis.Graham Bond Organisation:  Train TimeThe Mahavishnu Orchestra       Inner Mounting Flame       One Word       Eternity's Breath Pt. 1Weather Report       Birdland       Nubian Sundance       Tears       HerandnuInterview:  Jaco Pastorious talks about his collaboration with Joe ZawinulJaco Pastorious/ Weather Report       Teen TownInterview:  Pat MathenyInterview:  Chick Corea talks about joining Miles Davis' band.Return to Forever       Return to ForeverInterview:  Chick Corea talks about forming his band,  Return to Forever       SpainThe Elektrik Band:  RumbleSteely Dan:  Aja

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/9nNqQH5TTa0 The New York-born trumpeter, bandleader, teacher, producer, writer and music director grew up amidst the free-wheeling and wildly creative adventures of the jazz rock / avant garde / electric-electronic-flavored Gil Evans Orchestras of the 1970s and 1980s. Miles Evans led the Gil Evans Orchestra, and performed with Paul Shaffer, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Sting, David Sanborn, Hermeto Pascoal, Jaco Pastorious, Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton, Vince Mendoza, Christen McBride, Peter Erskine and Darry Jones—to name a few.  He performed on Grammy Award Winning CDs with Miles Davis, Gil Evans and Quincy Jones. Miles Evans led the Gil Evans Orchestra at The Cutting Room in NYC before COVID-19 came to New York—

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Featured Guest: Frank Colón is a specialist in Latin-Caribbean, Brazilian and Asian percussion instruments including congas, bongos, timbales, bata drums, shekere, cuica, berimbau, and tabla drums, among others. Frank began his musical career with a five-year stint in Julito Collazo's Afro-Cuban drum ensemble. On NYC's jazz scene, he quickly went on to perform and record with Walter Booker, Chet Baker, Jaco Pastorious, Michel Camilo, African master drummer, Babatunde Olatunji, Gato Barbieri, Harry Belafonte, Weather Report, Tania Maria, Flora Purim, and Airto Moreira. In Brazil, Frank has also performed and/or recorded with Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, Eddie, Motta, João Bosco, Chico Buarque, Wagner Tiso, Ney Matogrosso, Elba Ramalho, Marina Lima, RPM, João Donato, Toninho Horta, Roberto Menescal, and Marcos Valle. As a sideman with the Manhattan Transfer for 12 years, he participated on two of their Grammy-winning records and was voted in 1988 as one of the top three “Most Influential Percussionist of the Year”in the Modern Drummer Magazine poll! Frank's other collaborations in performances, TV specials, DVDs and/or CD recordings include Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, George Clinton, Gato Barbieri, Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, George Benson, Thalia, Paquito D'Rivera, Larry Coryell, Billy Taylor, Azymuth, Dianne Reeves, Nestor Torres, Mickey Hart, DJ Gilles Peterson, among many others. Frank also appears in the musical documentary movie “Calle 54”, directed by Oscar-winner Fernando Trueba. His three albums as a leader are: “Frank Colón - Live at Vartanjazz”, “Latin Wonder”, and "Latin Lounge", all of which have received very good critical reviews. He is also featured as the principal soloist in a DVD by the Russian String Orchestra from Moscow, in a symphony commissioned for him entitled “Adoracion al Ritmo.” The Frank Colón Band consists of a quartet (piano/keyboards, bass, drums, percussion) or quintet, (piano/keyboards, bass, sax/trumpet, drums, percussion) performing songs from his CDs. Frank is also available for percussion clinics as well as recording work. Download this One-Sheet in pdf here! Follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, & YouTube - @frankcolonpercussion --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carol-penn/support

Ecco a voi la puntata del 2 dicembre 2021, la numero 221, della versione radiofonica di Jazz in Family. Punto centrale di questa settimana, il nostro modesto omaggio alla figura del più celebre bassista di tutti i tempi: Jaco Pastorious. (...) Altro momento topico è l'ascolto della musica di Milena Jancuric e del suo Shapes A Stories. Proprio il focus su questi due protagonisti della settimana ci ha creato un pò di difficoltà nella scelta della cover giusta per la puntata. Le cover "alternative", insieme ad altro, le trovi cliccando su questo short-link: https://www.jazzinfamily.com/la-puntata-del-2-dicembre-2021-222 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jazz-in-family/message

Excepcional pieza del jazz moderno, compuesta por Charlie Parker (1947) sobre los cambios de acordes de Indiana. Requiere virtuosismo y sensibilidad jazzística que queda reservada para los grandes. Escuchemos a Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Art Pepper, Jaco Pastorious, Bireli Lagrène, Carles Benavent, J. Pardo entre otros.

Bluesette (juego de palabras entre blues y musette) del gran guitarrista y número uno de la armónica de jazz, el belga Toots Thielemans. Uno de los pocos waltzes de jazz hasta esa época (1963). Su versión original es para guitarra y silbido, en esto último también es el mejor. Escuchemos sus versiones, junto con las de Quincy Jones, Hank Jones, Ella, Sara Vaughan, Tito Puente, Jaco Pastorious, Bireli Lagrène y otros.

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Alex is now a dad! Stovepipe is still competely alone! Both STILL manage to entartain, challenge, and inspire with their podcast. This week, they gush about how cool Sheryl Crow is, do the same for Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorious comes up of course, and drink booze with their faces.

There were guys who thinking of the bass as a first voice. You had cats like Eberhardt Weber on upright, Stanley (Clarke), Jaco (Pastorious), they were definitely trailblazers at that time on the electric bass. Then you had cats like Monk Montgomery whose credited with being the first to play the electric bassist. When fender gave the bass to Lionel Hampton who gave it on to Monk. We're talking 1951, the first precision bass. Monk was still chomping at it, still laying a foundational sound. Then you had all the guys like Kenny Baker who played bass on all The Gamble and Huff (SOP). You had Val Burke who was the bass player with "Willie And The Mighty Magnificence who was the backup band out of New Jersey that did all the RnB groups like "The Moments" and "The Whatnots." Then you had Robbie "Kool" Bell from Kool And The Gang. He was using the bass guitar as a first voice. What I'm doing is just a continuation of that, those guys really led the way. Musical ideas bear freshness. When you think of an arrangement where everyone is just playing a role. We never thought about the instruments as being the instruments that they were. They were always vehicles for moving out of the realm of whatever that instrument was. I never thought of the bass and being the bass. I knew it was an instrument that had a certain tone quality but when it came to the composition and melodies we were always all free and all equal. Ornette never thought of himself as being the leader of the band, of course he was, but in the musical sense he always felt as though he was inside of the music and not standing out in front. It was all participation, moving in the same direction. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

Dooner's World - Episode 20 - Kirk TaylorMike and Kirk talk about Jaco Pastorious, John Zorn, Creepshow, Prescott Niles, The Knack, Minor Threat, Fugazi, and Ian MacKaye!! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=39941006&fan_landing=true)

Dooner's World Episode 13 JB Frank from Kingdom Come talks about everything from hanging out with Jason Newsted on the Monster of Rock tour watching Michael Anthony from Van Halen from the side of the stage to a sad story of Jaco Pastorious being beat up trying to jam with Santana!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=39941006&fan_landing=true)

Ce soir le Coureur s’intéresse à un instrument central du funk : la basse. Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorious , Victor…

CHARLIE WOOTON Charlie has released Blue Basso, his tribute to the legendary bassist, Jaco Pastorious. I look forward to Charlie and I exploring his journey and influences while we listen to the tunes. WEB SITE       FACEBOOK PAGE   J.P. SOARS – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC J.P. returns with the new album, Let Go Of The Reins, produced by Tab Benoit and recorded at Tas’ Whiskey Bayou Studios.  Looking forward to catching up with J.P. and sharing the new tunes. WEB SITE       FACEBOOK PAGE   ARSEN SHOMAKHOV – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Rain City Blues is the newest release from Arsen.  It is always a joy to talk to this talented guitarist and to share as his skills continue to grow. WEB SITE       FACEBOOK PAGE   BEN RICE – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Ben is having a pretty good year!  The new release, Wish The World Away has gotten him nothing but accolades and tons of new fans.  We’ll listen to some tunes and talk to Ben about it all. WEB SITE       FACEBOOK PAGE

Au programme de ce numéro de J'irai digger chez vous, la première partie mon diggin’ chez les Geniès, des consommateurs de jazz fusion de père en fils.  Jean-Claude le père, originaire de La Réunion, écoutait du Mahavishnu orchestra dès l'âge de onze ans et passait du Jean-Luc Ponty en boom alors que ses camarades étaient davantage branchés Cloclo. Manu le fils, tomba lui très tôt dans le bain. Et après un détour par le rap qu’il ne renie pas, il s’appropria le jazz, la basse, et passa par l’American School of Modern Music de Paris où il se fit des ampoules en étudiant les plans de Jaco Pastorious. Je suis allé avec plaisir capter leurs échanges témoigant d'une très belle relation père-fils autour de la musique.  Maxime ECHENNE alias Le reporteur-diggeur à domicile

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.”

There are few musicians who, although strongly associated with a particular instrument, transcend that instrument to exhibit an overall musicality. It’s not about technique, proficiency or virtuosity -- It’s about serving the song as the music pours out of every pore of his or her body. Jaco Pastorious was such a musician – the man who changed the role of the bass and the way it’s played. Tied to that iconic sunburst Fender jazz that he personally defretted, Jaco went beyond the bass – he was the music. Johnny Vidacovich, today’s guest on Contraption, is that same kind of musician.An incredible drummer in the tradition of New Orleans hitters like Zigaboo, Herlin Riley and Stanton Moore, Johnny goes beyond the drums to infuse every set and song he plays with that rare musicality that touches those he plays with and those he plays for. Johnny credits growing up in New Orleans and hearing the sounds and beats of the bands that passed his modest childhood home. It began, he says, during his infancy, before he could walk or read. It’s part of his DNA – part of his very soul.  You’d think someone as gifted and talented as Johnny Vidacovich had set out his whole life to be a working musician, but he was working as a drummer without really thinking about it as a career – that was until his daughter was born when he was 31. The truth of the matter is Johnny has worked hard – very hard – for his legendary reputation. Taking lessons with New Orleans drummer Charlie Suchor after getting his first drum kit when he was twelve, that eventually led him to a life changing offer as a high schooler… It should be noted that Johnny was happy to talk with us – he loves to share his story and his ideas related to playing – to be a musician. So all I can say is I’m humbled and honored and so appreciative to have had this time with Johnny to share with all of you.

Dan and Eric talk about Paul Allen, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, tornado alley, human cookies, extinction, rust mold, coffee, cost, Christmas music, Amazon, Kindle, Apostle, Halloween, The Lion King, The Man In The High Castle, The Haunting of Hill House, Judas Priest, Defenders Of The Faith, Bloodhound Gang, Danzig, Jaco Pastorious, Philip Glass, St. Vincent, iamthemorning

In the May edition of #JCsMusicology, we'll be contemplating the discography of Joni Mitchell, from 1975 to 1976. Beginning with "The Hissing of Summer Lawns", this episode explores the transformations of selected songs, from their acoustic demos to full band productions. Then, we'll deconstruct the characters and environments of "Hejira", tracking the song's developments and meanings. https://www.facebook.com/JohnCameronProductions https://twitter.com/Cameron_John Correction: This episode suggsest that Max Bennet recommended Jaco Pastorious to Joni. According to Reckless Daughter by David Yaffe, it was actually Robben Ford.

This week, saxophonist Jason Burce performs live in-studio!  Jazz funk tunes from Maceo Parker, Miles Mosley and Jaco Pastorious. As well as jazz classics from Ray Charles and Horace Silver.

My guest today is Mike Stern.  Mike is one of my favorite guitarists and has been since I first got interested in jazz as a teenager. Mike cut his teeth playing in blues and rock bands like Blood Sweat and Tears before joining the Miles Davis Band in the early 80's. His career with Miles, Steps Ahead, and also with The Brecker Brothers and Jaco Pastorious is widely documented. His solo career has produced 16 solo records and numerous Grammy nominations.   I like to think of Mike's playing like equal parts NYC sophistication and part “cobra” guitar player -  he can bend your ear with the hippest be-bop lines played with flawless right hand technique or seduce you with that big piano sound he dials up (with that ancient Yamaha SPX 90) and then without warning he'll stomp on his distortion pedal and slay you with screaming rock licks, building solo after solo up to an intensity like few guitarists can.  This interview took place at Mike Stern's apt in NYC  Feb 2016.  In this casual interview Mike talks about many topics including - the importance of good time, what he learned from Miles Davis, singing what you play, some cool sax licks Michael Brecker showed him,what it was like playing with his good friend the late Jaco Pastorius- and of course lots of funny stories!  Mike is an inspiring guy to be around- he is always practicing and still hungry to learn after many years or playing. Even though he's at the top of his game he is a humble cat and it's not beneath him to stop you to learn a lick or idea-  He's also a pretty hilarious guy as you'll hear- Enjoy!  MIKE STERN WEBSITE Mike Stern and Shane Theriot NYC 2016  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-riff-raff-with-shane-theriot/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy