by Editor Jake Kot – Words to Gig by featuring Bassist Eddie Gomez… “It’s always been about stressing the importance of knowing the history of whatever you do.”
Dave LaRue: Synthesis
June 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Editor Jake Kot – Words to Gig by featuring Bassist Dave LaRue… “It doesn’t have to be pure rock or pure jazz; it’s a synthesis of who we are. I’ve grown up listening to everything from Led Zepplin to John Coltrane, and that’s all in there.”
Uriah Duffy: Regret…
June 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
by Editor Jake Kot – Words to Gig by featuring Bassist Uriah Duffy… “I did take a couple of jazz lessons from a jazz bass player in 8th grade. I regret the fact that I did not continue, for the sole reason that the information I use from those few valuable lessons, I still use [...]
Dave LaRue: Diversify…
June 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Editor Jake Kot – Words to Gig by featuring Bassist Dave LaRue… “Diversifying is critical as far as making a living is concerned. You need to be able to do a lot of different things if you want to survive.”
Eddie Gomez: Leave Behind the Idea…
June 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Editor Jake Kot – Words to Gig by featuring Bassist Eddie Gomez… “I try to leave behind the idea of how I stand versus the rest of the world, the bass playing world. I’m just not that interested in how I compare with someone else, either before or current, or with younger players or [...]
Jonas Hellborg: Musical Language
February 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“You just have to know your musical language, so when you want to say something, you don’t have to think about what you’re saying, you just express the content or the subject of what your sentence is in musical terms”. www.hellborg.com
Mark Egan: The Human Spirit
February 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“As far as where it (Contemporary Jazz) goes, I just hope it goes to the highest level of human spirit communicating to human spirit through the medium of music, and the advancement of improvisation and techniques to help ones expression reach that level…this is certainly what I aspire to”.
Jonas Hellborg: Music as Meditation
February 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“You play music as a meditation, as a spiritual exercise—something to release you, to focus you, to make you healthy…that’s what music is”. www.hellborg.com
