When you hear music, it speaks for itself. Recorded music for me is a sample of what happens “live.” It’s capturing the energy and dynamics of the sound in real time.
Cultivating creativity with every performance, every session, every rehearsal, in the relationships and in every interaction is what draws me into great collaborations.
I feel most a kin to the composer/bandleader bassists like Charlie Haden and Charles Mingus. Haden for his big, beautiful, deep foundational melodic sounds ...