JA makes a lot of good points, especially in 'the room'; overall sound or harmony therin. Another great chat, many thanks ✌️😎👍

Thanks for doing this. Jacob is one of several underappreciated, super-talented European musicians I have followed since I got into jazz over 30 years ago. You, Samo, are another one of course!

Met Dave when he came to Portland Oregon in the early 2000's. A great hero of mine and on meeting him I found him to be the coolest of dudes, a wonderful hip gentleman. A wonderful interview with a master!! I was lucky to be Elvin's tech for a minute and share this clip 'for geeks only' please: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4HQaaeiqLh_o80

OT what's the jingle? sounds very interesting....

Don't you love this guy's attitude ✌️😎👍 Really enjoyable chat, wish it was longer, but thank you both.

I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Jakob Bro after a solo performance at a temple in Japan in November 2024. He is very much as he describes Paul Motian in the video--warm, down to earth, and full of joyful energy. In the past decade I've discovered that Paul Motian's music is the focal point and core of so much jazz that I love the most, and PM's music guided me to Jakob Bro's albums, which have become among my favorites. We are blessed to have genius contemporary jazz artists such as Jakob Bro, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Jorge Rossy, Thomas Morgan, Brian Blade, and their brilliant bandmates and colleagues.

Larry is an absolute master of the guitar, an artist of the highest and a sweetheart of a human being 🙏👍🎶

RIP, Herb Robertson 💐

Whenever I discover a new artist I usually find that you’ve already recorded an interview with them 😂 That goes for Rogers this time, thanks for all the great interviews!

GC really cares about music & was nodding a lot during this great chat. Thanks to you both.

Don't like capitalism ? Okay, so I'll just download your albums for free instead of buying them.

Jeff Beck knew a lot more theoretically about harmony than Santana.

My favourite album of 2024. I can’t pretend to understand all of the deep themes Frank and Ibbe put into it but I can respond emotionally. It’s beautiful, unexpected and impossible to categorise.

Yeah! Man, I love her playing!

Once upon a time there was a video of this performance on you tube, then it disappeared, any cance of getting it back?

Thank you for this, Samo!

Gorgeous 👏❤️!

Hi Peter and all. This is my idea of teh dead of Jaco. I hope I am wrong: Hello everyone. I just listened to “Scarlet Woman” again, which is an amazing track thanks in part to Jaco. There are a couple of things to clarify for those who have seen the documentary on Jaco. Joe Zawinul may have been a good musician but he treated Jaco like an asshole, and the rest of the band knew it. He was clearly jealous of Jaco, and he understood that Weather Report's success was definitely due to Jaco's presence. In fact before and after Jaco The Weather Report was a bit like other Fusion groups of that time. In fact Joe and Jaco went their separate ways. But what angers me most is that so many of his “friends” and relatives were aware of his drinking problems but saw fit to stay away from them, not all, but many. He should have been taken and treated as one would in a civilized country. Jaco would still be alive now if anyone had really loved him. He suffered from accelerated bipolarism, treatable with medication and friendship and love that I did not see. I hope I'm wrong but that's how I see it 😠.

Thanks Samo ! 🙂

I loved this album from the first time I heard it 20 years ago. Listened to it again today and I feel the same about it.

So good to see my old building mate for 10 years on Spring St. Who lived above me. Too many stories...Thx for doing this.

Gale from Breaking Bad?

Big fan of Jesse v. Ruller, thank you very much!

Appreciate the detailed breakdown! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

Great interview! Thank you Samo!

Today, just opened to see if Savannah is in your top10

Love Sonny Emory's drumming!

21 years ago. Love to hear what any one of those guys thought about that performance.

Great chat thank you both ❤ "Carbon footprint" what?!; as soon as we really fuck with nature it will wipe us out. The funding of individual art is a challenge, but I know the artistic mind can't be dictated to. ✌️😎👍

Jeff is one of my all time fav drummers, absolutely incredible musician.

Van Beethoven had Flemish roots, not Dutch.

some call Jean-Michel Pilc a genius. Yes, I think he is one of. Great introduction

Can anyone tell me what are the sizes setup of his drum kit? Not included the cymbals.

Booom! Wow. Looking fwd to listen to this one! Thank you ❤❤❤

this is fantastic! Pilc is amazing and Samo also!

Jaco inspired me to quit the bass...

Simon, Samo great interview lots of good music history and info about Simon's career. I liked your inquiry about Ernest Tibbs who is an excellent bass player! Thanks!

Thank"s Samo for great interview. Simon is legend...saw him live many times!

Amazing talk. Thank you!

ah ouais !! bien vu !!😊 Decouverte 🙃

AT is so awesome 12:00

Great talk, ty both

When you think of iconic drummers, Simon Phillips is definitely in that conversation as far as true legends of the drum kits. He has done it all and played with everyone, from ToTo to Judas Priest to Hiromi Trio Project to Derek Sherinian to The Who to Jeff Beck, he is a powerful drummer and has been a huge part of some incredible albums. His work with his band Protocol for me is some of the best stuff he has ever done as a solo artist / bandleader and the musicians he has assembled for his projects are all tremendous players. He is an amazing composer and has made some of the finest music ever. A fantastic interview with one of the greatest drummers on the planet

Very few ambidextrous drummers such as SP. Surprised he never put his hat in the centre, like Bill Bruford. The standout reference for me was Dave Carpenter; he could play keyboard parts on his 6 string 😮 There is something very wrong with how the arts is sponsored; no orchestra ever made a profit & yet many independent musicians can not afford to gig or even get recordings out. SP is a credit to drumming & the arts in general. Thank you both for this very enjoyable talk ✌️😎👍

I definitely do not agree with what Simon says here about composition, although I respect him and love his playing and always have. Firstly, compositions materialize in many different ways, so one should be open to whatever order the musical elements of melody, harmony, and rhythm present themselves. Secondly, although I understand the point he is making about writing the melody after having the chords in place, I don't agree because a good composer should still be able to write a beautiful melody over whatever chords they are hearing. Also, if the chords do come first, they may be very rich and beautiful harmonies that form wonderful harmonic relationships. If the harmonies come to you in a very natural and organic way, that'a gift! Just as a beautiful melody that comes to you is a gift. Simply put, it's not that cut and dry, that you "should" have a melody first and harmonies come later. Composition is wonderful, too mysterious, and infinite to put it down to an overly specific order of events in terms of musical elements.

How a about a Simon Phillips and Dr. Jazz album . Simon doing some Out Improv would be interesting .

Thank you, Mr. Salamon for this considerate interview. You have the gift of letting Simon (and many others} finish their thoughts.

Cool! Thank you! Simon is amazing!

Lovely chat, thanks. Caught Lund with Melissa Aldana at the Village Vanguard while in NYC last week. Outstanding! Keep up the good work Samo!

Bill's contributions to the world of jazz are really invaluable. What a legend. Thanks for posting this talk, Samo!