Greg Hutchinson on Teaching Jazz, "Forgetting" Vocabulary, and Mentorship in The Internet Age

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Chapters
0:48 - how do you build swing from the ground up
3:40 - bridging the gap bet swinging and improvising
6:22 - Greg and John Riley
9:15 - the boundaries of "jazz"
13:46 - let's talk about flurries without talking about flurries
19:50 - Greg's Betty Carter story
22:18 - being "over" your playing
24:35 - the young lions and Greg
28:15 - why are people interested in jazz drumming
34:00 - how do musicians in 2023 find mentorship

[@jmal5390]

I'm glad he mentioned Ronnie Burrage. I've never heard another person mention him before, but I was at a jam session in Philly many years ago and Ronnie was sitting in. He absolutely blew the doors off the place. I had never heard of him and I just thought, "Well, every town has some amazing unknown greats." He was clearly in charge. He had such authority and presence--just as much as any of the legends I have seen. Great player!

[@WarrenHenry]

Thanks for this! Hutch! One of the most gifted drummers of our time 👍🏽

[@davidbrown9395]

Love Hutch. Top personality. Keep walking the dog.

[@RodrigoRecabarren]

12:46 G: “The accent doesn’t matter” . That’s what it is all about. ✊🏾

[@pickinstone]

Damn 80/20, you got HUTCH! NYC in the house! He needs his own show on a certain OS channel... Him and Ulysses Owens, Jr. are the REAL DEAL THANK YOU MEAL! Drumming, represent! Okay, all us subscribers will combine our vibes to get the universe to call on another landmark of NYC drumming: Mr. KENNY WASHINGTON!!!

[@DonSandersonDrums]

Great interview with such a talented player who advances the art and bridges the old school to the future. Thanks Nate!

[@funchcymbals3400]

Funch loves Hutch!!!! Thanks for the rad interview, you're good at this and you get a wide variety of really cool players talking :)

[@jeroentruyen]

Hey Hutch, big thanks! And thank you Nate, love these episodes you put out lately, another great episode with so many things to learn! Thinking about how the internet's flipped the drummer scene, like Hutch mentioned. Back in his day, he soaked up wisdom from Betty and Philly.. Now, with channels like these, breaking down everything online, it's a game-changer. But here's the flip side - back then, when knowledge wasn't as widespread, the necessity to find your own sound might have been more crucial. Are we getting lazier as a drummer community in this respect? Kinda tricky, hutch touched on it briefly, but how do I actually "unlearn" the things I've picked up? how do you put that into practice? Anyway, thanks for this killer episode! All the best!

[@adityatyagi4009]

Greg Hutchinson is one bad MF. Thanks for interviewing him.

[@aZeddPrattFilm]

Fantastic interview

[@worrellrobinson4332]

Congrats 🎉 No Doubt!... All the above , great stuff in this session 80/20... Coolest cat Hutchinson with the chat ... keep up the amazing work ....

[@danevansdesigner]

Really really great chat/ interview. You hit on loads of points that I often think about and Greg seems to be a huge influence in the lineage of jazz so anything he does and says is great to hear. The part you talked about having those sort of mentoring relationships like gred had with Art, Elvin and others is sort of with us now but in a different form. I get the chance to ask questions and comment with drummers from all over the world. Thanks to you both.

[@teachingbeats]

Such a great interview and exchange.

[@benjammin4840]

Loving the interviews!

[@tomglendining8308]

love Hutch...he rules

[@thechangeups]

love these interviews!! thank you

[@bradbianco]

thank you for this. It came at the right time for me and my playing.

[@mogollonsalcedo]

Great interview, thanks for this!

[@Neal_Schier]

Great interview Nate!

[@michaelmeehan9424]

thanks to Greg for some great stories and insights

[@TylerHNothing]

Dude this is what I needed right now

[@parkertrent6941]

This is legendary man, so cool

[@AlVelasquezDrums]

Incredibly Courageous of you to have the humility & strength to Connect with a drum legend who initially had severe criticism towards you. Learning from our mentors is important... but equally important is learning from our peers. Great job & continued success. 🙏🏽🥁

[@8020drummer]

I don’t he was critical toward me directly

[@grippityyarn206]

"All of us have to be open that way. This is what's going on now. We need to share that info. It's colorless... there's a common ground we're all trying to get to, just play GOOD notes." - Hutch, @@8020drummer (thanks for all you do to keep this platform quality)

[@holgernesweda]

Great Interview, thanks Nate! In one of his Videos Greg is talking about using his Knee for the feathering. I could not figure out how he exatly does this. Did he teach you that when you studied with him? Thanks!

[@osmasjr301]

I love your classes. Thank you for sharing. Could you teach us the groove of the song "Battle" by London drummer Moses Boyd? Thank you and health!!

[@bradbianco]

Listen, Learn, Copy, Steal, Forget!

[@ignacioperezdelcastillo3182]

🙏🙏💯💯

[@ignacioperezdelcastillo3182]

💪💪💪

[@Rell-ny9kw]

Can you interview Chris Dave

[@Knowrud]

How is that community built? Or, how was it?

[@OrlandoCombojazzbandMelbourne]

👍

[@jazzhole8208]

❤ Hutch Fanboy mode ❤

[@bherward]

As long as christmas is around people will hear Vince Guiarldi

[@bensinger6637]

Weren't ya'll beefing?

[@201_ace]

they squashed that a while back.

[@bensinger6637]

@@201_ace oh cool

[@ruffryder13]

Huh?

[@jackfalco5351]

The problem is the audience for jazz is shrinking

[@ruffryder13]

Shrinking to only cool people

[@goseeaboutagirl]

Once the elderly pass, I feel the only jazz audience will be Domi & JD Beck and snarky puppy fans. Straight ahead might die

[@8020drummer]

@@goseeaboutagirl meh that’s what they said before wynton

[@ruffryder13]

@@8020drummer yeah, and who could have predicted that whole swing craze of the 90s and aughts. Kinda weird

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

@@8020drummerWynton hit the scene running some 40 years ago. 40 years before that, Coltrane was a complete unknown . Just to illustrate how much had changed in that first 40yr period vs the second . Innovation has definitely slowed . Wynton was a great virtuoso playing a mix of stuff we’d pretty much heard already. Not the case with the earlier innovators .. McCoy, Trane , Miles Elvin, Jaco … All creating something out of seemingly nothing . When the pie was at its freshest . Just out of the oven. Same in rock. We’re probably not ever gonna see a guitarist change the landscape like Hendrix or EVH again.