Ben Street interviewed by Pablo Held

[@nicktardifbass7]

Around the 27 minute mark, Ben says he used to be in a band with Kurt, Mark, and Jeff. For us jazz nerds it's the equivalent of Paul McCartney saying he used to be ina band with John, George and Ringo, HAHA! Your interviews are an absolute revelation man, thank you!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thanks for the kind words

[@aaronzachary8851]

Talk about two audiophiles! Sheesh. I thought I knew records. Ben seems charmingly self-deprecating (even though he's such an accomplished player in his own right). Who would be able to reference the Prokofiev diaries off hand? Amazing

[@galaxie2004]

These conversations are pure gold, thank you Pablo.

[@PabloHeldmusic]

😊 thank you!

[@docnelson2008]

This is an amazing series, the insights into the real jazz world that are revealed make me glad that almost 70 years ago I fell in love with jazz and the people who play this music. Pablo does a wonderful job in revealing the humanity of musicians.

[@ChewBacca-xd5yd]

I've been checking out this interview about once a year since it came out. It's filled with so much good stuff. I always find something new that spikes my interest or I get reminded of "that thing" that was great last time I saw it. Thank you Pablo so much for doing these!!!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Chewy! Thank you! I go back to this one as well from time to time. It was great to talk with Ben. Thanks for taking the time to dig in.

[@TimHaillay]

British drummer Mat Skeaping also recorded a great version of Paul Simon's 'I Do It For Your Love' with Phil Robson (guitar), Liam Noble (piano) and Sam Burgess (bass) - in 2001 (ASC CD41) - great interview with Ben, Pablo, thanks...

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thanks!!

[@roberthall7336]

Another super interview/conversation I just got to, Pablo. Almost two years later! Doesn't matter at all. Timeless stuff. You are both so well versed in music, have rich tales to tell and bring many influences to bear in your playing. Looking forward to hearing you play together .) Best wishes.

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thank you for the kind note, Robert!

[@esteve8229]

Very nice interview, thank you Pablo for this amazing almost 4 hours. Just a small appreciaton, with dearness, the pianist name is not Federico Mompou but Frederic Mompou, cause he was from Catalonia, and his real name on his language (Catalan) is this one, Frederic. Thanks four your vídeos, Pablo!

[@IgnacioCacace]

Thank you Pablo for this series of interviews. It's so beatiful and valuable for (and also non) musicians to have the chance to listen their thougths, truths and questions in life straight from the mouth of the people we admire and respect. And I humbly think this is possible because they are being interviewed by another musician which makes everything so fluent and deep aswell.

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thanks a lot Ignacio! That’s very kind

[@IgnacioCacace]

@@PabloHeldmusic Bitte schön. Liebe Grüße.

[@eddysonnenschein]

"CALL ME BUSTER AND YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE". wow. hab 3 tage gebraucht, um dieses interview zu gucken und irgendwie war es genau richtig so, weil ich mich immer wieder drauf gefreut habe weiterschauen zu können und es nicht direkt am ersten tag vorbei war. so gut. ben wirkt unglaublich emphatisch, intelligent und selbstlos. und so reflektiert. tolles interview. danke pablo.

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Eddy! Ich freue mich immer sehr über deine lieben Kommentare. Und über deine Jacke

[@samjhylton]

Thanks Pablo & Ben for this super insightful discussion!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

thanks Sam!

[@CAJMusic]

Fantastic interview, thank you for making these great series!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thank you Carlos! If you’d like to support the podcast go to patreon.com/pabloheld - it helps me to continue doing this!

[@fun1111]

3:40:59 what is the voicing for this chord and how do monk and Duke use it? thank you for this deeply, thoughtful interview and discussion between two deep and thoughtful musicians

[@mikejgebhart145]

The sleeping baby metaphor for sound is great

[@PabloHeldmusic]

It was certainly helpful for me. I heard it first from my teacher and mentor Hubert Nuss

[@fun1111]

@@PabloHeldmusic could you repeat that metaphor? I watched the whole interview but somehow can’t remember that thank you. This is a wonderful interview!

[@mitchkahle314]

Thanks, Pablo. Interesting conversation.

[@AndyCaru]

Oh man, I had been waiting for an interview with Ben for ages! Thank you! Keep it up!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Will do! Thanks for watching

[@juliusw2233]

funny how he talks about the recording with tootie. "tootie's tempo" has been one of my favorite albums a few years ago

[@asaphjeffrey]

Has anyone worked out which method book Ben is talking about at 1:01:00 ?

[@mikejgebhart145]

Incredble! This is such a great and refreshing musical conversation!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thank you!!

[@samjhylton]

Hi Mike! I see you're here too :)

[@mikejgebhart145]

Sam Hylton of course! Its good to see you here too!!!

[@markfretless]

This series is fantastic! Deep conversations fueled by a profound love of and dedication to the art of musical expression. Lots of humor and interesting digressions, too...Keep doing what you are doing👍🏽❤(random favorite line from the interview, one of MANY: " don't bring a blender to the gig, it's not that experimental"😂)

[@PabloHeldmusic]

thank you Mark!! that is a strong line, indeed!

[@mikebonomusic428]

Pablo this interview is incredible! Love the Swallow and Monder one as well... hope you are doing well man!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Hey Mike!! Good to hear from you! I'm glad you like the interviews. All good here..hope we'll get another chance to play sometime soon!

[@mikebonomusic428]

@@PabloHeldmusic likewise man! Take care!

[@mattnati]

i think that you did a really good job Pab lo!!! i was waiting for this!!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thx Matteo!

[@paulsantner9308]

yayyy! ♥

[@nadelique]

Beautiful and very inspiring conversation there, thanks for the great content! What song are the intro/outro from?

[@PabloHeldmusic]

thanks! Intro is "Epilogo" from Danilo Perez' "Live At The Showcase" & Outro is "Horatio" from "Violet Violets" by Sam Rivers, Ben & Kresten Osgood

[@DoglessEndeavor]

Wonderful interview, my favourite of all of the ones you’ve done. 8 hours would have been fine too! On the streaming topic, if you like Tidal, check out Qobuz. They do a wonderful job with Jazz and Classical, they even have articles about and retrospectives of great artists and eras.

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thank you. Im quite late to streaming, but the first thing I tried was qobuz and I r liked it. However I ended up with tidal. Listening to music digitally via Roon, using tidal.

[@AndreasSchmidtHappens]

wie IMMER ... alle interviews so so so magisch und crazy wundervoll. wow ! ....... walter norris hat seinen schülern dieses buch von BETTY EDWARDS auch als "hausaufgabe" aufgegeben. ich hab das auch gemacht damals und TATSÄCHLICH kann man "photographisch" nah am original dinge "abmalen", wenn man das gehirn überlistet, wie im dem buch beschrieben ........ try it !

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Danke Andreas!!

[@asaphjeffrey]

2:59:52 Who does he mention here, sounds like "Corteaux" ?

[@PabloHeldmusic]

That’s Alfred Cortot, incredible classical pianist

[@asaphjeffrey]

@@PabloHeldmusic Thank you Pablo.

[@nononouh]

Looks like might be one room

[@PabloHeldmusic]

That would be hilarious if we’d have a conversation next to each other, facing the camera 😅

[@andresmarino2788]

At 1:23:00 or around there about hooking up with the drums , but moreover about when Ben asks you about being asked to “ be in a zone “ by musicians who have liked a way you have sounded. It occurred to me that you both are exploring and curious to grow, and even if possible to achieve the re-living of a certain atmosphere- intentionally- doesn’t sound too appealing. An example of someone or the result of being ok to attempt to revisit a “ zone”, think of Tommy Lee Jones. He once played a head of police guy who is in charge of coordinating a manhunt . He did a good job, other directors wanted it for their movie & he is happy to perform the safe choice of executing that performance well. How many times has he been that guy in a movie. He is never going to stretch and choose to be or be asked to be the neurotic chef or the drunk school teacher or the gay bus driver

[@erdogantologlu3373]

Hi Pablo! First of all, thank you for these interview series. I wanna ask you something about your tendonitis problem. Did you overcome this problem just with the changing of how you touch/play the instrument ? Or besides these did you take any physiotherapy treatment or something else? Thanks...

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Hey! No therapy... that change of technique changed everything for me.

[@erdogantologlu3373]

@@PabloHeldmusic Oh, I see...Thanks for the answer. :)

[@elidavidovici8204]

killin' outro

[@PabloHeldmusic]

that's from a great record called "Violet Violets" by Kresten Osgood with Sam Rivers and Ben

[@elidavidovici8204]

@@PabloHeldmusic Nice! I used to listen a lot to the record "Purple Violets" with the same band (plus vibes). That was a really special record, I need to check this one out!