NYU Steinhardt Jazz Interview Series at SubCulture in New York. Dr. David Schroeder interviews legendary jazz saxophonist, composer, and NYU faculty member Mark Turner.
Love this guy and his playing. Just amazing. Hung out with him in London about 15 years ago. Very much into meditation and self-improvement even then. I can't say enough about his approach to life, music and the horn. One of the greats of all time.
Mark sounds sincere and honest. He comes across as intellectual and professorial in his demeanor and responses; that which is, of course, a very good thing. I have got to revisit his music - the earlier years.
Interesting interview. I've met Mark a few times at a friends house, but naturally the conversation isn't/wasn't about practicing. However, I'd loved to have asked about transcription. I've transcribed quite a bit and what I notice each time (in a way), is that everything they actually play, you can, and probably do play already. This suggests it's not what you play, but how you play it - timing, and placement of ideas.
Inspirational. But at the same time horribly frustsrating because of the fact that he really just wrote down Coltrane's solo by only with his ears. Not everyone can do that lo. Good interview though.
