This interview was 5 years ago, but now in 2023 his words are more relevant than ever, especially about the monkey and improvisation.Thanks for the interview.
Fully agree with what he says about Jazz those days. I'm especially tired of universities, most of them over-emphasizing copying the old greats, and even discouraging to bring in new elements. Such places are where Jazz really dies. Unless we manage to fight those conservative elements and encourage students to find a passionate and courageous approach to music, unlimited from genre barriers.
20:00 he mentions and considers KENDRICK LAMAR as exceptional ! 😳 That alone proves to me why Jojo is a pure visionary and "time keeper" in these actual modern days were living in. My hero for real 🙌🏿
I love this interview, I listen to it when I want to feel dark and depressed about life and music. More and more, I find JoJo to be a brilliant musician, I would just point out, for all his realistic point of views concerning jazz and its demise, he is still using the six stroke roll, paradiddles, singles, doubles, flams and roughs. This physical act of playing the drums, in my view, will pretty much remain the same, with all of the same technical challenges now almost 100 years old.
Mad love for Jojo’s playing as well as his perspectives. I don’t think he’s right equating a lack of worldwide cultural shift with a lack of innovative and amazing music. The world is just a different place
Jungle and Drum and Bass are English music styles invented in the beginning of the 1990ties mostly by Jamaicans if you ask me. So no wonder Nerve gets a better response in London.
