The Best Music Podcast #18 | Greg Skaff — Guitar | Recording with Ron Carter and Albert "Tootie" Heath

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Greg Skaff’s first professional job was a five-year stay in the band of saxophone giant Stanley Turrentine. Greg has flourished on the New York City jazz scene since the 1980s. He has worked with past masters Ruth  Brown, Freddie Hubbard, David “Fathead” Newman, Ron Carter, and Gloria Lynne, as well as notables, Bobby Watson, Ben Allison, Bruce Barth, Pat Bianchi, George Colligan, Orrin Evans, Joe Farnsworth, David Hazeltine, Mike LeDonne, Victor Lewis, Ralph Peterson, Jr., Jim Rotondi, E. J. Strickland, and Matt Wilson.  At the helm of his acclaimed trio, Greg has commanded the attention of discriminating listeners in club and festival performances throughout the country. Greg’s five feature albums have been well-received by jazz fans everywhere. His new record: Polaris which features bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tootie Heath is currently available everywhere you get your music.

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0:00 Intro

01:35 Warm-up questions

06:43 How Dan found Greg

09:50 Album: Polaris

15:13 Creating a feeling

19:14 Ron Carter and Tootie Heath

26:04 Mr. RC

28:35 Finding the sound

38:36 Lifestyle: Sleep

46:03 Lifestyle: Exercise

49:16 Lifestyle: Mindfulness & meditation

51:07 Lifestyle: How do people in your life support you?

58:43 Lifestyle: How do you define yourself?

1:07:00 Practice: Time of day

1:11:20 Practice: Days per week

1:12:55 Practice: Visualization

1:15:12 Practice: Maximum effective duration

1:20:18 Practice: Segmentation

1:28:55 Creativity: Steps to stay creative

1:37:50 Performance Anxiety

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Logo, Intro Video, and Branding: Arron Leishman

Audio and Video: Zach Ramey [email protected]

Dan's Thumbnail Photo: John Mollura Photography