Questionnaire 3.0

A few more responses to my music questionnaire arrived in my inbox this week.

MORGAN CHILDS - Vancouver-soon-to-be-from-Toronto Jazz Drummer

Give us an example of an interesting:

1. Melody:

SKylark - Hoagy Carmichael

2. Harmonic language:

Michael Brecker

3. Rhythmic feel:

Dewey Redman
Wes Montgomery
Shadow Wilson

4. Classical piece:

Dimitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 3 in F Major (Op. 73)

5. Jazz album:

Silver's Serenade - Horace Silver

6. Book on music:

Miles On Miles: Interviews and Encounters With Miles Davis

7. Name a great recording(s) by someone that has influenced you:

Thelonious Monk "Criss Cross"

8. Name someone whose music has influenced you, but that people who know your music would probably be surprised by:

The Who and The Band... which sets up some dialouge that sounds like it came from an Abbot and Costello routine... also Public Enemy.

9. Name a player on your instrument whom you think is very underrated:

In the pantheon of greats: Joe Chambers, Louis Hayes, Frankie Dunlop
A contemporary of mine: Joe Poole!


RYAN PURCHASE - Ottawa Composer and Trombonist

Give us an example of an interesting:

1. Melody:

Pat Metheny - Letter From Home

2. Harmonic language:

Harmonic minor mixolydian

3. Rhythmic feel:

Terkisher (eighth quarter eighth quarter quarter)

4. Classical piece:

Mahler 9, 3rd mvt.

5. Jazz album:

Mingus Ah Um

6. Book on music:

American Klezmer - Slobin

7. Name a great recording by someone that has influenced you:

Four Seasons In Buenos Aires - Gidon Kremer

8. Name someone whose music has influenced you, but that people who know your music would probably be surprised by:

Bjork

9. Name a player on your instrument whom you think is very underrated:

Walter Weirbos


CARLO PETROVITCH - Regina Bassist and Band Leader

Give us an example of an interesting:

1. Melody:

Basically all traditional Cuban music has nothing but melody. So all music Cubano!

2. Harmonic language:

Wayne Shorter

Bill Evans

3. Rhythmic feel:

Ray Brown
John Clayton
Christian McBride

4. Classical piece:

Bach Cello Suites

5. Jazz album:

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

6. Book on music:

I've have never completely read a book on music

7. Name a great recording by someone that has influenced you:

Gettin' To It - Christian McBride
Kansas City Shout - Count Basie
Maree Bass - Michel Donato

8. Name someone whose music has influenced you, but that people who know your music would probably be surprised by:

Early Periods of Iron Maiden & Black Sabbath

9. Name a player on your instrument whom you think is very underrated:

Michel Donato


MARK DUGGAN - Toronto Vibraphonist and Master Percussionist

Give us an example of an interesting:

1. Melody:

Evergreen by Barbara Streisand and Paul Williams

2. Harmonic language:

Dice Thrown by Benoit Delbecq and François Houle

3. Rhythmic feel:

"Aguas de Março" sung by Rosa Passos and the album "Peace Beyond Passion", Michelle N'Degeocello

4. Classical piece:

Le Chant du Rossignol - Igor Stravinsky

5. Jazz album:

Almost Certainly Dreaming - Chris Tarry group

6. Book on music: 

Poetics in Music, lectures by Igor Stravinsky

7. Name a great recording by someone that has influenced you:

The Sound of Summer Running - Marc Johnson

8. Name someone whose music has influenced you, but that people who know your music would probably be surprised by:

Rock groups Yes and Rush

9. Name a player on your instrument whom you think is very underrated:

Michael Mainieri