Joe has played with a long list of diverse musicians and musical situations. You’ll hear the result of that vast experience in terms of his advice on playing and teaching. We spent much of our time together talking about his trio leader, the great Bill Evans, and Joe’s inside perspective on the man and his music.
2:00 Who is Joe LaBarbera?
3:15 The diversity of Joe’s playing and projects
7:00 His student peers at Berklee
9:16 Life as a student in Boston seeing great music
12:00 Joe’s teaching style
13:45 Things young drummers can improve on
15:00 What does he mean by “the student is in a hurry”?
16:30 Hearing Bill Evans live for the first time
18:20 What if someone had told you you’d someday be playing with Bill Evans?
19:40 Difference in the Bill Evans trios
20:45 What did Bill like about your playing?
22:30 How did you play differently with Bill?
24:45 Playing with Bill was more than just keeping time
26.00 Did your playing change while with Bill?
26:50 Did the trio ever rehearse?
29:30 Their one rehearsal with Bill
31:00 The effects of Bill’s addiction on his playing
32:00 The album, The last Waltz
34:45 Joe’s thoughts on who wrote Nardis
37:20 Joe’s thoughts on Bill’s final days
39:30 The Nardis intros at the end of Bill’s life
41:30 Other tunes departing from Bill’s normal approach
42:00 Bill’s rhythmic displacement and treatment of time
44:50 Bill’s final days
46:00 Joe’s current projects
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