Big Noise...From Planet Earth

Jazz and Broadway drummer Rich Rosenzweig combines in-depth interviews with the some of the best freelance musicians in New York City and across the country, and pairs the discussion with his special challenge: each guest must lay down their own improvised tracks over previously recorded drum vignettes created by Rich. No other rules, no boundaries- the sky’s the limit. What follows is a fascinating compare-and-contrast of creative minds. That, along with some illuminating and at times hysterical discussion of the lives and careers of some of the best guns-for-hire in the professional world of music. Season One: Bassists/Duets Season Two: NEW!-Various Instrumentalists/Trios

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Big Noise...From Planet Earth

Bassist George Farmer- 2.26.21

May 05, 2021 • Rich Rosenzweig • Season 1 • Episode 6

Covid is a mother of invention…
George was more than three years into the run of his fifth Broadway hit, “Ain’t Too Proud…The Life And Times Of The Temptations”, when the pandemic hit. It seemed to take him no time to pick up the slack and start his own Facebook webcast, “George’s Bass Chat”, where he interviews legendary bassists, musicians, and other performers. He remains busy in these barren times for artists, with that and other projects, “staying on the scene like a…” well, he is badass enough to have had the gig with James Brown, but his resume is impressive nonetheless. George has tons to say about the art of playing behind singers, his complicated childhood growing up in Vienna as the son of jazz legend Art Farmer, and took my drum tracks and turned them on their heads- creating wildly inspired duets.

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