WEBVTT 00:00.766 --> 00:03.700 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% (relaxed jazz music) 00:12.733 --> 00:15.433 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >>In a recent review, our guest today was described 00:15.433 --> 00:19.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% as having rock bottom, musical and emotional integrity. 00:19.133 --> 00:21.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% Having held down the coveted, Friday night slot, 00:21.733 --> 00:24.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% at Smalls Jazz Club in New York City for years, 00:24.900 --> 00:27.600 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% he now resides in Charlottesville. 00:27.600 --> 00:30.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Join us today, as we catch up with educator, 00:30.566 --> 00:33.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and tenor saxophonist, Charles Owens. 00:33.566 --> 00:34.733 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% Come on! 00:34.733 --> 00:37.800 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% (relaxed jazz music) 00:45.566 --> 00:46.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% >>Charles, how old were you 00:46.566 --> 00:48.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% when you started playing music? 00:48.800 --> 00:50.066 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% >>I don't remember how old I was. 00:50.066 --> 00:52.466 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% I think that I was sitting at the piano 00:52.466 --> 00:54.333 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% from the time that I was in diapers. 00:54.333 --> 00:55.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% >>You have pictures. 00:55.400 --> 00:56.566 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% >>I have pictures, yeah. 00:56.566 --> 00:58.000 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% (laughing) 00:58.000 --> 00:59.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% I remember very distinctly, sitting at the piano 00:59.966 --> 01:02.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% when I was really, really small, and just being fascinated 01:02.300 --> 01:05.200 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% by the way two notes, or three notes, or four notes 01:05.200 --> 01:07.066 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% sound at the same time, by the chords. 01:07.066 --> 01:09.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% My parents were great, in that sense of, 01:09.400 --> 01:13.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they just let me sit and play and-- (laughs) 01:14.566 --> 01:16.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% >>How old were you when you fell in love with saxophone? 01:16.466 --> 01:20.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% When you chose, and why did you choose the saxophone? 01:20.733 --> 01:23.033 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% >>Well, I was eight, 01:23.033 --> 01:26.600 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% and there was an assembly at my elementary school. 01:26.600 --> 01:28.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% They had one every year, and the band teacher 01:28.133 --> 01:31.600 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% would line up all the instruments on the table. 01:32.900 --> 01:34.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% He picked up the tenor sax. 01:37.400 --> 01:38.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% I think at first, I was struck 01:38.833 --> 01:40.700 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% by how many buttons there were on it, 01:40.700 --> 01:42.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% and how complicated it looked, 01:42.366 --> 01:45.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and how complex and mysterious it looked. 01:45.933 --> 01:47.600 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Also, the thing that really got me, 01:47.600 --> 01:48.833 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% was the curve of the neck, 01:48.833 --> 01:51.000 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% this curvature of this neck right here, 01:51.000 --> 01:52.666 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% the way it curved around, 01:52.666 --> 01:54.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% was just very attractive to me. 01:54.600 --> 01:56.333 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% I wanted to be closer to the instrument, 01:56.333 --> 01:58.833 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and just like really see how it worked. 01:58.833 --> 02:01.733 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% (happy jazz music) 02:22.800 --> 02:25.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% >>You had a rough childhood. 02:25.733 --> 02:27.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Tell us about, you know, 02:27.233 --> 02:29.733 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% kinda what music meant to you through all of that. 02:29.733 --> 02:32.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% >>Yeah, I did have a bit of a rough childhood. 02:33.600 --> 02:35.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% One of the things that really got me interested in music, 02:35.466 --> 02:38.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is that my father and mother weren't, really. 02:38.033 --> 02:41.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% >>You wanted to go far, far, as far as you could. (laughs) 02:41.666 --> 02:44.800 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% >>Well, yeah, but I was fascinated by it, 02:44.800 --> 02:46.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% especially with the saxophone. 02:46.133 --> 02:50.033 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% It gave me a healthy way to release 02:50.033 --> 02:52.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% my anger, emotions, my pain. 02:54.233 --> 02:56.400 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% Something about breathing into the horn was very-- 02:56.400 --> 02:59.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% >>Yeah, you were saying, in an earlier conversation, 02:59.233 --> 03:01.633 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% how that breathing is another reason 03:01.633 --> 03:03.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% that you love the saxophone. 03:03.333 --> 03:06.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% >>Mm, Hm, yeah, it's a real connection to the instrument. 03:06.733 --> 03:08.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% It's a real physical connection. 03:08.100 --> 03:09.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% I love playing piano, 03:09.966 --> 03:14.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% because piano's very sophisticated, and it's civil. 03:15.200 --> 03:16.433 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% Your head isn't vibrating, 03:16.433 --> 03:18.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and there's not spit goin' everywhere. 03:18.400 --> 03:19.733 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% You're not like heavy, heavy breathing, 03:19.733 --> 03:21.166 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% you're just sort of like, 03:21.166 --> 03:23.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% "Hm, let me have a sandwich, and play some piano." 03:24.466 --> 03:26.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% It's different, it's totally different than saxophone. 03:26.400 --> 03:31.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% With saxophone, it lends itself to an emotional release, 03:32.800 --> 03:36.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because like crying or yelling, you breathe and you exhale, 03:37.766 --> 03:39.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% and you just let it all go. 03:39.033 --> 03:42.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% With saxophone, it's very similar, and also, 03:42.133 --> 03:44.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% the saxophone players that I like, like John Coltrane, 03:44.633 --> 03:46.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% and Sonny Rollins, and Wayne Shorter, and those guys, 03:46.733 --> 03:49.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% are all very emotional players. 03:49.166 --> 03:51.466 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% The saxophone just really lends itself to that, 03:51.466 --> 03:53.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and it's helped me deal with a lot of things. 03:53.733 --> 03:56.000 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% It continues to help me deal with a lot of things. 03:56.000 --> 03:57.466 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% >>I think that's great. 03:57.466 --> 04:00.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% (relaxed jazz music) 04:11.666 --> 04:13.666 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% >>I went to Duke Ellington School for the Arts, 04:13.666 --> 04:17.533 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% in Washington, D.C., near Georgetown University. 04:17.533 --> 04:20.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% I also went to New World School of the Arts in Miami, 04:20.733 --> 04:22.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% sat in downtown Miami. 04:22.566 --> 04:25.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% Then I went to the New School for Social Research, 04:25.066 --> 04:26.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% world-renowned jazz program, 04:26.333 --> 04:29.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and studied with a lot of great masters there. 04:29.433 --> 04:31.733 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% >>And then you played in New York City. 04:31.733 --> 04:34.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% You lived and played in New York City for years. 04:34.633 --> 04:39.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% You had a coveted spot every Friday at Smalls, 04:39.233 --> 04:41.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% which is a renowned jazz club. 04:41.566 --> 04:42.633 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% >>What was-- >>Yes, 20 years now. 04:42.633 --> 04:44.100 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% >>that like? 04:44.100 --> 04:46.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% >>My first gig in New York, was at the Village Gate. 04:46.866 --> 04:48.133 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% >>Oh, ha! 04:48.133 --> 04:51.633 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% >>Which was, you know, it was a boon for me. 04:51.633 --> 04:53.300 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% There was the Sunday afternoon jam session 04:53.300 --> 04:56.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% at The Village Gate, and that's where I met everybody. 04:56.666 --> 04:58.066 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% The Village Gate unfortunately closed, 04:58.066 --> 05:00.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% so that Sunday session moved to Smalls, 05:00.400 --> 05:03.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and that was my first gig at Smalls, the Sunday jam session, 05:03.333 --> 05:07.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that was run by The New School, and that became my home. 05:07.700 --> 05:08.600 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% >>Literally. 05:08.600 --> 05:09.700 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% >>(laughs) Yes. 05:09.700 --> 05:10.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% >>You lived there for awhile. 05:10.700 --> 05:12.066 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% >>I did. 05:12.066 --> 05:15.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I slept in a very small room that was big enough 05:15.166 --> 05:19.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% for a futon and a radio, and my only responsibilities 05:19.733 --> 05:23.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% were to play saxophone, and to work at the door at Smalls 05:23.000 --> 05:25.733 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% to help paying my rent from living there, 05:25.733 --> 05:29.433 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% and then to write music, and that was it. (laughs) 05:29.433 --> 05:31.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >>So now, you and your now wife, 05:31.000 --> 05:33.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5% and your two beautiful daughters, live here in this area. 05:33.200 --> 05:34.433 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% >>In Charlottesville. 05:34.433 --> 05:36.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% >>And you tour, you play Charlottesville, 05:36.533 --> 05:38.466 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% Richmond, D.C., New York. 05:38.466 --> 05:39.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% >>Mm Hm, I still go to Smalls 05:39.666 --> 05:41.900 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% three or four times a year to play. 05:41.900 --> 05:44.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% >>How many albums do you have? 05:44.366 --> 05:45.733 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% >>Five albums, 05:45.733 --> 05:47.833 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and I just recorded a new one yesterday. 05:47.833 --> 05:51.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% We did 10 songs in five hours, which just seems crazy. 05:51.933 --> 05:53.766 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% >>Yeah, a little, uh huh. 05:53.766 --> 05:55.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% >>I like to record that way. 05:55.733 --> 05:58.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The way I do it is, I get a new band, and I pick repertoire, 05:58.533 --> 06:01.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% and then I get gigs, and we go and perform this repertoire 06:03.033 --> 06:04.633 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% at these gigs. 06:04.633 --> 06:06.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% Then after a year or so, it's been a year and a half 06:06.500 --> 06:09.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% since I've had this quartet, we go in and play them all 06:09.833 --> 06:12.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% right in succession, as if we were just playing another gig. 06:12.166 --> 06:15.233 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% (relaxed jazz music) 06:24.733 --> 06:28.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% >>Your other most recent album, A Day With Us, 06:28.000 --> 06:30.166 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% has gotten all kinds of fabulous reviews. 06:30.166 --> 06:31.366 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% That's done very well. 06:31.366 --> 06:32.866 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% >>That was recorded in the same way. 06:32.866 --> 06:34.400 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% It was recorded, actually, at Jellowstone Studios, 06:34.400 --> 06:37.133 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% that was built by Devonne Harris, who is the drummer 06:37.133 --> 06:39.966 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% on the record, but he's also a great piano player, 06:39.966 --> 06:42.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and a great bass player, and a great producer. 06:42.733 --> 06:44.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% He built the studio, he recorded it. 06:44.933 --> 06:47.333 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% A Day With Us was an amazing experience, 06:47.333 --> 06:49.800 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% because we did also do that in one day, 06:49.800 --> 06:51.966 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% but there was no one at the studio. 06:51.966 --> 06:53.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% It was just us three. 06:53.533 --> 06:56.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% Devonne would literally go to this control room, hit record, 06:56.666 --> 06:59.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% come back, get on the drums, and then we'd count it off, 06:59.766 --> 07:01.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% and then do a take. 07:01.400 --> 07:04.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It was a special record, and the critics really did like it. 07:04.933 --> 07:06.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% I'm very proud of it. 07:06.200 --> 07:07.666 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% >>The other thing I think you should 07:07.666 --> 07:10.000 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% be really proud of, is the fact that you're such 07:10.000 --> 07:12.400 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% a great educator in the community. 07:12.400 --> 07:14.300 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% You have a lot of private students. 07:14.300 --> 07:15.866 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% You teach saxophone. 07:15.866 --> 07:17.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% Theory's a big one. 07:17.400 --> 07:20.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% You teach voice, piano, and you work with high schools. 07:20.533 --> 07:23.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% You work with Albemarle High School jazz kids. 07:23.433 --> 07:25.566 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% What is your best piece of advice 07:25.566 --> 07:27.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% that you like to give your students? 07:27.933 --> 07:30.666 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% >>The thing that has served me best in my life, 07:30.666 --> 07:32.866 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% is my ear and my instinct. 07:32.866 --> 07:35.133 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% The saxophone, being such a new instrument, 07:35.133 --> 07:37.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% it's not included in any of the classical repertoire. 07:37.733 --> 07:41.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% So, saxophone repertoire and saxophone as an instrument, 07:41.666 --> 07:44.066 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% have to be approached differently, 07:44.066 --> 07:45.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% from an educational standpoint. 07:45.800 --> 07:47.800 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Your ear and instinct is not gonna be 100%, 07:47.800 --> 07:50.566 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% but if you nurture it and nurture the connection 07:50.566 --> 07:53.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% between your instinct and your ear, and learn to trust it, 07:53.400 --> 07:58.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% then it will never let you down, after a certain point. 07:58.166 --> 08:00.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% >>You play a lotta jazz? >>Mm Hm. 08:00.833 --> 08:02.200 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% >>Funk? >>Yes. 08:02.200 --> 08:03.800 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% >>Rock? >>Some, yes. 08:05.233 --> 08:08.766 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% >>Give us an example, just play a little somethin'. 08:08.766 --> 08:09.766 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Play some jazz. 08:09.766 --> 08:10.700 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% >>Some jazz? 08:10.700 --> 08:11.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% >>As you like to say, jazz! 08:11.433 --> 08:12.266 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% >>Sure. 08:13.733 --> 08:15.166 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% >>Do a little of that improvising 08:15.166 --> 08:16.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% that you were talking about. 08:16.033 --> 08:17.500 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% >>Of course. 08:17.500 --> 08:19.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% >>Of course, we have no band, but you don't need a band. 08:19.300 --> 08:22.633 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (plays tenor saxophone) 08:41.100 --> 08:44.100 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% >>Okay, so you have a philosophy about music 08:44.100 --> 08:44.933 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% >>Yes. 08:44.933 --> 08:46.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% >>that you tell people. 08:46.133 --> 08:47.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% I want you to show me that, >>Okay. 08:47.133 --> 08:48.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% >>and tell me what that means. 08:48.133 --> 08:49.433 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% >>Sure. 08:49.433 --> 08:54.433 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Music is melody, harmony, and rhythm. 08:55.633 --> 08:58.333 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% When we play music, we have to be calm, 08:58.333 --> 09:01.566 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and what we play, has to be clear, 09:01.566 --> 09:04.166 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and we have to play it with confidence, 09:04.166 --> 09:05.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% just how we're speaking to each other. 09:05.833 --> 09:07.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We're being so clear and eloquent, aren't we? 09:07.866 --> 09:09.966 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% >>(laughs) Yes, we are. 09:09.966 --> 09:11.833 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% >>And that's important. 09:11.833 --> 09:13.800 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% We have ideas that we want to get across. 09:13.800 --> 09:15.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% The reason I'm an artist, the reason I'm a musician is, 09:15.900 --> 09:18.500 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% I wanna make my fellow humans feel something 09:18.500 --> 09:20.300 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% that they weren't expecting to feel. 09:21.266 --> 09:23.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% We have to be clear about it. 09:23.066 --> 09:24.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% If we're standing up in front of a big crowd of people, 09:24.866 --> 09:26.266 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% or even just by ourselves, 09:26.266 --> 09:29.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or even one or two people in the audience. 09:29.066 --> 09:30.466 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Think if Martin Luther King was like, 09:30.466 --> 09:32.800 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% "I had a dream you guys." (speaking quietly) 09:32.800 --> 09:34.066 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% He says, "I have a dream!" (speaking boldly) 09:34.066 --> 09:36.066 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% So, we have to be really confident. 09:36.066 --> 09:38.366 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% We're calm, we're playing clearly, 09:38.366 --> 09:39.933 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% we're playing confidently. 09:39.933 --> 09:42.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We have melody, harmony, and rhythm mixed. 09:42.566 --> 09:46.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% From where do we gain our inspiration to play this music? 09:46.933 --> 09:49.033 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% We gain it from our spirituality, 09:49.900 --> 09:52.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% our intellect, and our passion. 09:52.933 --> 09:54.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% That's really one of the things 09:54.133 --> 09:56.733 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% that will make the audience feel. 09:56.733 --> 09:59.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% If you really believe what you're doing, 09:59.200 --> 10:00.433 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% then they will believe it. 10:00.433 --> 10:01.900 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% They will love it. 10:01.900 --> 10:05.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% When we do that, we have to take stock all the time. 10:09.100 --> 10:10.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Whenever we're playing, we have to take stock 10:10.800 --> 10:12.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% of all these things together. 10:12.766 --> 10:15.600 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% It's no accident that these three things 10:15.600 --> 10:19.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% are grouped together: confidence, rhythm, passion. 10:19.366 --> 10:22.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% Clarity, harmony, intellect. 10:22.100 --> 10:24.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Calm, melody, spiritual. 10:24.100 --> 10:26.166 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% They definitely go together, but really, 10:26.166 --> 10:29.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% in order for it to go right, it has to be all mixed up. 10:29.000 --> 10:29.833 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% >>Yeah. 10:31.633 --> 10:33.333 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% >>The artist has to ask themself, 10:34.566 --> 10:37.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "Is this a balanced mix of all these things?" 10:37.966 --> 10:40.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% If it is, then your audience will have no choice 10:40.866 --> 10:42.233 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% but to love you. 10:42.233 --> 10:45.100 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% (happy jazz music) 10:58.666 --> 11:01.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% >>Tell me about the experience that you had 11:01.766 --> 11:06.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% when you were asked to perform, A Love Supreme, Coltrane's-- 11:06.200 --> 11:07.033 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% >>Opus. 11:07.033 --> 11:08.433 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% >>Yes. >>Yes. (laughs) 11:08.433 --> 11:10.500 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% A Love Supreme was Coltrane's greatest work, 11:10.500 --> 11:12.000 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% in many people's opinion, 11:12.000 --> 11:14.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% and one of the greatest albums of all time, ever recorded. 11:15.866 --> 11:17.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% It's a very spiritual work. 11:17.533 --> 11:21.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% I never dreamed that I would be able to perform it, 11:21.233 --> 11:22.666 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% not because I didn't think that that I'd ever be able 11:22.666 --> 11:24.366 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% to do it, but just I never thought 11:24.366 --> 11:26.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that I'd have a chance to do it. 11:26.533 --> 11:27.700 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% This was real. 11:28.866 --> 11:30.133 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% It was one of the best moments in my life, 11:30.133 --> 11:31.600 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% it really, really was. 11:31.600 --> 11:34.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% It wasn't just one of the, "Oh, that was a great moment," 11:34.366 --> 11:37.333 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% it was a moment that transcended my reality a little bit, 11:37.333 --> 11:41.700 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% and it made me sort of peak behind the curtain. 11:43.200 --> 11:45.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% There's moments in every jazz musician's life, 11:45.500 --> 11:47.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% and the reason why people get addicted to playing jazz, 11:47.666 --> 11:51.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% and they devote their entire life to it, is because, 11:52.666 --> 11:56.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% I like to talk about peekin' behind the curtain of reality, 11:56.000 --> 11:57.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% and seeing something greater. 11:59.766 --> 12:03.433 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% That's why I play, because I wanna be something 12:03.433 --> 12:04.333 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% greater than I am. 12:05.466 --> 12:09.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% (slow saxophone jazz music) 12:23.666 --> 12:25.333 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% (crowd applauding) 12:25.333 --> 12:28.600 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% (slow saxophone music)