“Practicing is working on stuff you can’t play” – Clarence Penn

Clarence Penn @clarence_penn

In this episode we touch on the following topics:

• How Covid has impacted Joel
• Chick Corea and other jazz heroes
• Transcription as a tool
• How he worked on his amazing sound!
• Reclaiming the joy of playing music
• What would Charlie Haden do?
• Playing in a Duo
• His newest recording The Bright Side
• Learning Standards

Links from the episode:

• Interlochen Academy
• Rutgers University
•  Ralph Bunche Fellowship
• Banff Music Center
• Harvard
• VCU
• Saxophone Colossus – Sonny Rollins
• Nirvana
• Oberlin Conservatory
• Eastman School Of Music
• Julliard
• JS Bach Chorales
• The Dakota
• Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
• Wish – Joshua Redman
• Blues for Pat – Joshua Redman
• The Fins
• People Time – Stan Getz and Kenny Barron
• Serenity – Stan Getz
• Anniversary – Stan Getz
• Anzic Records

Show Notes:

People Mentioned:

• Dave Douglas
• James Jenus
• Donny McCaslin
• Chris Potter
• Yosvany Terry
• Ellis Marsalis
• Wynton Marsalis
• Sonny Rollins
• Max Roach
• Sydney Bechet
• Count Basie
• Duke Ellington
• Herbie Hancock
• Robert Glaspser
• Christian Scott
• Papa Jo Jones
• Baby Dodds
• Jeff “Tain” Watts
• Alan Dawson
• Jaco Pastorius
• Delbert Felix
• Tony Williams
• Betty Carter
• Cyrus Chestnut
• Ariel Roland
• Lewis Nash
• Marvin  Sewell
• Cassandra Wilson
• Michael Brecker
• Bob Dylan
• Jonie Mitchell
• Peter Gabriel
• Rosa Pasos
• Carlos Jobim
• Luciana Souza
• Kate McGarry
• Jack DeJohnette
• Dave Holland
• Antonio Sanchez
• Bill Stewart
• Idris Muhammed
• Joey Calderazzo
• Adam Rogers
• Larry Goldings
• Christian McBride
• John Scofield
• Maria Schneider
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba
• Richard Galeano
• Billy Childs
• Paul Jones
• Vincent Herring
• Simone Dinnerstein
• Glenn Gould