Dancing About Architecture with Ed Neumeister
Ed Neumeister is a trombonist, composer, arranger and educator operating at the forefront of creative music for more than forty years, including work with Jerry Garcia (in the band, Reconstruction), backing up the likes of Chuck Berry, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Frank Sinatra.
Spotlight On: What is your first memory of music?
Ed Neumeister: Marching band.
SO: You want someone to understand you. What song or album do you give them?
EN: What Have I Done?
SO: What instrument(s) can you play?
EN: Trombone, drums, piano.
SO: What is a creative work or artist, outside of music, that you love or admire?
EN: Pablo Picasso.
SO: What was your first concert?
EN: Marching band parade.
SO: What instrument do you wish you could play?
EN: Piano, better.
SO: What is your theme song?
EN: "I Can't Get Started".
SO: Who is your musical hero?
EN: John Coltrane.
SO: What song, album or artist never gets old for you?
EN: John Coltrane.
SO: There's a band playing in Heaven tonight. Who is in it?
EN: Miles Davis.
SO: When you were 15 your favorite artist, song or album was:
EN: J. J. Johnson.
SO: You are programming a music festival. What artists, dead or alive, headline Friday, Saturday and Sunday night?
EN: Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Maria Schneider.
SO: What artist is the most underrated or misunderstood?
EN: Me.
SO: What is the last concert you saw?
Ed's new album, Covers, is available now
Lawrence Peryer
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