The Stereo Image
The Stereo Image
Podcast Description
How music fits into the lives of creative and interesting people. Jazz pianist, Mike Jones discusses musical ideas about how people learn, grow, and get inspired in their lives.
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The show encompasses themes of personal growth, creative inspiration, and musical influence, with episodes highlighting conversations about the evolution of music consumption, the importance of community in the arts, and nostalgic reflections on early musical experiences, such as the role of record stores and the impact of various genres on personal identity.
Join host Mike Jones as he discusses music in the lives of creative and interesting people! Mike talks 1-on-1 with the various people he has met as a jazz pianist and music director for Penn & Teller.
Music plays a part in how creative people are inspired, whether someone is an accomplished musician or just listened to their favorite album on repeat in school. With humor and curiosity, Mike talks music with some fascinating people!
This week Quentin Walston, pianist, author, and jazz educator, joins Jonesy for a conversation about a simple idea: people enjoy the music more when they understand what is going on inside it. He would know. He broke down Take Five into a short video and four and a half million people watched.
They trace Quentin’s path from a bluegrass corner of Virginia to a self-taught start on ragtime and boogie woogie, the moment in high school when the sound he was chasing finally clicked as jazz, and the wineries and cigar shops where he built his solo chops. Along the way: his book Jazz Piano Like a Pro, his vinyl album Retro Future, the joy he hears in Errol Garner and Duke Ellington, and a new project bringing 1920s stride piano back without a trace of corniness.
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