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| Ari Hoenig |
| 11-04-2006 |
 JD/ The physical way in which you play drums is absolutely original and unexpected as if you dance while playing. Explain your style. AH/ Well, I can't really explain it. I just do what comes natural to me in order to get out the sounds and emotion I hear in my head. My body is kind of a middleman in that process and also the only visual thing so It looks strange just from sight. One thing I will say is that I wouldn't ever recommend my technique to anyone. I think it would be much more beneficial for one to learn to move and play with more efficiency of energy than I do. It is something that I have tried but when I'm in the music something else takes control of my consciousness and concentration. JD/ Do you have a strong musical theory background? AH/ I have a pretty strong background in music theory yes. JD/ How long have you been playing drums? AH/ 20 years JD/ How have you progressed? Listening to other drummers play? Who? AH/ My first playing experience was at age 12 before I had really listened to jazz. When I first heard it I listened to Max Roach and Philly Joe Jones but that stuff was still over my head. It wasn't until I heard some drummers play live that I was like, "Oh, that's how it's supposed to sound". My first drumming Influences were Jeff Watts and John Roberts. JD/ Would you like to try playing as a big band drummer? AH/ I have done a lot of big band drumming in the past. It's something that I have always enjoyed. I haven't done much of it lately though. I have the feeling with a smaller group that the music could potentially go anywhere. I think I wouldn't feel that playing with a big band. JD/ Who is your favourite drummer of your generation? AH/I don't know that I have one favorite. On my list are Ali Jackson, Keith Carlock, Earl Harvin, Nasheet Waits...  JD/ Do you remember playing in Porto, Portugal in a jazz show on TV? Do you need an audience to warm up and eventually play better? AH/ Why was it not a good show? Just kidding, yes I remember that, with Sam Yahael and Doug Weiss right? I don't need an audience to play better. For me, playing in front of an audience is the same musically as in the studio or even in a rehearsal or session. JD/ Is it easy for you to get a gig in a NYC club? AH/ Yes. Thankfully. JD/ The last time i saw you play was at the '55 Bar' in Manhattan with Chris Potter - why him? a duo is enough for you? AH/ I like to do many projects and experiments. There's not a right way to play music. I've also been doing a duo series at the 55 bar which has been very fun for me. I've played duo gigs there with Vocals (JD Walter, Elizabeth Kontamanu) Harp, (Edmar Casteneda), Sax, (Chris Potter) Drums, (Dan Weiss) as well as solo drums. JD/ Do you know the drumming of Cozy Cole, Jo Jones, Shelly Manne, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Hamid Drake and Matt Wilson? Your comments. AH/ Yes I am very familiar with all of them except for Hamid Drake whom I have heard of but don't know his playing very well. These guys are all great drummers and musicians. I have been especially influenced by Jo Jones, Shelly Manne, Jeff Watts. JD/ As far as i know, in all of your discography you are leader in only 4: ´Time Travels´2000, The Life of a Day´2002, ´The Painter´2004 and ´Kinetc Hues´2005. What difficulties have you had cutting records? Will you cut any this year? AH/ Well I just finished recording my next record I'm very happy to say. It will come out on Dreyfus Records in Fall 2006. Luckily my only difficulty with cutting records is choosing from too much good music. Now I have 16 tracks, which I love, but only room for about 10 on the record. JD/ I met you in 'Smalls' a club that was and still is the only place for young jazzmen to perform Your comments AH/ 'Smalls' is a wonderful place and Mitch Borden who runs it is practically a Saint. I play there every Monday night, which has been an on going gig for me for almost 2 years. It's my favorite place to play in NY. I think it's ridiculous the say it's the only place for young jazzmen to perform however. There are many other good venues in NY and all over the world where young jazz musicians play. JD/ You are also a composer, professor, pianist, writer and arranger and you have played with the best in classical and contemporary jazz from Gerry Mulligan and Joe Lovano to Jean-Michel Pilc and Wynton Marsalis - how do you manage to play with such different styles of music? AH/ I have listened to a lot of different music and this makes it easy to play with many people and react to them in musical instinctual way that works. It's all very natural for me and I treat each situation more or less the same. "Play Music!" JD/ You have recently toured Europe. What differences do you note between European and N-American audiences? AH/ It's funny I've gotten that question a lot lately. The reaction of the audiences to the music is pretty much the same. The difference is more that in Europe, jazz is respected more as an art form than it is in the States. The European audiences tend to have more respect for jazz and if they don't understand what's going on with the music, they will sit there quietly and respectfully. This has its disadvantages too. It means that people in Europe are less often judging what they hear for themselves. They are more going on an underlying respect for all jazz. In the states you really have to earn that respect every time you play, and I like the challenge of that. It's very real. JD/ 'Britney Spears featuring Ari Hoenig as back-up dancer' at Madison Square Gardens, NYC !!! is that true? What does that mean? AH/ Yeah! I like to make jokes on my website sometimes.
JD/ Tell us about your next book ´Metric Modulations´ april 7th 2006 |
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