Drew Gress's guest appearances

Drew Gress

Contrabass Conversations

HDO - JazzX5

NYU JazzCast

La Montaña Rusa Radio Jazz

Pablo Held Investigates

Peter Erskine

Chris Potter

John Scofield

Marc Johnson

Gil Goldstein

Willie Nelson

Henry Chen

Lionel Loueke

William Parker

Tom Scott

Steve Metcalf

Scott Dixon

John Davis

Chris West

Stefon Harris

OwlTail

Drew Gress’ biography reads like a who’s who of the jazz world, including collaboration with Tim Berne, Ravi Coltrane, Uri Caine, John Hollenbeck, and countless others.  He has appeared on over 140 recordings, 4 of which have received Grammy nominations. In this conversation, which was prompted by Richard Ivy, a former student of Drew’s, we discuss many topics, including:  Drew’s in-depth interview with Pablo Held and the many areas they explore similarities to jazz and birdwatching (a pastime of Drew’s) spending time and working with  Gary Peacock  Enjoy! Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle! This podcast is brought to you by the International Online Bass Summit and the sponsors who are proudly involved with this event:  Kolstein Music Discover Double Bass Nick Lloyd Basses  Contrabass Conversations production team:  Jason Heath, host Michael Cooper and Steve Hinchey, audio editing Mitch Moehring, audio engineer  Trevor Jones, publication and promotion Krista Kopper, archival and cataloging 

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Gress" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drew Gress</a>’ biography reads like a who’s who of the jazz world, including collaboration with Tim Berne, Ravi Coltrane, Uri Caine, John Hollenbeck, and countless others.  He has appeared on over 140 recordings, 4 of which have received Grammy nominations. In this conversation, which was prompted by Richard Ivy, a former student of Drew’s, we discuss many topics, including: <ul> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/_kYN5Ii4dP8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drew’s in-depth interview with Pablo Held</a> and the many areas they explore</li> <li>similarities to jazz and birdwatching (a pastime of Drew’s)</li> <li>spending time and working with <a href="https://contrabassconversations.com/2019/12/19/gary-peacock-best-of/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Gary Peacock</a></li> </ul> Enjoy! <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle!</a> This podcast is brought to you by the International Online Bass Summit and the sponsors who are proudly involved with this event: <ul> <li><a href="https://kolstein.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kolstein Music</a></li> <li><a href="https://discoverdoublebass.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Discover Double Bass</a></li> <li><a href="https://nicklloydbasses.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Lloyd Basses</a></li> </ul> Contrabass Conversations production team: <ul> <li><a href="http://doublebassblog.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Heath</a>, host</li> <li>Michael Cooper and Steve Hinchey, audio editing</li> <li><a href="http://mitchmoehring.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mitch Moehring</a>, audio engineer</li> <li><a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/2016/04/20/cbc-205-trevor-jones-on-musical-pit-work-scheduling-creativity-and-finding-balance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Trevor Jones,</a> publication and promotion</li> <li><a href="http://thebackstagecreative.libsyn.com/2019/03" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Krista Kopper</a>, archival and cataloging</li> </ul>

700: Drew Gress on jazz, birdwatching, and creativity

The first time I heard Drew Gress was on Fred Hersch’s beautiful trio album “Live at the Village Vanguard”. I was immediately drawn to his big sound. but also I was in awe of how lyrical he could be in one moment and how burning and risk-taking he would be in another moment. Drew was also on a lot of other records that were very inspiring to me, for example all the other records with Fred Hersch, the Claudia Quintet albums, his own records, Ben Monder’s “Flux”, Antonio Farao’s “Thorn”, Tony Malaby’s “Adobe”, the Marc Copland albums, The Bill Carrothers albums, John Surman’s “Brewster’s Rooster”, “Within A Song” by John Abercrombie and many more… I’ve learned a lot from listening to him on these records, from seeing him live on stage and also from this amazing workshop video that I encourage everybody to check out! To me, Drew is one of the most eclectic musicians who always has something meaningful and deep to contribute to any musical situation, he’s a real hero of mine and it was a pleasure to talk to him. Hope you enjoy!

The first time I heard Drew Gress was on Fred Hersch’s beautiful trio album <a href="https://www.discogs.com/The-Fred-Hersch-Trio-Live-At-The-Village-Vanguard/release/470569" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Live at the Village Vanguard”</a>. I was immediately drawn to his big sound. but also I was in awe of how lyrical he could be in one moment and how burning and risk-taking he would be in another moment. Drew was also on a lot of other records that were very inspiring to me, for example all <a href="https://www.discogs.com/The-Fred-Hersch-Trio-2/release/6620486" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the other records with Fred Hersch</a>, <a href="https://www.discogs.com/The-Claudia-Quintet-I-Claudia/release/1014111" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Claudia Quintet albums</a>, his own records, Ben Monder’s <a href="https://www.discogs.com/The-Ben-Monder-Trio-Flux/release/3256780" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Flux”</a>, <a href="https://www.discogs.com/Antonio-Fara%C3%B2-Thorn/master/1306667" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Antonio Farao’s “Thorn”</a>, Tony Malaby’s <a href="https://www.discogs.com/Tony-Malaby-Adobe/master/1634917" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Adobe”</a>, the <a href="https://www.discogs.com/Marc-Copland-with-Drew-Gress-Bill-Stewart-Night-Whispers-New-York-Trio-Recordings-Vol-3/release/3306252" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marc Copland albums</a>, <a href="https://www.discogs.com/Bill-Carrothers-Joy-Spring/release/3304770" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bill Carrothers albums</a>, John Surman’s <a href="https://www.discogs.com/John-Surman-Brewsters-Rooster/master/198628" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Brewster’s Rooster”</a>, <a href="https://www.discogs.com/John-Abercrombie-Quartet-Within-A-Song/master/1105228" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Within A Song”</a> by John Abercrombie and many more… I’ve learned a lot from listening to him on these records, from seeing him live on stage and also from <a href="https://mikesmasterclasses.com/course/walking-bass-and-soloing-line-construction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this amazing workshop video</a> that I encourage everybody to check out! To me, Drew is one of the most eclectic musicians who always has something meaningful and deep to contribute to any musical situation, he’s a real hero of mine and it was a pleasure to talk to him. Hope you enjoy!