"B. getz" - The Upful Life

The Upful LIFE Podcast ep.062: DAN CHARNAS [author/journalist – Dilla Time book, NYU professor]

November 30, 2022 B.Getz dan charnas, dilla, dilla book, Dilla TIme book, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, dlla time, j dilla, james yancey, jay dee

Welcome DAN CHARNAS! His latest book – Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, The Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm is a New York Times Bestseller.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast Ep.061 with LEAH SONG of RISING APPALACHIA

October 16, 2022October 18, 2022 B.Getz chloe smith, global soul, leah song, music podcast, musician interview, New Orleans, park city song summit, pres hall, preservation hall, rising app, rising appalachia, rising appalachia music, Rising Appalachia tour

Live & direct from the Park City Song Summit with the sensational LEAH SONG ! An 80+ minute deep dive with one-half of the siren sisters Rising Appalachia. Explore the passions, pathways and pillars that built the bedrock of their unicorn sound.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast- ep.060: JOEL CUMMINS [co-founder/keyboards – Umphrey’s McGee, author]

September 19, 2022September 21, 2022 B.Getz joel cummins, keyboards, music podcast, musician interview, sacred rose, UMPH, umphrey's mcgee

Checking in from the Asking For A Friend Tour, Umphrey’s McGee keyboardist/co-founder JOEL CUMMINS saddles up for an insightful chat

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.059 : POLYRHYTHMICS [Ben Bloom, guitar – Jason Gray, bass]

August 19, 2022August 21, 2022 B.Getz afrobeat, ben bloom, funk, jason gray, jazz, live music, music festival, music podcast, musician interview, polyrhythmics, seattle, spirit of suwannee music park, suwannee, suwannee rising

Welcome BEN BLOOM and JASON GRAY of POLYRHYTHMICS! This wide-ranging conversation took place on the Sunday of Suwannee Rising, after the band dropped a pair of scorching sets on SOSMP

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.058: NATE EDGAR [bass- The Nth Power, ex-John Brown’s Body]

July 14, 2022 B.Getz bass guitar, bassist, funk, john brown's body, kofi burbridge, music podcast, musician interview, nate edgar, nick cassarino, Nigel hall, Nikki Glaspie, reggae, resonance, soul, spirituality, The Nth Power, Wally's, weedie braimah

Welcome virtuosic bassist NATE EDGAR of THE NTH POWER to Ep.058! Nate is a helluva player, and he takes us inside his process, influences, mindset, and intentions as a bassist, band member, brother, and low-end medicine man.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – ep.057: RON JOHNSON on the Bass [Samantha Fish, Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Anders Osbourne, ex-KDTU]

June 1, 2022 B.Getz Anders Osborne, Karl Denson, Karl Denson's TIny Universe, KDTU, ron johnson, ron johnson bass, ron johnson on the bass, Samantha Fish

Currently holding down the low-end with guitar phenom Samantha Fish. Ron worked extensively with Gregg Allman at the end of his life, toured hard with Warren Haynes Band, collaborated with Anders Osborne, Chris Cain, Nigel Hall, and more. Longtime sturdy anchor for Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe,

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep. 056: SKERIK [saxophonist: Garage a Trois, Bastard Jazz, Emerald Quintet, Critters Buggin, DRKWAV, Syncopated Taint Septet, Frog Brigade, Lorbo, Ponga, Omaha Diner, Dead Kenny G’s, MORE!]

April 26, 2022April 27, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, Bandalabra, bobby previte, charlie hunter, chris cornell, col. claypool's fearless flying frog brigade, critters buggin, garage a trois, Grunge, Jazz Fest, John Hassell, JOhn Medeski, keyboards, layne staley, Les Claypool, Lorbo, mad season, Mark Lanegan, mike dillon, Moog, New Orleans, Ponga, saxophone, seattle, Seattle jazz, skerik, Skerik Band, Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet, stanton moore, synth, synths

Brilliant on both tenor and baritone saxophone, most often mixing in electronics, effects, and loops, Skerik is nothing short of a pioneer in saxophonics.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast- Ep.055: The Return of WEEDIE BRAIMAH (djembefola, Hands of Time, Nth Power, Trombone Shorty, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah)

March 26, 2022March 29, 2022 B.Getz Africa, baba olatunju, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, cory henry, djembe, djembefola, east st. africa, east st. louis, Ghana, hand drummer, luke quaranta, music podcast, musician interview, musicology, New Orleans, percussion, percussionist, raja kassis, ropeadope records, stretch music, The Nth Power, Trombone SHorty, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave., weedie braimah, weedie braimah and the hands of time

Welcome back the great Weedie Braimah to Ep.055! An educational, inspirational, international deep dive with a man who is sworn to the drum.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast Ep. 054: The Return of ERIC KRASNO [Soulive, The Assembly] + The Music Cellar fundraiser w/ Jonny G [lespecial]

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 B.Getz eric krasno, eric krasno & the assembly, kraz, lettuce, music podcast, musician interview, otis mcdonald, Soulive, wil blades

Kraz’s Fall 2019 appearance on the Upful LIFE pod was quite well-received, so with all the exciting developments in his life and career, it feels like the perfect time to get up to speed with all things Eric Krasno

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.053: THE CHAMBERS PROJECT (Psychedelic Art & Culture w/ Brian Chambers, Jacaeber Kastor, A Path Untold)

January 29, 2022January 29, 2022 B.Getz a path untold, alex grey, aligning minds, brian chambers, dj logic, gaslamp killer, Grateful dead, jacaeber kastor, jerry garcia, jimi hendrix, mars-1, oliver vernon, one step further, psychedelic art, psychedelic painters, psychedelic solution, psychedelics, q-bert, ralph steadman, rick griffin, roger dean, the chambers project

The conversation welcomes a pair of pioneers from this particular space – Brian Chambers and Jacaeber Kastor – for a wide-ranging discussion on psychedelic art, through both a historical and contemporary lens.