Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Legendary Jazz Trombonist & Sea Shellist Steve Turre .. He talked with us about his newest 2018 CD – The Very Thought of You – And he elaborates on harmony .. Steve was born to Mexican-American parents and grew up in the San Francisco Bay and in 1972 he got the break of a lifetime when Ray Charles hired him to go on tour. A year later Turre’s mentor Woody Shaw brought him into Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – from there he would go on to work with the legends .. like Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, J.J. Johnson, Herbie Hancock, Lester Bowie, Tito Puente, Van Morrison, Pharoah Sanders, Horace Silver, Max Roach, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk – And Kirk introduced him to the seashell and added another pience to his music mastery .. Get to know this fascinating cat and dig this interview my friends ..Click here to listen to the interview.
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