Description
Jake Feinberg, The Cats! Volume 3: Servants of the Musical Sangha. Portland, OR: Instant Harmony Music, 2021.
Also available in printed form through amazon.com and other amazons around the world.
On The Jake Feinberg Show (radio), Jake has conducted over 2,000 interviews with “The Cats”—popular musicians across the spectrum. His unique interviewing style puts musicians at their ease, inspiring them to reflect candidly on topics familiar or unexpected.
This third volume of striking extracts from the interviews sings songs for the unsung heroes of music: the studio sharks who create the space and sounds for other people with name-recognition. These cats play from memory, sight-read, improvise, or compose their own songs. They perform all styles of music, at any hour, play tight or free, pick up ideas quickly, are consistently “on,” play with heart and soul, play as one animal, keep up the groove, sit in the pocket, develop their own style, inspire dancing, and swing like crazy.
Part II (Interlude) is dedicated to the bassist Paul Jackson, who passed away during the writing of this book. Part III focuses on wizards: leaders and innovators who draw on their inner experience to create something profound, musically and personally.
All these cats make up a sangha: a sacred community of servants to music and life who help each other and the stars, create chemistry and comradeship, mentor the next generation, and play what they love without concern for their considerable legacy.
