Steven Bernstein, the Berkeley-born trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, joins host Steve Roby for a wide-ranging conversation about three decades of musical exploration and two new companion albums that reimagine the same music through entirely different sonic lenses.What We Talk About * Growing up in Berkeley during the '60s and '70s--how the city's unique musical culture, the Keystone Corner jazz scene, and a school improvisation program shaped Bernstein's musical identity * Why funk--not rock--was the lingua franca of Bay Area youth, and how Tower of Power loomed larger than The Beatles in that world * Arriving in New York in 1979 at the dawn of the punk-funk era (Defunkt, James White and the Blacks) and finding his musical home in the downtown scene * The origin story of Sex Mob--born not in rehearsals but in late-night residencies at the Knitting Factory and Tonic, playing for live audiences and letting their reactions shape the music * A surprise detour into Jimi Hendrix's brief Berkeley childhood--and a hint that a Hendrix project may be next on Bernstein's list Playlist Laurie Anderson "Church of Panic" from Let X=X (Live) (Nonesuch Records) Sex Mob and Scotty Hard "Banacek" from The Hard Way) (Corbett vs... [ read more ]
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