Derek Shulman of Gentle Giant - The ProgCast with Gregg Bendian
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- DEREK SHULMAN of Gentle Giant opens up and spends some extra time with me to share his feelings on the underrated "Civilian" reissue, Gentle Giant as a live band, Kerry Minnear's genius, "So Sincere" deets, Derek's book announcement, Giant's huge impact on the hip-hop world, and I get to tell Derek what Giant meant to us all! If you join my Patreon, this is the kind of amazing extra stuff you'll have access to, so please consider joining to help support what we bring to progressive music fans at The ProgCast with Gregg Bendian.
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GREGG BENDIAN is a percussionist/composer/producer/educator/podcaster from Teaneck, New Jersey. During his wide-ranging career he has toured internationally and recorded with Todd Rundgren, Jan Hammer, The Mahavishnu Project, Keneally-Bendian-Lunn, The Musical Box, John Zorn, Derek Bailey, Nels Cline, Cecil Taylor, Pat Metheny, Ornette Coleman and Zoot Horn Rollo. On the academic front, Gregg develops and teaches courses in studio production aesthetics, music history, and composing/arranging at William Paterson University of New Jersey. For the Yale Oral History of American Music, he has contributed over 100 expansive interviews with major figures including Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Carla Bley and Steve Reich. Bendian is archivist/producer for the Bottom LIne Archive of historic concerts. Recorded over 30 years at the Greenwich Village venue, the series features discs by Jack Bruce with Billy Cobham, The Brecker Bros, Lou Reed/Kris Kristofferson, Pete Seeger/Roger McGuinn, and Doc Watson. An accomplished percussionist and a composer of over 200 works, he has created a body of innovative music for jazz, rock, percussion (solo and ensemble) and mixed chamber groups, which include his Interzone and Trio Pianissimo bands. Gregg's music is published by Iamuziks (ASCAP). Begun in August of 2020, The ProgCast explores the creative process and musical history of a diverse assortment of cutting edge artists.
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I can listen to Derek talk about Giant for hours. Thanks for doing these Gregg.
A very enjoyable interview. Gentle Giant were about music. Great art.
Derek is great, I love Gary and the whole GG, Thanks Gregg!!!
Simone Dupree and big sound I loved the bside to kites like the sun like the fire , bit more progressive to me .
Kites is on a different level than GG
Thanks Gregg!!! As always, I appreciate all you do!
Thank you so much!
How about “Giant for a life” …..as a book title?
I was a huge Giant Fan as soon as I first heard them in 1973 and, for me, Civilian isn't a good Giant album. It isn't bad, much better than its predecessor GFAD but what Derek calls growth, I call loss: Gone were the violin, cello, xylophone, flutes, trumpets and even the twinkling sounds from Kerry's keyboards. It rocked and you could see the link to older songs like «Working all Day» or »Cry for Everyone» but it didn't have the depth that accompanied those hard rocking songs on the old records.
Title for Derek's book: The missing piece.
Gregg any chance you can get Kerry in for an interview?
Civilian is not a good album, it's a DAMN GREAT ALBUM! Derek Schulman, A Gentle Giant in His Own Write.
In many respects, Gentle Giant did the right thing by finishing up after the Civilion tour. They were true to themselves. I don't like Genesis of the 80s or Yes for that matter. ELP came back in the 90s and that was a disaster. Also, they resisted the temptation to reform and kudos to them for that. They were one of the greats of prog rock and their music stands the test of time.
What accent is that???????? Most probably a mix between Portsmouth and Scotland, I presume... never heard anything similar to this...