Jesse Stewart E13 S2: Percussionist, Composer, Community Activist, Artist, Writer, Instrument-builder
Jesse Stewart is an award-winning percussionist, scholar, composer, artist, writer, instrument-maker and community activist. In 2012 he founded “We Are All Musicians” founded on his belief that music is a fundamental human right, through which he helps create opportunities for people to make music regardless of age, musical training, socio-economic circumstance and ability. During the conversation he demonstrates how any object can be used to create interesting music, and we also get to hear him improvise on a waterphone, as well as with me on my violin, with a unique instrument which he explains. I do hope you’ll find Jesse to be as inspiring and interesting as I do!
Jesse Stewart: ““I've had many profound experiences, but that was perhaps the one that left the deepest impact on me was hearing Elvin Jones play drums for the first time. It wasn't just his chops or his musicality, both of which were amazing, but it was also, there was a kind of commitment to the music, to what he was doing that left a very, very deep impression on me…Elvin Jones put everything, everything of himself into every single note that he played, and it was profoundly moving to me. I just thought, "That's what music asks of us." We have to give it our all, and that doesn't mean that we're going to play like Elvin Jones, but we have to put all of ourselves into what we do…”
I’ve included timestamps in the description, for both the video and podcast format. Wrenches Reel
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