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| MSJ:
It’s been quite a while since we got to catch up with you. What’s been new in the world of Trey Gunn? |
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| Lots of shows, lots of composing and lots of recording: TU, KTU, Security Project, 3Below and solo performances |
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| MSJ: What can you tell us specifically about the Security Project? |
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| It is full of some of the greatest music of our time - played and interpreted beautifully and with power. Plus Jerry Marotta kicks major butt. |
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| MSJ: If you weren't involved in music what do you think you'd be doing? |
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| Carpentry |
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| MSJ: What's ahead for you? |
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| TU, KTU, Security Project, 3Below and solo performances. And a new solo record some time next year. |
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| MSJ: If you were a superhero, what music person would be your arch nemesis and why? |
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| The ones most identified with the music. |
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| MSJ: If you were to put together your ultimate band (a band you'd like to hear or catch live), who would be in it and why? |
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| John Coltrane, Bootsy, six West African hand drummers, Lang Lang and four howling hound dogs. |
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| MSJ: If you were in charge of assembling a music festival and wanted it to be the ultimate one from your point of view who would be playing? |
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| It doesn’t matter who, as long as it was out of doors. |
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| MSJ: What was the last CD you bought and/or what have you been listening to lately? |
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| Vinyl:
https://www.discogs.com/The-Command-All-Stars-Persuasive-Percussion-Volume-3/release/713885 |
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| MSJ: Have you read any good books lately? |
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| Everything by Haruki Murakami. |
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| MSJ: What about the last concert you attended for your enjoyment? |
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| Magma |
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| MSJ: Do you have a musical “guilty pleasure?” |
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| Nope. I have no musical guilt. |
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| MSJ: If you could sit down to dinner with any three people, living or dead, for food and conversation, with whom would you be dining? |
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| Benamin Franklin, Thomas Merton, Muhammad Ali |
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| MSJ: What would be on the menu? |
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| Sushi |
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| MSJ: Are there any closing thoughts you would like to get out there? |
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| Security Project! |
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| MSJ: This interview is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2016 Volume 3 at lulu.com/strangesound. |
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