“I’m still into my old school (stuff), my Biggies and Young Jeezy; I’m still into the 2000s,” Carter said. “I listen to T.I. still, some of the artists from my younger era… Outkast, Biggie, Tupac. It’s Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes (on the “Fly” station) right now. So I’m still listening to the throw-backs. And here and then I’ll listen to the radio. I have a 14-year-old, so I know some of the (newer) artists and have an appreciation for them. But I listen to the old stuff.”
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Mitchell, who is averaging career highs …
Mitchell, who is averaging career highs in scoring (24.7 points), rebounds (4.2) and assists (4.3) for the Jazz basketball band that is 31-13 and second in the West, loved what he was hearing. “It just opened my eyes,” Mitchell said. “There are times when (the game) does call for you to be hyped up, but there are also a lot of times when it calls for you to slow down and just relax. The first jazz artist on their playlist who came to mind? “It’s cliché’, but Kenny G,” he said. “It’s really helped me.”
When Giannis was a child in Athens, he …
When Giannis was a child in Athens, he “sold DVDs and sunglasses on the streets” to do his part, as recounted in a New York Times piece from last May. “Music is part of who you are,” Giannis said. “Music is energy. It can give you energy, can take you places. I listen to a lot of afro-beat. I haven’t been in Nigeria (personally); I’ve been in South Africa once, so it kind of makes me feel like home. But as I said, music takes you places. So when I listen to afro-beat, I kind of imagine how my home is, how my parents grew up, the culture, what they went through and grew up in.”
Robinson, who turned 54 in August, has …
Robinson, who turned 54 in August, has embraced his honorary chairmanship of The Gurwitz because of his lifelong love of music. “It’s just appreciating the sound of the classical compositions and the emotion of the music,” Robinson said, punctuating his affirmation by singing out the iconic opening notes of Beethoven’s Fifth: ‘Da-da-da-DAH; Da-da-da-DAH.’ “If you don’t listen to it — and the same goes for jazz — if you don’t really listen, you don’t appreciate what the musicians are doing. So, my father gave me that appreciation, whether it was Mozart or Beethoven or, later on as I got older, Rachmaninoff. But Beethoven was what I heard first, and his works remain my favorites: Moonlight Sonata, Sonata Pathetique, Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. That music had such emotion to it; it had a character to it that appealed to me.”
The Gurwitz and Musical Bridges Around …
The Gurwitz and Musical Bridges Around the World are thrilled to have Robinson’s participation as a valued promoter of the competition. Anya Grokhovski, a renowned classical pianist who serves as artistic director and CEO of Musical Bridges, understands that when “The Admiral” speaks, San Antonians listen. “He attributes the art of piano as contributing to the man he is today,” Grokhovski said in a press release issued by The Gurwitz. “To have this NBA All-Star, ‘The Admiral’ himself, serve as Honorary Chairman of The Gurwitz elevates awareness and importance of this competition on the global stage as the world of piano shines a spotlight on San Antonio in 2020.”
“These young visionaries and champion …
“These young visionaries and champion athletes epitomize the melding of competitive greatness with purposeful creative genius.” That’s Bill Walton talking about Chris Benchetler’s new film, Fire on the Mountain, which sets the extreme adventures of a skiing and surfing collective to the music of the Grateful Dead. Shot in the unforgiving environment of the North Pole and the blissed out blue water off the coast of Indonesia, it’s a gorgeous piece of work that strives to provide nothing less than a visual manifestation of the Dead’s musical transcendence. Walton’s narration provides the voice to the film, lending an old-world authenticity to the new generation of seekers hooked on the Dead’s mystical aesthetic.