Piano Man
Sometimes you feel slightly inadequate as a bass journo. Take our interview with Leon Lee Dorsey, for example: The man has done so much great work in the field of the low frequencies, alongside such illuminated names, that your questions about what string gauges he prefers seem a touch inconsequential.
Fortunately, Dorsey is a friendly fellow, full of enthusiasm about MonkTime, his new album of Thelonious Monk compositions, and evidently doesn’t feel the need to boast about the artists he’s played with (Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Carter, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and Frank Sinatra, to name a few!) or the ton of degrees he’s acquired from various learned institutions. Instead, he’s much more interested in digging deep into the motivations behind his new record, laid down in trio format with guitarist Greg Skaff, and sometime Herbie Hancock drummer, Mike Clark.
You’re a busy man, Leon.
That’s true. I actually have my next five albums done, although they’re not all jazz.
