Hip-BoneMusic presents BONE2PICK

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". September 2014: Michael Davis interviews Triton Brass. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com Check out our video lesson series at: vimeo.com/hipbonemusic/vod_pages

Hip-Bone Music heads back to school bone2pick style by interviewing internationally renown jazz producer and record executive, Mr. Matt Pierson. Matt generously takes us through his extraordinary journey starting out as a jazz trumpet player, cutting his biz chops by working in a Miami record store, leading Blue Note’s marketing and A & R departments and ultimately ascending to Vice President of W...

Bone2Pick July 2018: As we get ready to celebrate our national day of independence here in the U.S., Hip-Bone Music and Bone2Pick proudly present our own national treasure from the world of jazz and brass, the great Joe Magnarelli. Joe graciously sits down with Michael to discuss his extraordinary, three decade long career as one of the most respected and in demand trumpet players on the internati...

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". August 2014: Michael Davis interviews Gary Grant. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com Check out our video lesson series at: http://vimeo.com/hipbonemusic/vod_pages

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". July 2014: Michael Davis interviews Bill Watrous. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com Check out our video lesson series at: vimeo.com/hipbonemusic/vod_pages

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". June 2014: Michael Davis interviews Vic Firth. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com Check out our video lesson series at: vimeo.com/hipbonemusic/vod_pages

December 2016: We close out our 2016 Bone2Pick season with a stimulating sit down featuring one of the great French Horn players of all-time, Mr. Erik Ralske. Currently principal horn of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2010, Erik previously held positions in the New York Philharmonic, the symphonies of Houston, Vancouver and Florida, as well as cutting his teeth with the Tulsa Philharmonic....

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". May 2014: Michael Davis interviews Malcolm McNab. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com Check out our video lesson series at: vimeo.com/hipbonemusic/vod_pages

Bone2Pick heats up our summer season by sitting down with the legendary trailblazer of the french horn, the great John Clark. John graciously shares his thoughts on sustaining an extraordinary four-decade long career as one of New York’s top call horn players. He takes us through his journey of working with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Ornette Coleman, Jaco Pastorius, McCoy Tyner, Pat Metheny, Fran...

November 2016 kicks into high gear with our insightful sit down with the incomparable maestro of the trumpet, the great Nick Marchione. One of New York’s elite lead players, Nick generously discusses his illustrious career including growing up in a very musical family in Philadelphia, studying with the legendary Vincent Penzarella, landing a position in the orchestra of the mega hit Broadway music...

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". April 2014: Michael Davis interviews Tom "Bones" Malone. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com Check out our video lesson series at: vimeo.com/hipbonemusic/vod_pages

What do James Taylor, Rihanna, Aaron Neville, Natalie Cole, Steely Dan, Brian Wilson, Paul Simon, Diana Krall, Madonna, Diana Ross, Michael Franks, Eric Clapton, Chaka Khan, Karen Carpenter and Idina Menzel have in common? They have all enlisted the extraordinary talents of our Bone2Pick artist of the month for October 2016, the great Rob Mounsey. A six-time Grammy Award nominee and two-time Emmy...

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". March 2014: Michael Davis interviews Lew Soloff. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com Check out our video lesson series at: vimeo.com/hipbonemusic/vod_pages

August 2016 is all about SEX here at Hip-Bone Music. As in SEXMOB and an enlightening interview with trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger, musical director and creator of the iconic, cult band SEXMOB. Steven Bernstein discusses his early musical influences growing up in Berkeley, playing with Wynton Marsalis his first week in New York, his years with John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards, his work wit...

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". Feb 2014: Michael Davis interviews Steve Turre. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com Check out our video lesson series at: http://vimeo.com/hipbonemusic/vod_pages

Bone2Pick proudly goes lower than low in July 2016 featuring our artist of the month, tuba/ fluba recording artist Jim Self. One of the most recorded tuba players in the history of the instrument, Jim has appeared on over 1,500 motion picture soundtracks including featured solos on Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, Casper, Sleepless in Seattle and the classic Dennis the Menace. Thro...

Bone2Pick jumps into spring by sitting down with the principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the great David Krauss. David generously shares his thoughts and insights on a variety of subjects, including the importance of his four main teachers (William Vacchiano, James Pandolfi, Chris Gekker and Wynton Marsalis), his Juilliard years, highlights of 17 years with the MET, guesting wit...

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". January 2014: Michael Davis interviews Ralph Sauer. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com

HAPPY FIVE O……as in Hip-Bone Music’s 50th Bone2Pick interview from June 2016! We celebrate this milestone with an energizing sit down featuring Grammy Award winning composer/arranger Gordon Goodwin. Gordon generously and candidly shares his thoughts on the state of his uber popular Big Phat Band, how he got started in the intense motion picture and television scoring business, what it’s like to co...

Bone2Pick proudly presents trombonist extraordinaire Alex Iles as our featured artist for the month of May 2016. One of LA’s top call studio musicians and most versatile low brass artists, Alex discusses the many facets of his illustrious career including recording with Prince, Joe Cocker, Henry Mancini, John Williams, Terence Blanchard, to name a few; lending his trademark sound to the motion pic...

Bone2Pick hits the road and heads to the sunshine state for a dynamic sit down with the brilliant and incomparable John Daversa. Multiple Grammy Award nominee and Chair of the Studio Music and Jazz program at the preeminent Frost School of Music of the University of Miami, John generously shares his insight, vision and passion on a variety of topics including his love for teaching and his students...

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". Dec 2013: Michael Davis interviews Bob McChesney. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com

Bone2Pick proudly presents composer extraordinaire, internationally acclaimed jazz artist/trumpeter and 4-time Emmy award winner Jeff Beal as our artist of the month for April. Jeff generously sits down with Michael to discuss his early years in New York and San Francisco, scoring the feature film Pollack, composing music for the mega-hit show House of Cards, his myriad of commissioned works and t...

Bone2pick heads to the venerable William Patterson University and their extraordinary Living Jazz Archives for a look at some of the most prized artifacts in the history of jazz. Curator/Professor David Dempsey and Professor Pete McGuinness take us on an insiders look at all things Clark Terry - date books, horns, mutes, original lead sheets, a treasure trove of original Thad Jones scores and reco...

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". November 2013: Michael Davis interviews Dan Gordon. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com