Randy Brecker: Miles Davis, Skunk Funk, Horace Silver & The Meaning of Life | You Dig?

On this deeply musical and often hilarious episode of You Dig?, Steve Wiest sits down with trumpet legend Randy Brecker for an epic late-night hang covering improvisation, practice, composition, Miles Davis, Michael Brecker, Horace Silver, the Brecker Brothers, Seventh Avenue South, and Randy’s beautiful new album Espirito.

Highlights include: 🎺 The famous Miles Davis wah-wah story 🎺 How Randy wrote “Skunk Funk” 🎺 Following Michael Brecker solos night after night 🎺 Lessons learned from Horace Silver 🎺 Randy’s approach to practicing at age 80 🎺 Brecker Brothers origin stories 🎺 Thoughts on improvisation and tension/release 🎺 The Dig You Inquisition™

Wise, funny, warm, and deeply inspiring, this episode is packed with hard-earned musical insight from one of jazz fusion’s most iconic voices.

A good time is had by all. You dig?

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Links from this Episode:

Randy's website: https://www.randybrecker.com/

🎺 SPECIAL BONUS:

Check out the legendary fan-made video by the great Lewis Gerts:

“Some Skunk Funk by Almost Everyone”

featuring countless performances spliced together bar-by-bar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TnUbXkvlz4