The Alex Circiello Interview Set III
Episodic riffs on the band known as GSOL

Episodic riffs on the band known as GSOL
Fearless bass player talks about getting into the musical grooves of Manhattan and the unknown road ahead for creatives at large.
Master percussionist talks about the rhythms of life and the factors that go into creating spiritual music
Explosive unsung guitarist from the band Stoneground talks about his humble musical upbringing and finding a foothold in the San Francisco music scene.
King of the studio trumpeters talks about his musical brotherhood, meeting Steven Van Zandt and a message to our political leaders about prioritizing the future of music.
Inter-disciplinary healer talks about her experiences in life that have helped her find her individual voice and inspire others.
Iconic guitar player talks about his concept of rhythm, playing in The Loading Zone and Tower Of Power and the daunting times we live in....
Divine healer and spiritual priestess talks about her journey to American, recognizing and adhering to unconditional love and being a mother to all.
Divine singer songwriter talks about her musical journey and the ups and downs of psychedelic excursions.
Hammond B-3 monster talks about his humble beginnings in Buffalo and the difference between a soul drummer and jazz drummer.
Guitar slinger and entertainer talks about his different musical tributaries and his connection to drummer Bill Kreutzmann and The 7 Walkers
Legendary NOLA conguero talks about drumming on Lake Pontchartrain and his musical relationship with Professor Longhair
For my guest today it is playing free music with Marion Brown or in Detroit where the spirits of Elvin, Tommy Flanagan and Yusef Lateef breeze by with a word of wisdom. Maybe it was with Rashan Roland Kirk back when Universities like Oberlin College could bring in a Cecil Taylor or Horace Tapscott for a year residency. Bands of younger musicians would form under their leadership. Because there were places to play cats could get loose on the bandstand at Slugs with Charles Tolliver or Jimmy and T...
The most recorded bass player in the lexicon of music talks about his career on and off the bandstand
Continuation of a discussion about the different musical components of the band GSOL and the evolution of language and meaning in song. Going Downtown.....
Spiritual healer and teacher talks about her connection to the divine while not abandoning her roots in the mountains of Colombia. A true angelic light being....
Transcendent bop guitarist talks about his musical upbringing under Richard Dorsey, Larry Bradford and Ed Kelly and charting an open road in an uncertain musical time.....
At times in life you feel adrift. Unable to harness the love and the passion that reins inside. When you begin to evolve in any art you start on that far away Oregon Hill with a Hawk flying overhead. Knowing that John Mclaughlins guitar might swoop up and under and around my guests bass lines. Slowly you build security in your own voice and sound so that your called upon to bluegrass country, to the Fillmore West, to Bearsville, to Europe, to a land of sunshine. My guest today is a master of all...
Maybe the first to blend his gospel roots with rnb and jazz. B-3 organ player who is uncompromising and brilliant.
Bass titan riffs on his family's tight knit Detroit roots and that racism is still alive and well in America.
For quite some time half a century ago only two schools in this country had jazz programs. One was N. Texas State and the other was the Berkeley School of Music in Boston. My guest today is one of the earliest alumni's of a school that has produced the likes of Alan Broadbent, Ernie Watts, Gene Perla and Dick Berk and TOSHIKO Akiyoshi. When my guest went there it was a brotherhood of 300 men and woman who studied under the masters like Herb Pomeroy, Ray Santizzi, Alan Dawson and Jaki Byard and h...
Master drummer and percussionist breaks down his musical philosophies......
There are and have been great musicians in every era of every century. They find a way to use the elements around them to be industrious. Maybe it's building your own instrument, have a shack or two to practice in and a drive and closure from spirituality. I do not know what the music scene is like in Jerusalem. But the real question is what it must have been like when my guest was coming into his own with industrious self assured cats who were increasing music sonically and not letting barriers...
Iconic studio and live performer of the bass. RIP
A frank discussion about racism and its modernization in our society today with a master musician. Thanks Richard
Cosmic fiddler and singer from the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee talks about getting comfortable on the bandstand, letting her inspiration flow with her father and brothers and dealing with the balance of musical and spiritual authenticity in the age of COVID
Divine artist and healer talks of her bouts with physical trauma as a young girl, how she overcame it through “internal marriage counseling” and her longing to be a mother and child.
When I look back on this endeavor that I have undertaken this will be one of those interviews that I will look back on with great excitement. Airto needed to go to a wedding otherwise we might have kept going. It was a meandering set with the first forty minutes revolving around psychology, fear, doubt and getting lost in a communist country in Europe before a gig. Part II was an introduction to the Khahasiki and all the other percussion instruments that he made famous in jazz via vocal ad-libbi...
Author and musician talks about his relationships with the members of the Grateful Dead and his own musical musings.....
The bravest man in the universe used to wake the morning and get his breakfast in bed but then realized its a lot more fun to cross 110th street with JJ Johnson and Stu Gardner. My guest is one of the most prolific musicians in our countries history. He came of age with his brothers who were raised to take care of themselves. Go down to the lake and sleep out at night. Croon some lyrics that a woman's got to have and play hot rhythms with country and western tunes with his pops singing vocals. T...