Larry Grenadier interviewed by Pablo Held

Larry Grenadier joins Pablo Held to talk about composing, comping, and working on clarity and technique on the bass. Other topics include memorizing songs, playing in different keys, and his experiences with Joe Henderson, Stan Getz, John Scofield, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, Paul Motian, Masabumi Kikuchi, Billy Higgins, Guillermo Klein, Steve Swallow and Jack DeJohnette. They also reflect on Blossom Dearie, Paul Chambers, Jaco Pastorius’ 'Word of Mouth', Bill Stewart’s 'Telepathy', studying with Ron Carter, routines, self-doubt, and so much more. 🕵️‍♂️ get access to Pablo Held's entire Sheet Music Archive (over 500 sheets) by joining the 'Music Lessons' tier on Pablo's Patreon 👉 https://patreon.com/pabloheld - you'll also receive exclusive educational videos, music recommendations, and behind-the-scenes goodies from the 'Pablo Held Investigates‘ podcast 💿 Pablo’s music — including vinyl, CDs, digital releases, and merch — is available on Bandcamp: https://pabloheld.bandcamp.com/ 💌 Subscribe to his monthly newsletter and receive an exclusive track: https://pabloheld.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6c0e5ecda535ed16ed51b1856&id=9af0d9f389 🎼 For more about Pablo Held’s musical world, visit: https://pabloheld.com produced by Sofia Will photo credit: Bernhard Ley