Bone2pick heads back to school with an exhilarating sit down featuring one of the best all-around tuba players in the history of the instrument, Mr. Marcus Rojas. Marcus has added his distinctive tuba sound to every conceivable style of music including performances and recordings with the Metropolitan Opera, Yo Yo Ma, Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy, Michael Jackson, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Paul Simon, Sting, Dave Douglas, George Russell, Gil Evans, Wayne Shorter, New York City Ballet, to name but a few. He has over 60 motion picture soundtracks to his credit, as well as countless jingles and dozens of Broadway shows. He is an avid proponent of contemporary classical and improved music and is currently on faculty at the Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory and the New School. Enjoy!

Marcus Rojas

David Finck

Hip-Bone Music kicks off our 2022 bone2pick season with an insightful sit down featuring the two trombone professors at the prestigious Eastman School of Music, Mark Kellogg and Larry Zalkind. Mark and Larry discuss their illustrious careers as teachers and performers, how to build and nurture a successful program, developing solid relationships with students and administrators alike, and the very rich history of the trombone studio at the Eastman School. Filmed at the Eastman School in Rochester, NY. Enjoy!

Mark Kellogg & Larry Zalkind

Hip-Bone Music is proud to release this month’s bone2pick interview with trombone virtuoso Lisa Albrecht. Lisa graciously discusses a variety of topics and highlights from her illustrious career including the early years in the San Antonio Symphony, becoming the first woman appointed to the brass section of the New York Philharmonic, returning home and joining the Rochester Philharmonic, crafting a successful career as a soloist and chamber musician and how one goes about becoming an Adirondack 46er. Enjoy!

Lisa Albrecht

Bone2pick proudly presents an inspiring and enlightening sit down with one of the first couples of brass and jazz, Ms. Kiku Collins and Mr. David Gibson. Two of the most in-demand brass players on the international music scene, Kiku and David graciously share the ups and downs of their incredible journey as musicians and as a couple. A rare look inside two extraordinary careers. Enjoy!

Kiku Collins And David Gibson

Hip-Bone Music proudly kicks off our summer season with a dynamic sit down featuring one of the world’s preeminent trombone teachers, Professor Mark Lusk. Filmed at Penn State University during the 31st annual Fruhling Posaunen festival, Mark touches on a myriad of interesting and important topics including how he built the PSU low brass department into one of the nation’s premier programs, what it was like to sit in the legendary Chicago Symphony Orchestra brass section, his time on the great Woody Herman Band, the impact his travels and teaching in Cuba, Chile and Argentina have had on him as a teacher and performer, and how much it meant to him to study at the Eastman School of Music. Enjoy!

Mark Lusk

Hip-Bone Music hits the road for a bone2pick sit down at the 2022 Shirespalooza event  in Holliston, MA. Shot in front of a live audience at the newly expanded S.E. Shires factory, the interview features two stars of the Shires family – director of Sales and Marketing Samantha Lane and product specialist Alexis Smith. Sam and Alexis discuss their individual roles in the company, the tremendous growth they helped usher in, the new products being developed and basically all things Shires. An insightful sit down with two dynamic leaders in the brass manufacturing business. Enjoy!

Samantha Lane & Alexis Smith

Hip-Bone Music is back and kicks off our 2023 season with an energizing sit down featuring one of today’s true virtuoso trombonists, Mr. Peter Steiner. Peter touches on growing up in Bolzano, Italy, studying in Austria and eventually at the Juilliard School, performing with the Vienna Philharmonic, NY Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, and becoming the premier trombone soloist in world today. Enjoy!

Peter Steiner

Hip-Bone Music and bone2pick are proud to present an important and enlightening interview with two of Broadway’s most respected musicians, musical director extraordinaire Julie McBride and top call NYC French hornist Judy Yin-Chi Lee. Julie and Judy sit down with Michael at Maestra Music headquarters in Manhattan to discuss their exceptional careers, working together at Moulin Rouge!, mentoring, and the significant and dynamic work being done at Maestra Music. Enjoy!

Julie McBride - Judy Yi - Chi Lee

Bone2pick is back up and running with a fantastic sit down featuring one of the most respected and in demand bass players on the international jazz scene, the great Jay Anderson. Jay generously shares his thoughts and memories of growing up in Southern California, his early professional years with Woody Herman and Carmen McRae, his many years anchoring the bass chairs of the Grammy Award winning Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and Bob Mintzer Big Band, his longtime association with Joe Sample and his vast amounts of touring and recording with the likes of Michael Brecker, John Scofield, Kenny Wheeler, Michael Franks, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Allen Ginsberg, among many others. Enjoy!

Jay Anderson

Bone2pick welcomes back JazzTimes International Critics #1 trombonist Ryan Keberle. We sit down for our 98th interview to discuss Ryan’s extraordinary career, including his extensive work as a bandleader, his 14 albums as a leader, his years as a featured soloist with the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, his work as an esteemed educator at both Hunter College and the Manhattan School of Music and finally his ability to listen. Candid and insightful, don’t miss this sit down with one of the great trombonists of all-time.

Ryan Keberle

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". January 2013: Michael Davis interviews Chris Botti.
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Chris Botti

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Phil Smith

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". April 2015: Michael Davis interviews Charles Vernon.
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Charles Vernon

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Peter Erskine

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Joe Alessi

Hip-BoneMusic's monthly interview series, "Bone2Pick". August 2015: Michael Davis interviews Mark Gould.
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Mark Gould

Bone2Pick heats up the month of August with a dynamic sit down featuring the omnipotent Douglas Purviance. A Grammy Award winning producer, bass trombonist extraordinaire and contractor to the jazz world’s most elite artists, Douglas’s exceptional 40 year career has included his long time association with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (Thad Jones/Mel Lewis), being a charter member of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, cutting his teeth early on with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and recording/performing with the likes of Joe Henderson, JJ Johnson, Ron Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Christian McBride and Slide Hampton. Informative, insightful and hysterical. Enjoy!
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Doug Purviance

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Scott Hartman

Bone2Pick heads west for an impromptu sit down with two San Francisco Symphony stalwarts, former principal trombonist Mark Lawrence and current trombonist Paul Welcomer. Mark and Paul generously share their thoughts on what it takes to build a successful orchestral career, how to navigate through the demanding audition process, what playing qualities they value most in colleagues and students and who their major influences were outside of the trombone. Filmed at Long Meadow Ranch Winery in Napa Valley, CA. Enjoy!
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Mark Lawrence And Paul Welcomer

Happy New Year to all from Hip-Bone Music! 
No better way to kick off our 2018 bone2pick series than by sitting down with the always virtuosic, always ingenious and always impassioned, Dr. Gil Goldstein. As only he can, Gil takes us on an insightful and entertaining ride through the highlights of his extraordinary career. Meeting Pat Martino for the first time in the mid 70s, the influence of his longtime friend and mentor Gil Evans, his decades of work with Pat Metheny and Michael Brecker, starting out on the accordion at age 5 and ultimately becoming the world’s second greatest accordionist and why Pat Metheny has called him the Zelig of jazz. Definitely one you don’t want to miss! Enjoy.

Gil Goldstein

Bone2Pick goes outside our brass box for the month of March 2016 featuring a stimulating sit down with the incomparable saxophonist and lead alto virtuoso Dick Oatts. Dick graciously shares his thoughts about growing up in Iowa, the phenomenal story of how he ended up on the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, his contribution to the super group Flim & the BBs, what he looks for in a lead trumpet and lead trombone player, his professorship at Temple University and his thoughts on his buddies in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Enjoy!   
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Dick Oatts

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 the creation of the Beal Institute for Film Music & Contemporary Media at the Eastman School of Music. Don’t miss this inspiring sit down with one of the most prolific and respected composers in Hollywood. 
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Jeff Beal

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 conduct world class orchestras and where he sees the future of the music business. The perfect way to celebrate Bone2Pick’s 50th interview. Enjoy!
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Gordon Goodwin

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Ralph Sauer

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 with orchestras around the world, his favorite conductors and the keys to a successful audition. Enjoy!
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David Krauss

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Bill Watrous

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Gary Grant

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 international jazz scene. His twelve CDs as a solo artist, as well as his years performing and recording with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Jack McDuff, Harry Connick Jr., Toshiko Akiyoshi, Maria Schneider, George Gruntz, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Tom Harrell Big Band and Jane Monheit are at the forefront of the conversation. Enjoy!
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Joe Maganarelli

Hip-Bone Music proudly brings an international flavor to our bone2pick series with a dynamic sit down featuring two of New York’s finest trumpet players, Raul Agraz and Maneco Ruiz. A native of Venezuela, Raul shares his thoughts on crafting a successful playing career in his native country and then repeating that in New York, his exceptional ability to fit into any and all musical environments, holding down the first trumpet chair on a long running hit Broadway show and developing his voice as a solo artist. The pride of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Maneco looks back on growing up in a family of trumpet players, the influence his late teacher Prof Fielder had on him, the keys to approaching latin music and how he became one of New York’s most versatile and in demand trumpet players. Great insights from two class acts. Enjoy!

Raul Agraz & Manuel Ruiz

Hip-Bone Music is thrilled to present our first bone2pick interview since the pandemic started in March. We welcome the great Marshall Gilkes to the show for our 85th bone2pick interview. Having just released his 6th CD as a solo artist (Waiting To Continue), Marshall sits down with MD to discuss the new recording, playing with the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, his new appointment as lead trombonist of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, recording his own big band projects with the WDR band in Cologne, Germany, teaching at the Manhattan School of Music and navigating through the new normal of the music business. Inspiring and enlightening. Enjoy!

Marshall Gilkes

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