HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons hosts the most downloaded sports podcast of all time, with a rotating crew of celebrities, athletes, and media staples, as well as mainstays like Cousin Sal, Joe House, and a slew of other friends and family members who always happen to be suspiciously available.

The Painters:

Dan O'Brien [tenor sax]
Mike Suddes [guitar]
Silvain Castellano [bass]
George Mastrogiannis [drums]

The Painters draw their sound from many influential genres including jazz, rock, funk, avant-garde and classical music. They use their chemistry, as a band, to compose group improvisations along with writing compositions individually. Their performances often include in the moment, improvised takes on their original compositions; sometimes flowing seamlessly from song to song. They are also known for re-framing old favorites from rock n' roll to folk songs. The group is currently working on writing their debut album.

Jesse Stern has been playing music most of his life. Born in Corvallis, Oregon, he grew up learning the love of music by listening to his Dad play guitar and his Mom sing. He began his musical education during elementary school, studying classical piano, and then moved onto jazz and classical guitar studies through middle school and high school, further going on to receive a degree in Jazz Guitar Performance from Portland State University. 

After graduating Jesse began to practice different types of yoga and found an especially deep connection with the practices of Ashtanga, Bhakti, and Nada Yoga, the yoga of sound. To further explore Nada Yoga, Jesse relocated to Marin County, California in the spring of 2014 to study classical Indian music at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, learning tabla from Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri, and vocal study independent from the college with Smt. Kankana Banerjee.

jessesternmusic@gmail.com

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