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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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!