Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi talks about ostinato basslines, the similarities between language and musical improvisation, and how the basslines used in Radiohead and My Funny Valentine are a lot older than we think.
 
Useful links:
Spotify playlist for Francesco’s pieces 
Spotify playlist for main pieces 
Spotify playlist for final question pieces
 
More useful links:
Ostinato bassline 
Improvisation in music 
Bebop jazz 
*Correction (23:37): Charlie Parker saxophone solo 
The Early Music Movement in Classical music  
The harpsichord 
The organ 
Henry Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas
The Villancico 
Video featuring Rhiannon Giddens talking about the history of the minstrel banjo
 
Support Francesco:
Website: https://www.francescoturrisi.com/
Patreon for Francesco and his partner, Rhiannon Giddens: https://www.patreon.com/rhiannongiddens
Bandcamp: https://francescoturrisi.bandcamp.com/
Buy Francesco’s album based on 17th-century music: https://diatriberecords.bandcamp.com/album/si-dolce-il-tormento
Buy Francesco’s solo piano album: https://francescoturrisi.bandcamp.com/album/northern-migrations
 
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