792: Mark Helias on pandemic collaborations

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://markhelias.bandcamp.com/">Mark Helias</a> is a renowned bassist, composer, and producer who has performed throughout the world for more than four decades with some of the most important and innovative musicians in Jazz and Improvised Music including Don Cherry, Edward Blackwell, Anthony Davis, Dewey Redman, Anthony Braxton, Abbey Lincoln, Cecil Taylor, and Uri Caine.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> Mark recently released <a href= "https://markhelias.bandcamp.com/track/some-kind-of-tomorrow">Some Kind of Tomorrow</a> with saxophonist <a href= "http://www.janeirabloom.com/">Jane Ira Bloom</a>.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">We talk about what life has been like during the pandemic, this latest remote album collaboration with Jane and about remote collaboration in general, and many lessons learned from Mark’s years working as a jazz bassist.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Enjoy, and be sure to check out <a href="https://markhelias.bandcamp.com/">Some Kind of Tomorrow and Mark’s many other albums</a>!</span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s2"><a href= "http://smarturl.it/cbcpodcast?ck_subscriber_id=90309136"><em>Subscribe to the podcast</em></a></span> <span class="s1"><em>to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!</em></span></p> <p class="p5"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><em>Check out our</em> <a href= "https://gumroad.com/dbbpublications?sort=newest"><em>Online Sheet Music Store</em></a> <em>with 80+ wide-ranging titles for bassists.</em></span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p6"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://contrabassconversations.com/app"><em>Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle</em></a><em>.</em></span><span class= "s4"><br /></span></p> <p class="p7"><span class="s1"><em>Check out my</em> <a href= "https://courses.discoverdoublebass.com/p/beginners-classical-bass"> <em>Beginner's Classical Bass c