holy shit adarq i knew your dad was a piano player but that's a pretty amazing (and sad) connection.
ya man. even though I was very young, i remember when it happened. i remember it being rough for alot of people. my dad & jaco were really close.
the other piano player on continuum is...herbie hancock! cool.
wonder if you ever met him as a baby/toddler.
nope never met Herbie. I think my dad met up with him a few years ago, when Herbie was doing a concert in the area. they are still friends but seldom communicate.
my dad left that intense jazz scene around the time I was born, presumably because he wanted to have more of a normal family life. Some of his close friends (ie jaco) got sucked deep into that scene, unfortunately. Lots of shady leaches trying to buddy up w/ the musicians, no matter what the genre.
also, i was today years old when i learned that you're half algerian/pied noir.
hah nah !!
my grandpa (father's dad) was a Civil Engineer. he was building bridges or something in Algeria when my dad was born. Not sure if that still classifies him as pied-noir etc.
My grandpa was pretty slick.. He knew Arabic, Spanish, French, English, and Creol. He was the one I helped take care of (w/ my dad) during that most aggressive dunk period of mine, the 3 years of anger management dunk fest.
on a slightly interesting tangent: after 9/11, the FBI came and interviewed my dad - because of the Algeria connection. I remember when they were out front in a few SUV's talking to my dad. So I went out there and interrupted, and then they left seconds after.
but ya, my dad is pretty nuts musically. he's legit af with jazz. he's also got that "perfect pitch" stuff. iirc, he was playing jazz clubs at like 14.. pretty nuts. hah.
pc man!
