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Posted on 03/26/2026 3:59:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
55-Minute Listen
You probably know Flea as the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (or his numerous side projects and collaborations, not to mention his roles in movies and TV going back to the early 1980s). But did you know jazz was his first love?
"When I was a kid, I wanted to be a jazz trumpet player. I wanted to be Dizzy Gillespie," he tells Christian McBride. In this conversation, Flea traces his musical path from bebop sessions in his stepfather's living room to a chance encounter with Dizzy backstage at UCLA, and eventually back to the trumpet decades later, with his debut solo album, Honora.
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Funny, here’s me thinking Flea’s “first love” was Schedule I narcotics.
Jazz is more addicting.
John Entwhistle was another bass player who doubled on horns.
No, I know him as one of the nihilists in “The Grand Lebowski.”
I heard a little bit of Honora - made me want to hear more.
— Point Break
With the birds of Cher, it’s a lonely view.
“That would be . . . a waste of time.”
— Point Break
“Rita: Believe it or not, I studied 19th century French poetry.
Phil: [laughing] What a waste of time! “
— Groundhog Day
“John Entwhistle was another bass player who doubled on horns.”
John Paul Jones’s dad, a musician himself, was NOT impressed with THAT new thing, the electric bass guitar, told his son to play the saxophone - he’d ALWAYS find work.
I listened to a song from his collection last night, and as an old horn player, I can say he has a good tone. He doesn’t do anything overly difficult. (Not that that’s REQUIRED). Just saying he’s no Bill Chase or Maynard Ferguson.
Still, all in all, NOT BAD!
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