{"id":2602,"date":"2014-03-07T11:55:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T16:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2014-03-05T20:34:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T01:34:58","slug":"a-good-read-a-good-listen-and-a-good-drink-kris-bowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2014\/03\/07\/a-good-read-a-good-listen-and-a-good-drink-kris-bowers\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Read A Good Listen and A Good Drink: Kris Bowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>It&#8217;s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. Imagine: You bring out one of the good rocks glasses (or your favorite mug or a special occasion tea cup) and pour a couple fingers of amber liquid (or something dark and strong or just some whole milk). You drop the needle on the jazz platter (or pull up a blues album on your mp3 player or dig out that mixtape from college). Ensconcing yourself in the coziest seat in the house, you crack the spine on a classic (or find your place in that sci-fi paperback or pull up a biography on your e-book reader). And then, you go away for a while. Ah, bliss.<\/p>\n<p>In this series, some of NTSIB&#8217;s friends share beloved albums, books and drinks to recommend or inspire.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Kris Bowers is a Julliard grad twice over (undergradate plus a master&#8217;s degree in jazz performance with a concentration in film composition), winner of Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition (2011) and has performed at both the NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony at Lincoln Center (2012) and on <i>Watch the Throne<\/i> (2011) by Kanye West and Jay-Z. <\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also just released his first record, <i>Heroes + Misfits<\/i>. It features him at the head of a sextet that includes alto saxophonist Casey Benjamin, tenor saxophonist Kenneth Whalum III, guitarist Adam Agati, bassist Burniss Earl Travis II, and drummer Jamire Williams. <\/p>\n<p>This is <i>Forget-Er<\/i>, featuring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juliaeasterlin.com\/\">Julia Easterlin<\/a>, one of four guest vocalists who appear on the record:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/120501821&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_artwork=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As a bonus, here he is with his version of Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s <i>Rigamortis<\/i>:<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Kris Bowers - Rigamortis (Kendrick Lamar Cover)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL__Mx5rZFAm0g\"><div id=\"lyte__Mx5rZFAm0g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_Mx5rZFAm0g\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Kris Bowers - Rigamortis (Kendrick Lamar Cover)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/_Mx5rZFAm0g\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_Mx5rZFAm0g\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Kris Bowers - Rigamortis (Kendrick Lamar Cover)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>After I listened to his songs, I wanted to get to know him better. So here he is now, to tell us about one of his favorite books, records and drinks:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2657\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2014\/03\/07\/a-good-read-a-good-listen-and-a-good-drink-kris-bowers\/b_kris_bowers_photo_by_janette_beckman_1751\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2657\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/B_Kris_Bowers_photo_by_Janette_Beckman_1751-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Janette Beckman\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2657\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/B_Kris_Bowers_photo_by_Janette_Beckman_1751-500x333.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/B_Kris_Bowers_photo_by_Janette_Beckman_1751-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/B_Kris_Bowers_photo_by_Janette_Beckman_1751-225x150.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/B_Kris_Bowers_photo_by_Janette_Beckman_1751-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/B_Kris_Bowers_photo_by_Janette_Beckman_1751-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Janette Beckman<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>A Good Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny. Ever since high school, I&#8217;ve been drawn mostly to non-fiction books. At some point, I decided it was a waste to spend time reading something, and not &#8220;learn&#8221; anything in the process. Needless to say, that was among many of my assured lifestyle declarations as a na\u00c3\u00afve young adult. But, one of the most influential works I read during that time was a collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poets.org\/poet.php\/prmPID\/201\">Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/a> essays, specifically one called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emersoncentral.com\/selfreliance.htm\">Self Reliance<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In it, he essentially talks about the importance of being an individual, and not killing that search for your individuality because of your adoration and imitation of idols. It was really eye-opening at that point in my life, especially as a young jazz musician. It seems like, at times, you&#8217;re taught to aspire to be just like the greats, although you&#8217;ll never be &#8220;as good as them.&#8221; So it just made them all more human to me. As a matter of fact, my only tattoo is from that book: &#8220;imitation is suicide.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>A Good Listen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jimi Hendrix, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimihendrix.com\/us\/music\/band-gypsys\">Band of Gypsys<\/a>. It&#8217;s of course hard to pick just one album, but that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m feeling right now. It&#8217;s easily one of my favorite albums of all time. Actually, once, when I was on a flight with some really bad turbulence, I turned on this album and thought &#8220;I&#8217;d be totally fine if this were to be the last album I ever heard.&#8221; Maybe a little dramatic&#8230;but I forgot about the turbulence. <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/VtJSWIv91eE?t=2m<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Good Drink:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a whiskey man. Scotch, Bourbon, Irish, Japanese&#8230;my preference really varies based on how I feel that particular day. But for now, since it&#8217;s SO cold in NYC right now, I&#8217;ll say <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallbatch.com\/bookers\">Booker&#8217;s<\/a> because that&#8217;ll warm you up in no time. <\/p>\n<p>A glass of good whiskey (neat or with one ice cube at the most), a good book and a good album, sounds like the perfect evening for me. Sometimes I feel like I&#8217;m really a 65-year-old man caught in a 24-year-old&#8217;s body haha.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. 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