Part 2 of my conversation with Rebecca Kite resumes with her time at the UMKC Conservatory (02:00), her years playing drumset in a jazz, pop and funk coverband in the 1970s (07:15), recalling some memorable Keiko Abe performances (23:45) her time studying with Cloyd Duff in Cleveland and George Gaber at Indiana University (27:05), symphony freelancing (40:50), timpani manufacturing and patents (44:00), guitar literature transcribed for marimba (01:02:00), being a woman in the percussion world (01:10:00), and then the Random Ass Questions (01:23:00).
Finishing with a rave on the Hit Parade podcast (01:36:15).
Links:
Part 1 of the Rebecca Kite Interview
"Did You Go Downtown" - Joy of Cooking
Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder
"Lullaby of Broadway" - Bette Midler
"Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple
"Pick Up the Pieces" - Average White Band
"Girl from Ipanema" - Astrud Gilberto
"Long Train Runnin" - The Doobie Brothers
"So Very Hard to Go" - Tower of Power
"Get Up Offa That Thing" - James Brown
"Jazz Suite for Marimba" - Joan Griffith
Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer - Jim Chapin
"Time for Marimba" - Minoru Miki
Concertino for Marimba - Paul Creston
"Variations on a Theme of Handel" - Mauro Giuliani
"Etude No. 1" - Hector Villa-Lobos
"Baby Elephant Walk" - Henry Mancini
"Autumn Leaves" - Roger Williams
"The Wave" - Ludwig Albert performing
Raves: