Percussionist, Composer, Performer, Educator and Entrepreneur Raynor Carroll returns to talk about growing up in Los Angeles, playing drumset, and getting into concert percussion at a young age (02:15), studying with Mitchell Peters at California State University – Los Angeles, and his personal enjoyment of a “clean musical score” (21:25), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of student focus, his West African musical study, Ravi Shankar, The L.A. Rams, Wilt Chamberlain, The National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. (27:40).
Finishing with a Rave on the 1997 film The Apostle (01:07:20).
Links:
Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky
Plan 9 From Outer Space trailer
Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar - Oliver Craske
Concerto No. 1 for Sitar and Orchestra - Ravi Shankar
Wilt Chamberlain career highlights
Lawrence McCutcheon highlights
Daphnis et Chloé - Maurice Ravel
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C.
Raves:
