Drummer and 'Sound Ambassador' Lamy Istrefi stops by the Sit-Down Podcast with James Hurt to discuss his musical journey in which he recounts the early years as the son of an academic family of scholars in the occupied territory of his homeland Kosovo, earliest experiences with a musically gifted older brother who encourages his music curiosities, experimenting with several instruments before settling on the drums, meeting saxophonist and clinician David Leibman and trailblazing drummer Cindy Blackman, seeing Miles Davis' Tutu music video as a catalyst of artistry, traveling to the Austrian Jazz Festival of Music that afforded him the opportunity to see drummers Peter Erskine, Al Foster, Vinnie Colaiuta and fortified and long and fruitful relationship with drummer Idris Mohammed, bassist Dennis Erwin, saxophonists Joe Lovano and George Garzone. Lamy endures coming to the US on a recommendation, leaves, and returns with a newfound commitment to get from Chicago to New York City where his musical maturation develops for his artistic vision as a bandleader. This episode is dedicated to memory of the beautiful artists bassist and mentor Dennis Irwin and drummer and Detroit native Lawrence Leathers. Background music composed and performed by James Hurt.

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