Iggy Pop Opens Up On Jazz Collaboration

Iggy Pop recently opened up about his new collaboration with Jamie Saft’s jazz trio. The rock icon sings three tracks on Loneliness Road.More »

By on April 23, 2017

Iggy Pop recently opened up about his new collaboration with Jamie Saft’s jazz trio. The rock icon sings three tracks on Loneliness Road. “I’ll tell you the reasons it happened,” he tells Rolling Stone. “For one thing, I’ve been around for a long time and spread my net very wide, and at this point I just happen to know a lot of different types of musical people. [Bassist and producer] Bill Laswell and I were working on something else, with me and Bootsy [Collins], that Bill’s producing. Bill told me, “Look, there’s some guys in New York …,” and I don’t remember how he described them, but I definitely got the idea that it wasn’t a balls-out, tight-pants, electrified outfit. He said, “They really want to do something with you, and could I send them along?” I said, “Yeah.” I think he mentioned that there was a fella behind it named Giacomo [Bruzzo, co-founder of RareNoise Records] – I don’t know if he used the word “jazz” or not, but a good record label, he said. So they sent me three tracks, and they were already played, and that was that.” “The other reason it happened is that since I was a little kid I’ve always been very fond of quieter, maybe more introspective sort of music – everything from Floyd Cramer to Debussy to Sinatra’s September of My Years – that song cycle was on constant rotation in our little trailer when I was going to high school.” Copyright(c) 2017 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «