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"mosaic". i am ron swisher. today we have a legend in music in the bay area. if you go to glider 9:00 or 11:00 on sunday, if you go to scott's on monday, tuesday, 6:00 until 9:00. if you don't go to those venues , you are missing a great legend. he is at other venues but that is where you will find him all the time for over 30 years. i say he has been in the bay area over 50. we are blessed to have john turn. ♪

♪ what a blessing. great to have you. >> it is a pleasure. >> i saw you fortysomething years ago. you are a young man but john turk and the third street antics. you would play the different clubs and i saw you later at glide. tell us about your background. >> i actually started playing in the oakland area around 1965, 1966. with a guy named johnny hearts men. he was a guitar player and oregon player and flute player. but

he only had the saxophone and him playing the organ. you wanted to add an instrument. and he heard about me and one night i came and sat with his band and i've guess i did okay. so he hired me. we were playing at this place called the showcase. this is many moons ago. he decided he did not want to be a bandleader. so the three of us that were left , we got together and formed our own organ trio. i bought me a organ and we got busy. >> when did the trumpet come in? the trumpet and piano at the same time? >> actually , he saw me do it. and he was known for being a

little late. he started being late at this particular gig. i think we were at the showcase. so i would just sit in. he hired me as a trumpet player. he did not me to play the organ but he started taking advantage of the fact that i could play the organ only came in late . we played the first maybe 10 or 15 minutes. i got pretty good. i kept listening to my jimmy smits records. >> when you call the answering service, i think that is jimmy smith . >> that is me. >> okay. >> when he decided to go solo, that is when the three of us that were left formed a band and that was it >> i know you performed with a lot of great artists and we will talk about that in the

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i hope you have been with us and we have been listening to john turk. he is a legend in the bay area. grew up in valejo and has been playing for all the greats that we can name from etta james to lou rawls to bb king. you can see him on a regular basis at glide. at 9:00 at 11:00. tell us the how did that "how can you make this great music with the spirituality of the glide ? >> it was fate and a fluke. i was supposed to be there for just two weeks. because the choir director was playing with an r&b group. over in

south africa for a couple of weeks. while he was gone , they needed somebody to play keyboards. a buddy of mine, the played drums already called me and asked me if i wanted to do the gig for a couple of weeks. i said , shore. i played. and reverend william did not know i played the trumpet. but i played and i played the trumpet and he liked that. i guess he liked it. director dorsey, was his name. when he came back , they did not fire me. i just stayed. and i stayed and i stayed. >> it is been quite an experience. people come from

all over the world to celebrate and to delivery programs. and all the work they do. a lot of people, also for the glide ensemble. how did that managed to develop? >> they always had a choir but as time went on , we expanded the band . and we started with the saxophone. one of the best saxophone players anywhere , charles mcneil. i had him to come in because we were making a record. and they like the saxophone in trumpet. we were getting ready to do another cd and i said , why don't we add a trombone? and that is when joe berman , came in. so we ended up with three horns. and we

have had them ever since. it has been 15 , 20 years. >> when it comes to the choir and i had the privilege of being there and i have come to choir rehearsals. seem like you were hers throughout the night . you know. six to eight songs . how do you come on sunday and select a song. i know cecil has a lot to do with it but you also select the songs. >> first, i got to see what soloists are there. and i tried to set the mood , for the preacher to preach. i think that is my primary job. first you want to wake the people up so you don't want to start with nothing slow.

>> okay. >> and the next song, you cannot keep hitting them like that. you have to wake them up. and calm him down. and then fire them back up. that is my way of doing it. and so far, it has worked. and something before the preacher preaches , that is really what touches you. >> you have to be into with the spirit as you go along . to discern what song is going to be. >> you are trying to bring the people in. they are already in the building, but you want to bring them in to the spirit of what is going on at glide. music touches us. >> it touches the spirit. i

read a lot about you. as they say the secular music and the spiritual music , and some people like to keep that divorce. but you have learned to combine the two. anywhere you have done that and have done it successfully? clues to how you do that? people have such a difficult time sometimes seeing the two together. >> i never think about it. to me , i am doing what i am supposed to do, which is play music. >> you are called to do that. >> i feel just like a plumber would, if he was going to fix your plumbing. >> do what you're called to do. >> you are called to fix somebody plumbing. you don't ask what religion they are. that is how i feel about what i do. i am a musician. i am

doing what i'm supposed to do. >> okay. we are blessed because paco and carla put this up for what you brought. we would not be able to hear these great sounds and this is the first time in my 13 years of doing "mosaic" that i have had a musician do this. let's close out the segment with another number . ♪ ♪

welcome back to "mosaic". i am ron swisher. you have heard some great sounds, if you have been with us . i read more on john turk and his mom and dad were great in music and introduced him at the age of five . he has been playing since five . mastering instruments , even has his young son, playing the drums, he is quite good. and he is named miles after someone we know. tell us about your family's influence. >> i actually first started , my mom , she played in the church. >> okay. >> she did not play by ear. she played by reading music. and she showed me a few things , the scales and stuff and how to read music. and i had a crazy cousin, cousin leroy.

leroy play the piano. but he played boogie-woogie. and he showed me how to ♪ ♪ anyway. i got into it. once i heard that boogie-woogie. and i was that she was all over for me. >> what was your dad's influence? >> my dad. he is the one that love this so much that he would love the music's. my mother did not buy the records. he would get records by nat king cole , arthur price, i would sit and listen for hours . >> the greats. >> how did you get with people like lou rawls and bb king and go around the world with these kind of people ?

>> at the time there was a club owned by don barksdale. >> i remember him. >> called the showcase. he had two. the showcase and the sportsman. he would have big names that one place and another. bios playing at the showcase, at that time. i got to play with everybody that was big. they called it the chipman circuit but coming from the leo, i thought i was, heaven. i got to play with and talk with the greatest r& b entertainers in the world. it does not get much better than etta james and lou rawls, bonnie andrews. >> charles musselwhite .

>> yes. i made a record with him years ago. it was great for me. >> in the travels i think i heard you say one of the most difficult things about being a musician is the travels. you don't miss that. >> no. i like to go to bed in my own bed. you know. and at the time i had two kids. i never will forget i played at a theater in chicago and i got to meet some of the members of the band with lloyd price. >> another legend. >> some of those musicians had been on the road with lloyd price for years. >> he is still in the music, is that he? >> i am not sure. and a have

only seen their kids like, once a year or twice a year. as they were coming through the towns. >> difficult. >> i did not want to do that. and ride on a bus. >> you mentioned earlier that you first had to check out the soloist before you select certain songs. one of the soloists is your wife. >> yeah. >> cheryl. >> yes. >> you have been married how long? >> 10. >> okay. >> i'm not saying it because she is my wife . but she can really sing. >> she is great . we heard you at the annual conference of the united methodist church last month. so we heard her as well as acquire. and your band and all the to bring. we were

really quite blessed. when i go and see you at scott's, which i did not long ago, i always ask for certain songs and , my funny valentine, do you have that on your repertoire? >> yeah. i could play that a little bit. ♪ ♪

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you might be wondering who is the young man in the center. this is miles, the son of john and cheryl. he plays the drums . i told him to come up and join us in the last segment. john, playing stand. one of the standards at glide.

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>> if you come to glide , on sundays, you will hear this kind of great music and great soloists and great ministry. next time you are in town, we will have young miles bring his drums. and somehow get him up

here. but i want you to close out with one of my favorites. a song for you, donny hathaway and leon russell wrote it. donny hathaway is the one who kind of owns that song. i want to thank you, john, for being here and bringing your many gifts. there you go. ♪ ♪

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