Sticky Jazz
Sticky Jazz Interview James Bradley Jr (with Doc Decibel)
James Bradley — just call him JBJ if you know what’s good for you — is one of those drummers who seems to have been born with sticks already in his hands and a grin that says the beat never stops. Before he even escaped high school he was already locked in with Chuck Mangione. From there it was a glorious, sweaty sprint through the Los Angeles punk-funk trenches with Mary’s Danish, The Beastie Boys and a thousand other projects that most mortals would kill to have on their résumé. The catalog is endless. Friends, sessions, side hustles, full-blown records — if it needed a pulse, chances are JBJ gave it one. These days you’ll find him living in Stockholm, Sweden, still deep in the music and, for pure kicks, belting it out with a local blues band. The man cannot quit the circus. He even scored a cameo in the holy grail of cool, *Cool Hand Luke*. No job too big, no stage too small, no groove left un-stomped. JBJ just keeps showing up and making everything swing harder. Then there’s Doc Decibel — music historian, podcaster, and long-suffering, long-loving Mary’s Danish disciple. James didn’t just play the drums for him; he helped pull Doc into sobriety, which is the kind of quiet, life-saving riff that never shows up in the liner notes but matters more than most chart positions. We sat down and talked the whole glorious, battered, beautiful Rock & Roll Circus — the chaos, the camaraderie, the near-death experiences, and the pure stupid joy of it all. Two lifers still deep in the game, still laughing, still playing. The beat goes on. Youtube instagram Facebook #marysdanishband #chuckmangione #thebeastieboys #jazzdrummers This program may contain copyrighted material which has not always been authorized by the copyright owners. We use this material of the artists we feature for interviews. This is done to promote these artists, and thus we believe that this constitutes "Fair Use" of copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright Law. There is NO copyright infringement intended.
