Canadian Brass's video: Tuba Chat with Wes Jacobs

00:30 - Jarrett tells Wes that he was the first professional tubist that he ever heard live (in Detroit) 01:00 - Wes talks about what he's been up to recently, keeping busy with Encore Music Publishing and being on the board of the Community Foundation of Traverse City, Michigan 02:40 - Chuck asks Wes about his musical upbringing, and having to choose between being a professional bassist or a professional tubist 06:20 - Wes tells the story about how he turned down the first gig he won with the San Francisco Opera to go to Julliard, and how "only a kid would do that" 08:40 - Wes tells the story of his infamous placement audition at the Julliard School 11:00 - Wes talks about moving back to San Francisco to join the opera and then later winning the job in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra 14:00 - Chuck and Wes discuss their common interest in business, leading to Wes joining (and leading) the pension committee of the DSO 17:25 - Wes talks about starting his publishing company, Encore Music Publishing 18:00 - Jarrett asks Wes about the more tumultuous times in Detroit, and how it was to go through several labor disputes and strikes 20:45 - Jarrett and Wes talk about their shared love of the city of Detroit, Wes having spent his career playing in the orchestra and Jarrett having grown up just near there in Windsor 21:30 - Chuck asks Wes about the vilification of orchestral management by the musicians, even though they are the ones that keep the lights on 26:30 - Chuck asks Wes about relocating to Traverse City and his relationship with filmmaker Michael Moore 29:00 - Chuck and Wes talk about the famous Interlochen Arts Center and Academy 33:30 - Jarrett asks Wes if playing the bass enhanced his tuba playing or vice-versa, and Chuck remembers that Toby Hanks left his bass at Eastman and tubists from the school would use it to play weekend gigs 36:15 - Jarrett asks Wes about "side-hustles" and if he thinks that there is any value for young musicians to pursue something outside of music while trying to make it in the music business 37:45 - Jarrett asks Wes what he learned from all the players he studied with, including Tommy Johnson, Roger Bobo and Arnold Jacobs 40:00 - Chuck and Wes talk about the era of Tommy Johnson in LA, where there were tons of gigs and no shortage of great players, especially trombonists 41:45 - Wes talks about appearing in "Hello, Dolly!" in a marching band playing a silver sousaphone 43:45 - Chuck asks Wes about the legend where someone looked up all the tuba players in the union and asked 40 of them to show up on a Saturday morning 44:45 - Chuck and Wes talk about the level of playing in Detroit, and the particularly high level of brass playing, and one section that had a particularly tough time with the law 48:20 - Wes talks about all the recording he did with Detroit, particularly Copland 3 with Neeme Jarvi 51:00 - Wes talks about what he's been up to lately