What's the best lesson your mum ever taught you? Interview with Giacomo Smith

We sat down with founder and bandleader of the formidable Kansas Smitty's and workshop leader for the Abram Wilson Foundation, Giacomo Smith just before one of our Achieve Your Greatness workshops at Corelli College, Greenwich to find out what was popping!
Catch the Kansas Smitty's House Band at Shoreditch Town Hall on Saturday 18th November as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Tickets HERE - shoreditchtown....
Full interview here: abramwilson.co...
What’s popping? Corelli College...2017
What was the last vacation you took? September, Venice
Who do you wish you could meet for the first time again? Wynton Marsalis
Who’s your favourite person to play music with? Dave Archer
When did you realise that music was a real option for you? Age 5
What tune would you play when you enter a room? Get Out Of My Life Woman
Where are you from? Saratoga, New York
What’s the most delicious place in the world? Bologna
If you were a pasta what would you be? Bigoli in salsa
How many languages do you speak? One, well
What’s your favourite word? Pass
What’s the first app you open in the morning? Mail
What's your spirit animal? Pass
What’s the one thing you don’t know that you want to learn? French
What’s the best lesson your mum ever taught you? That's a good question, come on...uh...ahhhhh...uh
How do you make a lady laugh? I don't know, you tell me
Who’s your ultimate style icon? Johnny Hodges
Do you ever get stage fright? No
What's that sound in the background? That's what's popping
When was the last time you were nervous before going on stage? Aged 14
What’s the one song you never want to be requested ever again? Summertime
Who was your childhood crush? Pass
What’s your most overused emoji? Red faced, what's the red faced one? (The Devil?)...No no no...Embarrassed
What’s the most amazing gift you’ve ever received in your life? Saxophone
What’s the best movie of all time? Shawshank Redemption
Who would play you in the movie of your life? David Choi...David Choi! (he's Giacomo's roommate and filming the video. Look out for his photos and footage of Achieve Your Greatness HERE - / achieveyourgreatness )
It’s a random day in 1997, what are you doing? Reading Disney Adventures Magazine
It’s a random day in 2007, what are your doing? Throwing away all my copies of Disney Adventures Magazine
It’s a random day in 2027, what are you doing? Wishing I hadn't thrown away all my copies of Disney Adventures Magazine
What advice do you have for anyone working in an office who really wants to have a more creative life? Get in with these kids
If you could invite any four people, living or dead to your gig at STH Hall who would they be? Let's see...Twyla Tharp, Jelly Roll Morton, Wynton Marsalis and Beyoncé
What’s the best lesson your mum ever taught you? Always cook dinner for four even if there's only two at the table
Catch the Kansas Smitty's House Band at Shoreditch Town Hall on Saturday 18th November as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Tickets HERE - shoreditchtown....

[@patrickjameson3237]

Love this interview and your wit Giacomo! Miss you old friend!

[@dr.livesey1311]

What happened?

[@patrickjameson3237]

@@dr.livesey1311 nothing happened. Giacomo is just an old friend I haven’t seen in a long time 🙂

[@TheErbelger]

I missed you G !

[@dr.livesey1311]

Whad happend to him?