One man’s music walks the earth. The other man’s music floats above it. One plucks rhythm and soul from strings and wood. The other makes machines cry.
Jazz bassist Rodney Whitaker and techno pioneer Carl Craig inhabit different musical worlds, but they found plenty of common ground Thursday (Feb. 19) at the MSU Museum.
The discussion, a rare meeting of two internationally recognized musical giants, was the first public event of Craig’s January-through-April residency at MSU. Future events include a screening of “Desire: The Carl Craig Story” at the Capital City Film Festival and a mind-bending multimedia collaboration between Craig and MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams this fall…