Month: November 2020
2011.09.26 Eric Person on McCoy Tyner
Rebroadcast November 30, 2020.
McCoy Tyner was one of the many greats who we lost in this year of Covid-19 but the light his music shines on the music [...]
2019.02.04 Eric Person on Jimmy Lyons
Rebroadcast November 23, 2020.
Say the name "Jimmy Lyons" to lovers of creative music and they will immediately think of Cecil Taylor. The bounty that [...]
2018.02.19 Eric Person on Geri Allen
Rebroadcast November 16, 2020.
Some musicians seem to emerge fully formed. It’s as if they just show up doing what they do and reliably keep doing it as [...]
2013.08.12 Eric Person on Sonny Rollins
Rebroadcast November 9, 2020.
How lucky are we to have experienced the music of Sonny Rollins, the greatest improviser in the history of recorded music? Uh [...]
2017.03.06 Eric Person on Woody Shaw
Rebroadcast November 2, 2020.
In the Jazz world of utterly distinctive individuals, trumpeter Woody Shaw still managed to stand out. He didn’t speak like [...]