Month: April 2021

2016.07.18 Liberty Ellman on John McLaughlin

Rebroadcast April 26, 2021. Just a suggestion: if you're going to name your band (in Hindi), "Absolute protector of the universe beyond human comprehension [...]

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Most people who are not in the music biz have the absolute wrong idea about what backstage is like; it’s almost never partying like a rock star with Mick [...]

2018.10.15 Gary Lucas on Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus - 1976
Rebroadcast April 19, 2021. If tenor saxophone giant Lester Young said someone has "big ears" it was a high compliment.  It meant they were hearing everything [...]

2017.04.03 Phillip Johnston on Steve Lacy

Rebroadcast April 12, 2021. In the Jazz world, Steve Lacy is like Broadway: doesn't fit neatly into the grid but, wherever he intersects it, magical things [...]

2012.02.06 Jorge Sylvester on Jimmy Lyons

Rebroadcast April 5, 2021. The subject that a guest chooses for an episode of Deep Focus tells me something about who the guest is. When Jorge Sylvester, [...]
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