Author: Rosie
June 24, 2019 – Brian Charette on Duke Ellington
How is it possible that no one has chosen Duke Ellington as a subject for Deep Focus? Maybe because it's just too daunting; no one has matched his brilliance [...]
2019.05.13 Arturo O’Farrill on Steely Dan
Rebroadcast January 11, 2021.
Arturo O'Farrill, as a bandleader and as a citizen of the world, is an informed and thoughtful man; it shines through in [...]
Carnegie Hall Salutes The Jazz Masters
This show, 25 years ago this month, marked the start of my career in TV. I knocked myself out for this program, working on it exclusively for 5 months. A very [...]
April 15, 2019 – Craig Harris on Charles Mingus
Trombonist Craig Harris was an aspiring student in the early Seventies when he encountered Charles Mingus’s then-current quintet. Mingus had a trio of [...]
Tortilla Flats
Can't you tell she just won Bingo at Tortilla Flats? I would say that I've been going to this joint for 35 years but that would be a lie. The truth is that we [...]
June 11, 2018
Gary Bartz has achieved legend status several times over. For some, of course, merely having been in one of Miles Davis’s great touring and recording bands [...]
Lorraine Gordon
Sad to hear of the passing of Lorraine Gordon, proprietor of the greatest Jazz club in the world, the Village Vanguard. Lorraine used to call me during my [...]
April 2, 2018
I love it when I go to a gig and I see that Micah Gaugh is going to be playing. It means it is certain that something unexpected is going to happen. And [...]
Butch Morris
Butch Morris was one of the bright lights. When you find one of those people, you follow them and you can end up in some unexplored places. When he let us see [...]
Johnny Hallyday
Michael from South Pasadena inquires, “Mitch, did you know Johnny Hallyday?” I sure did, Michael. I sure did. It was back in the 20th [...]