Author: Rosie
Elvis Presley
No, I never met The King but I did work on a TV show dedicated to him.
Of all the bizarro TV shoots I worked on, this one might have taken the cake. In [...]
Joseph Shabalala
Sad news out of South Africa today with the passing of Joseph Shabalala of Ladysmith Black Mambazo. After getting my diploma from Harmolodic High School, I [...]
January 20, 2020 – Graham Haynes on Jaki Byard
THIS BROADCAST HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE JIMMY HEATH MEMORIAL BROADCAST. IT IS BEING RE-SCHEDULED.
We tend to think of the subjects of Deep Focus as [...]
2017.02.20 Graham Haynes on Roy Haynes
Imagine being present at the moment of creation. Now imagine being one of the creators, inventing new sounds and new rhythms that the world has never heard, [...]
Ginger Baker
“Mitch, this is Ginger Baker.” It’s April 7, 1987 and we are at the Cafe Central in Cologne, West Germany. I am on the road with Ronald [...]
August 19, 2019 – Ben Tyree on Frank Zappa
Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, Weather Report... All created challenging instrumental music in the Seventies, all had large, dedicated [...]
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 [...]