Author: Mitchspam
2017.05.15 William Hooker on Billy Bang
Rebroadcast October 5, 2020.
Billy Bang wasn’t called “Billy Bang” for nothing. He earned that name as a demolitions expert in Viet Nam but it was [...]
2017.12.11 Richard Admiral on Herbie Hancock
Rebroadcast September 21, 2020.
Does the name “Mwandishi” Mean anything to you? How about “Headhunters”? Herbie Hancock is one of our most respected [...]
2017.02.06 David Gilmore on George Benson
Rebroadcast September 14, 2020.
This Monday night from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM and wkcr.org, I will host guitarist David Gilmore with a Deep Focus on George [...]
2014.09.08 Matthew Shipp on Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley & Steve Swallow
Rebroadcast June 29, 2020.
Notes? There's only 12 of 'em! How much can you do with that? More to the point, is there a way to approach them that hasn't [...]
2016.03.28 Will Calhoun on Elvin Jones
Rebroadcast 2020.05.11
Tonight from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM Mitch Goldman hosts drummer Will Calhoun for a Deep Focus on their mutual hero, Elvin Jones. [...]
May 1, 2017
This Monday night from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM and wkcr.org, our Deep Focus on Allan Holdsworth answers the question, "What makes us love the musicians we [...]
April 17, 2017
Last time Graham Haynes was the guest on Deep Focus, it was to celebrate his father Roy Haynes’s stunning contributions to Charlie Parker’s performances at [...]
January 23, 2017
Will Calhoun was my guest for one of the most revealing Deep Focus episodes ever: his recording of Elvin Jones at the Village Vanguard permanently altered our [...]
January 9, 2017
Bassist Mark Peterson joins me tonight from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR (89.9FM and wkcr.org) in a Deep Focus on German bassist/bandleader Eberhard Weber. Weber is a [...]
August 13, 2016
I'll be directing the cameras and conducting interviews at the Montclair Jazz Festival today. Come through, either digitally or perambulatorily. [...]