Podcasts
You can find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Podcast Republic and many other podcast hosts.
I hope you don’t mind but these podcasts are not fully produced the way they would be if they were originally created for this format. They are derived from raw recordings of the live radio broadcast which were sometimes compromised by equipment failures or the absence of a dedicated production staff. This means that there might be more abrupt starts and stops than you may expect, missing content, etc. You might also hear things like guests talking about upcoming gigs which, sadly, are no longer upcoming.
I hope that doesn’t distract you because there is a ton of great stuff to discover here, with more coming online all the time. I have hundreds of hours of these broadcasts so they should be rolling out for some time to come.
If you like the show, please subscribe and rate it. That will help others to discover the pleasures that you have found.
If you would like to search for a particular episode that you may have missed or would like to hear again, pop over to the “About Deep Focus” page.
Enjoy!
“Bebop” written by Dizzy Gillespie. Used by Permission.
August 5, 2019 – Michael Dorf on Sonny Sharrock
Rebroadcast April 11, 2022.
This time it’s personal. Many of my happiest music memories are of performances at Michael Dorf’s Knitting Factory between [...]
2015.02.09 Andy Caploe on Sonny Rollins
Rebroadcast March 28, 2022.
I know you think of me as the on-air host at WKCR 89.9FM on Monday nights from 6pm to 9pm but the truth is that I have only been [...]
2011.08.15 Pheeroan akLaff on Coltrane and Miles in Japan
Rebroadcast February 28, 2022.
The music I love has porous boundaries. If the audience responds to what they hear, the musicians will give that energy [...]
2019.09.16 David Virelles on Bud Powell
Rebroadcast February 14, 2022.
You know what's wrong with this country? We don't spend enough time talking about pianist Bud Powell. Well, this Monday [...]
2017.11.13 Adam Rudolph on Big Black, Mtume
Rebroadcast January 17, 2022.
The hand and the drum: after the human voice, probably the original musical instrument. But the question tonight on Deep Focus is [...]
2018.12.10 Melvin Gibbs on the Art Ensemble of Chicago
Rebroadcast January 3, 2022.
Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a [...]
2014.04.28 Adam Rudolph on the Art Ensemble of Chicago
Rebroadcast December 13, 2021.
Let's keep the dance alive! The last episode of Deep Focus had us listening to live recordings of The Art Ensemble of [...]
2013.04.18 Daniel Sadownick on the Art Ensemble of Chicago
Rebroadcast November 29, 2021.
What is the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Are they a band or are they an omen, a signpost marking a new direction [...]
2017.10.02 Reggie Sylvester on Bern Nix
Rebroadcast November 15, 2021.
"You know, if we understand one question rightly, all questions are answered. But we don't know how to ask the right [...]
2016.06.20 Brian Charette on Keith Emerson
Rebroadcast November 1, 2021.
Seventies prog: bloated arena rock or informed, impassioned, challenging music featuring blazing chops and mind [...]