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2020.01.06 – Nora McCarthy on Jimmy Scott
Rebroadcast July 6, 2020.
There aren't many of them, those voices that can just reach down inside of you. If you heard Jimmy Scott sing, you knew that [...]
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 [...]
2019.07.22 – Vijay Iyer on Geri Allen
Rebroadcast June 22, 2020.
Melville said, "Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round." So, [...]
2011.04.25 Vernon Reid on “Before It Had A Name”
Rebroadcast June 15, 2020
The moment after a new art form emerges, it becomes codified; original ideas quickly devolve to cliches; bold discoverers [...]
2013.11.13 Roy Campbell on Woody Shaw
Rebroadcast September 27, 2021.
Wanna talk trumpet? Roy Campbell spills the beans in this one. The inside stories on Woody Shaw I expected, but Lee [...]
2020.02.03- Steven Bernstein on Don Cherry
Rebroadcast 2020.05.18.
Hey, Bernstein, who was Don Cherry to you? Was he a "hero"? Was he a "role model"? What happened when you met [...]
Jerry Stiller
In memoriam Jerry Stiller:
Time: July 1988.
Place: backstage at the Delacorte Theater, Central Park, NYC, on line for catering.
Me: "I just have to [...]
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. [...]
Little Richard
Michael of Washington, DC writes in to say, “Waiting for stories about Little Richard…” Well, yeah, I have one or two.
I spent the whole summer of [...]
2019.09.02 – Eric Person on Ronald Shannon Jackson
Rebroadcast May 4, 2020.
Composer/bandleader Eric Person learned his craft from some of boldest who ever played the game. Dave Holland was an [...]