Rebroadcast May 31, 2021.
How many drummers changed the whole conversation, just with their playing? Like, to the point that they became the North Star [...]
Rebroadcast May 24, 2021.
Want a hot-button issue for a Jazz listener? Just mention "electric Miles." If you really want to get them going, talk about the [...]
Rebroadcast May 17, 2021.
On the next Deep Focus, the band that rewrote all the rules, Joseph Bowie's Defunkt. Bassist Oren Bloedow joins host Mitch Goldman, [...]
Rebroadcast May 3, 2021.
Liberty Ellman on John McLaughlin part 2: Unheard recordings from the One Truth Band? Zakir Hussain? Trilok Gurtu? Miles Davis?? [...]
Rebroadcast April 26, 2021.
Just a suggestion: if you're going to name your band (in Hindi), "Absolute protector of the universe beyond human comprehension [...]
Most people who are not in the music biz have the absolute wrong idea about what backstage is like; it’s almost never partying like a rock star with Mick [...]
Rebroadcast April 19, 2021.
If tenor saxophone giant Lester Young said someone has "big ears" it was a high compliment. It meant they were hearing everything [...]
Rebroadcast April 12, 2021.
In the Jazz world, Steve Lacy is like Broadway: doesn't fit neatly into the grid but, wherever he intersects it, magical things [...]
Rebroadcast April 5, 2021.
The subject that a guest chooses for an episode of Deep Focus tells me something about who the guest is. When Jorge Sylvester, [...]