Graham Haynes

2024.03.18 Graham Haynes on Woody Shaw

What confers greatness?  There are many pathways, the most obvious being distinctive playing.  Are there others?  What about brilliant [...]

2022.09.05 Graham Haynes on Bill Dixon

Even among his collaborators who were known for going their own way-- Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra and Archie Shepp, to name but a few-- trumpeter Bill Dixon was an [...]

2011.12.05 Graham Haynes on Miles Davis 1973-75

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 [...]

2017.02.17 Graham Haynes on Roy Haynes at Birdland

Rebroadcast March 22, 2021. Imagine being present at the moment of creation. Now imagine being one of the creators, inventing new sounds and new rhythms that [...]

March 2, 2020 – Graham Haynes on Jaki Byard

We tend to think of the subjects of Deep Focus as conjurers, as master architects, as grand statesmen, as sonic sculptors, as Renaissance men and women.  But [...]

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 [...]
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