Jazz Interview
2013.07.01 Leon Gruenbaum on Hermeto Pascoal
Rebroadcast January 18, 2021.
Would it be enough if I simply told you that Miles Davis said that Hermeto Pascoal was, "the most impressive musician in [...]
2011.08.01 Brian Charette on Weather Report with Jaco Pastorius
Rebroadcast Dec. 21, 2020.
#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #BrianCharette #WeatherReport #EthelSmith #Jaco #JacoPastorius #Jazz #JazzInterview [...]
2011.09.12 Vernon Reid on Weather Report
Rebroadcast on December 14, 2020.
From the outside, Big Ideas seem to emerge in one complete piece. But If you find yourself inside them, either because [...]
2011.09.26 Eric Person on McCoy Tyner
Rebroadcast November 30, 2020.
McCoy Tyner was one of the many greats who we lost in this year of Covid-19 but the light his music shines on the music [...]
2018.02.19 Eric Person on Geri Allen
Rebroadcast November 16, 2020.
Some musicians seem to emerge fully formed. It’s as if they just show up doing what they do and reliably keep doing it as [...]
2017.03.06 Eric Person on Woody Shaw
Rebroadcast November 2, 2020.
In the Jazz world of utterly distinctive individuals, trumpeter Woody Shaw still managed to stand out. He didn’t speak like [...]
2014.06.30 Lezlie Harrison on Abbey Lincoln
Rebroadcast October 26, 2020.
Vocalist Lezlie Harrison is my guest for a Deep Focus on Abbey Lincoln. Achingly beautiful recordings of Abbey that you have [...]
2017.09.04 Henry Threadgill on Thelonious Monk
Rebroadcast October 19, 2020.
“Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it.” Thelonious Monk said those words; Henry Threadgill [...]
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 [...]
2013.05.20 JT Lewis on Don Pullen
We were talking about "The Total Package" as a bandleader: what does that really mean? It means choosing the right sidemen (perhaps ones whom others might [...]