Jazz Podcast
2013.08.12 Eric Person on Sonny Rollins
Rebroadcast November 9, 2020.
How lucky are we to have experienced the music of Sonny Rollins, the greatest improviser in the history of recorded music? Uh [...]
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 [...]
2018.05.15 Brian Charette on George Coleman
Rebroadcast August 17, 2020.
Jazz fans love to argue. Ask a question about any player to any 2 serious listeners and you’ll get a least 3 opinions. [...]
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 [...]