Mitch Goldman
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 [...]
2012.05.09 Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso on Creative Music Studio
Rebroadcast September 28, 2020.
Ornette Coleman was renowned for dispensing with the rules of Jazz improvisation. So can Ornette's concept be [...]
2017.12.11 Richard Admiral on Herbie Hancock
Rebroadcast September 21, 2020.
Does the name “Mwandishi” Mean anything to you? How about “Headhunters”? Herbie Hancock is one of our most respected [...]
2017.02.06 David Gilmore on George Benson
Rebroadcast September 14, 2020.
This Monday night from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM and wkcr.org, I will host guitarist David Gilmore with a Deep Focus on George [...]
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 [...]
2019.11.11 – Jack DeSalvo on Keith Jarrett
Rebroadcast August 24, 2020.
There's a school of thought among some jazz musicians that you should learn all you can-- study, practice, master every scale [...]
2018.04.30 Ras Moshe on Dewey Redman
Rebroadcast August 3, 2020.
We have gotten all excited about "Big Data" in recent years, this idea that knowledge can be gleaned from a large pool of info [...]
2011.01.17 Eric Person on Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rebroadcast July 27, 2020.
Saxophonist Eric Person and I have been listening to music together for over 3 decades. We both love a musician who is The Total [...]
2018.11.12 William Hooker on Milford Graves
Rebroadcast 2020.07.20.
The lineage: you are required to know everything that has come before you but you are also required, when in the act of creation, to [...]
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 [...]