Mitch Goldman

2023.05.29 William Parker on Don Cherry

William Parker has perhaps done more than any musician alive to spread understanding and support for open improvised music.  More than that, he is a [...]

2023.05.08 Mark Whitfield on Wes Montgomery

When the centennial of an artist as singular and inventive and influential and expressive as Wes Montgomery passes, one Deep Focus is not enough.  [...]

2023.05.01 Daniel Sadownick on Andrew Cyrille

This Monday  (5/1) Jazz Alternatives presents Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus on Andrew Cyrille with guest Daniel Sadownick.   Take a stroll [...]

2023.03.20 Ras Moshe on Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre

The streets of NYC are vibrantly alive with the spirits of the originators and the thrust and tumult of what they created.  If, that is, you know how to [...]

2023.03.06 Rodney Jones on Wes Montgomery

For my guitar freeks, plectrists, six-string slingers and hammer-oners, you have to hear this episode of Deep Focus! For this one, recorded on the night of [...]

David Crosby

Who knew that David Crosby was friends with Phil Collins? Unlikely as it may seem if you’re not a dedicated fan of either of them (which, even if I do own [...]

Jeff Beck

The first time I worked with Jeff Beck was at the Rainforest Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall in 2002.  Once again, I was the talent manager; this meant I [...]

2023.01.09 Brian Charette on Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith didn't invent the electric organ but, for several decades at least, you wouldn't know it.  The response to his Blue Note and Verve LPs in the [...]

2022.12.12 David Soldier on Miles Davis 1974

Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus this Monday (12/12/22) is on Miles Davis with guest David Soldier.  Soldier's punk chamber music, elephant orchestra (yes, the [...]

2022.11.28 Vernon Reid on Carlos Santana

In 1972, as Miles Davis was rewriting the genetic code of musical possibilities in NYC, Carlos Santana, his labelmate, was doing the exact same [...]
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