Mitch Goldman

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 [...]

2013.01.14 Billy Cobham on Tony Williams

Rebroadcast December 7, 2020. Many people think it was Miles Davis who first fused Rock and Jazz.  Sorry, folks: Tony Williams got there sooner (and [...]

2011.09.26 Eric Person on McCoy Tyner

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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 [...]

2019.02.04 Eric Person on Jimmy Lyons

Rebroadcast November 23, 2020. Say the name "Jimmy Lyons" to lovers of creative music and they will immediately think of Cecil Taylor. The bounty that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]
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