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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2019.07.22 – Vijay Iyer on Geri Allen
Rebroadcast June 22, 2020.
Melville said, "Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round." So, [...]
2013.11.13 Roy Campbell on Woody Shaw
Rebroadcast September 27, 2021.
Wanna talk trumpet? Roy Campbell spills the beans in this one. The inside stories on Woody Shaw I expected, but Lee [...]