2025.05.12 Eric Person on Eddie Harris - 1 of 3

We don't hear enough about Gil Scott-Heron these days.  And when we do, we often get the same few crumbs: his invention of a sort of proto-hiphop, some reference to his social concerns, and, of course...

16 Jun 20241h 5min

"Who has the hippest chops in the world?"    If you're going to ask that question on a record, you had better have the nuts to back it up.  I mean, you will be annihilated, humiliated for the rest of ...

9 Jun 20241h 4min

"Who has the hippest chops in the world?"    If you're going to ask that question on a record, you had better have the nuts to back it up.  I mean, you will be annihilated, humiliated for the rest of ...

2 Jun 20241h 6min

"Who has the hippest chops in the world?"    If you're going to ask that question on a record, you had better have the nuts to back it up.  I mean, you will be annihilated, humiliated for the rest of ...

26 Mai 20241h 2min

Almost every episode of Deep Focus is now available here as a podcast.  I say "almost" because there are a handful that, for technical reasons, were not recorded completely or not recorded at all (if ...

19 Mai 20241h

Almost every episode of Deep Focus is now available here as a podcast.  I say "almost" because there are a handful that, for technical reasons, were not recorded completely or not recorded at all (if ...

12 Mai 20241h 25min

Almost every episode of Deep Focus is now available here as a podcast.  I say "almost" because there are a handful that, for technical reasons, were not recorded completely or not recorded at all (if ...

5 Mai 20241h 38min

What confers greatness?  There are many pathways, the most obvious being distinctive playing.  Are there others?  What about brilliant composing? Or inspiring bandleading?  Or creating your own sound?...

14 Apr 202457min