2025.03.24 Vijay Iyer on Randy Weston - 2 of 3
It's impossible to distinguish between Randy Weston's musical innovations and his conception of the world he was born into. To say that the roots of jazz are in West Africa is hardly a groundbreaking...
20 Apr 20251h 4min
2025.03.24 Vijay Iyer on Randy Weston - 1 of 3
It's impossible to distinguish between Randy Weston's musical innovations and his conception of the world he was born into. To say that the roots of jazz are in West Africa is hardly a groundbreaking...
13 Apr 20251h 2min
2013.11.18 Jack DeSalvo on Ronald Shannon Jackson - 1 of 3
Ronald Shannon Jackson's music was open source. It was not possible to play it correctly without bringing your own voice to it: your background, your proclivities, your vocabulary. And if you didn't...
6 Apr 20251h 28min
2025.02.17 Steven Bernstein on The Don Cherry Tapes part 2 - 3 of 3
This Monday's (2/17) Deep Focus is on trumpeter Don Cherry, a wonderful and deeply missed friend of WKCR. Back in the Eighties, Don was a frequent guest on Mitch Goldman's show. Don would guest DJ, ...
30 Mar 20251h 12min
2025.02.17 Steven Bernstein on The Don Cherry Tapes part 2 - 2 of 3
This Monday's (2/17) Deep Focus is on trumpeter Don Cherry, a wonderful and deeply missed friend of WKCR. Back in the Eighties, Don was a frequent guest on Mitch Goldman's show. Don would guest DJ, ...
23 Mar 202554min
2025.02.17 Steven Bernstein on The Don Cherry Tapes part 2 - 1 of 3
This Monday's (2/17) Deep Focus is on trumpeter Don Cherry, a wonderful and deeply missed friend of WKCR. Back in the Eighties, Don was a frequent guest on Mitch Goldman's show. Don would guest DJ, ...
16 Mar 20251h 10min
2025.02.01 Eric Person on Arthur Blythe - 3 of 3
On our previous Deep Focus, host Mitch Goldman and his guest, saxophonist Eric Person explored the work of the David Murray Octet of the 1980s. Here was an ensemble that punched far above its weight,...
9 Mar 202557min
2025.02.01 Eric Person on Arthur Blythe - 2 of 3
On our previous Deep Focus, host Mitch Goldman and his guest, saxophonist Eric Person explored the work of the David Murray Octet of the 1980s. Here was an ensemble that punched far above its weight,...
2 Mar 202554min
