2023.05.29 William Parker on Don Cherry and Billy Bang - 2 of 3

How is it possible that you have never heard guitarist Jef Lee Johnson?  He was as incendiary and as nakedly original as any soloist you have ever heard (absolutely any!).  But his greater distinction...

7 Sep 202559min

Ornette Coleman, one of our brightest lights, died in June of 2015.  Here is a Deep Focus from August of that year, with Eric Person as my guest, remembering Ornette.  This show features a beautiful l...

31 Aug 20251h 5min

Ornette Coleman, one of our brightest lights, died in June of 2015.  Here is a Deep Focus from August of that year, with Eric Person as my guest, remembering Ornette.  This show features a beautiful l...

24 Aug 20251h 16min

Ornette Coleman, one of our brightest lights, died in June of 2015.  Here is a Deep Focus from August of that year with Eric Person as my guest, remembering Ornette.  This show features a beautiful li...

17 Aug 20251h 18min

This is a rare treat: a former subject of Deep Focus becomes the guest.  In 2016, drummer Will Calhoun was our guest for a Deep Focus on one of his heroes, Elvin Jones.  Will brought a cassette of a s...

10 Aug 20251h 11min

This is a rare treat: a former subject of Deep Focus becomes the guest.  In 2016, drummer Will Calhoun was our guest for a Deep Focus on one of his heroes, Elvin Jones.  Will brought a cassette of a s...

3 Aug 20251h 12min

This is a rare treat: a former subject of Deep Focus becomes the guest.  In 2016, drummer Will Calhoun was our guest for a Deep Focus on one of his heroes, Elvin Jones.  Will brought a cassette of a s...

27 Juli 20251h 5min

When Mitch Goldman invited Roy Campbell to be his guest on Deep Focus, he knew that Roy was a master student of the entire history of the music, but he had no idea that Roy knew Woody Shaw personally....

20 Juli 202549min