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August 15, 2022 2022.08.08 Ben Tyree on Pat Martino - 1 of 3
Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus is back live on WKCR this Monday (8/8) for the first time since March 2020. Guitarist/sonic architect Ben Tyree joins Mitch in examining rare live recordings of the magnificent guitarist Pat Martino who we lost since our last live broadcast.

If Pat Martino had not existed, some brilliant screenwriter would have had to make him up. But who would have ever believed such a crazy story? What other artist ever brought himself to the top of his game (a highwire act if ever there was one), then fell back to earth due to a near-fatal brain seizure (he had no recollection after it of guitar or even of his own family) and then started from the beginning to teach himself again to be "the guitarists' guitarist"? And too bad the movie could never be made because no one else could play with his flawless chops and immediacy. Pat Martino is an enduring model of how to live on the bandstand.

This Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org.

The following Monday it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #PatMartino #BenTyree #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #MitchGoldman

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1 hr 20 min
August 04, 2022 2015.08.17 Melvin Gibbs on Ornette Coleman - 3 of 3
In the wake of Ornette Coleman's death in June of 2015, Mitch Goldman presented a series of Deep Focus episodes around his music. This one, with bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs, one of the many alumni of Harmolodic High School, focuses on rare recordings from Prime Time in the critical year of 1978.

Monday (7/25) from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and WKCR.Org.

Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #OrnetteColeman #MelvinGibbs #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

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40 min
July 31, 2022 2015.08.17 Melvin Gibbs on Ornette Coleman - 2 of 3
In the wake of Ornette Coleman's death in June of 2015, Mitch Goldman presented a series of Deep Focus episodes around his music. This one, with bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs, one of the many alumni of Harmolodic High School, focuses on rare recordings of Prime Time from the critical year of 1978.

Monday (7/25) from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and WKCR.Org.

Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #OrnetteColeman #MelvinGibbs #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast
1 hr 11 min
July 27, 2022 2015.08.17 Melvin Gibbs on Ornette Coleman - 1 of 3
In the wake of Ornette Coleman's death in June of 2015, Mitch Goldman presented a series of Deep Focus episodes around his music. This one, with bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs, one of the many alumni of Harmolodic High School, focuses on rare recordings from Prime Time in the critical year of 1978.

Monday (7/25) from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and WKCR.Org.

Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #OrnetteColeman #MelvinGibbs #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast
1 hr 17 min
July 21, 2022 2019.10.28 Ben Tyree on Vernon Reid - 3 of 3
This we love: when a guest on Deep Focus chooses a previous guest as the subject. It's only happened once before but it's happening again on Monday: guitarist/sonic architect Ben Tyree has selected fellow plectrist Vernon Reid.

Even though Vernon Reid has reached the heights of recognition as an instrumentalist (for instance, Rolling Stone calling him one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time), Ben and host Mitch Goldman still think he is wildly underrated and they are going to prove it to you. It's a rebroadcast of a highlight of 2019. It features music originally performed in the WKCR studios as part of Charles Blass's Live Constructions and what seemed at the time to be Vernon Reid's personal salon, Tonic.

Deep Focus this Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org.

Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #VernonReid #BenTyree #MitchGoldman #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

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23 min
July 17, 2022 2019.10.28 Ben Tyree on Vernon Reid - 2 of 3
This we love: when a guest on Deep Focus chooses a previous guest as the subject. It's only happened once before but it's happening again on Monday: guitarist/sonic architect Ben Tyree has selected fellow plectrist Vernon Reid.

Even though Vernon Reid has reached the heights of recognition as an instrumentalist (for instance, Rolling Stone calling him one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time), Ben and host Mitch Goldman still think he is wildly underrated and they are going to prove it to you. It's a rebroadcast of a highlight of 2019 and it features music originally performed in the WKCR studios as part of Charles Blass's Live Constructions.

Deep Focus this Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org.

Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #VernonReid #BenTyree #MitchGoldman #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

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1 hr 17 min
July 12, 2022 2019.10.28 Ben Tyree on Vernon Reid - 1 of 3
This we love: when a guest on Deep Focus chooses a previous guest as the subject. It's only happened once before but it's happening again on Monday: guitarist/sonic architect Ben Tyree has selected fellow plectrist Vernon Reid.

Even though Vernon Reid has reached the heights of recognition as an instrumentalist (for instance, Rolling Stone calling him one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time), Ben and host Mitch Goldman still think he is wildly underrated and they are going to prove it to you. It's a rebroadcast of a highlight of 2019 and it features music originally performed in the WKCR studios as part of Charles Blass's Live Constructions as well as from what seemed at the time to be Vernon Reid's personal salon, Tonic.

Deep Focus this Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org.

Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #VernonReid #BenTyree #MitchGoldman #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

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1 hr 22 min
June 23, 2022 2018.03.19 William Hooker on Sunny Murray - 3 of 3
Sunny Murray changed our whole conception of what drums could do in music. In this rebroadcast of Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus from 2018, fellow drummer/composer William Hooker thinks (and feels) as deeply about the role of drums as anyone we have heard speak on the topic. Special guest appearance from reedman/scholar Ras Moshe.

This Monday night (6/13) from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD1 and wkcr.org.

Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at our hosting site https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/

You can also find out more about the show and search for past episodes here: https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #WilliamHooker #RasMoshe #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

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26 min
June 19, 2022 2018.03.19 William Hooker on Sunny Murray - 2 of 3
Sunny Murray changed our whole conception of what drums could do in music. In this rebroadcast of Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus from 2018, fellow drummer/composer William Hooker thinks (and feels) as deeply about the role of drums as anyone we have heard speak on the topic. Special guest appearance from reedman/scholar Ras Moshe.

This Monday night (6/13) from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD1 and wkcr.org.

Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at our hosting site https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/

You can also find out more about the show and search for past episodes here: https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #WilliamHooker #RasMoshe #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

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1 hr 19 min
June 14, 2022 2018.03.19 William Hooker on Sunny Murray - 1 of 3
Sunny Murray changed our whole conception of what drums could do in music. In this rebroadcast of Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus from 2018, fellow drummer/composer William Hooker thinks (and feels) as deeply about the role of drums as anyone we have heard speak on the topic. Special guest appearance from reedman/scholar Ras Moshe.

This Monday night (6/13) from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD1 and wkcr.org.

Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at our hosting site https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/

You can also find out more about the show and search for past episodes here: https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/

And a special mention: William Hooker's feature-length documentary, "the Lost Generation: Outside the Mainstream" is showing at Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave. NYC, this Sunday, June 19th, 2022 7:00 PM

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #WilliamHooker #RasMoshe #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast
1 hr 16 min