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Deep Focus episodes

March 01, 2022 2011.08.15 Pheeroan akLaff on Coltrane and Miles in Japan - 1 of 3
The music I love has porous boundaries. If the audience responds to what they hear, the musicians will give that energy right back to them. If the acoustics are kind, the music will communicate better among the musicians, between musician and audience. But what about the people the artists met that day? And the food they ate and the air they breathed? Can an audience hear all of that? What about the lives people have lived in that place? The love and sacrifice that was made there? And what about what was in that place before all of that? Does a place have a spirit and can it live in the music? Oh, yes it can and it does!

Don't believe me? Drummer Pheeroan akLaff and I will prove it to you on this week's Deep Focus, recorded in 2011. We explore rare live recordings of Miles Davis and John Coltrane in Japan in the Sixties when that country was just taking its place on the world's stage.

This Monday 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 #MilesDavis #JohnColtrane #PheeroanakLaff #MitchGoldman #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #LiveJazz

Photo credit: John Coltrane stamp - Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
1 hr 13 min
February 27, 2022 2019.07.22 Vijay Iyer on Geri Allen - 3 of 3
Rebroadcast January 31, 2022.
Melville said, “Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.” So, yeah, if you’re a young musician who sees the need to craft your own language but can’t yet say just what it’s going to be, you’re going to seek someone else on a similar path. If you find your way, you don’t forget having had that experience. Vijay Iyer did a Deep Focus with me on Andrew Hill and another on Thelonious Monk; this time it’s Geri Allen. Are you starting to see the pattern?

Photo credit: Geri Allen - photo credit Pittsburgh City Paper.
40 min
February 24, 2022 2019.07.22 Vijay Iyer on Geri Allen - 2 of 3
Rebroadcast January 31, 2022.
Melville said, “Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.” So, yeah, if you’re a young musician who sees the need to craft your own language but can’t yet say just what it’s going to be, you’re going to seek someone else on a similar path. If you find your way, you don’t forget having had that experience. Vijay Iyer did a Deep Focus with me on Andrew Hill and another on Thelonious Monk; this time it’s Geri Allen. Are you starting to see the pattern?

Geri Allen - photo credit Pittsburgh City Paper.
1 hr 13 min
February 22, 2022 2019.07.22 Vijay Iyer on Geri Allen - 1 of 3
Rebroadcast January 31, 2022.
Melville said, “Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.” So, yeah, if you’re a young musician who sees the need to craft your own language but can’t yet say just what it’s going to be, you’re going to seek someone else on a similar path. If you find your way, you don’t forget having had that experience. Vijay Iyer did a Deep Focus with me on Andrew Hill and another on Thelonious Monk; this time it’s Geri Allen. Are you starting to see the pattern?
Geri Allen - photo credit Pittsburgh City Paper.
1 hr 15 min
February 20, 2022 2019.09.16 David Virelles on Bud Powell - 3 of 3
You know what's wrong with this country? We don't spend enough time talking about pianist Bud Powell. Well, this Monday from 6pm to 9pm on Deep Focus, Mitch Goldman and his guest, pianist David Virelles, are going to do something about that. The WKCR archives delivered live recordings so rare that they are not found in any discography. Bud's son John Powell even calls during the show saying even he had not heard them!

It's only 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 #BudPowell #DavidVirelles #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

Photo credit: Bud Powell by Herman Leonard, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. https://www.si.edu
46 min
February 17, 2022 2019.09.16 David Virelles on Bud Powell - 2 of 3
You know what's wrong with this country? We don't spend enough time talking about pianist Bud Powell. Well, this Monday from 6pm to 9pm on Deep Focus, Mitch Goldman and his guest, pianist David Virelles, are going to do something about that. The WKCR archives delivered live recordings so rare that they are not found in any discography. Bud's son John Powell even calls during the show saying even he had not heard them! Roy Haynes checks in and there's even an interview with Bud you've probably never heard.

It's only 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 #BudPowell #DavidVirelles #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

Photo credit: Bud Powell by Herman Leonard, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. https://www.si.edu
1 hr 5 min
February 15, 2022 2019.09.16 David Virelles on Bud Powell - 1 of 3
You know what's wrong with this country? We don't spend enough time talking about pianist Bud Powell. Well, this Monday from 6pm to 9pm on Deep Focus, Mitch Goldman and his guest, pianist David Virelles, are going to do something about that. The WKCR archives delivered live recordings so rare that they are not found in any discography. Bud's son John Powell even calls during the show saying even he had not heard them! And Roy Haynes tunes in from his home in Queens.

It's only 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 #BudPowell #DavidVirelles #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

Photo credit: Bud Powell by Herman Leonard, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. https://www.si.edu
1 hr 13 min
January 27, 2022 2017.11.13 Adam Rudolph on Big Black, Mtume - 3 of 3
The hand and the drum: after the human voice, probably the original musical instrument. But the question tonight on Deep Focus is its possibilities for modern improvisation, outside of the bounds of the Afro-Cuban tradition. It is possible that no one has dived deeper on this question than Adam Rudolph: Big Black with Randy Weston provides an answer, Mtume and Don Alias with Miles Davis have another. We lost Mtume last week so it's a fitting time to celebrate his music, as we do in this Deep Focus from 2017.

With live, unreleased recordings, you're going to want to have something to beat on for this one!

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 #MitchGoldman #AdamRudolph #BigBlack #Mtume #MilesDavis #ElectricMiles

Photo credit: fair use.
51 min
January 23, 2022 2017.11.13 Adam Rudolph on Big Black, Mtume - 2 of 3
The hand and the drum: after the human voice, probably the original musical instrument. But the question tonight on Deep Focus is its possibilities for modern improvisation, outside of the bounds of the Afro-Cuban tradition. It is possible that no one has dived deeper on this question than Adam Rudolph: Big Black with Randy Weston provides an answer, Mtume and Don Alias with Miles Davis have another. We lost Mtume last week so it's a fitting time to celebrate his music, as we do in this Deep Focus from 2017.

With live, unreleased recordings, you're going to want to have something to beat on for this one!

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 #MitchGoldman #AdamRudolph #BigBlack #Mtume #MilesDavis #ElectricMiles

Photo credit: fair use.
1 hr 6 min
January 18, 2022 2017.11.13 Adam Rudolph on Big Black, Mtume - 1 of 3
The hand and the drum: after the human voice, probably the original musical instrument. But the question tonight on Deep Focus is its possibilities for modern improvisation, outside of the bounds of the Afro-Cuban tradition. It is possible that no one has dived deeper on this question than Adam Rudolph: Big Black with Randy Weston has an answer, Mtume and Don Alias with Miles Davis provide another. We lost Mtume last week so it's a fitting time to celebrate his music, as we do in this Deep Focus from 2017.

With live, unreleased recordings, you're going to want to have something to beat on for this one!

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 #MitchGoldman #AdamRudolph #BigBlack #Mtume #MilesDavis #ElectricMiles

Photo credit: fair use.
1 hr 9 min