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August 24, 2021 2013.11.18 Jack DeSalvo on Ronald Shannon Jackson - 1 of 2
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 have it to bring, the music wasn't going to make it off the stage. Jack DeSalvo brought a musical lexicon to the Decoding Society that was unmatched. When Shannon expressed a mood-- on drums or flute or schalmei or in a composition-- Jack was able to flesh it out in a completely distinct way. Entire new pathways were charted.

Mitch Goldman presents the third installment of his memorial broadcasts for Ronald Shannon Jackson from 2013, with guest Jack DeSalvo. This week's show features guest cameos of Prince(!), Iron Maiden(!) Ethan Singer(!), a stolen vanload of gear(!) and that guy at the hotel in the south of France(!). I tell you, this one is not to be missed.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RonaldShannonJackson #JackDeSalvo #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast #DecodingSociety

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1 hr
August 22, 2021 2013.11.04 Melvin Gibbs on Ronald Shannon Jackson - 3 of 3
Part 2 of the rebroadcasts of the Ronald Shannon Jackson memorial broadcasts from 2013. Melvin Gibbs opens up about the genesis of the Decoding Society, including cameos of Ornette Coleman, Gil Evans, the Bad Brains and many more. Also featuring an ultra-rare live recording of the Encryption Trio (Jackson, Reid, Gibbs). Mind expansion.

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

#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RonaldShannonJackson #DecodingSociety #MelvinGibbs #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast #OrnetteColeman #BernNix #GilEvans #EncryptionTrio

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48 min
August 19, 2021 2013.11.04 Melvin Gibbs on Ronald Shannon Jackson - 2 of 3
Part 2 of the rebroadcasts of the Ronald Shannon Jackson memorial broadcasts from 2013. Melvin Gibbs opens up about the genesis of the Decoding Society, including cameos of Ornette Coleman, Gil Evans, the Bad Brains and many more. Also featuring a very rare live recording of the Encryption Trio. Mind expansion.

Monday night from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org. T

#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RonaldShannonJackson #DecodingSociety #MelvinGibbs #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast #OrnetteColeman #BernNix #GilEvans #EncryptionTrio

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1 hr 3 min
August 17, 2021 2013.11.04 Melvin Gibbs on Ronald Shannon Jackson podcast - 1 of 3
Part 2 of the rebroadcasts of the Ronald Shannon Jackson memorial broadcasts from 2013 (check out "2013.10.21 Eric Person and Roger Cramer on Ronald Shannon Jackson" for part 1). Melvin Gibbs opens up about the genesis of the Decoding Society, including cameos of Ornette Coleman, Gil Evans, the Bad Brains and many more. Also featuring a live recording of the Decoding Society at the height of its powers from London's Roundhouse. Mind expansion.

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

#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RonaldShannonJackson #DecodingSociety #MelvinGibbs #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast #OrnetteColeman #BernNix #GilEvans #LondonRoundhouse #Roundhouse

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1 hr 21 min
August 12, 2021 2013.10.21 Eric Person and Roger Cramer on Ronald Shannon Jackson - 2 of 2
"He sucked all the air out of the room and turned it back into this wonderful... fragrance." That's Ronald Shannon Jackson talking about Albert Ayler, his spiritual avatar. Leave aside the unrivaled, prodigious drumming; the utterly singular style of bandleading; the absolutely distinctive composing. Like Ayler before him, Ronald Shannon Jackson's music brought a spiritual force. It could change the way the world looked-- yes, the way it smelled and tasted and felt.

Shannon Jackson died on Saturday October 19, 2013. Two days later WKCR presented a memorial broadcast that included 2 of his closest friends and collaborators: saxophonist/flutist Eric Person and manager Roger Cramer, with nearly unheard rarities from the WKCR archives. This episode of Deep Focus is from the first of 4 consecutive broadcasts on Ronald Shannon Jackson.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RonaldShannonJackson #EricPerson #RogerCramer #AlbertAyler #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast #OrnetteColeman

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59 min
August 10, 2021 2013.10.21 Eric Person and Roger Cramer on Ronald Shannon Jackson - 1 of 2
"He sucked all the air out of the room and turned it back into this wonderful... fragrance." That's Ronald Shannon Jackson talking about Albert Ayler, his spiritual avatar. Leave aside the unrivaled, prodigious drumming; the utterly singular style of bandleading; the absolutely distinctive composing. Like Ayler before him, Ronald Shannon Jackson's music brought a spiritual force. It could change the way the world looked-- yes, the way it smelled and tasted and felt.

Shannon Jackson died on Saturday October 19, 2013. Two days later WKCR presented a memorial broadcast that included 2 of his closest friends and collaborators: saxophonist/flutist Eric Person and manager Roger Cramer. This Monday from 6pm to 9pm EDT on Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus, WKCR rebroadcasts this program with nearly unheard rarities from the WKCR archives. This episode of Deep Focus is the first of 4 consecutive broadcasts on Ronald Shannon Jackson.

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

#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RonaldShannonJackson #EricPerson #RogerCramer #AlbertAyler #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast #OrnetteColeman

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1 hr 30 min
August 08, 2021 2018.08.06 Henry Schroy and Negro Leo on Nana Vasconcelos - 3 of 3
The music of hunger: how much soul can you squeeze out of a string and a piece of wood or a hunk of metal? It’s one of the great questions of the music and no one has given a more satisfying answer than Nana Vasconcelos, the brilliant Brazilian percussionist. What a privilege to have bassist Henry Schroy and Brazilian singer/songwriter Negro Leo put unheard recordings of Nana in Deep Focus on Nana's birthday anniversary.
#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #NanaVasconcelos #NegroLeo #HenrySchroy #BrasilianMusic #Berimbau

Photo credit: Nana_Vasconcelos_-_Portrait_by_Gert_Chesi Gert Chesi, CC BY-SA 4.0
28 min
August 05, 2021 2018.08.06 Henry Schroy and Negro Leo on Nana Vasconcelos - 2 of 3
The music of hunger: how much soul can you squeeze out of a string and a piece of wood or a hunk of metal? It’s one of the great questions of the music and no one has given a more satisfying answer than Nana Vasconcelos, the brilliant Brazilian percussionist. What a privilege to have bassist Henry Schroy and Brazilian singer/songwriter Negro Leo put unheard recordings of Nana in Deep Focus on Nana's birthday anniversary.
#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #NanaVasconcelos #NegroLeo #HenrySchroy #BrasilianMusic #Berimbau

Photo credit: Nana_Vasconcelos_-_Portrait_by_Gert_Chesi Gert Chesi, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 hr 20 min
August 03, 2021 2018.08.06 Henry Schroy and Negro Leo on Nana Vasconcelos - 1 of 3
The music of hunger: how much soul can you squeeze out of a string and a piece of wood or a hunk of metal? It’s one of the great questions of the music and no one has given a more satisfying answer than Nana Vasconcelos, the brilliant Brazilian percussionist. What a privilege to have bassist Henry Schroy and Brazilian singer/songwriter Negro Leo put unheard recordings of Nana in Deep Focus on Nana's birthday anniversary.
#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #NanaVasconcelos #NegroLeo #HenrySchroy #BrasilianMusic #Berimbau

Photo credit: Nana_Vasconcelos_-_Portrait_by_Gert_Chesi Gert Chesi, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 hr 18 min
July 25, 2021 2013.01.13 William Hooker on Elvin Jones - 3 of 3
How is it possible for the hitting of a drum to convey a sense of awe? A feeling of absolute splendor? A state of moral conviction? An awareness of human possibility, of self-liberation? Plenty of people play drums but few inspire these feelings as Elvin Jones does. And few have made as close a study of Elvin as fellow drummer/conceptualist William Hooker.

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #WilliamHooker #ElvinJones #Coltrane #JohnColtrane #JazzInterview #JazzRadio

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35 min