Deep Focus

Listen to Henry Threadgill's music.  What a phantasmagoria of splendors and esoterica must animate his mind!  Don't you just want to go to that place?  Maybe for a night out on the town?  Or a picnic in The Secret Garden?  Aren't you curious about where his inspiration comes from?  You could read his autobiography, Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music (in fact, we recommend you do), but why don't you spend some time with Henry, listening to music that he loves?  

 

This Monday (11/24), for Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus, Henry Threadgill has chosen the music of Ahmad Jamal.  Can Mitch find live, unreleased recordings of Ahmad Jamal in the WKCR archives that even his greatest fans have never heard?  He hasn't failed us yet, but this one's a tall order.  

 

Find out Monday from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD, or wkcr.org.  

Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  Just like WKCR, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.  

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Photo credit: Henry Threadgill - photo by Alan Nahigian. Courtesy of Pi Recordings.

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Listen to Henry Threadgill's music.  What a phantasmagoria of splendors and esoterica must animate his mind!  Don't you just want to go to that place?  Maybe for a night out on the town?  Or a picnic in The Secret Garden?  Aren't you curious about where his inspiration comes from?  You could read his autobiography, Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music (in fact, we recommend you do), but why don't you spend some time with Henry, listening to music that he loves?  

 

This Monday (11/24), for Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus, Henry Threadgill has chosen the music of Ahmad Jamal.  Can Mitch find live, unreleased recordings of Ahmad Jamal in the WKCR archives that even his greatest fans have never heard?  He hasn't failed us yet, but this one's a tall order.  

 

Find out Monday from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD, or wkcr.org.  

Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  Just like WKCR, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.  

Learn more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on

Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.  

Photo credit: Henry Threadgill - photo by Alan Nahigian. Courtesy of Pi Recordings.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #AhmadJamal #HenryThreadgill #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman

 

Deep Focus is a production of Small Media Large.

Listen to Henry Threadgill's music.  What a phantasmagoria of splendors and esoterica must animate his mind!  Don't you just want to go to that place?  Maybe for a night out on the town?  Or a picnic in The Secret Garden?  Aren't you curious about where his inspiration comes from?  You could read his autobiography, Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music (in fact, we recommend you do), but why don't you spend some time with Henry, listening to music that he loves?  

 

This Monday (11/24), for Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus, Henry Threadgill has chosen the music of Ahmad Jamal.  Can Mitch find live, unreleased recordings of Ahmad Jamal in the WKCR archives that even his greatest fans have never heard?  He hasn't failed us yet, but this one's a tall order.  

 

Find out Monday from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD, or wkcr.org.  

Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  Just like WKCR, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.  

Learn more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on

Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.  

Photo credit: Henry Threadgill - photo by Alan Nahigian. Courtesy of Pi Recordings.

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Deep Focus is a production of Small Media Large.

Breaking new ground requires a willingness to plunge into the unknown.  You don't know what terrors and wonders you might find there.  The risks are concealed until it's too late to turn back.  That's one thing when it's your pursuit.  What about when it's someone else's vision, and you need to lead them through it?  What do you do?  Just dive into the Vast Empty?  Yes, you do if you're trombonist Craig Harris!  He has been doing exactly that with reedman David Murray for nearly 50 years.  The two of them have brought listeners through more outlands than AI ever will.  

 

Craig Harris joins host Mitch Goldman on a quest through the WKCR archives this Monday on Deep Focus.  What's hiding in there?  Live, unreleased recordings of David Murray's Big Band?  His Octet Maybe?  Who can say?  Tune in Monday Nov.10 from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD, or wkcr.org and find out. 

Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  Just like WKCR, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.  

Learn more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on

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Breaking new ground requires a willingness to plunge into the unknown.  You don't know what terrors and wonders you might find there.  The risks are concealed until it's too late to turn back.  That's one thing when it's your pursuit.  What about when it's someone else's vision, and you need to lead them through it?  What do you do?  Just dive into the Vast Empty?  Yes, you do if you're trombonist Craig Harris!  He has been doing exactly that with reedman David Murray for nearly 50 years.  The two of them have brought listeners through more outlands than AI ever will.  

 

Craig Harris joins host Mitch Goldman on a quest through the WKCR archives this Monday on Deep Focus.  What's hiding in there?  Live, unreleased recordings of David Murray's Big Band?  His Octet Maybe?  Who can say?  Tune in Monday Nov.10 from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD, or wkcr.org and find out. 

Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  Just like WKCR, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.  

Learn more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on

Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.  

Photo credit: photo by Schorle.  This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #DavidMurray #CraigHarris #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman

Breaking new ground requires a willingness to plunge into the unknown.  You don't know what terrors and wonders you might find there.  The risks are concealed until it's too late to turn back.  That's one thing when it's your pursuit.  What about when it's someone else's vision, and you need to lead them through it?  What do you do?  Just dive into the Vast Empty?  Yes, you do if you're trombonist Craig Harris!  He has been doing exactly that with reedman David Murray for nearly 50 years.  The two of them have brought listeners through more outlands than AI ever will.  

 

Craig Harris joins host Mitch Goldman on a quest through the WKCR archives this Monday on Deep Focus.  What's hiding in there?  Live, unreleased recordings of David Murray's Big Band?  His Octet Maybe?  Who can say?  Tune in Monday Nov.10 from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD, or wkcr.org and find out. 

Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  Just like WKCR, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.  

Learn more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on

Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.  

Photo credit: photo by Schorle.  This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #DavidMurray #CraigHarris #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman

If you want to change the game, first you need to master the game.  Coming up in Newark in the fifties was the exact right place and time for Larry Young to learn the idiom of the Hammond B-3 organ, and he learned his lessons well.  His early records embody the soul-jazz organ trio sound made popular by Jimmy Smith.  

But as the sound of the sixties emerged, Larry Young (also known by his Muslim name, Khalid Yasin Abdul Aziz) was reaching for something more.  His journey, including hours of conversation and jam sessions with spiritual avatar John Coltrane, brought about an expanded consciousness that revealed itself in his music.  Larry Young pulled an unmistakably boisterous explosion of sound through the B-3.  He showed new horizons that fellow organists have been pursuing for more than half a century. 

 

Brian Charette is one of them.  He is not only an endlessly inventive multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, but also one of our best students of the music's history.  He joins host Mitch Goldman on this week's Deep Focus.

 

Did the WKCR archives provide recordings of Larry Young and John Coltrane's private sessions?  Unfortunately, none are known to exist.  Do we have rare recordings of Larry Young and Jimi Hendrix pushing each other in new directions?  

 

Find out Monday (10/27) from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD, or wkcr.org.  

Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  Just like WKCR, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.  

Learn more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on

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Photo credit: Photo by Francis Wolff. Shot in Paris. Michael Cuscuna unearthed this photo, amongst others, for Resonance’s “Larry Young In Paris” in 2016.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #LarryYoung #BrianCharette #JimiHendrix #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman

If you want to change the game, first you need to master the game.  Coming up in Newark in the fifties was the exact right place and time for Larry Young to learn the idiom of the Hammond B-3 organ, and he learned his lessons well.  His early records embody the soul-jazz organ trio sound made popular by Jimmy Smith.  

But as the sound of the sixties emerged, Larry Young (also known by his Muslim name, Khalid Yasin Abdul Aziz) was reaching for something more.  His journey, including hours of conversation and jam sessions with spiritual avatar John Coltrane, brought about an expanded consciousness that revealed itself in his music.  Larry Young pulled an unmistakably boisterous explosion of sound through the B-3.  He showed new horizons that fellow organists have been pursuing for more than half a century. 

 

Brian Charette is one of them.  He is not only an endlessly inventive multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, but also one of our best students of the music's history.  He joins host Mitch Goldman on this week's Deep Focus.

 

Did the WKCR archives provide recordings of Larry Young and John Coltrane's private sessions?  Unfortunately, none are known to exist.  Do we have rare recordings of Larry Young and Jimi Hendrix pushing each other in new directions?  

 

Find out Monday (10/27) from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD, or wkcr.org.  

Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  Just like WKCR, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.  

Learn more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on

Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.  

Photo credit: Photo by Francis Wolff. Shot in Paris. Michael Cuscuna unearthed this photo, amongst others, for Resonance’s “Larry Young In Paris” in 2016.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #LarryYoung #BrianCharette #JimiHendrix #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman

If you want to change the game, first you need to master the game.  Coming up in Newark in the fifties was the exact right place and time for Larry Young to learn the idiom of the Hammond B-3 organ, and he learned his lessons well.  His early records embody the soul-jazz organ trio sound made popular by Jimmy Smith.  

But as the sound of the sixties emerged, Larry Young (also known by his Muslim name, Khalid Yasin Abdul Aziz) was reaching for something more.  His journey, including hours of conversation and jam sessions with spiritual avatar John Coltrane, brought about an expanded consciousness that revealed itself in his music.  Larry Young pulled an unmistakably boisterous explosion of sound through the B-3.  He showed new horizons that fellow organists have been pursuing for more than half a century. 

 

Brian Charette is one of them.  He is not only an endlessly inventive multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, but also one of our best students of the music's history.  He joins host Mitch Goldman on this week's Deep Focus.

 

Did the WKCR archives provide recordings of Larry Young and John Coltrane's private sessions?  Unfortunately, none are known to exist.  Do we have rare recordings of Larry Young and Jimi Hendrix pushing each other in new directions?  

 

Find out Monday (10/27) from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD, or wkcr.org.  

Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  Just like WKCR, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.  

Learn more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on

Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.  

Photo credit: Photo by Francis Wolff. Shot in Paris. Michael Cuscuna unearthed this photo, amongst others, for Resonance’s “Larry Young In Paris” in 2016.

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What is the great lesson of a James Blood Ulmer for fellow guitarist/composer/bandleader Vernon Reid?  Find out this Monday (9/29) when Vernon Reid and host Mitch Goldman plunge into the WKCR archives in search of rare, live recordings.  Some of them might even feature Vernon's early spirit guide and Blood's fellow Prime Timer, Ronald Shannon Jackson.  

 

Now, for those of you who can't stand the suspense of waiting for Monday, here's one possible answer to that question: there is no "A" James Blood Ulmer.  There is only "THE" James Blood Ulmer.  He is and always will be in a class of exactly one. 

 

Deep Focus airs Mondays from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD, or wkcr.org.  

Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  Just like WKCR, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.  

Learn more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on

Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.  

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