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Voted "Best Jazz Podcast" in the JazzTimes Critics' Poll for four consecutive years, The Checkout championed the music we call jazz — along the trend lines and on its outer edges. Hosted, produced and... more
FAQs about The Checkout:How many episodes does The Checkout have?The podcast currently has 281 episodes available.
November 02, 2017Muhal Richard Abrams, An Artist Always Looking Forward, Leaves Us BehindThe pianist, composer, and teacher Muhal Richard Abrams, a visionary artist with no patience for compromise or excuses, leaves the jazz community in mourning....more19minPlay
October 28, 2017Back From The Dark Star, George Clinton's Mothership Lands In New YorkThis freaky son of Newark, N.J. didn't always used to funk it up. Back when he was working in a barbershop, he was influenced by a lot of jazz, and aspiring to be a famous doo-wop singer. "Our customers were James Moody; I delivered milk to Sarah Vaughan," he says. "Wayne Shorter lived on Huntington Street. I lived on Bergen street, one block apart. Larry Young Jr., I remember when he sang doo-wop."...more21minPlay
October 13, 2017The Jazz Epistles: A Holy Moment Revisited by Abdullah Ibrahim on The CheckoutThis past April, The Checkout and Jazz Night In America attempted to make a little jazz history. We asked the legendary pianist Abdullah Ibrahim to reimagine, rearrange, and reinterpret music from his early 20s. Back then, he was a member of a short-lived but influential group called The Jazz Epistles, whose other members included trumpeter Hugh Masekela and saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi....more50minPlay
October 10, 2017The Solution is Simple, says Reid Anderson of "Silence Is The Question," on The CheckoutReid Anderson from The Bad Plus says he didn't always have a knack for writing elegant, catchy tunes. As the bassist reveals on The Checkout, the composer says he discovered his voice by doing the opposite: writing overly complicated melodies....more10minPlay
October 03, 2017Watch Guitarist Lage Lund Kick Off New Season of The Checkout Live at BerkleeThe Checkout Live at Berklee kicks off its new season with guitarist Lage Lund. Watch him showcase all new compositions during this intimate performance — working with drummer Johnathan Blake, with whom he has played with for over a decade, and bassist Jared Henderson, a new member of his trio....more47minPlay
September 26, 2017A Bluesman Everyone Should Know: Meet Super Chikan on The CheckoutHe calls himself one of Mississippi’s last true original bluesmen. And this true American original has the sound and story to back it up....more41minPlay
September 15, 2017What's In A Good Melody? The Checkout asks Branford Marsalis and Kurt EllingIs there such a thing as a good melody, in absolute terms? Branford Marsalis thinks so. The saxophonist joins singer Kurt Elling to share some of those from their recent album, Upward Spiral....more32minPlay
August 30, 2017Hear Guitarist Mary Halvorson on The CheckoutBefore Mary Halvorson became the critic's choice for jazz guitar, she was excelling as a biology student at Wesleyan University, until she met one formidable professor....more26minPlay
August 25, 2017Jazz For the World's End: Meet The Comet Is Coming, on The CheckoutOne of The Checkout's surprise favorite recordings from last year was Channel The Spirits, by the British electro-jazz trio known as The Comet Is Coming....more30minPlay
August 09, 2017Sullivan Fortner, An Extraordinary Piano Man, Unveils His Vocal TalentIn jazz, where so much of the artistry rests on virtuosity and tradition, immense talent is sometimes hidden in plain sight. Such is the case of Sullivan Fortner, a New Orleans piano phenom who just recently decided to showcase his rare vocal ability on The Checkout....more39minPlay
FAQs about The Checkout:How many episodes does The Checkout have?The podcast currently has 281 episodes available.