This is Episode 1, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy featuring Verna Gillis. It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas.

Dr. Verna Gillis has a storied career recording and producing multicultural albums with famous world musicians like Daneile Ponce. She founded Soundcape, a jazz club in New York City, a musical home to nurture the careers of countless musicians. In this premiere episode of The TMI Project Podcast we take a deep dive into Verna’s life story and discover that through grief Verna found her voice as a writer and “sit down” comedian. 

Useful Links: 

• Verna’s Website
• Verna Gillis on Wikipedia
• Bradford Graves on Wikipedia
• Daniel Ponce on Wikipedia
• Roswell Rudd on Wikipedia
• Soundscape on Wikipedia
• Verna’s albums on Smithsonian Folkways
• The Muse of the Melting Pot, The New York Times, April 1990
• Awesome and Gruesome by the Olders