Deep Focus

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

2018.12.10 Melvin Gibbs on the Art Ensemble of Chicago - 3 of 3

Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a composer and especially what he does leading bands like Harriet Tubman, his collaboration with Brandon Ross and JT Lewis. So what is he hearing in the music of one of my favorite bands, the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Is it the knowing improvisation? the distinctive sonorities of the compositions? maybe the theatricality? the posts, slants and buttonhooks of their fast and far-ranging live shows? I can’t wait to find out!

2018.12.10 Melvin Gibbs on the Art Ensemble of Chicago 2 of 3

Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a composer and especially what he does leading bands like Harriet Tubman, his collaboration with Brandon Ross and JT Lewis. So what is he hearing in the music of one of my favorite bands, the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Is it the knowing improvisation? the distinctive sonorities of the compositions? maybe the theatricality? the posts, slants and buttonhooks of their fast and far-ranging live shows? I can’t wait to find out!

2018.12.10 Melvin Gibbs on the Art Ensemble of Chicago - 1 of 3

Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a composer and especially what he does leading bands like Harriet Tubman, his collaboration with Brandon Ross and JT Lewis. So what is he hearing in the music of one of my favorite bands, the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Is it the knowing improvisation? the distinctive sonorities of the compositions? maybe the theatricality? the posts, slants and buttonhooks of their fast and far-ranging live shows? I can’t wait to find out!

 

#DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #WKCR #MelvinGibbs #HarrietTubman #ArtEnsembleOfChicago #