Host Mitch Goldman and his musician-guest explore rare archival recordings of one of the guest’s favorite artists.
Episodes
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
"You know, if we understand one question rightly, all questions are answered. But we don't know how to ask the right question."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
"My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting."
Bruce Lee in Enter The Dragon. Dir. Robert Clouse. Golden Harvest, 1973.
So what is the method when there is no method? Drummer Reggie Sylvester found an answer to that question as a member of guitarist Bern Nix's last group. In this episode of Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus from 2017 (shortly after the death of Nix), Reggie shares the music and the singular way of discovery that Bern Nix developed.
"My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting."
Bruce Lee in Enter The Dragon. Dir. Robert Clouse. Golden Harvest, 1973.
So what is the method when there is no method? Drummer Reggie Sylvester found an answer to that question as a member of guitarist Bern Nix's last group. In this episode of Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus from 2017 (shortly after the death of Nix), Reggie shares the music and the singular way of discovery that Bern Nix developed.
#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #ReggieSylvester #BernNix #JazzInterview #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast
Photo credit: Bern Nix by Peter Gannushkin CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org-licenses-by-sa-4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Seventies prog: bloated arena rock or informed, impassioned, challenging music featuring blazing chops and mind blowing technical innovation? We say, why "or"? Why not "and"? And what do we find when we listen to Keith Emerson closely with an accomplished Jazzer like Brian Charette?
#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #BrianCharette #KeithEmerson #EmersonLakeandPalmer #Prog
Photo credit: Keith_Emerson_standing_desert_mari_kawaguchi - free media
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Seventies prog: bloated arena rock or informed, impassioned, challenging music featuring blazing chops and mind blowing technical innovation? We say, why "or"? Why not "and"? And what do we find when we listen to Keith Emerson closely with an accomplished Jazzer like Brian Charette?
#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #BrianCharette #KeithEmerson #EmersonLakeandPalmer #Prog
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Seventies prog: bloated arena rock or informed, impassioned, challenging music featuring blazing chops and mind blowing technical innovation? We say, why "or"? Why not "and"? And what do we find when we listen to Keith Emerson closely with an accomplished Jazzer like Brian Charette?
Find out Monday (11/1) on Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus, 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 or wkcr.org.
Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast, available on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/
#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #BrianCharette #KeithEmerson #EmersonLakeandPalmer #Prog
Photo credit: Keith Emerson moog Surka, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org-licenses by 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Seventies prog: bloated arena rock or informed, impassioned, challenging music featuring blazing chops and mind blowing technical innovation? We say, why "or"? Why not "and"? And what do we find when we listen to Keith Emerson closely with an accomplished Jazzer like Brian Charette?
#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #BrianCharette #KeithEmerson #EmersonLakeandPalmer #Prog
Photo credit: Keith_Emerson_&_Moog_15May10 by Mari Kawaguchi CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.jpeg
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
What will be revealed on Deep Focus this Monday night? In every episode of Deep Focus, we discover new facets of (at least) 2 artists: our guest lends insight about the subject but the guest also inevitably reveals new sides of him or herself. So what do we get when we listen to Don Pullen's music with a fellow conceptualist like William Hooker? Host Mitch Goldman says, "I could tell you but wouldn't you rather hear it for yourself?"
It's on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/
#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DonPullen #WilliamHooker #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman
Photo credit: fair use.
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
What will be revealed on Deep Focus this Monday night? In every episode of Deep Focus, we discover new facets of (at least) 2 artists: our guest lends insight about the subject but the guest also inevitably reveals new sides of him or herself. So what do we get when we listen to Don Pullen's music with a fellow conceptualist like William Hooker? Host Mitch Goldman says, "I could tell you but wouldn't you rather hear it for yourself?"
It's on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/
#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DonPullen #WilliamHooker #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman
Photo credit: fair use.
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
What will be revealed on this Deep Focus? In every episode of Deep Focus, we discover new facets of (at least) 2 artists: our guest lends insight about the subject but the guest also inevitably reveals new sides of him or herself. So what do we get when we listen to Don Pullen's music with a fellow conceptualist like William Hooker? Host Mitch Goldman says, "I could tell you but wouldn't you rather hear it for yourself?"
It's on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/
#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DonPullen #WilliamHooker #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman
Photo credit: fair use.
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
It's a special Thelonious Monk birthday week Deep Focus from 2016 with host Mitch Goldman and his guest, pianist Vijay Iyer. Of Monk, Vijay Iyer has said, "I think about Thelonious Monk every day. He's my biggest influence by far.” Insights and exquisitely rare recordings will abound.
Sunday, October 10, 2021, in addition to being Monk's 104th birthday anniversary, is also the 80th anniversary of WKCR being granted its FM broadcast license by the FCC. Come on now, people: stand up and cheer!
#WKCR #DeepFocus #TheloniousMonk #VijayIyer #MitchGoldman #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast
Photo credit: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
It's a special Thelonious Monk birthday week Deep Focus from 2016 with host Mitch Goldman and his guest, pianist Vijay Iyer. Of Monk, Vijay Iyer has said, "I think about Thelonious Monk every day. He's my biggest influence by far.” Insights and exquisitely rare recordings will abound.
Sunday October 10, 2021 in addition to being Monk's 104th birthday anniversary, is also the 80th anniversary of WKCR being granted its FM broadcast license by the FCC. Come on now, people: stand up and cheer!
#WKCR #DeepFocus #TheloniousMonk #VijayIyer #MitchGoldman #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast
Photo credit: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Roy Campbell was not just a master student of the entire history of the music but he knew Woody Shaw personally. Stunning tales of Ornette Coleman, Lee Morgan and others emerge in this remarkable program, recorded not 2 months before Roy's tragic early passing.
Photo credit: Woody_Shaw by Tom Marcello - permission by Creative Commons