Deep Focus

2013.05.06 Brian Charette on Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes 1 of 3

I always liked Chick Corea's music but, not being a musician, I never knew *why* I liked it. That is to say that I never really understood what it was that was so distinctive about what he was doing, musically speaking. Brian Charette revealed Chick's innovations and their antecedents in the music going back generations. This is a true master class on how a virtuoso such as Chick expands the vocabulary of the music. And it only added to my enjoyment of the rare recordings from the WKCR archives that we listened to with our audience.

Please join us in (re)discovering these loving insights into Chick Corea's utterly unique approach to the music.

#MitchGoldman #deepfocus #jazzinterview #ChickCorea #JazzRadio #jazzpodcast #BrianCharette

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2015.08.30 Bill Ware on Horace Silver 3 of 3

Vibraphonist/composer Bill Ware and host Mitch Goldman put Horace Silver in Deep Focus in a rebroadcast from 2015. Hard-to-find radio broadcasts from the WKCR archives help them shed new light on this influential musical thinker. You want to explore the music of a writer like Horace? Ask a writer like Bill! He takes it deep, all right.

 

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #BillWare #HoraceSilver #JazzRadio #JazzInterview  #Jazz Pocast

 

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2015.08.30 Bill Ware on Horace Silver 2 of 3

Vibraphonist/composer Bill Ware and host Mitch Goldman put Horace Silver in Deep Focus in a rebroadcast from 2015. Hard-to-find radio broadcasts from the WKCR archives help them shed new light on this influential musical thinker. You want to explore the music of a writer like Horace? Ask a writer like Bill! He takes it deep, all right.

 

 

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #BillWare #HoraceSilver #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast 

 

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2015.08.30 Bill Ware on Horace Silver 1 of 3

Vibraphonist/composer Bill Ware and host Mitch Goldman put Horace Silver in Deep Focus in a rebroadcast from 2015. Hard-to-find radio broadcasts from the WKCR archives help them shed new light on this influential musical thinker. You want to explore the music of a writer like Horace? Ask a writer like Bill! He takes it deep, all right.

 

#WKCR #JazzAlternatives #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #BillWare #HoraceSilver #JazzRadio #JazzInterview  #JazzPodcast

 

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2013.07.15 Leon Gruenbaum on part 2 of Hermeto Pascoal 3 of 3

Hermeto Pascoal is one of those artists who, every time you play his singular music, you see the lights go on for a new batch of listeners.  Meanwhile, his established fans say, "Why don't you ever play this guy?!" and I say, "What do you mean?  I JUST played him!"  They're relentless!

On the last episode of Deep Focus, in a rebroadcast from 2013, we listened to multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal with guidance from his fellow musical inventor, our guest, Leon Gruenbaum.  This Monday we play the following show in which we go over the top with more Hermeto! More Leon!  And now with the additional wisdom of bassist Henry Schroy who has made an extensive study of Hermeto's music.  Do you think THAT will be enough for those Hermeto fans?  I seriouly doubt it very much but it's certainly worth trying.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #LeonGruenbaum #HenrySchroy #HermetoPascoal #BrazilianMusic #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast

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2013.07.15 Leon Gruenbaum on part 2 of Hermeto Pascoal 2 of 3

Hermeto Pascoal is one of those artists who, every time you play his singular music, you see the lights go on for a new batch of listeners.  Meanwhile, his established fans say, "Why don't you ever play this guy?!" and I say, "What do you mean?  I JUST played him!"  They're relentless!

On the last episode of Deep Focus, in a rebroadcast from 2013, we listened to multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal with guidance from his fellow musical inventor, our guest, Leon Gruenbaum.  This Monday we play the following show in which we go over the top with more Hermeto! More Leon!  And now with the additional wisdom of bassist Henry Schroy who has made an extensive study of Hermeto's music.  Do you think THAT will be enough for those Hermeto fans?  I seriouly doubt it very much but it's certainly worth trying.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #LeonGruenbaum #HenrySchroy #HermetoPascoal #BrazilianMusic #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast

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2013.07.15 Leon Gruenbaum on part 2 of Hermeto Pascoal 1 of 3

Hermeto Pascoal is one of those artists who, every time you play his singular music, you see the lights go on for a new batch of listeners.  Meanwhile, his established fans say, "Why don't you ever play this guy?!" and I say, "What do you mean?  I JUST played him!"  They're relentless!

On the last episode of Deep Focus, in a rebroadcast from 2013, we listened to multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal with guidance from his fellow musical inventor, our guest, Leon Gruenbaum.  This Monday we play the following show in which we go over the top with more Hermeto! More Leon!  And now with the additional wisdom of bassist Henry Schroy who has made an extensive study of Hermeto's music.  Do you think THAT will be enough for those Hermeto fans?  I seriouly doubt it very much but it's certainly worth trying.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #LeonGruenbaum #HenrySchroy #HermetoPascoal #BrazilianMusic #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast

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2016.06.06 William Hooker and Steve Dalachinsky on Cecil Taylor 3 of 3

This is one of one of the most requested Deep Focus episodes of all time. On June 6, 2016, William Hooker and Steve Dalachinsky were my guests for a Deep Focus on Cecil Taylor.

 

Both Cecil's death in 2018 and Steve's in 2019 unleashed outpourings of love and admiration that they should only have been here to experience, both men vibrant omnipresences in the music world. They are both gone, yes, but you and I are here.  Let's remember them together.  It's a fun one!

 

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2016.06.06 William Hooker and Steve Dalachinsky on Cecil Taylor 2 of 3

 This is one of one of the most requested Deep Focus episodes of all time. On June 6, 2016, William Hooker and Steve Dalachinsky were my guests for a Deep Focus on Cecil Taylor.

 

Both Cecil's death in 2018 and Steve's in 2019 unleashed outpourings of love and admiration that they should only have been here to experience, both men vibrant omnipresences in the music world. They are both gone, yes, but you and I are here.  Let's remember them together.  It's a fun one!

 

Photo credit: andynew, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

2016.06.06 William Hooker and Steve Dalachinsky on Cecil Taylor 1 of 3

This is one of one of the most requested Deep Focus episodes of all time. On June 6, 2016, William Hooker and Steve Dalachinsky were my guests for a Deep Focus on Cecil Taylor.

 

Both Cecil's death in 2018 and Steve's in 2019 unleashed outpourings of love and admiration that they should only have been here to experience, both men vibrant omnipresences in the music world. They are both gone, yes, but you and I are here.  Let's remember them together.  It's a fun one!