Deep Focus

2017.04.03 Phillip Johnston on Steve Lacy 1 of 3

In the Jazz world, Steve Lacy is like Broadway: doesn't fit neatly into the grid but, wherever he intersects it, magical things happen. No wonder he loved Monk and no wonder Phillip Johnston is an acolyte. Phillip and I put Steve Lacy in Deep Focus.  Roswell Rudd's trombone also contributes some open-handed wonder.

#WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PhillipJohnston #SteveLacy #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast

Photo credit: Steve Lacy by Lioneldecoster, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org-licenses-by-sa-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.jpeg

2012.02.06 Jorge Sylvester on Jimmy Lyons 3 of 3

The subject that a guest chooses for an episode of Deep Focus tells me something about who the guest is.  When Jorge Sylvester, an alto saxophonist and composer of a deeply expressive sound and of great discipline, tells me that he wants to talk about Jimmy Lyons, I know that the Focus is going to be Deep indeed.  Jorge, in this Deep Focus from 2012, does not disappoint.

 

And what about the WKCR archives?  Did they yield live, unreleased recordings?  Riches, I tell you.  No king, no czar ever had such profound wealth.  

 

#WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JorgeSylvester #JimmyLyons #JazzRadio #JazzInterview

 

Photo credit: Jimmy_Lyons  by Brian McMillen - CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org licenses-by-sa-4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

2012.02.06 Jorge Sylvester on Jimmy Lyons 2 of 3

The subject that a guest chooses for an episode of Deep Focus tells me something about who the guest is.  When Jorge Sylvester, an alto saxophonist and composer of a deeply expressive sound and of great discipline, tells me that he wants to talk about Jimmy Lyons, I know that the Focus is going to be Deep indeed.  Jorge, in this Deep Focus from 2012, does not disappoint.

 

And what about the WKCR archives?  Did they yield live, unreleased recordings?  Riches, I tell you.  No king, no czar ever had such profound wealth.  

 

#WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JorgeSylvester #JimmyLyons #JazzRadio #JazzInterview

 

Photo credit: Jimmy_Lyons  by Brian McMillen - CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org licenses-by-sa-4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

2012.02.06 Jorge Sylvester on Jimmy Lyons 1 of 3

The subject that a guest chooses for an episode of Deep Focus tells me something about who the guest is.  When Jorge Sylvester, an alto saxophonist and composer of a deeply expressive sound and of great discipline, tells me that he wants to talk about Jimmy Lyons, I know that the Focus is going to be Deep indeed.  Jorge, in this Deep Focus from 2012, does not disappoint.

 

And what about the WKCR archives?  Did they yield live, unreleased recordings?  Riches, I tell you.  No king, no czar ever had such profound wealth.  

 

#WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JorgeSylvester #JimmyLyons #JazzRadio #JazzInterview

 

Photo credit: Jimmy_Lyons  by Brian McMillen - CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org licenses-by-sa-4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

2014.02.17 William Hooker on Larry Young 3 of 3

As a young Jazz drummer in the Seventies, improvising drummer William Hooker frequently found himself on the bandstand as part of an organ trio. The sonic thunder of a Hammond B3 organ in the hands of a vibrant musician scorched an impression into him that will stay with him to his last days on earth. Although he heard the organ played night after night during that era, no organist that he heard then or since has matched the tumult that Larry Young brought.

 

Larry Young, AKA Khalid Yasin, had a sound and textural approach unlike anyone else who has played the instrument. His early blues-inflected playing yielded to a harmonic concept inspired by John Coltrane wedded to an unequaled rhythmic and sonic range. Although he died under mysterious circumstances in 1978 at the age of 37, his work with everyone from Hank Mobley to Jimi Hendrix, Tony Williams to Miles Davis (That's him on "Bitches Brew") as well as his many exceptional dates as a leader have endeared him to a small coterie of very dedicated fans.

 

In this rebroadcast of a Deep Focus from 2014, William and host Mitch Goldman will explore the WKCR archives for rarities and unreleased gems.

 

#WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #WilliamHooker #LarryYoung #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #jazzpodcast

 

Photo credits: Larry Young by Francis Wolff/Mosaic Images.

William Hooker photo courtesy of William Hooker.

2014.02.17 William Hooker on Larry Young 2 of 3

As a young Jazz drummer in the Seventies, improvising drummer William Hooker frequently found himself on the bandstand as part of an organ trio. The sonic thunder of a Hammond B3 organ in the hands of a vibrant musician scorched an impression into him that will stay with him to his last days on earth. Although he heard the organ played night after night during that era, no organist that he heard then or since has matched the tumult that Larry Young brought.

 

Larry Young, AKA Khalid Yasin, had a sound and textural approach unlike anyone else who has played the instrument. His early blues-inflected playing yielded to a harmonic concept inspired by John Coltrane wedded to an unequaled rhythmic and sonic range. Although he died under mysterious circumstances in 1978 at the age of 37, his work with everyone from Hank Mobley to Jimi Hendrix, Tony Williams to Miles Davis (That's him on "Bitches Brew") as well as his many exceptional dates as a leader have endeared him to a small coterie of very dedicated fans.

 

In this rebroadcast of a Deep Focus from 2014, William and host Mitch Goldman will explore the WKCR archives for rarities and unreleased gems.

 

#WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #WilliamHooker #LarryYoung #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #jazzpodcast

 

Photo credits: Larry Young by Francis Wolff/Mosaic Images.

William Hooker photo courtesy of William Hooker.

2014.02.17 William Hooker on Larry Young 1 of 3

As a young Jazz drummer in the Seventies, improvising drummer William Hooker frequently found himself on the bandstand as part of an organ trio. The sonic thunder of a Hammond B3 organ in the hands of a vibrant musician scorched an impression into him that will stay with him to his last days on earth. Although he heard the organ played night after night during that era, no organist that he heard then or since has matched the tumult that Larry Young brought.

 

Larry Young, AKA Khalid Yasin, had a sound and textural approach unlike anyone else who has played the instrument. His early blues-inflected playing yielded to a harmonic concept inspired by John Coltrane wedded to an unequaled rhythmic and sonic range. Although he died under mysterious circumstances in 1978 at the age of 37, his work with everyone from Hank Mobley to Jimi Hendrix, Tony Williams to Miles Davis (That's him on "Bitches Brew") as well as his many exceptional dates as a leader have endeared him to a small coterie of very dedicated fans.

 

In this rebroadcast of a Deep Focus from 2014, William and host Mitch Goldman explore the WKCR archives for rarities and unreleased gems.

 

#WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #WilliamHooker #LarryYoung #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #jazzpodcast

 

Photo credits: Larry Young by Francis Wolff/Mosaic Images.

William Hooker photo courtesy of William Hooker.

2017.02.20 Graham Haynes on Roy Haynes 3 of 3

Imagine being present at the moment of creation. Now imagine being one of the creators, inventing new sounds and new rhythms that the world has never heard, that people will still be talking about 70 years later. Drummer Roy Haynes played Birdland with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell, AND HE’S STILL WITH US! Roy’s son Graham Haynes (a marvelously accomplished and inventive musician in his own right) and I celebrate Roy in this Deep Focus from 2017. 

 

Yum!

 

#WKCR @JazzRadio #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RoyHaynes #GrahamHaynes #Birdland

 

Photo credit: Roy_Haynes_(6338437993) jose nieto, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org-licenses-by-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons 

2017.02.20 Graham Haynes on Roy Haynes 2 of 3

Imagine being present at the moment of creation. Now imagine being one of the creators, inventing new sounds and new rhythms that the world has never heard, that people will still be talking about 70 years later. Drummer Roy Haynes played Birdland with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell, AND HE’S STILL WITH US! Roy’s son Graham Haynes (a marvelously accomplished and inventive musician in his own right) and I celebrate Roy in this Deep Focus from 2017.

Yum!

#WKCR @JazzRadio #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RoyHaynes #GrahamHaynes #Birdland

Photo credit: Roy_Haynes_(6338437993) jose nieto, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org-licenses-by-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
 

2017.02.20 Graham Haynes on Roy Haynes 1 of 3

Imagine being present at the moment of creation. Now imagine being one of the creators, inventing new sounds and new rhythms that the world has never heard, that people will still be talking about 70 years later. Drummer Roy Haynes played Birdland with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell, AND HE’S STILL WITH US! Roy’s son Graham Haynes (a marvelously accomplished and inventive musician in his own right) and I celebrate Roy in this Deep Focus from 2017.

Yum!

#WKCR @JazzRadio #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RoyHaynes #GrahamHaynes #Birdland

Photo credit: Roy_Haynes_(6338437993) jose nieto, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org-licenses-by-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons