Podcast appearances and mentions of Anthony Braxton

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ADHD has been considered a medical disorder, treatable with drugs like Ritalin, but New York Times Magazine writer Paul Tough says recent studies question that assumption and treatment options.Also, Martin Johnson reviews a new tribute to Anthony Braxton, who Johnson says is one of the most polarizing figures in jazz.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

En esta entrega de Abril de Libertad Jazzera hemos escuchado y comentado:RuinsZu. Jazzisdead Live (2025)Earth Ball. It's yours (2024)Steve Lehman. The Music of Anthony Braxton (2025)Peter Brötzmann / John Edwards / Steve Noble / Jason Adasiewicz. The Quartet (2025)

Esta semana, en una nueva sesión de Rebelión Sónica, los invitamos a escuchar material del disco "The Music of Anthony Braxton" del destacado saxofonista estadounidense, Steve Lehman. El álbum, que celebra los 80 años del legendario e influyente compositor, vientista, pianista y filósofo Anthony Braxton, fue editado el 28 de febrero por el sello Pi Recordings. Grabado en Los Ángeles, junto a su trío integrado por él en saxo alto, Mark Brewer en bajo y Damion Reid en batería, además del invitado especial Mark Turner en saxo tenor, Lehman rinde homenaje a uno de sus primeros mentores, con un álbum en vivo de “swing duro”, que conmemora el 80 aniversario del nacimiento del influyente vientista Anthony Braxton. Lehman estuvo en el grupo de gira de Braxton de 1999 a 2007, actuando en festivales internacionales y apareciendo en una serie de grabaciones, incluido un tributo a la música de Andrew Hill, “Nine Compositions (Hill)” (2000). "Desde el principio, supe que quería conectar la música de Anthony con nuevas audiencias y defender la música de su pequeño grupo como una parte realmente indispensable del canon del jazz”, señaló Lehman sobre este nuevo disco. “Entonces, eso significó ser realmente exigente con el repertorio y hacer un esfuerzo consciente para trabajar con músicos fuera de la órbita de Braxton que pudieran aportar nuevas perspectivas a la música”. Según el sello, Lehman eligió composiciones intrincadas, pegadizas y únicas para grupos pequeños de Braxton que grabó originalmente en las décadas de 1970 y 1980 con músicos como Ed Blackwell, Dave Holland y Kenny Wheeler, entre otros, en álbumes como “Fall” (1974) y “Six Compositions: Quartet” (1981). Al final del programa, viajamos al pasado en el catálogo de Lehman y su trío, para escuchar música de su colaboración con el pianista Craig Taborn, “The People I Love”. Según Pi Recordings, el título del disco “fue tomado por Lehman de unas palabras que entregó el ahora fallecido vibrafonista Bobby Hutcherson en una entrevista de 2010: “Cuando era más joven, pensaba que la música era lo primero. Y ahora que he envejecido, me doy cuenta de que toda esa música, no es más que el reflejo de las imágenes de las personas que amo y de la presencia Dios”. Rebelión Sónica se transmite por radio Rockaxis los jueves a las 10 y 22 horas, con la conducción de Héctor Aravena.

10e émission de la 61e session...Cette semaine, mon retour à l'animation, freebop et free jazz assez lourd autour de la guitare! En musique: James Brandon Lewis sur l'album Apple Cores  (Anti-, 2025); Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner sur l'album The Music of Anthony Braxton  (Pi, 2025); Tim Berne sur l'album Yikes Too  (Screwgun, 2025); Stian Larsen, Colin Webster, Ruth Goller, Andrew Lisle sur l'album Temple of Muses  (Relative Pitch, 2025); Quetzal Tirado Unit sur l'album The Fat is Back  (Indépendant, 2025); Panaeon Quartet sur l'album The Uncertainty Of Names  (Phonocene, 2025)...

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Jenny Schienman (jazz) Ahmed Monica (Algerian pop), Zy the Way (poetry/song from Taiwan); Archie Sheep w. Jeanne Lee; Balkan Song from Zajazi Trio; Dragica Radosavljevic; hard bop from Leo Wright, Charlie Persip; Egyptian vocalist Maryem Saleh; Greek song (Laikos) from Kalafatis Kostas, Antzela Grekal; Experimental Perisan music from Shawn Tavakkol; Mat Maneri, Gordon Grdina, Marco Colonna, Giulia Cianca & Mario Cianca collaborate; extended Anthony Braxton composition; Pipet L.(from Java); experiemtnal pop from Etienne de la Sayette, Wild Horses Orchestra & Mrs Kang; drummer Whit Dickey w. Quartet; much, much more... Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online: PLAYLIST at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19838277/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19838277/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/  Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from  Mali Obomsawin w. Magdalena Abrego & Allison Bunk; Tako Taki (music from Japan); Sundanese music from L. S. Kancana Sari Bandung; Detty Kurnia (pop from Bali); Congolese disco from Vibro Success Intercontinental Orchesatra; free jazz/experimental quartet Tulpas (from Mexico City); Astor Piazzola (nuevo tango); Mario Pavone;  Sam Rivers on flutes; Anthony Braxton on flute (+ winds and reeds); Eastern European Roma music song from Dil'Dorova Maisara, Bedrije Misin & Ansambl Bracé Koko, & Nehat Gasi; healing trance  music from Baluchistan;  Salim Halali in Algeria; Abida Parveen (Pakistani soufi) w. Lofti Bouchnak (from Tunisia); straight ahead jazz (live in Senegal) w/ Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinegar, Frank Butler; much more... Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online: PLAYLIST at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19480153/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/  Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR Contact: confbirds@gmail.com  

NYC flutist, composer, Sunnyside Records artist, producer, and clinician, Jamie Baum, has toured the US and over 35 countries performing at major festivals, clubs, and concert halls including the Monterey, Madrid, Oeiras, Bermuda, Edinburgh, North Sea, Winter Jazzfest and London Jazz Festivals, Tampere Jazz Happening, Guimaraes Jazz Festival, Jazztopad, Bimhuis, Unterfahrt, Jazz Gallery, Jazz Standard, 55 Bar, Dizzy's, Blue Note, etc.. She's performed with artists as renowned and diverse as Randy Brecker, Roy Hargrove, Donald Brown, Tom Harrell, Paul Motion, Mick Goodrick and Kenny Barron to Dave Douglas, Fred Hersch, Leni Stern, Louis Cole, Jane Bunnett, David Binney, Ralph Alessi, Ben Monder, Anthony Braxton, Karaikudi Mani, V. M. Bhatt, Navin Chettri and Wadada Leo Smith. Though focusing primarily on jazz, she's been involved in several projects performing classical, new music, Brazilian and Latin music. Receiving critical praise for seven CD's as a leader, with most making several “Best CDs of the Year” lists and four stars from DownBeat, her recently-released What Times Are These received five stars in DownBeat. Inch By Inch (GM Recordings), by the cooperative band Yard Byard: The Jaki Byard Project (w/Jerome Harris, George Schuller), also received four stars from DownBeat. Jamie has appeared on over 40 recordings as a sidewoman including those by Dave Binney, George Colligan, Ursel Schlicht, Frank Carlberg, Patrizia Scascitelli, Taylor Haskins, Monika Herzig, Louise Rogers, Sarah McKenzie, Steve Lampert, Brian Landrus, Laura Andel, Judi Silvano, Shigeko Suzuki, James Hall, etc. Ms. Baum's many awards and grants for composing and touring include the 2022 Cafe Royale Recording Grant, 2021 South Arts Jazz Road Touring Grant, 2020 International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC) Covid Relief Commission, Foundation for Contemporary Arts 2020, 2020 Chamber Music America Jazz Presenter Consortium, 2018 USArtists International Touring Grant, 2017 New Music USA Project Grant, and a 2014 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Baum was selected as a 2014-15 Norman Stevens Fellow/MacDowell resident and has since been awarded residencies again at MacDowell (2021), at UCross (2015), and at VCCA (2020). She won the '99 International Jazz Composers Alliance Award, 2010 CAP Award (American Music Center), the 2003 New Works: Creation and Presentation Award and the 2007 Encore Award, both components of the Doris Duke/CMA Jazz Ensembles Project. Ms. Baum has been in the DownBeat Critics Polls annually since 1998, making #1 “Rising Star Flutist” in '12, #2 “Flutist” in '19, and #3 “Flutist” in '20. She was named a "Major New International Talent” in 2015 lists by both “Musica Jazz” and “Jazzit” (Italy), was #2 “Flutist of the Year” in the 2018 Eleventh Annual International Critics Poll and tied for 4th place with Hubert Laws in the 2018 JazzTimes Critics Poll. Jamie was included in Huffington Post's "Twenty-five Great Jazz Flute Performances”, nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association for “Flutist of the Year“ fourteen times, and The Jamie Baum Septet+ was nominated in 2014 "Best Midsize Ensemble" - in the same list with only two other bands -The Wayne Shorter Quartet and Steve Coleman's Five Elements! Media attention for her recent CD, Bridges, and previously released, In This Life, brought features on WBGO's RADAR and NPR's All Things Considered, reviews in The New York Times, DownBeat, JazzTimes, All About Jazz, etc.. and two hour-long feature/retrospectives on major German and Czech public radio shows. Bridges was voted #4 in the 2018 JazzTimes Readers Poll for “Best New Release,” and In This Life was in the "Best CDs of 2013” lists including Boston Globe, iTunes, and Francis Davis' NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll. Recently, Baum was included in the JazzTimes 10: Essential Jazz Flute Albums (2019), 3 Questions for Today's Jazz Musicians by Lilian Dericq, Cricket Publishers (Paris), the “Woodshed” in DownBeat, January 2019, and was the flutist on “The Essence of the Blues -- Flute: 10 Great Etudes for Playing and Improvising, Book & CD”, (Jim Snidero “play-along” series, 2019). Through a highly competitive auditioning process, Jamie was chosen to tour for the DOS/Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador program from '99 -'03 in South America and South Asia. The US State Department also sponsored later shorter tours, in addition to several isolated US Embassy-sponsored programs while Baum was on her tours in Europe and South Asia. Baum's two main active projects featuring her compositions include The Jamie Baum Septet+, together since 1999, and her Short Stories band marking five years by performing at the 2020 Winter Jazzfest. In addition, she co-leads Yard Byard: The Jaki Byard Project and is involved in several other projects either as co-leader or side-woman, including The Richie Beirach/Jamie Baum Duo and NYC Jazz Flutes. Baum has been on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts department at since 2006, on the adjunct faculty roster at the New School University since 2004, and taught at Berklee College of Music (2011-2013). Summer jazz programs Baum has taught composition, improv, and flute technique, and coached ensembles at including the Stanford Jazz Workshop Institute, Litchfield Jazz Camp, Maryland Jazz Camp, etc. A clinician for Altus Flutes/KHS America since 1993, they have sponsored her innovative, pioneering workshop "A Fear Free Approach to Improvisation for the Classically-Trained Musician” TM, "A Fear Free Approach to Composition for the Improvising Musician” TM and “Flute Technique for Doublers” at colleges, conservatories, festivals, flute clubs and “music and art” schools worldwide.  

Amina Claudine Myers was one of the earliest members of the AACM, and if you're listening to this podcast, I'm pretty sure you know what the AACM is, but just in case you don't, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians is an organization formed by Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell and a few other musicians in Chicago in the mid-1960s. A tremendous number of the most important avant-garde jazz musicians of the mid to late 20th century and the 21st century have come out of the AACM, including Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Fred Anderson, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Wadada Leo Smith, Matana Roberts, Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, and Amina Claudine Myers. There's a tremendous book by trombonist and composer George Lewis, called A Power Stronger Than Itself, that's the best possible introduction to the group. You should absolutely read that if you're a fan of any of the musicians I just named.Now, all the founders and early members of the AACM worked together, supporting each other, and moving the music forward in large part by composing and performing original work. What's interesting — and this is something we talk about in this conversation — is that Amina Claudine Myers' early albums included some original music, but they also included interpretations of other people's compositions, specifically Marion Brown and Bessie Smith. But she always paired that music up with pieces of her own that demonstrated a really fascinating compositional voice that was a combination of jazz, gospel, blues, and classical music. She took all her influences and early training and combined them into something that sounded like nobody else out there, and was incredibly powerful.In addition to making her own records, she's been a part of albums by Lester Bowie, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Anthony Braxton, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Bill Laswell, and many other people. Her latest release is a collection of duos with Wadada Leo Smith, the first time they've recorded together since 1969, and their first collaboration as leaders.I'm really glad I had the chance to interview her. We talked about a lot of things — the AACM, the role of spirituality in music and the way the term spiritual jazz is used to gatekeep certain things, her work with all the artists I just mentioned, her upbringing in Arkansas and Texas and how it influenced her writing... this is a really wide-ranging conversation that I think will be really interesting for you to hear. I thank you as always for listening.

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Ava Mendoza & Dave Sewelson; Fay Victor & Herbie Nichols SUNG; Herbie Nichols himself, w/ trio; Mal Waldron w. Steve Lacy; Romanian song from Dona Dumitru Siminica, as well as  Dumitru Ridescu & Mituța Ridescu; Balkan music from Ilieve Glogovac Vaska and Ivo Popasov; Anthony Braxton's #296 (w/ quintet;) Algerian cha'abi from Amar el Achab, Cheikh el Hasnaoui, Dahmane el Harrache; Lebanese song from Ziyad Al Rahbani; Liba Villavecchia Trio w. Luis Vicente; Antillean flute from Max Cilla;  Cecil Taylor's Orchestra of Two Continents; Rumbavana (from Cuba) as well as Santeria/ Rumba from Martha Galarraga and others; and of course, much, much more!!!!  Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online: PLAYLIST at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18952193/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR Contact: confbirds@gmail.com  

Estas dos palabras dan título a un álbum grabado por Ornette Coleman en doble cuarteto a finales de 1960 para el sello Atlantic. La obra —cuyo título completo es Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation— rompe las estructuras previas del jazzy apunta a un paroxismo nunca escuchado._____Has escuchadoAscension - Edition I (1965) / John Coltrane. John Coltrane, saxofón tenor; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bajo; Elvin Jones, batería; Archie Schepp y Pharoah Sanders, saxofón tenor; John Tchicai y Marion Brown, saxofón alto; Art Davis, bajo. Impulse (1987)Hello Chi (1970) / Art Ensemble of Chicago. Fontella Bass, voz; Lester Bowie, trompeta; Roscoe Mitchell, flauta y saxofón alto; Joseph Jarman, flauta y saxofón alto; Malachi Favors, bajo. FreeFactory (2010)Simple Like (1969) / Anthony Braxton. Leo Smith, trompeta y mult. instrumentos; Anthony Braxton, saxofón alto y mult. instrumentos; Leroy Jenkins, violín y mult. instrumentos; Steve McCall, percusiones. BYG Records (1969)Sunday Morning Church (2003) / William Parker. Billy Bang, violín; Hamid Drake, batería; William Parker, contrabajo. Thirsty Ear (2003)Truth Is Marching in (1966) / Albert Ayler. Albert Ayler, saxofón tenor; Don Ayler, trompeta; Michel Sampson, violín; Bill Folwell y Henry Grimes, bajos; Beaver Harris, batería. Impulse (1998)_____Selección bibliográficaANDERSON, Iain, This Is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007BRADLEY, Francis R., Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker. Duke University Press, 2021CARLES, Philippe y Jean-Louis Comolli, Free Jazz: Black Power. Traducido por Juan Giner. Anagrama, 1973JENKINS, Todd S., Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press, 2004JOST, Ekkehard, Free jazz: une étude critique et stylistique du jazz des années 1960. Outre Mesure, 2002KOLODA, Richard, Holy Ghost: The Life & Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler. Jawbone Press, 2022MAZZOLA, Guerino y Paul B. Cherlin, Flow, Gesture, and Spaces in Free Jazz Towards a Theory of Collaboration. Springer, 2009ONSMAN, Andrys y Robert Burke, Experimentation in Improvised Jazz: Chasing Ideas. Routledge, 2019PARKER, William et al., Conversations. Rogueart, 2011—, Conversations II: Dialogues and monologues. Rogueart, 2015—, Conversations III: Dialogues and monologues. Rogueart, 2019—, Conversations IV. Rogueart, 2023PEYROU, Mariano, Free jazz: la música más negra del mundo. Anagrama, 2024RUSH, Stephen, Free Jazz, Harmolodics, and Ornette Coleman. Routledge, 2017SCHWARTZ, Jeff, Free Jazz: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge Music Bibliographies, 2018*SKLOWER, Jedediah, Free jazz, la catastrophe féconde: une histoire du monde éclaté du jazz en France (1960-1982). L'Harmattan, 2006SPICER, Daniel, Peter Brötzmann: Free-Jazz, Revolution and the Politics of Improvisation. Repeater, 2024STEINBECK, Paul, Message to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, 2017SZWED, John F., Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra. Duke University Press, 2020TONELLI, Chris (Chris J.), Voices Found: Free Jazz and Singing. Routledge, 2019TOOP, David, En el maelström: música, improvisación y el sueño de la libertad antes de 1970. Caja Negra, 2018*WILMER, Val, As Serious As Your Life: Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution, 1957-1977. Serpent's Tail, 2018 *Documento disponible para su consulta en la Sala de Nuevas Músicas de la Biblioteca y Centro de Apoyo a la Investigación de la Fundación Juan March

Today, the Spotlight shines On drummer, composer, and improviser Phil Haynes.Phil published a unique memoir last November, which includes not only his reflections on a life in and of music but also stands as an important document of nearly 40 years of music in New York City and beyond.Phil delivers plenty of inside observations of his work with figures like Lee Konitz, Anthony Braxton, Dave Liebman, and Paul Smoker, as well as his own poetry, musical analysis, philosophical musings, and lessons learned along the way.It's a charming book, and Phil has created a towering body of musical work. This conversation is classic Spotlight On, with an engaged, sincere guest. Listen to our talk and then get yourself a copy of Chasing the Masters: First Takes of a Modernist Drumming Artist.(all musical excerpts heard in the interview are taken from Phil Haynes's 62-track retrospective, A Life Improvised - Chasing The Masters) -- Dig DeeperVisit Phil Haynes at philhaynes.com, Bandcamp, and FacebookLearn more about Phil Haynes' memoir Chasing The Masters at chasingthemasters.com and purchase the book from AmazonHerb RobertsonPaul SmokerLee Konitz on Spontaneity, Originality, Drugs & Playing SharpEllery EskelinEllery Eskelin, Paul Smoker, Drew Gress, Phil Haynes - Joint Venture4 Horns and What?Brooklyn Academy Finds Room for the Outsiders of JazzBe sure to peruse the rest of this episode's extensive show notes at spotlightonpodcast.com-- • Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate Spotlight On ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. • Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of Spotlight On in your podcast app of choice. • Looking for more? Visit spotlightonpodcast.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Spotlight On email newsletter. You can also follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Mastodon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, the Spotlight shines On drummer, composer, and improviser Phil Haynes.Phil published a unique memoir last November, which includes not only his reflections on a life in and of music but also stands as an important document of nearly 40 years of music in New York City and beyond.Phil delivers plenty of inside observations of his work with figures like Lee Konitz, Anthony Braxton, Dave Liebman, and Paul Smoker, as well as his own poetry, musical analysis, philosophical musings, and lessons learned along the way.It's a charming book, and Phil has created a towering body of musical work. This conversation is classic Spotlight On, with an engaged, sincere guest. Listen to our talk and then get yourself a copy of Chasing the Masters: First Takes of a Modernist Drumming Artist.(all musical excerpts heard in the interview are taken from Phil Haynes's 62-track retrospective, A Life Improvised - Chasing The Masters) -- Dig DeeperVisit Phil Haynes at philhaynes.com, Bandcamp, and FacebookLearn more about Phil Haynes' memoir Chasing The Masters at chasingthemasters.com and purchase the book from AmazonHerb RobertsonPaul SmokerLee Konitz on Spontaneity, Originality, Drugs & Playing SharpEllery EskelinEllery Eskelin, Paul Smoker, Drew Gress, Phil Haynes - Joint Venture4 Horns and What?Brooklyn Academy Finds Room for the Outsiders of JazzBe sure to peruse the rest of this episode's extensive show notes at spotlightonpodcast.com-- • Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate Spotlight On ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. • Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of Spotlight On in your podcast app of choice. • Looking for more? Visit spotlightonpodcast.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Spotlight On email newsletter. You can also follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Mastodon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The next installment of the Senior Fire Fighter Podcasts from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of PF&R's high performing, dedicated members.

Rufus Reid is an extremely important but under-recognized figure in modern jazz. He's always been someone who's had one foot in the mainstream and one in the avant-garde — he did a lot of work with soul jazz and jazz-funk saxophonist Eddie Harris in the early 1970s, before joining Dexter Gordon's band when Gordon made his famous US comeback after years in Europe. He was also part of Andrew Hill's band in the late '80s, and has done a ton of straightahead records. But he was also a member of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition in the early '80s, and he was one of the four bassists on Henry Threadgill's X-75 album, and he played on Muhal Richard Abrams' Things To Come From Those Now Gone, and he played with Anthony Braxton on the two Seven Standards 1985 albums with Hank Jones on piano and Victor Lewis on drums. He was also a member of the World Bass Violin Ensemble, which was a group of six bassists that made an album for Black Saint in 1984. Reid has also done a lot of work as a leader. He's made a string of albums in collaboration with drummer Akira Tana and various other musicians; he's done bass duo albums with Michael Moore; and he's led the Out Front trio with pianist Steve Allee and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca. In 2014, he released Quiet Pride: the Elizabeth Catlett Project, an album that featured a total of 19 instrumentalists and a singer all paying tribute to a sculptor whose work focused on the Black female experience in America. Reid is also an educator and the author of The Evolving Bassist, a book originally published in 1974 that's still a standard text for bassists. In this interview, we talk about Reid's work with Eddie Harris, with Dexter Gordon, with Henry Threadgill, and with his own ensembles. We talk about a six-CD set he made with Frank Kimbrough a few years ago, recording all of Thelonious Monk's compositions. We talk about his approach to the instrument, his influences, and about his new album, which is a duo collaboration with pianist Sullivan Fortner. This was a really enjoyable and informative conversation, and I think you'll come away from it with a new or perhaps a renewed appreciation for someone who's been a major figure in jazz for 50 years and isn't stopping yet.

Welcome to another conversation from the high/low art divide. On Nick's last night in Prague, Nick and Ema went to see the world-premiere of a contemporary opera by Richard Braxton, Trillium X, at the DOX Center for Contemporary Art in Prague. They recorded this reaction that same night. Some things mentioned or not remembered:  Anthony Braxton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Braxton Ostrava Days: https://www.newmusicostrava.cz/en/ostrava-days/about-festival/ Petr Kotík's composition I took Aderol to attend: Many Many Women  Patricia Barber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Barber The image of the opera house Ema mentions comes from the book The Gilded Stage: A Social History of Opera : https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gilded-stage-daniel-snowman/1020670873 Leonard Bernstein's Candide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide_(operetta) The librettist of Nixon in China (which premiered in 1987): Alice Goodman  Links:

Face to Face, Nikki's new album is out today! As a founder member of the hugely innovative Creative Jazz Orchestra in the early 90s, Nikki Iles came to prominence working with musicians such as Anthony Braxton, Vince Mendoza, Mark Anthony Turnage, Kenny Wheeler and Mike Gibbs.Mike subsequently booked her for one of her first recording dates with great American musicians, Steve Swallow and Bob Moses on the CD “By The Way” on AH HUM records. For many years, Nikki served a lengthy apprenticeship in the North of England playing with the cream of British and American jazz such as Peter King, Iain Ballamy, Art Farmer, Peter King ,Tina May ,Tim Garland and Jim Mullen.Many of these relationships were re- kindled later ,when after a car accident, Nikki finally decided to make the move to London in 1998. Here she joined the groups and toured and recorded with musicians such as Steve Arguelles, Mick Hutton, Martin Speake, Stan Sulzmann and Julian Arguelles and Norma Winstone .Several awards followed with the BT British Jazz Award and an IAJE Award in America for services to Jazz. Although well known as a pianist, composition still remains a major part of her musical life.The breadth of Nikki's artistic vision has led her to disregard the arbitrary boundaries of the jazz scene and most notably, commissions have included a collaboration with American dancer Mimi Cichanowicz , the UMO Jazz Orchestra in Finland, “A Gentle Prayer “ - London Sinfonietta , “Red Ellen” - Tim Garland's Northern Underground Band, “Carillion – The LPO's Renga ensemble and this year “The Caged Bird” from the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers.Nikki was honoured to have her piece HUSH commissioned by the National Youth Jazz Orchestra featured at the 2012 Proms ( BBC TV) and more recently write for the great American singer, Kurt Elling and The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra.Recently she has been particularly busy - she was awarded the prestigious Ivors Academy Gold Badge and the Ivor Novello Award - winning the best large ensemble composition in 2021.Support the show

For this week's episode of Working Overtime, hosts Nate Chinen and Isaac Butler explore the refractive nature of switching mediums. Like a light through a prism, we can sometimes find new creative colors by seeking unfamiliar paths. Nate explains his different approaches to two separate profiles he created on composer Anthony Braxton, one for the page and one for the radio. Then, both hosts share their thoughts on famed artist David Hockney's recent switch to using the Brushes app on his iPad, to “paint” new pieces.  Do you have a question about creativity? Reach out at (304) 933-9675 or email us at working@slate.com.    Podcast production by Kevin Bendis and Cameron Drews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week's episode of Working Overtime, hosts Nate Chinen and Isaac Butler explore the refractive nature of switching mediums. Like a light through a prism, we can sometimes find new creative colors by seeking unfamiliar paths. Nate explains his different approaches to two separate profiles he created on composer Anthony Braxton, one for the page and one for the radio. Then, both hosts share their thoughts on famed artist David Hockney's recent switch to using the Brushes app on his iPad, to “paint” new pieces.  Do you have a question about creativity? Reach out at (304) 933-9675 or email us at working@slate.com.    Podcast production by Kevin Bendis and Cameron Drews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week's episode of Working Overtime, hosts Nate Chinen and Isaac Butler explore the refractive nature of switching mediums. Like a light through a prism, we can sometimes find new creative colors by seeking unfamiliar paths. Nate explains his different approaches to two separate profiles he created on composer Anthony Braxton, one for the page and one for the radio. Then, both hosts share their thoughts on famed artist David Hockney's recent switch to using the Brushes app on his iPad, to “paint” new pieces.  Do you have a question about creativity? Reach out at (304) 933-9675 or email us at working@slate.com.    Podcast production by Kevin Bendis and Cameron Drews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Satoshi Takeishi is another old friend, who I'm happy to have here! Satoshi is a great drummer, percussionist, and composer. He has played, toured and recorded with lots of great musicians, including Ray Barretto, Carlos ‘Patato' Valdes, Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson, Eddie Gomez, Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, Anthony Braxton, Mark Murphy, Herbie Mann, Paul Winter Consort, Rabih Abu Khalil, Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band. Currently, he is working on several interesting projects, which we talk about in the interview, including working with his wife, Shoko, who is a fine pianist and composer. Satoshi and I met at Berklee in 1982. It's interesting that we're still having the same conversation all these years later. Come and join the conversation. Satoshi TakeishiI am available for online or in person study. Reach out to me at: keith@keithdavismusic.com Keith Davis Music

Industry veteran, musician, composer, producer and engineer Mark Bingham has had a long and decidedly eclectic career in music. We sat down to talk some jazz - specifically Archie Shepp and his 1965 release 'Fire Music' - and may have finally cracked the code to Rob's ambivalence to the genre. REALLY fun conversation! Songs discussed in this episode: Hambone (recorded live at the Village Gate March 28, 1965) - Archie Shepp; William Blake In Bakersfield - Mark Bingham; Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Brown; The First Girl I Loved - The Incredible String Band; Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong; Composition No. 122 - Anthony Braxton; The Way I Walk - The Cramps; Peripetie - Arnold Schoenberg; Hambone, Los Olvidados - Archie Shepp; I Can See For Miles - Petra Haden; Malcolm, Malcolm - Semper Malcolm - Archie Shepp; On The Corner - Miles Davis; Prelude To A Kiss - Duke Ellington; Prelude To A Kiss - Archie Shepp; The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz (featuring Astrud Gilberto); The Girl From Ipanema - Mike Tyson; The Girl From Ipanema - Archie Shepp; Shiny Happy People - R.E.M.; Insect Soup - Mark Bingham

This month on the City Brew Tours Beer Club Podcast, host Brian Hatheway and co-host Anthony Braxton explore Cincinnati, OH! This week, Brian and Braxton try MadTree Brewing's “Ahuevo!” Mexican Lager and Urban Artifact's “The Gadget” Midwest Fruit Tart. They are joined by Scotty Hunter, CFO and cofounder of Urban Artifact.   In this episode, Scotty explains how Urban Artifact came to be and how they decided on the brewery's name. He delves into the specifics of what constitutes a Midwest fruit tart, elaborating on the processes involved in creating them and the essential contributions from the production team. He shares insights on the challenges associated with working with certain fruits and reveals which fruit poses the greatest difficulty in extracting flavor. Later, the group discusses Urban Artifact's Pickle Beer and Pickle Day, a festival surrounding everything pickle related.  You can drink along with us from the comfort of home! Join the City Brew Tours Beer Club, get delicious beers delivered monthly, then tune into our weekly interactive virtual beer tastings on Tuesday evenings. Visit shop.citybrewtours.com to join! Cheers! Subscribe to the most well-traveled beer podcast in the nation! Follow us as we travel the country finding America's BEST undiscovered craft beer! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/citybrewtours Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/citybrewtours Urban Artifact: https://artifactbeer.com/

This month on the City Brew Tours Beer Club Podcast, host Brian Hatheway and co-host Anthony Braxton explore Cincinnati, OH! This week, Brian and Braxton try Rhinegeist Brewing's Petrichor Wheat Ale and Beer for Humans Easy Hop Ale. They are joined by Steven Hampton, Executive Director of the Brewing Heritage Trail.  In this episode, Steven explains the origins of the Brewing Heritage Trail, a tour company that teaches guests the rich history of beer through Cincinnati's historic brewery structures. He explains the diverse range of influences that shaped Cincinnati, both in terms of brewing traditions and architectural landmarks. The group chats about the successes and achievements of Rhinegeist Brewery and how it has become a role model to aspiring brewery owners. Later, Brian and Braxton learn all about the yearly Bock Fest in Cincinnati. Spoiler alert—it has something to do with a large goat in a parade and a burning snowman.  You can drink along with us from the comfort of home! Join the City Brew Tours Beer Club, get delicious beers delivered monthly, then tune into our weekly interactive virtual beer tastings on Tuesday evenings. Visit shop.citybrewtours.com to join! Cheers! Subscribe to the most well-traveled beer podcast in the nation! Follow us as we travel the country finding America's BEST undiscovered craft beer! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/citybrewtours Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/citybrewtours Rhinegeist Brewery - https://rhinegeist.com Brewing Heritage Trail - https://brewingheritagetrail.org/ Cincinnati Next Exit Episode - https://youtu.be/2JwiauteQPE

Pianista svizzera che da un quarto di secolo vive a New York ed è affermata nell'ambito del jazz di ricerca, Sylvie Courvoisier qualche anno fa si è appassionata dalla Sagra della primavera di Stravinski e ne ha elaborato un arrangiamento per solo pianoforte nello spirito di una interpretazione jazzistica, con tutte le liberta del caso: per poi scoprire che la famiglia Stravinski, che detiene il controllo sull'opera del compositore, non consente interpretazioni pianistiche della Sagra che non siano la versione scritta da Stravinski stesso per due pianoforti o per pianoforte a quattro mani. Allora Sylvie Courvoisier ha cercato un pianista adatto a seguire due strade parallele: eseguire la versione pianistica della Sagra per due pianoforti, e, sempre per due pianoforti, interpretare una composizione originale creata da Courvoisier "in dialogo" con Stravinski. Il pianista lo ha trovato in Cory Smythe, ferratissimo dal punto di vista classico, ma anche attivo nel campo dell'improvvisazione con figure della statura di Anthony Braxton. Il risultato, che merita ripetuti ascolti, lo propone l'etichetta Pyroclastic. Non ci capita spesso di ascoltare del jazz proveniente dall'Australia: lo facciamo questa sera ascoltando Nightjar, pubblicato dall'etichetta Earshift Records e intestato a The Vampires, con ospite il pianista Chris Abrahams. I Vampires sono un gruppo nato a Sidney nel 2005; Abrahams è noto come pianista e organista/tastierista del trio australiano di culto Necks, formatosi a Sidney nel 1986.

This month on the City Brew Tours Beer Club Podcast, host Brian Hatheway and co-host Anthony Braxton explore Cincinnati, OH! This week, Brian and Braxton try Listermann Brewing Company's Nutcase Peanut Butter Porter and Hop Head New England IPA. They are joined by Matthew Daniel, Head Brewer at Listermann Brewing Company.  In this episode, Matthew discusses the origins of Hop Head, a beer that was developed through experimentation with beers named after Reservoir Dogs. Matthew also shares his experience as an Executive Assistant in Hollywood and how it relates to the brewing industry. The group talks about the process of making slight modifications to old recipes in order to enhance the beer while ensuring that loyal, long-time drinkers can still recognize it. Later, Matthew explains the journey of a full-time attorney who initiated a mead program and successfully expanded it to create award-winning meads. You can drink along with us from the comfort of home! Join the City Brew Tours Beer Club, get delicious beers delivered monthly, then tune into our weekly interactive virtual beer tastings on Tuesday evenings. Visit shop.citybrewtours.com to join! Cheers! Subscribe to the most well-traveled beer podcast in the nation! Follow us as we travel the country finding America's BEST undiscovered craft beer! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/citybrewtours Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/citybrewtours Listermann Brewing Company - https://listermannbrewing.com/

Marilyn Crispell is a an amazing pianist. She truly has her own voice in our music as a premiere figure in the Jazz "Avant Garde". Through her long association with legendary saxophonist/pianist/composer Anthony Braxton, and her own career as a leader, she has produced some of the most powerful and original music out there. My own favorites are her ECM recordings with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, including a wonderful collection of compositions by Annette Peacock, entitled, "Nothing ever was, anyway". More about this inside the interview! Marilyn is also in demand as a teacher. She is frequently invited to participate in workshops all over the world. I am honored to have her as a guest. Please enjoy! MarilynCrispell.comI am available for online or in person study. Reach out to me at: keith@keithdavismusic.com Keith Davis Music

This month on the City Brew Tours Beer Club Podcast, host Brian Hatheway and co-host Anthony Braxton explore Cincinnati, OH! This week, Brian and Braxton try 50 West Brewing Company's Chasing Sunsets Peach Ale and Streetside Brewery's Return of the Mac Coffee Blonde. They are joined by Victor Navarro, Head Brewer at Streetside Brewery.  In this episode, Victor shares his journey into the world of brewing, highlighting the challenges and lessons he learned while homebrewing. He also talks about his transition from Chicago to Cincinnati and sheds light on the contrasting beer scenes in both cities. The conversation continues with a focus on the significance of experimentation and innovation in the brewing industry, and Victor shares an anecdote about kombucha. You can drink along with us from the comfort of home! Join the City Brew Tours Beer Club, get delicious beers delivered monthly, then tune into our weekly interactive virtual beer tastings on Tuesday evenings. Visit shop.citybrewtours.com to join! Cheers! Subscribe to the most well-traveled beer podcast in the nation! Follow us as we travel the country finding America's BEST undiscovered craft beer! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/citybrewtours Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/citybrewtours 50 West Brewing Company - https://fiftywestbrew.com/ Streetside Brewery - https://streetsidebrewery.com/

How exactly does a violinist from Paris, France end up in New York city broke and homeless get on the David Letterman Show? The crazy real life story of world renowned violinist, Scott Tixier. Tixier has worked in theater, film scoring, Broadway shows, for Sony Pictures, ARTE Creative, Heineken, Dos Equis, Fisher-Price, America's Got Talent on NBC, with Zedd on the David Letterman Late Show on CBS, for Josh Groban, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Sting, Jean Reno, Whoopi Goldberg, Marc Jacobs, Keith David, Pierre Palmade, Pierre Richard, David Ackroyd, NBA player Allan Houston, Christina Aguilera, Chrisette Michele, Doug E. Fresh, JR, Ariana Grande, and Monica Dogra.He has performed and recorded with Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Roger Waters, Kenny Barron, John Legend, Chris Potter, Christina Aguilera, Common, Anthony Braxton, Joss Stone, Gladys Knight, Natalie Cole, Wayne Brady, Chris Walden, Greg Phillinganes, Ray Chew, The Isley Brothers, Cory Smythe, Maceo Parker, Janet Cardiff, Siegfried Kessler, Tony Middleton, Lonnie Plaxico, Myron Walden, Clifford AdamsJoin us on Facebook - Instagram This show is produced by: UN/COM Media Inc.

Número de Abril de Libertad Jazzera, con el mejor Free Jazz y Avantgarde, que hemos empezado con el nuevo trabajo de John Zorn, esta vez junto al Ensemble Simulacrum, en 444, recientemente publicado para Tzadik este 2023. Del multiinstrumentista y compositor Erik Hall hemos escuchado su versión de la obra maestra firmada por Steve Reich en 1976, Music for 18 Musicians y que a su vez se publicó en el 2020. Desde el londinense Café Oto, una de las mecas del Free Jazz, hemos disfrutado con el directo de The Flame, en Towards The Flame, Vol. Seguir leyendo Libertad Jazzera 04.2023. Abril. John Zorn. Erik Hall. The Flame. Anthony Braxton. Sonny Sharrock. Pharoah Sanders. Helen Svoboda, Joe O’Connor and Tim Green. Borah Bergman & Andrew Cyrille. en La Montaña Rusa Radio Jazz.

In this 50th episode of Flavortone, Alec and Nick settle deep in cups of “earl grey, hot” from the replicator for an entry into the Star Ship Flavorphonia Captain's Log. Citing Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the duo take this ancient maritime convention of record keeping at sea to trace various other epistemic fault-lines in the practice and theory of notation. The duo consider the “log” as a mundane account which transcends its quantitative form in generating unanticipated moral and aesthetic inventories. Branching from this analysis, the broader discussion includes consideration of a tweet by Holly Herndon on the stakes of creative work alongside AI, Deleuze & Guattari's emphasis on expression dictating methods, the holodeck and other utopian imaginaries in Star Trek, the notation practice of Pascale Criton, the Ryan Trecartin film “center jenny” (2013), Anthony Braxton, the daily-life “logging” involved in gardening, cooking, home-improvement, and more.

A celebration of the genius of Bart Bacharach, Mondo-Jazz style, focusing on off-the-beaten path takes on his idiosyncratic repertoire, since Bacharach's music is accessible and appealing for mass appeal and yet complex and sophisticated to intrigue even the most forward looking musicians.  Romantic songs, political songs, themes for soundtracks, but all--without fail--earworms that stay with you well beyond the last note. The playlist features Django Bates; Stevie Wonder; Dave Douglas; Oranj Symphonette; Mike Patton; Guy Klucevsek; Fred Pallem & Le Sacre du Tympan; Dwight Trible, Matthew Halsall; David Linx, Magic Malik; Anthony Braxton; Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/17011710/Mondo-Jazz (up to "I Say a Little Prayer"). Happy listening!

SeaJun Kwon is a composer and bassist who focuses on exploring boundaries. His music draws from the jazz and avant-garde music traditions of Anthony Braxton and Henry Threadgill as well as contemporary classical composers György Ligeti, Tristan Murail, and Morton Feldman. Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Kwon graduated from Boston's New England Conservatory and is currently based in Brooklyn. He has been leading his group Walking Cliché Sextet since 2019. The ensemble released two albums, Suite Chase Reflex(2021) and Micro-Nap(2021).  If you enjoyed this episode please make sure to subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, ect. Connect with us on all social media platforms and at www.improvexchange.com

Peter Knight is an Australian composer, trumpeter, and sound artist. He has been Artistic Director of the Australian Art Orchestra for the last ten years, performed with Anthony Braxton, Senyawa, and Alvin Lucier, and played at some of the most significant festivals and venues in the world. He has also recently released his twelfth album, Shadow Phase, on the inimitable @Room40 imprint. @phjk From Peter: "This is a mix of tracks that have inspired me, particularly across COVID when I was craving that sense of 'strange beauty' that each of these works impart - at least to me. Sometimes when I am making music I will 'check in' with albums that relate somehow to the music I am working on, and each of these tracks has a quality that seemed relevant to what I was working on for Shadow Phase." David Sylvian - Small Metal Gods [Manafon; Samahdi Sound] Christian Wallumrod - Eliasong [A Year From Easter; ECM] Marina Rosenfeld - Sweetest Sensation [Plastic Materials; Room40] Oren Ambarchi - Remedios the Beauty [Grapes from the Estate, Touch Music] Julia Reidy - Of Neither [Brace, Brace; Slip] Jon Hassell and Brian Eno - Ba-Benzélé [Fourth World Vol 1: Possible Musics; Editions EG]

Welcome back to the Jojitorium! We have Anthony Braxton from City Brew Tours with us today to talk about the biz of hauling people to some of the best beer spots in Pittsburgh! We chat about the wildest times in the van, how he uses beer to connect people to each other, using beer for good, how he grew up in West Virginia, and how he wishes five dollars could still make him the wealthiest man at the bar We drank wonderful beers from Hop Farm Brewing and Trace Brewing in this one so check them out and give em a follow, just make sure you tell em The Boys sent ya ;) If you want to book a tour of some of the best brew spots in the Burgh, you can head over to: CityBrewTours.com/Pittsburgh We feature our friends in this one over at Doom Generation. These two hosts bring us the nostalgia we long for while always wondering if we've already doomed ourselves! Find everything to support The Boys by using the link below: https://linktr.ee/decayinwtb Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for us in the PGH City Paper for Best in Pittsburgh! Voting continues through the end of August so let us know you like what we do by throwing us a vote! https://citypaper.secondstreetapp.com/og/e5cc7788-1774-40c0-92c0-ab7740a07599/gallery/336380665

Looking for the Magic: New York City, the '70s & the Rise of Arista Records by Mitchell Cohen. The book is a historical remix, a fresh perspective on how one record company, Arista Records, reflected its place and time, New York in the 1970s and early 1980s. Through interviews with dozens of artists and executives, music journalist Mitchell Cohen goes inside the business of making and marketing music during this vibrant and diverse period. Under Clive Davis, rock, pop, punk, jazz, R&B, disco, cabaret and Broadway were all represented on Arista. It sounded like the city it was at the geographical center of. From its inception as a new entity built on the pop and soul foundation of Bell Records, to groundbreaking artists like Gil Scott Heron and Patti Smith, to revitalized legends like the Kinks and Aretha Franklin, up to its launching of its biggest star, Whitney Houston, Arista Records' story has never been told like this. Looking for the Magic covers the wide scope of the label's roster: its giant pop successes (Barry Manilow), its dedication to cutting edge jazz (Anthony Braxton) and its embracing of rock royalty (Lou Reed, the Grateful Dead). Looking for the Magic (named after a song by Arista group the Dwight Twilley Band) takes the reader behind the scenes, to the Kinks' backstage fights, Lou Reed's on stage diatribes, and to CBGB's, Kenny's Castaways and the Continental Baths. We find out how "Because the Night" made its way from Bruce Springsteen to Patti Smith; how Barry Manilow went from obscurity to stardom; how MTV ushered in a second British Invasion for bands like the Thompson Twins and Haircut One Hundred; and how Arista formed alliances with adventurous labels like Stiff and Ze Records.

Looking for the Magic: New York City, the '70s & the Rise of Arista Records by Mitchell Cohen. The book is a historical remix, a fresh perspective on how one record company, Arista Records, reflected its place and time, New York in the 1970s and early 1980s. Through interviews with dozens of artists and executives, music journalist Mitchell Cohen goes inside the business of making and marketing music during this vibrant and diverse period. Under Clive Davis, rock, pop, punk, jazz, R&B, disco, cabaret and Broadway were all represented on Arista. It sounded like the city it was at the geographical center of. From its inception as a new entity built on the pop and soul foundation of Bell Records, to groundbreaking artists like Gil Scott Heron and Patti Smith, to revitalized legends like the Kinks and Aretha Franklin, up to its launching of its biggest star, Whitney Houston, Arista Records' story has never been told like this. Looking for the Magic covers the wide scope of the label's roster: its giant pop successes (Barry Manilow), its dedication to cutting edge jazz (Anthony Braxton) and its embracing of rock royalty (Lou Reed, the Grateful Dead). Looking for the Magic (named after a song by Arista group the Dwight Twilley Band) takes the reader behind the scenes, to the Kinks' backstage fights, Lou Reed's on stage diatribes, and to CBGB's, Kenny's Castaways and the Continental Baths. We find out how "Because the Night" made its way from Bruce Springsteen to Patti Smith; how Barry Manilow went from obscurity to stardom; how MTV ushered in a second British Invasion for bands like the Thompson Twins and Haircut One Hundred; and how Arista formed alliances with adventurous labels like Stiff and Ze Records.

Looking for the Magic: New York City, the '70s & the Rise of Arista Records by Mitchell Cohen. The book is a historical remix, a fresh perspective on how one record company, Arista Records, reflected its place and time, New York in the 1970s and early 1980s. Through interviews with dozens of artists and executives, music journalist Mitchell Cohen goes inside the business of making and marketing music during this vibrant and diverse period. Under Clive Davis, rock, pop, punk, jazz, R&B, disco, cabaret and Broadway were all represented on Arista. It sounded like the city it was at the geographical center of.From its inception as a new entity built on the pop and soul foundation of Bell Records, to groundbreaking artists like Gil Scott Heron and Patti Smith, to revitalized legends like the Kinks and Aretha Franklin, up to its launching of its biggest star, Whitney Houston, Arista Records' story has never been told like this.Looking for the Magic covers the wide scope of the label's roster: its giant pop successes (Barry Manilow), its dedication to cutting edge jazz (Anthony Braxton) and its embracing of rock royalty (Lou Reed, the Grateful Dead).Looking for the Magic (named after a song by Arista group the Dwight Twilley Band) takes the reader behind the scenes, to the Kinks' backstage fights, Lou Reed's on stage diatribes, and to CBGB's, Kenny's Castaways and the Continental Baths. We find out how "Because the Night" made its way from Bruce Springsteen to Patti Smith; how Barry Manilow went from obscurity to stardom; how MTV ushered in a second British Invasion for bands like the Thompson Twins and Haircut One Hundred; and how Arista formed alliances with adventurous labels like Stiff and Ze Records.

This episode features Silvia Nakkach, a Grammy® nominated musician and cross-cultural explorer of musical worlds. Silvia will enchant you as she shares her journey searching for the cosmic source of sound from her home in Brazil, to the Bay area where she learned North Indian Raga music under maestro Ali Akbar Khan for more than 30 years, as well as experimental and electronic music while at Mills College with Pauline Oliveros and Anthony Braxton. We will discuss the integrative power of the mystical sound-syllable AUM, and how she has cultivated the Yoga of Sound, Nada Yoga, and Dhrupad Chant as a form of deep listening and enhancing the sensibility of the subtle through sound. For many years teachings at CIIS, Silvia founded the Sound, Voice, Music in the Healing Arts, a certificate program that she is currently facilitating through the New York Open Center. She is an academic program consultant and the founder and artistic director of the International Vox Mundi School of the Sound and the Voice with centers and training programs across the world. In this conversation, recorded on April 5 of 2020, she shares ideas about how she has been developing an original integral framework through the practice of ancient and modern voice cultures and quantum listening. Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT, is a Grammy® nominated composer and a pioneer in the field of sound and consciousness transformation. A sought-after educator, vocal artist, author and a former music psychotherapist, Silvia has served on the faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies where she created the premier certificate program on Sound, Voice and Music in the Healing Arts offered by a major academic institution. She is also the founding director of the International Vox Mundi School of the Voice. For more than 30 years, Silvia studied North Indian classical music under the direction of the late Maestro Ali Akbar Khan and various masters of the Art of Dhrupad singing. She is the author of Free Your Voice (Sounds True). Silvia has released 15 CDs and her music draws upon elements from contemporary avant-garde to ancient Indian ragas. She travels extensively and resides in the San Francisco Bay area. As program facilitator of the Sound and Music Institute Silvia works closely with the students throughout the course of the program. This podcast features 2 pieces form Silvia's albums: • Interlude: Bliss, from album Invocation • End music: Liminal Beauty, from album Liminality Websites: Silvia Nakkach • Vox Mundi - School of Sound and the Voice Connect with EWP: Website • Youtube • Facebook Hosted by Stephen Julich (EWP adjunct faculty, program manager) and Jonathan Kay (PhD student, EWP assistant) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

This episode features Silvia Nakkach, a Grammy® nominated musician and cross-cultural explorer of musical worlds. Silvia will enchant you as she shares her journey searching for the cosmic source of sound from her home in Brazil, to the Bay area where she learned North Indian Raga music under maestro Ali Akbar Khan for more than 30 years, as well as experimental and electronic music while at Mills College with Pauline Oliveros and Anthony Braxton. We will discuss the integrative power of the mystical sound-syllable AUM, and how she has cultivated the Yoga of Sound, Nada Yoga, and Dhrupad Chant as a form of deep listening and enhancing the sensibility of the subtle through sound. For many years teachings at CIIS, Silvia founded the Sound, Voice, Music in the Healing Arts, a certificate program that she is currently facilitating through the New York Open Center. She is an academic program consultant and the founder and artistic director of the International Vox Mundi School of the Sound and the Voice with centers and training programs across the world. In this conversation, recorded on April 5 of 2020, she shares ideas about how she has been developing an original integral framework through the practice of ancient and modern voice cultures and quantum listening. Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT, is a Grammy® nominated composer and a pioneer in the field of sound and consciousness transformation. A sought-after educator, vocal artist, author and a former music psychotherapist, Silvia has served on the faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies where she created the premier certificate program on Sound, Voice and Music in the Healing Arts offered by a major academic institution. She is also the founding director of the International Vox Mundi School of the Voice. For more than 30 years, Silvia studied North Indian classical music under the direction of the late Maestro Ali Akbar Khan and various masters of the Art of Dhrupad singing. She is the author of Free Your Voice (Sounds True). Silvia has released 15 CDs and her music draws upon elements from contemporary avant-garde to ancient Indian ragas. She travels extensively and resides in the San Francisco Bay area. As program facilitator of the Sound and Music Institute Silvia works closely with the students throughout the course of the program. This podcast features 2 pieces form Silvia's albums: • Interlude: Bliss, from album Invocation • End music: Liminal Beauty, from album Liminality Websites: Silvia Nakkach • Vox Mundi - School of Sound and the Voice Connect with EWP: Website • Youtube • Facebook Hosted by Stephen Julich (EWP adjunct faculty, program manager) and Jonathan Kay (PhD student, EWP assistant) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A typically mixed bag from Def Jim this week, with a tribute to the late Texan trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez, recent tracks from stalwarts Anthony Braxton and John Zorn and a bunch of other cool stuff.

Synopsis In the 19th century, Richard Wagner composed a cycle of four operas collectively titled “The Ring of the Nibelungen,” lasting 16 hours in performance. In the 20th century, another German composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen, wrote a cycle of seven, collectively titled “Light,” which runs about 29 hours. Not to be out-done, for several decades now a 21st century American composer has been working on a cycle of TWELVE operas, titled “Trillium,” which, if completed, will probably last much longer. This composer's name might not be familiar to opera fans, since MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Anthony Braxton is better known in jazz circles. As a saxophonist, Braxton has made over a hundred recordings, sometimes with jazz greats like Dave Brubeck or Chick Corea. Braxton resists being labeled, however, stating, “Even though I have been saying I'm not a jazz musician for the last 25 years, in the final analysis, an African-American with a saxophone? Ahh, he's jazz!” The sixth opera in the Braxton's cycle, “Trillium J, or The Non-Unconfessionable,” had its first complete performance at Roulette in Brooklyn on today's date in 2014. To the question “why write operas,” Braxton says, “I believe the medium of opera is directly relevant to cultural alignment and evolution." Time will tell if Braxton's “Trillium” project unfolds a culturally relevant message to rival Wagner and Stockhausen's, or simply acts as a framework for the wide-ranging moods and colors of Braxon's music. Music Played in Today's Program Anthony Braxton (b. 1945) — excerpt from Act 2 of “Trillium J” (soloists and ensemble; Anthony Braxton, cond.) New Braxton House 906

William Winant is a percussionist who describes himself as a technician of the sacred. Spin Magazine describes him as "the avant-elite's go-to percussionist for more than 35 years". In 2014, William was nominated for a Grammy.  He has performed with some of the most innovative and creative musicians of our time, including John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Keith Jarrett, Anthony Braxton, James Tenney, Cecil Taylor, George Lewis, Steve Reich and Musicians, Yo-Yo Ma, Frederic Rzewski, Ursula Oppens, Joan LaBarbara, Annea Lockwood, Joelle Leandre, Oingo Boingo, Mr. Bungle, Sonic Youth, and the Kronos String Quartet.

Like 90% percent of all other male musicians, guitarist Eugene Chadbourne started playing pop music hoping to get the attention of girls. Very quickly he grew bored of the conventional styles and gravitated towards avant-garde jazz. Since then Eugene has been as The Quietus aptly points out "one of the most absurdly prolific left-field musicians of all times". He has recorded at least 358 albums with everyone from Anthony Braxton to Camper van Beethoven.  Aside from his prolific guitar work, Eugene also plays a broken Electric Rake , and is an author. His book Dreamory is a 1000 page collection of his tour and dream diaries, teenage and draft dodging  memoirs and much more.

It's a new year, which means it's the perfect time to bring a new guest to The Jazz Session. While this musician is new to the podcast, she is certainly not a new or unknown entity to jazz musicians and educators the world over. Vocalist Dominique Eade is a musicians' musician, having recorded with Dave Holland, Fred Hersch and Ran Blake, and performed with Bill Frisell and Anthony Braxton. Dominique's relationship with the New England Conservatory of Music dates back to 1984, having both graduated from the program and gone on to found and oversee the Jazz Vocal Program, which boasts alums including Roberta Gambarini, Aoife O'Donovan, Michael Mayo, and Lake Street Dive's Rachel Price. Show Notes: Tracklisting: - Open Letter (feat. Jed Wilson) - When The Wind Was Green (feat. Fred Hersch) - If I Were A Bell - Moon River (feat. Ran Blake) - I'm Hans Christian Andersen Dominique's past students mentioned in conversation: https://www.aubreyjohnsonmusic.com/ http://www.saraleib.com/ https://www.saraserpa.com/ https://www.sofiamusic.com/ https://www.michaelmayomusic.com/ http://sarahjarosz.com/ Visit http://www.dominiqueeade.com/home.html for more information. Theme music by The Respect Sextet Follow The Jazz Session on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Subscribe to The Jazz Session's YouTube Channel Support The Jazz Session by becoming a member at Patreon. For $5 a month you'll get a weekly bonus episode called Track of the Week, plus early access to every show. For $10 a month you get all that plus an extra monthly bonus episode of “The Insider”, a spin-off interview series where Nicky chats to jazz industry insiders (broadcasters, artist agents, label heads, journalists) about the nuts and bolts of the business.

It's a new year, which means it's the perfect time to bring a new guest to The Jazz Session. While this musician is new to the podcast, she is certainly not a new or unknown entity to jazz musicians and educators the world over. Vocalist Dominique Eade is a musicians' musician, having recorded with Dave Holland, Fred Hersch and Ran Blake, and performed with Bill Frisell and Anthony Braxton. Dominique's relationship with the New England Conservatory of Music dates back to 1984, having both graduated from the program and gone on to found and oversee the Jazz Vocal Program, which boasts alums including Roberta Gambarini, Aoife O'Donovan, Michael Mayo, and Lake Street Dive's Rachel Price. Show Notes: Tracklisting: - Open Letter (feat. Jed Wilson) - When The Wind Was Green (feat. Fred Hersch) - If I Were A Bell - Moon River (feat. Ran Blake) - I'm Hans Christian Andersen Dominique's past students mentioned in conversation: https://www.aubreyjohnsonmusic.com/ http://www.saraleib.com/ https://www.saraserpa.com/ https://www.sofiamusic.com/ https://www.michaelmayomusic.com/ http://sarahjarosz.com/ Visit http://www.dominiqueeade.com/home.html for more information. Theme music by The Respect Sextet Follow The Jazz Session on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Subscribe to The Jazz Session's YouTube Channel Support The Jazz Session by becoming a member at Patreon. For $5 a month you'll get a weekly bonus episode called Track of the Week, plus early access to every show. For $10 a month you get all that plus an extra monthly bonus episode of “The Insider”, a spin-off interview series where Nicky chats to jazz industry insiders (broadcasters, artist agents, label heads, journalists) about the nuts and bolts of the business.

It's a new year, which means it's the perfect time to bring a new guest to The Jazz Session. While this musician is new to the podcast, she is certainly not a new or unknown entity to jazz musicians and educators the world over. Vocalist Dominique Eade is a musicians' musician, having recorded with Dave Holland, Fred Hersch and Ran Blake, and performed with Bill Frisell and Anthony Braxton. Dominique's relationship with the New England Conservatory of Music dates back to 1984, having both graduated from the program and gone on to found and oversee the Jazz Vocal Program, which boasts alums including Roberta Gambarini, Aoife O'Donovan, Michael Mayo, and Lake Street Dive's Rachel Price. Show Notes: Tracklisting: - Open Letter (feat. Jed Wilson) - When The Wind Was Green (feat. Fred Hersch) - If I Were A Bell - Moon River (feat. Ran Blake) - I'm Hans Christian Andersen Dominique's past students mentioned in conversation: https://www.aubreyjohnsonmusic.com/ http://www.saraleib.com/ https://www.saraserpa.com/ https://www.sofiamusic.com/ https://www.michaelmayomusic.com/ http://sarahjarosz.com/ Visit http://www.dominiqueeade.com/home.html for more information. Theme music by The Respect Sextet Follow The Jazz Session on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Subscribe to The Jazz Session's YouTube Channel Support The Jazz Session by becoming a member at Patreon. For $5 a month you'll get a weekly bonus episode called Track of the Week, plus early access to every show. For $10 a month you get all that plus an extra monthly bonus episode of “The Insider”, a spin-off interview series where Nicky chats to jazz industry insiders (broadcasters, artist agents, label heads, journalists) about the nuts and bolts of the business.

The pianist Marilyn Crispell works in jazz and improvised music. Crispell started out in classical music, but when she heard Coltrane's spiritual suite A Love Supreme, she experienced an epiphany that led her to jazz. A member of Anthony Braxton's classic quartet in the 1980s, Crispell has established herself since then as one of the most lyrical and introspective voices in avant-garde jazz, especially in her work on ECM records. In our conversation, Marilyn spoke to me about her childhood in Baltimore, the revelation she had listening to A Love Supreme, her work with Braxton and the ECM producer Manfred Eicher, and the restorative effects of contemplation and silence on her art.Links and Reference:StorytellerAmaryllisFor John ColtraneA Jazz Supreme - Raphaël ImbertCreative Music Studio - Archive Selections Vol 2Creative Orchestra Music - Anthony BraxtonNothing Ever Was, AnywaySibanye (We Are One)MUSIC; A Chosen Calm After the Avant-Garde Storm - New York TimesCamilla NebbiaBenedicte MaursethLena WillemarkThe Adornment of Time - Tyshawn SoreyJ.S. Bach: Six sonatas for Violin and Piano - Michelle Makarski & Keith Jarrett

How exactly does a violinist from Paris, France end up in New York city broke and homeless get on the David Letterman Show? The crazy real life story of world renowned violinist, Scott Tixier. Tixier has worked in theater, film scoring, Broadway shows, for Sony Pictures, ARTE Creative, Heineken, Dos Equis, Fisher-Price, America's Got Talent on NBC, with Zedd on the David Letterman Late Show on CBS, for Josh Groban, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Sting, Jean Reno, Whoopi Goldberg, Marc Jacobs, Keith David, Pierre Palmade, Pierre Richard, David Ackroyd, NBA player Allan Houston, Christina Aguilera, Chrisette Michele, Doug E. Fresh, JR, Ariana Grande, and Monica Dogra.He has performed and recorded with Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Roger Waters, Kenny Barron, John Legend, Chris Potter, Christina Aguilera, Common, Anthony Braxton, Joss Stone, Gladys Knight, Natalie Cole, Wayne Brady, Chris Walden, Greg Phillinganes, Ray Chew, The Isley Brothers, Cory Smythe, Maceo Parker, Janet Cardiff, Siegfried Kessler, Tony Middleton, Lonnie Plaxico, Myron Walden, Clifford Adams (Kool & the Gang), Helen Sung and many others! 

On this episode of Audio Judo Does Jazz, Chris gets very solemn about jazz great Thelonious Monk. Monk was a jazz pianist and composer noted for his unique improvisational style on the piano. He once famously said, "The piano ain't got no wrong notes," which might be the perfect description of his playing style.Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) websiteWe want to hear from you:Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazzTwitter: @audiojudojazzOr email: jazz(at)audiojudo.comFor a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.comWe are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.comChris' Thelonious Monk Listening Recommendations:1947 - Genius Of Modern Music (Blue Note Records) [or BEST OF BLUE NOTE wouldn't be the worst “greatest hits album” you ever purchased]1956 - Brilliant Corners (Riverside Records)1957 - Monk's Music (Riverside Records)1961 - Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (Riverside Records)1958 - Thelonious In Action (Riverside Records) 1958 - Misterioso (Riverside Records)1960 - Thelonious Monk At The Blackhawk (Riverside Records)1963 - Monk's Dream (Columbia Records)1964 - Solo Monk (Columbia Records)Other Artist's Tribute Albums:1958 - Steve Lacy - Reflections (all covers Monk songs)1987 - Anthony Braxton - 6 Monk Compositions (1987) [one of the few albums from the 1980's that I recommend]1988 - Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk [yes, I actually sought out an album with vocals and it's great. Recorded in 1988 and released in 1990]Notes:Thelonious Monk's 25 Tips For Musicians - https://www.openculture.com/2017/12/thelonious-monks-25-tips-for-musicians-1960.htmlThelonious Monk Dancing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XjJYeCYO-hA