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Mentre un po' per volta continua il nostro work in progress di ricostruzione cronologica della carriera di Wadada Leo Smith, dedichiamo una puntata extra al suo album più recente, Fire Illuminations: Wadada lo ha ha appena pubblicato - solo in digitale - con la Kabell, l'etichetta personale con cui mezzo secolo fa il trombettista fece uscire i primi album a suo nome. Il 5 e 6 maggio Waddada Leo Smith sarà al festival Angelica, a Bologna, per le sue prime due (e per il momento uniche) date europee dopo il covid: a ottantun anni, Wadada è in piena attività e ad alto livello, come testimonia già il tenore della formazione impegnata in questo album, denominata Orange Wave Electric: Nels Cline, Brandon Ross e Lamar Smith alle chitarre elettriche, Bill Laswell e Melvin Gibbs ai bassi elettrici, Pheeroan AkLaff alla batteria, Mauro Refosco alle percussioni, Hardedge all'elettronica. Album autorevole e lucido, Fire Illuminations sta dalle parti del Wadada Leo Smith le cui radici artistiche affondano nel blues del Delta e poi affascinato dal Miles Davis elettrico: è il prodotto di una serie di sedute di incisione condotte con diverse configurazioni della formazione, e di un intenso lavoro di post-produzione, il tutto nell'arco di quattro anni. Fire Illuminations è la prima di diverse uscite di Leo Smith previste per il 2023. Uno dei brani dell'album è dedicato al grande Tony Williams, due portano nel titolo Muhammad Ali: "Muhammad Ali's Spiritual Horizon" e "Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's Rumble in Zaire Africa".

The music I love has porous boundaries.  If the audience responds to what they hear, the musicians will give that energy right back to them.  If the acoustics are kind, the music will communicate better among the musicians, between musician and audience.  But what about the people the artists met that day?  And the food they ate and the air they breathed?  Can an audience hear all of that?  What about the lives people have lived in that place?  The love and sacrifice that was made there?  And what about what was in that place before all of that?  Does a place have a spirit and can it live in the music?  Oh, hell yes it can and it does!     Don't believe me?  Drummer Pheeroan akLaff and I will prove it to you on this week's Deep Focus, recorded in 2011.   We explore rare live recordings of Miles Davis and John Coltrane in Japan in the Sixties when that country was just taking its place on the world's stage.    This Monday on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org.  Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/   #WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #MilesDavis #JohnColtrane #PheeroanakLaff #MitchGoldman #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #LiveJazz #JazzInJapan #Japan   Photo credit: John Coltrane stamp - Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

The music I love has porous boundaries.  If the audience responds to what they hear, the musicians will give that energy right back to them.  If the acoustics are kind, the music will communicate better among the musicians, between musician and audience.  But what about the people the artists met that day?  And the food they ate and the air they breathed?  Can an audience hear all of that?  What about the lives people have lived in that place?  The love and sacrifice that was made there?  And what about what was in that place before all of that?  Does a place have a spirit and can it live in the music?  Oh, yes it can and it does!     Don't believe me?  Drummer Pheeroan akLaff and I will prove it to you on this week's Deep Focus, recorded in 2011.   We explore rare live recordings of Miles Davis and John Coltrane in Japan in the Sixties when that country was just taking its place on the world's stage.    This Monday on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org.  Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/   #WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #MilesDavis #JohnColtrane #PheeroanakLaff #MitchGoldman #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #LiveJazz #JazzInJapan #Japan   Photo credit: John Coltrane stamp - Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

The music I love has porous boundaries.  If the audience responds to what they hear, the musicians will give that energy right back to them.  If the acoustics are kind, the music will communicate better among the musicians, between musician and audience.  But what about the people the artists met that day?  And the food they ate and the air they breathed?  Can an audience hear all of that?  What about the lives people have lived in that place?  The love and sacrifice that was made there?  And what about what was in that place before all of that?  Does a place have a spirit and can it live in the music?  Oh, yes it can and it does!     Don't believe me?  Drummer Pheeroan akLaff and I will prove it to you on this week's Deep Focus, recorded in 2011.   We explore rare live recordings of Miles Davis and John Coltrane in Japan in the Sixties when that country was just taking its place on the world's stage.    This Monday on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org.  Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/   #WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #MilesDavis #JohnColtrane #PheeroanakLaff #MitchGoldman #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #LiveJazz    Photo credit: John Coltrane stamp - Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

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Zig At The Gig with Jared Michael Nickerson of Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber   Jared Michael Nickerson is a Grammy-nominated Bold Soul, Rock & Roll Brother from Ohio. He experienced his first taste of live performance at local high school talent shows, one of the”labs” along with the church and basement dens of the legendary Dayton funk scene which spawned the Ohio Players, Slave, Roger Troutman & Zapp, Sun, Dayton, Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame, Faze-O and members of Heatwave. He continued his musical development at the University of Notre Dame under the direction of Father Wiskerchen, (noted for his development of three-fourths of the “Chicago”horn section). After graduating with a B.A. in Business Management, Jared moved to Boston, studied for two years at the New England Conservatory of Music before embarking on his professional music career with a local seven-piece funk band, Hypertension.   After six years in Boston he returned to Dayton, Ohio and a year later joined the Cleveland Ohio band The Human Switchboard. After three years of touring the Midwest & East Coast still based in Ohio, he moved with the band to New York City and back-flipped into the local music scene of CBGBs, Danceteria, The Peppermint Lounge, Maxwells ( Hoboken N.J.) and The World. After HS dissolved Jared started his own band JJ Jumpers; joined the Black Rock Coalition becoming the B.R.C.'s first Director of Operations. His first booking was the B.R.C.'s first, two-day, mini-fest at CBGBs entitled “Stalking Heads” on February 11th and 12th,1987. When he departed a few years later the new Director of Operations and BRC East & West Coast Booking Committees had access to rock & roll venues all across the country. Jared has “laid the bottom” for folks such as Nona Hendryx, Wadada Leo Smith, Human Switchboard, JJ Jumpers, Vernon Reid, Marshall Crenshaw, Melvin Van Peebles, Freedy Johnston, Catie Curtis, Ivan Julian, John Paul Bourelly, Katell Keineg, Bernie Worrell, The The, Gary Lucas's Gods and Monsters, Chocolate Genius, Darlene Love, Jeff Buckley, The Yohimbe Brothers with DJ Logic & Vernon Reid, Tammy Faye Starlite and the Angels of Mercy, Pheeroan akLaff, Divine Pocket Bouncers, Cynthia Sley, Dayton Flic, The Raybeats and the Band of Gypsy's Revisited Band. Jared co-wrote a tune, recorded and toured with Charlie Musselwhite. “Sanctuary”, on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, found itself on numerous critic top ten lists and received a Grammy nomination.   A suggestion from a mutual friend, led to a call from Greg Tate landing Jared among a number of “Badasses” which included Vijay Iyer and Ronny “Wirepuller” Drayton for a jam session that morphed into Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber. Burnt Sugar Index LLC soon followed with Jared handling all BSAC's business affairs such as arranging an eight-week residency with BRIC studios (The organization that presents Celebrate Brooklyn) to workshop and preview Melvin Van Peebles theatrical version of “Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song”. The workshop culminated with three sold-out BRIC performances before BSAC departed for Paris to perform two sold-out performances at the Sons D'Hiver Festival in 2010. Jared, overseeing “bookings” throughout the United States, Canada, France, England, Portugal, Spain, Finland, the Netherlands and Italy, just celebrated his twentieth year as BSAC's CEO last year. He's even “dipped his toe” in tour managing having worked with Concord Records Alt-Folk artist Valerie June including the set-up of her August 21st, 2013 debut television appearance on David Letterman. His television appearances include Late Night With David Letterman, The Jools Holland Show, MTV, VH1, The Tonight Show with Conan O Brien, The John Stewart Show and as bassist with The Kennedy Center Honors BB King Tribute Band; jamming with Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John, Etta James, Joe Williams and Steve Cropper to name a few. You'll find him in Nelson George's “Finding The Funk” documentary speaking about growing up while playing music in Dayton Ohio in the late Sixties. Jared has toured extensively performing at venues such as the Toronto Skydome, Red Rocks, the L.A. Forum, the Oakland Coliseum, England's Brixton Academy, Brighton Dome & Reading Festivals, The Beacon Theater, Lincoln Center and Madison Square Garden.   Jared's Info https://www.burntsugarindex.com/ https://burntsugarthearkestrachamber....  

Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon • Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletterDon Byron is originally from the Bronx, and he was kind of a fixture on the Downtown music scene in the late '80s and early '90s. His first album as a leader, Tuskegee Experiments, came out almost 30 years ago, in 1992; it featured a variety of musicians, including guitarist Bill Frisell, two different bassists, Reggie Workman and Lonnie Plaxico, and two different drummers, Pheeroan AkLaff and Ralph Peterson. A year after that, he released Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz, an album of klezmer music that shaped his public image maybe more strongly than he might have liked, as you'll understand when you listen to this conversation. The thing with Byron is, every one of his records is completely different from the others — he seems to always be deeply invested in exploring a concept, and once he's done that on record, he moves on. He's not one of those musicians who establishes a working band and takes them into the studio every year or two. When he makes a record, it's because he's got something very particular to say at that moment, and when he's done, he's said all he has to say on that subject. And as a result, his albums require you to really be willing to put the time in and think about what he's saying and why. That's not to suggest that the music isn't enjoyable on a purely sensory level. It is. He's a great clarinet player, and a really fascinating composer. But he wants you to think about why someone might make the kind of music they make, instead of just taking it — or taking anything — for granted. I should warn you that about halfway through our talk, Don Byron drops an N-bomb with a hard R while making a point about what is and what isn't jazz, what is and what isn't black music, et cetera. That's basically the subject we spend this entire hour circling around, because his primary instrument, the clarinet, the composers whose work he explores, and all of that are in kind of blurry territory where, as he says, it's not considered "real" jazz sometimes. Which is on the one hand bullshit, because jazz is whatever a jazz musician plays, but on the other hand, genre distinctions are meaningless anyhow, right? That's why we end up talking about Biz Markie and Kirk Franklin and Fishbone and all the other stuff that we talk about in this interview. I had a blast talking to him; I hope you'll enjoy listening to our conversation.If you do enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting patreon.com/burningambulance and becoming a subscriber. For just $5 a month, you can help keep this show and Burning Ambulance as a whole active and thriving. Thanks!Music featured in this episode:Don Byron/Aruán Ortiz, “Black and Tan Fantasy” (Random Dances and [A]tonalities)Don Byron, “Powerhouse” (Bug Music)

Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon • Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletterDon Byron is originally from the Bronx, and he was kind of a fixture on the Downtown music scene in the late '80s and early '90s. His first album as a leader, Tuskegee Experiments, came out almost 30 years ago, in 1992; it featured a variety of musicians, including guitarist Bill Frisell, two different bassists, Reggie Workman and Lonnie Plaxico, and two different drummers, Pheeroan AkLaff and Ralph Peterson. A year after that, he released Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz, an album of klezmer music that shaped his public image maybe more strongly than he might have liked, as you'll understand when you listen to this conversation. The thing with Byron is, every one of his records is completely different from the others — he seems to always be deeply invested in exploring a concept, and once he's done that on record, he moves on. He's not one of those musicians who establishes a working band and takes them into the studio every year or two. When he makes a record, it's because he's got something very particular to say at that moment, and when he's done, he's said all he has to say on that subject. And as a result, his albums require you to really be willing to put the time in and think about what he's saying and why. That's not to suggest that the music isn't enjoyable on a purely sensory level. It is. He's a great clarinet player, and a really fascinating composer. But he wants you to think about why someone might make the kind of music they make, instead of just taking it — or taking anything — for granted. I should warn you that about halfway through our talk, Don Byron drops an N-bomb with a hard R while making a point about what is and what isn't jazz, what is and what isn't black music, et cetera. That's basically the subject we spend this entire hour circling around, because his primary instrument, the clarinet, the composers whose work he explores, and all of that are in kind of blurry territory where, as he says, it's not considered "real" jazz sometimes. Which is on the one hand bullshit, because jazz is whatever a jazz musician plays, but on the other hand, genre distinctions are meaningless anyhow, right? That's why we end up talking about Biz Markie and Kirk Franklin and Fishbone and all the other stuff that we talk about in this interview. I had a blast talking to him; I hope you'll enjoy listening to our conversation.If you do enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting patreon.com/burningambulance and becoming a subscriber. For just $5 a month, you can help keep this show and Burning Ambulance as a whole active and thriving. Thanks!Music featured in this episode:Don Byron/Aruán Ortiz, “Black and Tan Fantasy” (Random Dances and [A]tonalities)Don Byron, “Powerhouse” (Bug Music)

How many drummers can you name who changed the whole conversation, just with their playing? Like, to the point that they became the North Star for the next generation or two? How many of those were also great bandleaders, and maybe even solid composers? It's a short list by anybody's count but one name you are probably already thinking of is Jack DeJohnette.   Drummer Pheeroan Aklaff joins Mitch Goldman in putting DeJohnette in Deep Focus. Mitch, of course, has some dazzling live music from the archives that you've probably never heard. DeJohnette's band Special Edition is ripe for rediscovery.     #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #JackDeJohnette #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast   Photo credit: Roberto Masotti

How many drummers can you name who changed the whole conversation, just with their playing? Like, to the point that they became the North Star for the next generation or two? How many of those were also great bandleaders, and maybe even solid composers? It's a short list by anybody's count but one name you are probably already thinking of is Jack DeJohnette.   Drummer Pheeroan Aklaff joins Mitch Goldman in putting DeJohnette in Deep Focus. Mitch, of course, has some dazzling live music from the archives that you've probably never heard. DeJohnette's band Special Edition is ripe for rediscovery.     #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #JackDeJohnette #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast   Photo credit: Roberto Masotti

How many drummers can you name who changed the whole conversation, just with their playing? Like, to the point that they became the North Star for the next generation or two? How many of those were also great bandleaders, and maybe even solid composers? It's a short list by anybody's count but one name you are probably already thinking of is Jack DeJohnette.   Drummer Pheeroan Aklaff joins Mitch Goldman in putting DeJohnette in Deep Focus. Mitch, of course, has some dazzling live music from the archives that you've probably never heard. DeJohnette's band Special Edition is ripe for rediscovery.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #JackDeJohnette #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast   Photo credit: Roberto Masotti

How many drummers can you name who changed the whole conversation, just with their playing? Like, to the point that they became the North Star for the next generation or two? How many of those were also great bandleaders, and maybe even solid composers? It's a short list by anybody's count but one name you are probably already thinking of is Jack DeJohnette.   Drummer Pheeroan Aklaff joins Mitch Goldman in putting DeJohnette in Deep Focus. Mitch, of course, has some dazzling live music from the archives that you've probably never heard. DeJohnette's band Special Edition is ripe for rediscovery.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #JackDeJohnette #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast   Photo credit: Roberto Masotti

How many drummers can you name who changed the whole conversation, just with their playing? Like, to the point that they became the North Star for the next generation or two? How many of those were also great bandleaders, and maybe even solid composers? It's a short list by anybody's count but one name you are probably already thinking of is Jack DeJohnette.   This Monday, drummer Pheeroan Aklaff joins Mitch Goldman in putting DeJohnette in Deep Focus. Mitch, of course, has some dazzling live music from the archives that you've probably never heard. DeJohnette's band Special Edition is ripe for rediscovery.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #JackDeJohnette #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast   Photo credit: Roberto Masotti

How many drummers can you name who changed the whole conversation, just with their playing? Like, to the point that they became the North Star for the next generation or two? How many of those were also great bandleaders, and maybe even solid composers? It's a short list by anybody's count but one name you are probably already thinking of is Jack DeJohnette.   This Monday, drummer Pheeroan Aklaff joins Mitch Goldman in putting DeJohnette in Deep Focus. Mitch, of course, has some dazzling live music from the archives that you've probably never heard. DeJohnette's band Special Edition is ripe for rediscovery.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #JackDeJohnette #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast   Photo credit: Roberto Masotti

Milford Graves-- percussionist, acupuncturist, herbalist, martial artist, programmer, professor and pioneer of improvised music-- left this world on February 12, 2021. Join me in this celebration of his music and his life in a Deep Focus from July of 2019 with the brilliant Pheeroan Aklaff.  Splendor! As a special bonus, if I get just one request, I will also post the interview that Andy Rotman and I did with Milford in July of 1987(!). #WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #PheeroanakLaff #MilfordGraves #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview

Milford Graves-- percussionist, acupuncturist, herbalist, martial artist, programmer, professor and pioneer of improvised music-- left this world on February 12, 2021. Join me in this celebration of his music and his life in a Deep Focus from July of 2019 with the brilliant Pheeroan Aklaff.  Splendor! As a special bonus, if I get just one request, I will also post the interview that Andy Rotman and I did with Milford in July of 1987(!). #WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #PheeroanakLaff #MilfordGraves #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview

Milford Graves-- percussionist, acupuncturist, herbalist, martial artist, programmer, professor and pioneer of improvised music-- left this world on February 12, 2021. Join me in this celebration of his music and his life in a Deep Focus from July of 2019 with the brilliant Pheeroan Aklaff.  Splendor! As a special bonus, if I get just one request, I will also post the interview that Andy Rotman and I did with Milford in July of 1987(!). #WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #PheeroanakLaff #MilfordGraves #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview Photo credit: Milford Graves by Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Milford Graves-- percussionist, acupuncturist, herbalist, martial artist, programmer, professor and pioneer of improvised music-- left this world on February 12, 2021. Join me in this celebration of his music and his life in a Deep Focus from July of 2019 with the brilliant Pheeroan Aklaff.  Splendor! As a special bonus, if I get just one request, I will also post the interview that Andy Rotman and I did with Milford in July of 1987(!). #WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #PheeroanakLaff #MilfordGraves #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview Photo credit: Milford Graves by Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Milford Graves-- percussionist, acupuncturist, herbalist, martial artist, programmer, professor and pioneer of improvised music-- left this world on February 12, 2021. Join me in this celebration of his music and his life in a Deep Focus from July of 2019 with the brilliant Pheeroan Aklaff. Splendor! As a special bonus, if I get just one request, I will also post the interview that Andy Rotman and I did with Milford in July of 1987(!). #WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #PheeroanakLaff #MilfordGraves #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview Photo credit: Milford Graves by Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Milford Graves-- percussionist, acupuncturist, herbalist, martial artist, programmer, professor and pioneer of improvised music-- left this world on February 12, 2021. Join me in this celebration of his music and his life in a Deep Focus from July of 2019 with the brilliant Pheeroan Aklaff. Splendor! As a special bonus, if I get just one request, I will also post the interview that Andy Rotman and I did with Milford in July of 1987(!). #WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #PheeroanakLaff #MilfordGraves #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview Photo credit: Milford Graves by Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What can Pheeroan akLaff and I offer you to start a new year of fathomless possibilities?  "Eye-opening... coincidences that happened around Mr. Eric Dolphy or even eyebrow-raising revelations but certainly a celebration of his life and work."  Those are Pheeroan's words from our Deep Focus from May of 2015, with ear-opening fireworks from the archives.     See you on the podcast!   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #EricDolphy #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzArchives   Photo credit: no copyright information available.  

What can Pheeroan akLaff and I offer you to start a new year of fathomless possibilities?  "Eye-opening... coincidences that happened around Mr. Eric Dolphy or even eyebrow-raising revelations but certainly a celebration of his life and work."  Those are Pheeroan's words from our Deep Focus from May of 2015, with ear-opening fireworks from the archives.     See you on the podcast!   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #EricDolphy #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzArchives   Photo credit: no copyright information available.  

What can Pheeroan akLaff and I offer you to start a new year of fathomless possibilities?  "Eye-opening... coincidences that happened around Mr. Eric Dolphy or even eyebrow-raising revelations but certainly a celebration of his life and work."  Those are Pheeroan's words from our Deep Focus from May of 2015.     See you on the podcast!   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #EricDolphy #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzArchives   Photo credit: no copyright information available.  

What can Pheeroan akLaff and I offer you to start a new year of fathomless possibilities?  "Eye-opening... coincidences that happened around Mr. Eric Dolphy or even eyebrow-raising revelations but certainly a celebration of his life and work."  Those are Pheeroan's words from our Deep Focus from May of 2015.     See you on the podcast!   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #EricDolphy #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzArchives   Photo credit: no copyright information available.  

What can Pheeroan akLaff and I offer you to start a new year of fathomless possibilities?  "Eye-opening... coincidences that happened around Mr. Eric Dolphy or even eyebrow-raising revelations but certainly a celebration of his life and work."  Those are Pheeroan's words from our Deep Focus from May of 2015.   See you on the podcast!   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #EricDolphy #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzArchives   Photo credit: no copyright information available.  

What can Pheeroan akLaff and I offer you to start a new year of fathomless possibilities?  "Eye-opening... coincidences that happened around Mr. Eric Dolphy or even eyebrow-raising revelations but certainly a celebration of his life and work."  Those are Pheeroan's words from our Deep Focus from May of 2015.   See you on the podcast!   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #PheeroanakLaff #EricDolphy #Jazz #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzArchives   Photo credit: no copyright information available.  

How many drummers changed the whole conversation, just with their playing?  Like, to the point that they became the North Star for the next generation or two?  How many of those were also great bandleaders, and maybe even solid composers?  It’s a short list by anybody’s count but one name you are probably already thinking of is Jack DeJohnette.    This Monday, Pheeroan akLaff joins Mitch Goldman to put DeJohnette in Deep Focus.  Mitch, of course, has some spectacular live music from the archives that you’ve never heard.

How many drummers changed the whole conversation, just with their playing?  Like, to the point that they became the North Star for the next generation or two?  How many of those were also great bandleaders, and maybe even solid composers?  It’s a short list by anybody’s count but one name you are probably already thinking of is Jack DeJohnette.    This Monday, Pheeroan akLaff joins Mitch Goldman to put DeJohnette in Deep Focus.  Mitch, of course, has some spectacular live music from the archives that you’ve never heard.

As we ramp up towards Ragas Live Festival 2019, we are sharing all 24 sets of last years incredible festival.  3AM-4AM was a special moment for us all.   Ross Hammond (guitar), Pawan Benjamin (sax/bansuri), Sameer Gupta (drums)   Special Guests Renald St. Juste (percussion), Morgan Zwerlein (percussion) join in for the last jams.     Sacramento guitarist Ross Hammond has played on large stages and in small corners throughout the United States and beyond. His sound is equal parts jazz, folk, blues, spirituals and world music.  He has played for Hillary Clinton, to audiences of five and all points in between.  Ross has collaborated/gigged/recorded with: Kevin Seconds, Oliver Lake, Pheeroan AkLaff, Vinny Golia, Vladimir Tarasov, Tetuzi Akiyama, Nicole Mitchell, Lizz Wright, Dwight Trible, Calvin Weston, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Alex Cine, Suzuki Junzo, Amy Reed, Nels Cline, Jeff Parker, Max Johnson, Steve Adams, Ken Filiano, Mike Pride, Catherine Sikora, Scott Amendola, Steuart Liebig, Sameer Gupta, Tony Passarell and more.      

Por Pachi Tapiz. Henry Threagdill Sextett es una muestra más de la habilidad de Threadgill para poner títulos a los temas, a sus grabaciones… o a sus formaciones. Al contrario de lo que su nombre indica, esta formación que publicó seis grabaciones en la década de los años 80 del siglo XX, era un septeto en formación no muy habitual: tres vientos (saxos, trompeta y trombón con el propio Threadgill, Raul Siddik o Ted Daniel a la trompeta y Frank Lacy o Bill Lowe al trombón), chelo y contrabajo (Diedre Murray y Fred Hopkins), más dos bateristas – percusionistas (Reggie Nicholson, Pheeroan AkLaff o Newman Bajer) que computaban como un único instrumentista. En HDO 454 escuchamos música incluída en You Know The Number y Easily Sleep Into Another World. En HDO 455 suena música de esta última grabación y Rag, Bush and All. Tomajazz: © Pachi Tapiz, 2018 HDO es un podcast de jazz e improvisación (libre en mayor o menor grado) que está editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. Para quejas, sugerencias, protestas, peticiones, presentaciones y/u opiniones envíanos un correo a hdo@tomajazz.com

Por Pachi Tapiz. Henry Threagdill Sextett es una muestra más de la habilidad de Threadgill para poner títulos a los temas, a sus grabaciones… o a sus formaciones. Al contrario de lo que su nombre indica, esta formación que publicó seis grabaciones en la década de los años 80 del siglo XX, era un septeto en formación no muy habitual: tres vientos (saxos, trompeta y trombón con el propio Threadgill, Raul Siddik o Ted Daniel a la trompeta y Frank Lacy o Bill Lowe al trombón), chelo y contrabajo (Diedre Murray y Fred Hopkins), más dos bateristas – percusionistas (Reggie Nicholson, Pheeroan AkLaff o Newman Bajer) que computaban como un único instrumentista. En HDO 454 escuchamos música incluída en You Know The Number y Easily Sleep Into Another World. En HDO 455 suena música de esta última grabación y Rag, Bush and All. Tomajazz: © Pachi Tapiz, 2018 HDO es un podcast de jazz e improvisación (libre en mayor o menor grado) que está editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. Para quejas, sugerencias, protestas, peticiones, presentaciones y/u opiniones envíanos un correo a hdo@tomajazz.com

HDO 449 es la séptima entrega del especial dedicado a Henry Threadgill en HDO. En el quinto programa dedicado al trío (New) AIR suenan temas de las grabaciones Live At Montreal International Jazz Festival y Air Show Nº1 Feat. Cassandra Wilson, que Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins y Pheeroan AkLaff, grabaron en los inicios de la década de los 80 del pasado milenio. Tomajazz: © Pachi Tapiz, 2018 HDO es un podcast de jazz e improvisación (libre en mayor o menor grado) que está editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz.

HDO 448 es la sexta entrega del especial dedicado a Henry Threadgill en HDO. En el cuarto programa dedicado a su trío AIR suenan las grabaciones Air Lore, Air Mail y Live At Montreal International Jazz Festival que Henry Threadgill y Fred Hopkins grabaron bajo el nombre New Air, acompañados por Pheeroan AkLaff, que sustituyó en la batería a Steve McCall. Tomajazz: © Pachi Tapiz, 2018 HDO es un podcast de jazz e improvisación (libre en mayor o menor grado) que está editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. Para quejas, sugerencias, protestas, peticiones, presentaciones y/u opiniones envíanos un correo a hdo@tomajazz.com.

A lo largo de las últimas semanas el trompetista Wadada Leo Smith y la pianista Satoko Fujii han publicado cuatro nuevas grabaciones, dos lideradas por cada uno de ellos, coincidiendo en una de ellas ambos músicos. En HDO 332 suenan Solo: Reflections and Meditations On Monk (Wadada Leo Smith. TUM Records, 2017) cuyo título indica bien a las claras el contenido musical de esta obra; Najwa (Wadada Leo Smith junto a Michael Gregory Jackson, Henry Kaiser, Brandon Ross, Lamar Smith, Bill Laswell, Pheeroan akLaff y Adam Rudolph; TUM Records, 2017), en una formación posiblemente inédita con cuatro guitarristas, bajo eléctrico, batería, percusión y trompeta con composiciones de Wadada Leo Smith; Aspiration (Wadada Leo Smith, Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii, Ikue Mori; Libra Records, 2017) con otra formación inusual de dos trompetistas, piano y electrónica (magnífico el papel de Mori); Live At Jazz Room Cortez (Satoko Fujii Quartet con Keisuke Ohta, Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii, Takashi Itani; Cortez Sound, 2017). Tomajazz: © Pachi Tapiz, 2017 HDO es un podcast editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz.

Guest drummer Pheeroan akLaff master of rhythmns, has appeared with some of the more adventurous musicians in jazz of the past 30 years.

Guest drummer Pheeroan akLaff master of rhythmns, has appeared with some of the more adventurous musicians in jazz of the past 30 years.

Wadada Leo Smith recorre la historia de la lucha por los derechos civiles en Estados Unidos con su cuádruple disco "Ten Freedom Summers". En esta edición de "Club de Jazz" del 15 de agosto de 2012, escuchamos este descomunal trabajo del trompetista junto al Golden Quartet / Quintet (Anthony Davis, John Lindberg, Pheeroan akLaff y Susie Ibarra) y la Southwest Chamber Music. En 1975 el trompetista Enrico Rava grabó "The pilgrim and the stars", su primer disco para ECM, junto a John Abercrombie (gt), Jon Christensen (bt) y Palle Danielsson (cb). Los dos últimos fueron miembros del cuarteto europeo de Keith Jarrett junto a Jan Garbarek. De esta formación se edita ahora un concierto inédito de 1979 bajo el título de "Sleeper". La cantante valenciana Elma Sambeat busca micromecenas para su nuevo trabajo, "Vuelo de mar", con la compañía, entre otros, de su tío Perico Sambeat y los arreglos de Alberto Palau. El trompetista chileno Sebastián Jordán registró en el Thelonious de Santiago su "Cobre", junto a Félix Lecaros (bt) y Pablo Menares (cb). El guitarrista Scott DuBois vuelve con su cuarteto formado por Gerbhard Ullmann (sx y bcl), Thomas Morgan (cb) y Kresten Osgood (bt) para firmar unas hermosas "Landscape scriptures". Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com

Wadada Leo Smith recorre la historia de la lucha por los derechos civiles en Estados Unidos con su cuádruple disco "Ten Freedom Summers". En esta edición de "Club de Jazz" del 15 de agosto de 2012, escuchamos este descomunal trabajo del trompetista junto al Golden Quartet / Quintet (Anthony Davis, John Lindberg, Pheeroan akLaff y Susie Ibarra) y la Southwest Chamber Music. En 1975 el trompetista Enrico Rava grabó "The pilgrim and the stars", su primer disco para ECM, junto a John Abercrombie (gt), Jon Christensen (bt) y Palle Danielsson (cb). Los dos últimos fueron miembros del cuarteto europeo de Keith Jarrett junto a Jan Garbarek. De esta formación se edita ahora un concierto inédito de 1979 bajo el título de "Sleeper". La cantante valenciana Elma Sambeat busca micromecenas para su nuevo trabajo, "Vuelo de mar", con la compañía, entre otros, de su tío Perico Sambeat y los arreglos de Alberto Palau. El trompetista chileno Sebastián Jordán registró en el Thelonious de Santiago su "Cobre", junto a Félix Lecaros (bt) y Pablo Menares (cb). El guitarrista Scott DuBois vuelve con su cuarteto formado por Gerbhard Ullmann (sx y bcl), Thomas Morgan (cb) y Kresten Osgood (bt) para firmar unas hermosas "Landscape scriptures". Toda la información y derechos: http://www.elclubdejazz.com