Podcast appearances and mentions of Yusef Lateef

O universo dos sons e os sons do universo explorados em viagens pelo espaço-tempo. Com João Morado -------- angelzZz 1 – Angel Bat Dawid – Destination (Dr. Yusef Lateef) 1 – Angel Bat Dawid – What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black (Dr. Margaret Burroughs) 3 – Angel Bat Dawid – We Are Starzz 4 – Angel Bat Dawid – London 5 – Angel Bat Dawid / Tha Brothahood – Black Family 6 – Angel Bat Dawid – Transition East 7 – Angel Bat Dawid – KYRIE ELEISON – Lawd Hav' Merci 8 – Angel Bat Dawid – This endless repetition is like a Chain around the Spirit. And is a reflection of the denial of a future to the Negro in the American way of life 9 – Angel Bat Dawid – DIAS IRE – Chain Around the Spirit 10 – Angel Bat Dawid – Another restraining factor in Jazz are the changes 11 – Angel Bat Dawid – TUBA MIRUM – The Changes 12 – Angel Bat Dawid – The Negro experiences the endless daily humiliation of American life which bequeaths him a Futureless Future 13 – Angel Bat Dawid – Procession of the Equinox 14 – Angel Bat Dawid – Black Stones of Sirius

Making a return for his third appearance on StoryBeat is the great jazz and world flutist, Michael Mason.  Michael's been a professional musician and composer for forty years, while simultaneously working in the fire service of the Downers Grove, Illinois Fire Department, recently retiring at the rank of Lieutenant. Michael is one of the first responders from the Chicago area who flew to New York City just days after the destruction of the World Trade Center. He helped the New York City Fire Department and Port Authority for many weeks. In 2024, Michael released his latest album called “Luminosity,” which follows up 2023's, “Impermanence,” “Transcendence” in 2022, and “Human Revolution” in 2021. All are original jazz and world music compositions which received approval for voting from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for Grammy Award consideration.Michael's musical influences come from James Newton, Ian Anderson, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Sun Ra, Yusef Lateef, and James Galway.I've listened multiple times to each of his excellent records and can tell you Michael's impressive work will instantly soothe your soul with warm, beautiful melodies, gorgeous arrangements, and Michael's brilliance on the flute.  I highly recommend you check out his wonderful recordings and music.Michael's currently in the studio mixing 8 new songs for release in 2025 on the AVG Records label, so be sure to look out for that.Michael's been gracious enough to lend us his radiant composition, Moments from Luminosity. Please be sure to stick around at the end of the show to give it a listen. 

Don Was is one of music's most significant artists and executives, exceling in multiple roles and serving as one of the industry's beacons for integrity and forward-thinking. During this period of disruption and rapid evolution in the worldwide music business, Was remains committed to music as an art form and its importance to contemporary culture. As the President of Blue Note Records since 2011, Was is both the company's leader and an ambassador for its music, charged with bringing the label's 21st Century jazz artists and its expanding pallet of contemporary musicians to larger audiences. Was is also caretaker for Blue Note's singular and historic catalogue of music, and is burnishing the label's 80-year legacy by overseeing ongoing and extensive reissue campaigns that serve audiences in both the analogue and digital realms.His latest musical group is Don Was and the Pan-Detroit EnsembleMade up of stellar jazz musicians from his Detroit hometown, The Pan-Detroit Ensemble will perform a mix of new originals, interpretations of songs written by artists like Yusef Lateef, Olu Dara, and Henry Threadgill, and of course updated cuts from albums that Don recorded with Orquestra Was and Was (Not Was).His Pan-Detroit Ensemble is made up of many of the city's great jazz musicians including saxophonist Dave McMurray, keyboardist Luis Resto, and vocalist Steffanie Christi'an, with a sound marked by a funky, urban rawness and bone-deep grooves. Don & Maggie speak about the Monterey Jazz Festival and his new group and what's next in the Blue Note Catalog!Source:https://donwas.com/Source: https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/w/wa-wn/don-was/Source: https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/24-25/don-was-pan-detroit-ensemble/Host Maggie LePique, a radio veteran since the 1980's at NPR in Kansas City Mo. She began her radio career in Los Angeles in the early 1990's and has worked for Pacifica station KPFK Radio in Los Angeles since 1994.Send us a textSupport the show@profileswithmaggielepique@maggielepique

En este episodio de La Montaña Rusa, Tim Miller. Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp. Yusef Lateef. Karl Berger. John Zorn with Ben Goldberg 4. Jonas Cambien. Pasquale Stafano. Seguir leyendo La Montaña Rusa. Episodio 42.2024. en La Montaña Rusa Radio Jazz.

durée : 00:59:09 - Banzzaï du jeudi 12 septembre 2024 - par : Nathalie Piolé - La playlist jazz de Nathalie Piolé.

This edition of One Room Paradise gets into some psychedelic soul jazz from Eddie Harris and Yusef Lateef, fuzzed-out Latin grooves from Irakere, moog/sitar madness from Ananda Shankar, and even a visit from the great Ann-Margret. Don't skip this one!Tune into new broadcasts of One Room Paradise, the 2nd & 4th Sunday from 7 - 8 PM - EST / 12 - 1 AM GMT. (Monday)For more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/category/one-room-paradise////Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don Was & The Pan Detroit EnsembleMaggie LePique speaks with Don Was about his new musical group Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble. Don & the Ensemble are embarking on a West Coast run of concert dates in September 2024. Made up of stellar jazz musicians from his Detroit hometown, The Pan-Detroit Ensemble will perform a mix of new originals, interpretations of songs written by artists like Yusef Lateef, Olu Dara, and Henry Threadgill, and of course updated cuts from albums that Don recorded with Orquestra Was and Was (Not Was). Don's Detroit roots still run deep and, we explore those roots and highlight his most recent musical love letter to that great city, The Pan-Detroit Ensemble, and so much more. More on Don Was:Don Was is one of music's most significant artists and executives, exceling in multiple roles and serving as one of the industry's beacons for integrity and forward-thinking. During this period of disruption and rapid evolution in the worldwide music business, Was remains committed to music as an art form and its importance to contemporary culture. As the President of Blue Note Records since 2011, Was is both the company's leader and an ambassador for its music, charged with bringing the label's 21st Century jazz artists and its expanding pallet of contemporary musicians to larger audiences. Was is also caretaker for Blue Note's singular and historic catalogue of music, and is burnishing the label's 80-year legacy by overseeing ongoing and extensive reissue campaigns that serve audiences in both the analogue and digital realms.One of Was's most noteworthy musical associations of the past two decades is with The Rolling Stones, for whom he's produced their last four studio albums and a host of other studio and live recordings. Beginning with Voodoo Lounge in 1994 and continuing through Bridges To Babylon in 1997, A Bigger Bang in 2005 and Blue And Lonesome in 2016, Was's work with the Stones has resulted in Platinum and Gold certifications in dozens of countries. He also oversees the band's historic reissues, including Exile on Main Street in 2010, Some Girls in 2011 and Sticky Fingers in 2015, searching the band's vaults and master tapes for lost jewels and bringing the projects to completion. He produced the band's 2020 surprise single, “Living In A Ghost Town,” which was released amidst the global pandemic in April of that year.Source: https://donwas.com/https://www.bluenote.com/Host Maggie LePique, a radio veteran since the 1980's at NPR in Kansas City Mo. She began her radio career in Los Angeles in the early 1990's and has worked for Pacifica station KPFK Radio in Los Angeles since 1994.Support the Show.

Acaba de publicarse la grabación inédita de un concierto que el saxofonista y flautista Yusef Lateef ofreció en la ciudad de Aviñón, en el claustro de los Celestinos, el 19 de julio de 1972. Con un cuarteto en el que están el pianista Kenny Barron, el contrabajista Bob Cunningham y el baterista Albert "Tootie" Heath, Lateef toca 'Inside Atlantis', 'A flower', 'Yusef´s mood', 'Lowland lullaby', 'Eboness' o 'I´m getting sentimental over you'.Escuchar audio

YUSEF LATEEF CRY !… TENDER Englewood Cliffs, N.J., October 16, 1959Cry ! Tender, Butter's blues (1), Sea breeze (lh out), The snow is green (1)Lonnie Hillyer (tp) Yusef Lateef (ts,fl,oboe) Hugh Lawson (p) Herman Wright (b) Frank Gant (d) WOODY SHAW BLACKSTONE LEGACY New York, December 8 & 9, 1970Boo Ann's grand (1,2)Woody Shaw (tp) Gary Bartz (as,sop) Bennie Maupin (ts,b-cl,fl) George Cables (p,el-p) Ron Carter (b-1) Clint Houston (b-2) Lenny White (d) KAHIL EL'ZABAR ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE SPIRIT GATHERER – TRIBUTE TO DON CHERRY Chicago, IL, February, 2022Don Cherry, Lonely woman, Sketches of a love supremeCorey Wilkes (tp,spirit bowls,perc) Alex Harding (bar) David Ornette Cherry (p,melodica,douss'n gouni) Kahil El'Zabar (perc,balafon,kalimba,voice,comp) Dwight Trible (voice) Continue reading Puro Jazz 15 de Julio 2024 at PuroJazz.

YUSEF LATEEF CRY !… TENDER Englewood Cliffs, N.J., October 16, 1959Cry ! Tender, Butter's blues (1), Sea breeze (lh out), The snow is green (1)Lonnie Hillyer (tp) Yusef Lateef (ts,fl,oboe) Hugh Lawson (p) Herman Wright (b) Frank Gant (d) WOODY SHAW BLACKSTONE LEGACY New York, December 8 & 9, 1970Boo Ann's grand (1,2)Woody Shaw (tp) Gary Bartz (as,sop) Bennie Maupin (ts,b-cl,fl) George Cables (p,el-p) Ron Carter (b-1) Clint Houston (b-2) Lenny White (d) KAHIL EL'ZABAR ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE SPIRIT GATHERER – TRIBUTE TO DON CHERRY Chicago, IL, February, 2022Don Cherry, Lonely woman, Sketches of a love supremeCorey Wilkes (tp,spirit bowls,perc) Alex Harding (bar) David Ornette Cherry (p,melodica,douss'n gouni) Kahil El'Zabar (perc,balafon,kalimba,voice,comp) Dwight Trible (voice) Continue reading Puro Jazz 15 de Julio 2024 at PuroJazz.

This conversation was recorded during the most recent sailing of The Jazz Cruise and it featured an interview of NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron by our artistic director Shelly Berg.  Kenny talked with Shelly about his early formative years growing up in Philadelphia, as well as about lessons learned from playing with jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Yusef Lateef, Charle Haden and Stan Getz.  Kenny and Shelly also geek out about both the piano and teaching piano. 

Sintonía: "Threnody for Sharon Tate" (1971) - Freddie Hubbard"Vibrafinger" (1970) - Gary Burton; "Back Home" (1968) - Yusef Lateef; "Freaks for the Festival" (1975) - Rahsaan Roland Kirk; "Spontaneous Simplicity" (1973) - Sun Ra; "Raymond Winchester" - Yusef Lateef; "Sorcery" (1968) - Charles Lloyd; "Check It All Out" (1974) - Black Heat; "Smoke Signals" - Eddie HarrisTodas las músicas extraídas de la recopilación (1xCD) "Psychedelic Jazz & Soul (From The Atlantic and Warner Vaults)" (Warner, 2002) "Chifara" de Mulatu Astatke y "The Clock Won´t Tick (Mastered Rev B)" de Quantic & Eddie Roberts, sonaron por cortesía de DJ FloroEscuchar audio

21st dang installment of LLR pod's bonus offering is OFF THE FLIPPN' CHAIN. Jay and Deon discuss what's been on their turntables and pumped into their ears. A mildly summery mixtape is manufactured with input from Super-Secret-Special-Friend Scott Baker, who also waxes poetic on podcasting, creating his own music, and (sometimes reluctantly) sharing sonic interests with his children. Join us for a super-sized helping of sonic deliciousness. TRANSLATION: This b!#@h is looooooooooooooong. Enjoy! Sonic contributors to the twenty-first bonus episode of Lightnin' Licks Radio include:  Koreatown Oddity, DJ Nu-Mark, Jurassic 5, Dave Matthews Band, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Prince Paul, De La Soul, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Pale Jay, Lindsey Buckingham, Matt Pond PA, Lightning Love, Silver Jews, Pavement, Jesus Lizard, STEVE FUCKING ALBINI, Cheap Trick, Ant Banks, Too $hort, MC Breed, Mel Brown, Hanna-Barbara's Flintstones, The Beatles, Dead Kennedys, The Ramones, Hanson, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Who, Cal Tjader, Public Image Limited, Eric Sermon, Marvin Gaye, MC5, Van Halen, White Zombie, The Stooges, Jon Stewart, Marianne Towan, Steve Drzewiecki Band, Meghan Trainor, MMHP from the 989, ? & the Mysterians, Bob Segar System, Billy Stings, Willie Nelson, Dick Wagner, Alice Cooper, Norah Jones, Scott Baker, Gotye, Adrian Gorvitz, Bobby Caldwell, Llyod Cole, Everything but the Girl, Neil Finn, The Style Council, Ashiko, Monwa & Son, The Black Five, Hot Soul Singers, Zasha, David Axelrod, Organized Konfusion, Meredith Monk, Cut Chemist, Afrika Bambaataa, Candito, Babe Ruth, Chicago Gangsters, Juice, and Original Concept. Jay brought to the dining room table the sounds of Veruca Salt, Thunderclap Newman, Tinted Windows, and DJ Shadow. Deon offered up tunes from Purple Mountains, Spice 1, Yusef Lateef, and Stimela. Scott suggested taking a trip with Rich Hinman vs. Alan Levy, Alan Baufman, Hozier, and Crowded House. Do summer right. Consume Blue Chair Bay Flavored Rums. Be kind, rewind, and enjoy lawn darts responsibly. XXI mixtape: {SIDE ONE} [1] Sell out intro [2] DJ Shadow – The Number Song [3] Rich Hinman vs. Adam Levy – Flawless [4] Purple Mountains – She's Making Friends, I'm Turning Stranger [5] Veruca Salt – Shimmer Like a Girl [6] Alan Braufman – Spirits (edit) [7] Stimela – Mind Games (edit) {SIDE TWO} [1] Tinted Windows – Messing With my Head [2] Crowded House – Night Song [3] Yusef Lateef – Like It Is (edit) [4] Thunderclap Newman – The Reason [5] Spice 1 featuring Mel Brown – Money Gone (remix) [6] Hozier – De Selby (parts 1 & 2, edit) mix intro/bumper/outro lifted from The Who's classic 1967 LP The Who Sell Out Guest Scott Baker's website Guest Scott Baker's podcast Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/llradio/message

Tonight's Jazz Feature is the recording debut of drummer Louis Hayes. It was recorded in April of 1960 for the Vee-Jay Records a short lived label owned by African-Americans that produced a number of essential albums. This date was Louis' first under his name and he was only 23. Hayes was born in Detroit on May 31,1937 and just celebrated his 87th Birthday. He is well and still plays engagements. Young Louis picked the tunes and the very worthy sidemen here beginning with his first mentor, the great Yusef Lateef who plays tenor saxophone exclusively here. Nat Adderley is a dynamo on cornet, Barry Harris is on piano and Sam Jones is on bass. Jones and Hayes make for one of the finest rhythm sections in Modern Jazz. The tunes are all originals: one by Yusef Lateef, one by Cannonball Adderley,, one by Sonny Red, one by Nat Adderley and two by Barry Harris. A well paced and swingin' album with great playing by all and inspired by the driving beat and good taste of Louis Hayes. This is the real deal!

This is a special edition of Mondo Jazz focusing on soon-to-be collector's items which were released on the occasion of the first Record Store Day of 2024. The playlist features Cannonball Adderley [pictured]; Omar Sosa, NDR Big Band; Bill Evans; Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy; and Yusef Lateef. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18910139/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Yusef's Mood"]. Photo credit: Roberto Polillo. Happy listening!

New York City pianist/keyboardist Alexi Marcelo believes in the power of music as a positive and uplifting force. He studied at the Harlem School of the Arts and then went on to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he focused on African-American Music/Jazz Piano Performance and Composition under the tutelage of renowned saxophonist Yusef Lateef. Alexi and Tim were classmates at UMass, and it was there that they became close friends and musical collaborators. Since those halcyon days in Western Massachusetts, he has performed all over the world, including at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Etnafest in Italy, Alice Tully Hall, and more. Alexi is featured on recordings with Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Mike Pride, and Malcolm Mooney. Currently, he is working on a new album that should be released in the coming year.

Soul, Funk, Jazz, Tropicália, and Jazz are all cooking together in this edition of One Room Paradise. New releases from Bruno Berle and DeRobert & the Half-Truths alongside classics from Irma Thomas, Poncho Sanchez, Yusef Lateef, Linda Martell, and more!Tune into new broadcasts of One Room Paradise, the 2nd & 4th Sunday from 7 - 8 PM - EST / 12 - 1 AM GMT. (Monday)For more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/on-target////Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tonight's Jazz Feature focuses on the obscure but fine trumpeter and flugelhornist named Wilbur Harden. Little is known about Harden other than he was born in Birmingham, Alabama on Dec. 31,1924 and after working in some major R&B bands moved to Detroit in 1957 and began working with Yusef Lateef.. He became part of the talented Detroit Jazz scene then ventured to New York to record as he signed with Savoy Records. His 4 albums for Savoy were done in 1958 and he also recorded with John Coltrane as well in 1958 and later with trombonist Curtis Fuller. After 1960 nothing more was heard from Wilbur and ill health and a nervous breakdown forced him to stop playing. He died in obscurity in New York on June 10,1969 at age 44. This fine recording called "Mainstream 1958" is an excellent one and features Wilbur and his compositions. It is a solid date with Harden and John Coltrane, at an early peak, Tommy Flanagan on piano, Doug Watkins on bass and Louis Hayes on drums. If there is a masterpiece in Harden's short discography this album may qualify. Enjoy the sounds of Wilbur Harden, John Coltrane and company on tonight's Jazz Feature.

durée : 01:01:41 - Club Jazzafip - On fête l'épiphanie avec quelques galettes vinyles à la frangipane, de Louis Amstrong à Aretha Franklin en passant par Yusef Lateef, Wynton Marsalis, Iggy Pop, Sun Ra, Ezra Collective ou encore Sons Of Kemet.

Today, the Spotlight shines On composer, improviser, and master percussionist Adam Rudolph.A global performer - and global citizen - Adam has been called "a pioneer in world music" by the New York Times. With dozens of recordings to his credit, he joined us upon the release of Timeless from his percussion group, Hu: Vibrational, on his own Meta Records.Adam has worked with artists including Don Cherry, Jon Hassell, Sam Rivers, Pharaoh Sanders, and many others but had a particularly extensive collaboration with Yusef Lateef over many years, releases, and ensemble configurations.Adam and I connected immediately and had a terrific conversation, which I am ever-so-pleased to share with you. Enjoy.(all musical excerpts heard in the interview are taken from Hu: Vibrational's latest album, Timeless)------------------Dig DeeperCheck out Hu: Vibrational's Timeless on Bandcamp or your streaming platform of choiceFind out more about Adam Rudolph on his homepage, Discogs, and YouTubeVisit Adam's label, Meta Records, on Bandcamp, Facebook, or metarecords.comOrder Adam Rudolph's book Sonic Elements: Matrices, Cosmograms, and Ostinatos of Circularity from BandcampFor Adam Rudolph, Collaboration is CommunicationBe sure to peruse 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 composer, improviser, and master percussionist Adam Rudolph.A global performer - and global citizen - Adam has been called "a pioneer in world music" by the New York Times. With dozens of recordings to his credit, he joined us upon the release of Timeless from his percussion group, Hu: Vibrational, on his own Meta Records.Adam has worked with artists including Don Cherry, Jon Hassell, Sam Rivers, Pharaoh Sanders, and many others but had a particularly extensive collaboration with Yusef Lateef over many years, releases, and ensemble configurations.Adam and I connected immediately and had a terrific conversation, which I am ever-so-pleased to share with you. Enjoy.(all musical excerpts heard in the interview are taken from Hu: Vibrational's latest album, Timeless)------------------Dig DeeperCheck out Hu: Vibrational's Timeless on Bandcamp or your streaming platform of choiceFind out more about Adam Rudolph on his homepage, Discogs, and YouTubeVisit Adam's label, Meta Records, on Bandcamp, Facebook, or metarecords.comOrder Adam Rudolph's book Sonic Elements: Matrices, Cosmograms, and Ostinatos of Circularity from BandcampFor Adam Rudolph, Collaboration is CommunicationBe sure to peruse 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.

Making a return for his second appearance on StoryBeat is the great jazz and world flutist, Michael Mason. Michael's been playing professionally for more than 40 years.  He's led off for Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, had master classes with James Newton, been influenced by Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, performed with New Orleans Saxophonist Edward “Kidd” Jordan and Chicago's legendary Fred Anderson. He's also collaborated with James Galway and many artists from the legendary AACM organization.Michael's musical influences include Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Sun Ra, and Yusef Lateef.More than a composer and musician, Michael was also a working firefighter for 38 years and is now Retired Lieutenant Michael Mason of the Downers Grove, Illinois Fire Department. He was one of the first responders from the Chicago area to fly to New York City after the World Trade Center Towers were attacked. There he worked with the New York City Fire Department and Port Authority for many weeks. You can read more about his firefighting efforts at ricofirerescue.com.   Over the past 10-plus years Michael's taught thousands of recruits at the Fire Academy to become first responders and has taught veterans how to save each other at the scene of any type of tragic incident. Please be sure to stick around at the end of this episode for a special treat. Michael has lent us his beautiful song, Freedom, from his new album, Impermanence. Freedom has also been turned into a music video as a tribute to the people of Ukraine.  The video, which can be seen on fireflute.com, has been approved by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for Grammy voting in the Best Music Video category, and Impermanence is up for voting in the "Best Contemporary Jazz Album" category.

Shezad Dawood is a multidisciplinary artist whose work blends stories, reality and symbolism to engage with big questions about humanity, and explore alternative futures.He speaks to AR about his latest project, Night in the Garden of Love, an immersive experience that uses virtual reality to bring visitors into a fantastical world. It's based on a science fiction novella of the same name by the late musician and polymath Yusef Lateef. Shezad talks about Lateef's unique view of the world, collaborating with an artist who he never met, and his own lifelong discomfort with choosing an artistic medium.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On tonight's show: Earl Bostic, Chris Barber, Mundell Lowe, Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Art Pepper, Sonny Stitt, Lem Winchester & Ramsey Lewis Trio, Dave Pike, Eddie Jefferson, Cornell Dupree, Steven Mayer, The Spencer Wyatt BIg Band, and Ahmad Jamal  with Yusef Lateef.

Doug plays the best in jazz and blues for your delectation   Slam Bow - Slam Stewart & Bucky Pizzarelli Xanadu - Emma Rawicz I'm So Sorry - Kitty, Daisy & Lewis Sunny _ Henry Cain A Satisfied Mind - Bobby Hebb One By One - Mal Weldron Sneakin' Up On You - Elaine Delmare Just One Of Those Things - Elaine Delmare Arabia - Art Blakey Blue Rondo A La Turk - Dave Brubeck Quartet Too Much Monkey Business - Chuck Berry Soulful Dress - Sugar Pie Desanto I'm The Fixer - Willie Mabon Help Me - Sonny Boy Williamson Every Woman I Know - Bill 'The Kid'Emerson Night & Day - Art Tatum & Ben Webster That's What I Got For Loving You - Joan Shaw 96.5 - Ken McIntyre O Pereferico - Tiny Flaws ft Florence Joelle The Madison Time Pt 1 - Ray Bryant Combo Frankie & Johnnie - Anita O'Day Groovin' Blue - Curtis Amy & Frank Butler Come Rain Or Come Shine - Cleo Laine and the John Dankworth Orchestra Why Do I Love You? - Yusef Lateef

Charlie Apicella was voted onto the 84th and 86th DownBeat Readers Poll for Guitar. He studied composition and improvisation with musical titans Yusef Lateef and Pat Martino and was trained as a historian by Archie Shepp and Dr. Billy Taylor. As a young guitarist he met his idol BB King, who offered him advice and shared some stories. He has performed concerts and recorded with jazz legends Dave Holland, Sonny Fortune, John Blake, Jr., and Avery Sharpe as well as contemporary masters Joe Magnarelli, Vic Juris, Dave Stryker, Don Braden, and Jon Herington of Steely Dan. In 2022 he formed The Griots Speak with bassist William Parker, saxophonist Daniel Carter, and percussionist Juma Sultan who is known for his work with Jimi Hendrix. * * * Charlie Apicella is the founder and program director of Blues Alive: the living tradition of the blues He is an Eastman Guitars Featured Artist a Guild Guitars Sponsored Artist and a ZT Amplifiers Official Artist For more on Charlie Apicella go to https://www.ironcity.nyc/

Tonight's show: Peggy Lee, Georgie Auld & His Orchestra with Sarah Vaughan on vocals, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, Earl Bostic, Oscar Peterson, Yusef Lateef, Ella Fitzgerald, Art Pepper, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Milt Jackson, Milt Jackson & The Ray Brown Big Band, Ledisi, and Chet Baker with Paul Desmond.

For Episode 59 of STARK REALITY, Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange welcomes veteran New York City DJ, radio producer and party promoter REGGIE JOHNSON. Reggie Johnson is an audio engineer, radio show host, party promoter and all around good ppls. He's been working as an engineer behind the boards at WBAI Pacifica for a few decades, and co-hosting Jeanie Hopper's Liquid Sound Lounge since '98. His own radio show From the Soundboard has been running since 2007, a 'program that usually focuses on concerts regardless of genre. This is where the artist and (or) group perfects the art of the "call and response" with its audience.' He does great deep dives on all kinds of artists and groups like Gal Costa, Link Wray, Yusef Lateef, Paul Robeson, Ramsey Lewis and many others. He's also helped promote parties since 1998 and has a longtime summer thing called Beats & BBQ. In his own words, he's 'just an average individual who believes in Socialist principles through music, arts and action. Everything is connected to everything.' Reggie is a humble and real dude which isn't always the case in these music and party scenes haha. We start out talking about classic parties and DJs like the Loft, David Mancuso, Paradise Garage, Nicky Siano, Turntables on the Hudson, and Liquid Sound Lounge, where Reggie got his start promoting and getting involved with WBAI and doing his own show. We also get into a lot about politics, Palestine, Ukraine, our disappointment with Bernie, critical thinking, and his own journey coming out of his shell as an introvert into promoting and throwing parties. We ended up rapping for over two hours so a longer convo. Enjoy! Reggie also gives us a tasty mix of vintage African funk to accompany. To hear this exclusive 90-plus minute Stark Reality Playlist, go to Episode 60 of STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS. For the latest news and updates on Reggie's radio show and events, follow him @deepdancenyc on Instagram. Subscribe to STARK REALITY and STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on Apple Podcasts, Mixcloud or live & direct on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Chanel's STARK REALITY Series PageSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doug plays jazz, boogie woogie, swing and blues and celebrates the life of the late Tony Bennett.   A La Carte - Roland Kirk Odd Ball - Shelly Mane & His Men Straight To Baby - Lola Albright Be-Bop - Sonny Clark Trio I Need Money - John Lee Hooker Tryin' Times - Roberta Times Fifty-First - Charles Mingus Down The Road Apiece - Amos Milburn Scorched - Varetta Dillard Would You Baby - Willie Mabon Martha Davis - Player Piano Boogie Hit That Live Jack - Cecil Grant Hombre Del Sol - Art Farmer, Yusef Lateef and David Matthews' Big Band Route 66 - Chuck Berry Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough - Mabel Scott Jump, Jive & Wail -Louis Prima Pig Foot Pete - Ella Mae Morse You Need Love - Muddy Waters First Gymnopedie - Yusef Lateef Dark Shadows - Charlie Parker ft Earl Coleman You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Helen Merrill Filty McNasty - Eddie Jefferson Comfort Me With Apples - India Adams Up Above My Head - Rhiannon Giddens Because Of You - Tony Bennett They Can't Take That Away From Me - Tony Bennett & Diana Krall Summer Wishes, Winter Dream - Abbey Lincoln One For My Baby - Rickie Lee Jones     

The British artist, Shezad Dawood is known for his colourful textiles and multimedia artworks, often featuring music and VR to explore issues such as migration, the environment and climate change. His latest exhibition is inspired by the African American composer and musician Yusef Lateef and his 1988 novella Night in the Garden of Love. Join Anna Bailey as she follows Shezad creating his latest commission for the Wiels, Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels, along with his collaborator the American musician and percussionist Adam Rudolph. Audio for this episode was updated on 4th July 2023.

“I like to break and remake things.” Calling himself-medium-agnostic, London-based British-Pakistani artist Shezad Dawood interweaves stories, realities and symbolism to create richly layered artworks, spanning painting, textiles, sculpture, film and digital media. The breadth of Dawood's output is quite astounding, and his ability to jump across an omniversal divide is worth the time spent listening to this alone. Dawood currently has a solo exhibition of ambitious new work entitled ‘Night in the Garden of Love' at Wiels art centre in Brussels. This new body of work is inspired in part by the music, writings and art of the late legendary jazz musician Yusef Lateef, who coined the term auto-physio-psychic music to describe music that comes from the mental, physical and spiritual self, and with whose work Dawood felt an intense connection. Ahead of this exhibition, Danielle visited Dawood at his studio in Hackney, East London, where he showed her his latest work and discussed his extensive vintage textiles collection; his collaboration with the British fashion designer Priya Ahluwalia; his thoughts on NFTs; and how he's working to support his passion for marine conservation through one of his manifold creative partnerships. 

Chris Levine delves into this classic Jazz/World Music album. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chris-levine/support

In the first half we'll hear Teddy Wilson, Cab Calloway, Lester Young, Art Pepper with Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, and Ella Fitzgerald. Then comes a tribute to the late Ahmad Jamal with recordings from the 1950s and '60s, and then live with Yusef Lateef in 2012.

As an author, he's the final word on Hastings Street myth and lore--the blues, the blood, the boundaries bloated and bemused. When it comes to what Hollywood says, they refer to his books and then twist it up with some glamor that never happened to sell tickets. Cohassey calls their bullshit and bluffs. He talked to those that knew John Lee Hooker, that worked the strip, that knew where the actual clubs were and went behind the scenes. Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef, Elvin Jones, and ...Jack Kerouac? Ernest Hemingway? Neil Young? Back room cross-dressing? Yeah, this one dives deep folks! Soundgarden's Ben Sheppard worships him. You don't want to get John Cohassey started unless you plan to listen--he will give you the real story if you have time to pay attention.  Here in part 2 we get down to particulars with Sunnie Wilson, Hemingway, Joe Louis, and how Hollywood continues to twist Detroit's plot. Listen up now!

As an author, he's the final word on Hastings Street myth and lore--the blues, the blood, the boundaries bloated and bemused. When it comes to what Hollywood says, they refer to his books and then twist it up with some glamor that never happened to sell tickets. Cohassey calls their bullshit and bluffs. He talked to those that knew John Lee Hooker, that worked the strip, that knew where the actual clubs were and went behind the scenes. Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef, Elvin Jones, and ...Jack Kerouac? Ernest Hemingway? Neil Young? Back room cross-dressing? Yeah, this one dives deep folks! Soundgarden's Ben Sheppard worships him. You don't want to get John Cohassey started unless you plan to listen--he will give you the real story if you have time to pay attention. So listen up and dig into Part 1 NOW!

La flauta es un instrumento secundario para muchos saxofonistas, algunos lo han transformado en su especialidad o lo tocan en forma exclusiva.Definimos la flauta y sus diferentes tipos y escuchamos a Frank Wess, Bud Shank, Yusef Lateef, Sam Most, Herbie Mann y otros. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tonight on Jazz After Dark: the Nat King Cole Trio, Oscar Peterson (Billie Holiday vocals), Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Stanley Turrentine, Paul Desmond, Boots Randolph, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Yusef Lateef, The Modern Jazz Quartet, and Sonny Rollins.

In this podcast, Louis Hayes talks about his long and illustrious career as one of the great hard bop drummers. We talk about his growing up in Detroit—home to many great musicians—in a household filled with music. Hayes started drumming when he was young— influenced by the two drummers in his family: his father and his cousin Clarence Stamps, who was his first teacher.  As a youngster, Hayes heard Charlie Parker and it rocked his world.  By 15, Hayes was leading teenage bands, and, at 18, he was playing in a club with Yusef Lateef. He's talks about his life-changing move to NYC to play with Horace Silver and all he learned there, the NYC jazz scene in the 50's, recording with John Coltrane, and the happy experience of playing with Cannonball Adderley for six years before joining the Oscar Peterson Trio. He also discusses his own reluctance to become a bandleader as well as his tribute albums to both Silver and Adderley. But what shines through his deep love for the music and his fellow musicians. Let us know what you think about Art Works—email us at artworkspod@arts.gov.

In this podcast, Louis Hayes talks about his long and illustrious career as one of the great hard bop drummers. We talk about his growing up in Detroit—home to many great musicians—in a household filled with music. Hayes started drumming when he was young— influenced by the two drummers in his family: his father and his cousin Clarence Stamps, who was his first teacher.  As a youngster, Hayes heard Charlie Parker and it rocked his world.  By 15, Hayes was leading teenage bands, and, at 18, he was playing in a club with Yusef Lateef. He's talks about his life-changing move to NYC to play with Horace Silver and all he learned there, the NYC jazz scene in the 50's, recording with John Coltrane, and the happy experience of playing with Cannonball Adderley for six years before joining the Oscar Peterson Trio. He also discusses his own reluctance to become a bandleader as well as his tribute albums to both Silver and Adderley. But what shines through his deep love for the music and his fellow musicians. Let us know what you think about Art Works—email us at artworkspod@arts.gov.

Mary Halvorson is often classified as a jazz guitarist, but her work — fluid, soulful and inventive — pushes boundaries, having been described as "the most future-seeking guitarist working right now" by NPR and "an unflinching original who has revealed new possibilities within the music" by The New York Times. Hear how songs by Jimi Hendrix, Yusef Lateef and Robert Wyatt guided her musical development. Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Children's author, illustrator and music fanatic talks about finding his purpose in life at a young age and interacting with jazz heavyweights like Elvin Jones, Yusef Lateef and McCoy Tyner when he worked at the San Francisco Jazz Festival.

Cakes Da Killa rose up through New York's booming queer rap scene in the early 2010s. Influenced by artists like Yusef Lateef and Alice Coltrane, his sophomore album isn't quite jazz, but makes the connection in favor of hip-hop beats, with “Sip of My Sip” featuring Sevndeep as a prime example.

Sometimes "tribute "can be a dirty word in jazz - a sign a project's only justification is a well-known name - a warning that reverence may have trumped inspiration on a record.  But it doesn't have to be that way.  This episode, the bastards look at four 2022 releases that each celebrate a towering figure from jazz's past without getting tangled up in its shadow.   With dedicatees as varied as Johnny Hodges, Charles Mingus, Yusef Lateef, and Wes Montgomery, things never get in a rut.  Bennie Maupin - SYMPHONIC TONE POEM FOR BROTHER LATEEF;  Ethan Philion – MEDITATIONS ON MINGUS; Owen Broder:  HODGES FRONT AND CENTER; Tim Fitzgerald – FULL HOUSE.

As broadcast September 30, 2022 with three of the best around.  Tonight we are very proud to welcome Say She She to the show as our guest artist selectors.  The seven piece Chic-centric band are fronted by three amazing vocalists in Nya Gazelle Brown, Piya Malik, and Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, and it was brilliant to have all three of these sirens on the show to chat their favorite tunes and what's coming up on their debut album Prism.  An interview not to be missed for those of you that love music and fighting the good fight, Prism drops everywhere next Friday October 7 via Colemine's Karma Chief Imprint.  Pre-order here#feelthegravityTracklist (st:rt)Part I (00:00)Patrice Rushen - Remind MeGhost Funk Orchestra - Why?79.5 - Sisters UnarmedCortex - La RueSay She She - NORMASay She She - Pink Roses Part II (33:33)Yusef Lateef - Love Theme from SpartacusHailu Mergia & The Walias - EndegenaBettye Swan - Make Me YoursDonnie & Joe Emerson - Thoughts In My MindThe Olympians - Pluto's LamentBenny Trokan - Get It in the EndThe Diasonics - Andromeda Part III (62:08)Say She She – PrismGloria Williams – Sister FunkJalen Ngonda – Just like you used toRotary Connection – Sunshine of Your LoveDorothy Ashby – Cause I Need ItRamsey Lewis – Les FleurYusef Lateef – The Plum Blossom Part IV (1:45:31)Say She She – Forget Me NotAltin Gun – Goca DunyaEbo Taylor – Will You PromiseJoe Meek – I Hear A New WorldEsmeray – Oylum OylumKim Jung Mi 김정미 – Ganadaramabasa 가나다라마바사

John Rogers, who first stepped into Lucy's Record Shop when he was just 14-years-old, is an accomplished writer and photographer who uses his camera to document both the jazz scene and the streets of New York City. In this episode you'll hear how growing up in Nashville -  from seeing live music at Lucy's and playing in his own bands to drinking coffee at Bongo Java and collecting records from The Great Escape - influenced his life and art. You'll also hear about the numerous inexplicable and mysterious coincidences that manifest in his life and bring him closer to the people, scene, and city he loves and admires. -- John Rogers started traveling to New York City from his hometown of Nashville, Tenn., when he was 18 years old. The camera helped him consider the complexity of his personal devotion, as a fan, to the brightness and subtle glances that carry performances. He slept in cheap hotels or parks, heard a different show every night, and soaked up stories from musicians. Rogers moved to New York in 2003 knowing only a handful of players on New York's avant-garde downtown scene, but eventually became close to figures like Yusef Lateef, Ornette Coleman, Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Chris Potter and Fred Hersch. He established himself as a preeminent photographer and documentor of the city's jazz ecosystem. John has a way of catching his subjects mid-move, at the moment when energy is being activated. If a singer smiles, he gets them in the act of raising their eyebrows; when a drummer swipes for a tom drum, Rogers catches them gathering the conviction to render the blow. Check out the book of his work, Old & New Dreams, with introduction by Dawoud Bey. – Episode Music Lambchop - So I Hear You're Moving Wally Pleasant - Sons of Bob Dylan Low - Hey Chicago Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian - On the Street Where You Live Versus - Be-9 Photo of John Rogers courtesy of Rowan Renee. Follow us / Say hello Instagram: @lucysrecordshop Twitter: @lucysrecordshop Facebook: /lucysrecordshop This show is part of We Own This Town, a podcast network of original entertainment and documentary content. You can find more info at the official site at WeOwnThisTown.Net and on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.

Music of : Dave Hazeltine, Lars Daniellson, Gerry Mulligan Sextet, Yusef Lateef, Cyrus Chestnut, Don Sebesky, Art Tatum, Chick Corea and Dave Liebman

In previous episodes, we've talked about what people commonly understand as fusion, which drummer Lenny White, who appeared in episode two of this series, prefers to call jazz-rock. That's the version that starts with Miles Davis's Bitches Brew and Tony Williams' Lifetime and quickly branches out with Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return To Forever and Weather Report and on and on. But as we've continued the discussion, we've expanded the scope of inquiry to include adventurous funk and R&B fusion, which includes everything from P-Funk and Earth, Wind & Fire and the Ohio Players — and wow, do the Ohio Players deserve a place in the fusion conversation that they are very rarely granted — to Donald Byrd and Freddie Hubbard and especially George Duke.Adam Rudolph is a fusion artist in about as broad a sense as you can imagine. He's been a percussionist for close to 50 years, and should be much better known than he is. He's been around since the early '70s and has worked with everyone: Yusef Lateef, Fred Anderson, Don Cherry, Roscoe Mitchell, Pharoah Sanders, Sam Rivers, Wadada Leo Smith, Herbie Hancock, Maulawi, Foday Musa Suso, Hassan Hakmoun, Jon Hassell… he's part of the Bill Laswell company of players, too, so he's on a zillion records through that connection. Plus he leads two main groups of his own, Moving Pictures and the Go! Organic Orchestra, which have made many, many albums and even crossed over with each other a time or two.Adam and I had a really fascinating conversation over the course of two phone calls. The impetus was Symphonic Tone Poem For Brother Yusef, a collaboration between him and reeds player Bennie Maupin that's just been released. Bennie Maupin of course is a legend on his own — he played on Miles Davis's Bitches Brew and On The Corner, he was a member of Marion Brown's group in the 1960s, he was in Mwandishi and the Headhunters with Herbie Hancock, he played with Woody Shaw, and his own album from 1974, The Jewel In The Lotus, is an absolutely brilliant record that blends spiritual jazz with almost New Age ambient music. There's really no other album like it; if you've never heard it, it's a must-hear. So obviously Rudolph and I talk about Maupin, whom he's worked with off and on for decades, but we also talk about Laswell and about Lateef and about the whole idea of world music and fusion-as-creative-mindset that I've been discussing with every artist I've interviewed for the podcast this year. We talk a lot about the philosophy that goes into bringing together musicians from all sorts of traditions, from all over the globe, and finding ways to make their ideas flow together. That's what he does with Go! Organic Orchestra, the membership of which is completely open and the music of which is created through spontaneous conduction. So he was really the ideal person to talk about all this stuff with. I think you'll come away from this episode with a lot to think about. I know I did. And I hope you enjoy listening to it. All the music you'll hear, by the way, comes from Symphonic Tone Poem For Brother Yusef. 

The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight (UP of Mississippi, 2021) is a celebration of jazz and the men and women who created and transformed it. In the twenty-one conversations contained in this engaging and highly accessible book, we hear from the musicians themselves, in their own words, direct and unfiltered. Peter Zimmerman's interviewing technique is straightforward. He turns on a recording device, poses questions, and allows his subjects to improvise, similar to the way the musicians do at concerts and in recording sessions. Topics range from their early days, their struggles and victories, to the impact the music has had on their own lives. The interviews have been carefully edited for sense and clarity, without changing any of the musicians' actual words. Peter Zimmerman tirelessly sought virtuosi whose lives span the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The reader is rewarded with an intimate look into the past century's extraordinary period of creative productivity. The oldest two interview subjects were born in 1920 and all are professional musicians who worked in jazz for at least five decades, with a few enjoying careers as long as seventy-five years. These voices reflect some seventeen hundred years of accumulated experience yielding a chronicle of incredible depth and scope. The focus on musicians who are now emeritus figures is deliberate. Some of them are now in their nineties; six have passed since 2012, when Zimmerman began researching The Jazz Masters. Five of them have already received the NEA's prestigious Jazz Masters award: Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Yusef Lateef, Jimmy Owens, and most recently, Dick Hyman. More undoubtedly will one day, and the balance are likewise of compelling interest. Artists such as David Amram, Charles Davis, Clifford Jordan, Valery Ponomarev, and Sandy Stewart, to name a few, open their hearts and memories and reveal who they are as people. This book is a labor of love celebrating the vibrant style of music that Dizzy Gillespie once described as “our native art form.” Zimmerman's deeply knowledgeable, unabashed passion for jazz brings out the best in the musicians. Filled with personal recollections and detailed accounts of their careers and everyday lives, this highly readable, lively work succeeds in capturing their stories for present and future generations. An important addition to the literature of music, The Jazz Masters goes a long way toward “setting the record straight.” Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight (UP of Mississippi, 2021) is a celebration of jazz and the men and women who created and transformed it. In the twenty-one conversations contained in this engaging and highly accessible book, we hear from the musicians themselves, in their own words, direct and unfiltered. Peter Zimmerman's interviewing technique is straightforward. He turns on a recording device, poses questions, and allows his subjects to improvise, similar to the way the musicians do at concerts and in recording sessions. Topics range from their early days, their struggles and victories, to the impact the music has had on their own lives. The interviews have been carefully edited for sense and clarity, without changing any of the musicians' actual words. Peter Zimmerman tirelessly sought virtuosi whose lives span the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The reader is rewarded with an intimate look into the past century's extraordinary period of creative productivity. The oldest two interview subjects were born in 1920 and all are professional musicians who worked in jazz for at least five decades, with a few enjoying careers as long as seventy-five years. These voices reflect some seventeen hundred years of accumulated experience yielding a chronicle of incredible depth and scope. The focus on musicians who are now emeritus figures is deliberate. Some of them are now in their nineties; six have passed since 2012, when Zimmerman began researching The Jazz Masters. Five of them have already received the NEA's prestigious Jazz Masters award: Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Yusef Lateef, Jimmy Owens, and most recently, Dick Hyman. More undoubtedly will one day, and the balance are likewise of compelling interest. Artists such as David Amram, Charles Davis, Clifford Jordan, Valery Ponomarev, and Sandy Stewart, to name a few, open their hearts and memories and reveal who they are as people. This book is a labor of love celebrating the vibrant style of music that Dizzy Gillespie once described as “our native art form.” Zimmerman's deeply knowledgeable, unabashed passion for jazz brings out the best in the musicians. Filled with personal recollections and detailed accounts of their careers and everyday lives, this highly readable, lively work succeeds in capturing their stories for present and future generations. An important addition to the literature of music, The Jazz Masters goes a long way toward “setting the record straight.” Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. 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

The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight (UP of Mississippi, 2021) is a celebration of jazz and the men and women who created and transformed it. In the twenty-one conversations contained in this engaging and highly accessible book, we hear from the musicians themselves, in their own words, direct and unfiltered. Peter Zimmerman's interviewing technique is straightforward. He turns on a recording device, poses questions, and allows his subjects to improvise, similar to the way the musicians do at concerts and in recording sessions. Topics range from their early days, their struggles and victories, to the impact the music has had on their own lives. The interviews have been carefully edited for sense and clarity, without changing any of the musicians' actual words. Peter Zimmerman tirelessly sought virtuosi whose lives span the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The reader is rewarded with an intimate look into the past century's extraordinary period of creative productivity. The oldest two interview subjects were born in 1920 and all are professional musicians who worked in jazz for at least five decades, with a few enjoying careers as long as seventy-five years. These voices reflect some seventeen hundred years of accumulated experience yielding a chronicle of incredible depth and scope. The focus on musicians who are now emeritus figures is deliberate. Some of them are now in their nineties; six have passed since 2012, when Zimmerman began researching The Jazz Masters. Five of them have already received the NEA's prestigious Jazz Masters award: Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Yusef Lateef, Jimmy Owens, and most recently, Dick Hyman. More undoubtedly will one day, and the balance are likewise of compelling interest. Artists such as David Amram, Charles Davis, Clifford Jordan, Valery Ponomarev, and Sandy Stewart, to name a few, open their hearts and memories and reveal who they are as people. This book is a labor of love celebrating the vibrant style of music that Dizzy Gillespie once described as “our native art form.” Zimmerman's deeply knowledgeable, unabashed passion for jazz brings out the best in the musicians. Filled with personal recollections and detailed accounts of their careers and everyday lives, this highly readable, lively work succeeds in capturing their stories for present and future generations. An important addition to the literature of music, The Jazz Masters goes a long way toward “setting the record straight.” Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts