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A few years ago, in a conversation with a colleague of mine after a gig, we realized that our generation gleaned much of our knowledge of the history of jazz music from reading the liner notes off the backs of LPs. Today my students have fluid access to more recordings than they could ever possibly listen to, but they often know little about the musicians who play on the recordings, why the recordings were created, or what they are about. In the era of iTunes and Spotify, the liner notes that provide this information are not easily available when downloading a recording. In thinking about this void of knowledge, which I feel is a real lack of connection between the artist and listener, I conceived of a podcast/radio program intended to serve as a tool to fill in the gaps in this lack of knowledge, that additionally would provide an artist the opportunity to reveal the humanity behind the music
Year established: 2017
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Multiple Artists
Ryan Keberle & Dave Douglas: Music from the Times
Published: February 03, 2021 -
Multiple Artists
Sheryl Bailey: Shifting Gears
Published: January 27, 2021 -
Multiple Artists
Gregg August: How To Have That Difficult Conversation
Published: January 03, 2021 -
Multiple Artists
Frank Kimbrough: Disappearing in the music
Published: January 01, 2021 -
Multiple Artists
Ben Wendel: going forward with a High Heart
Published: December 11, 2020 -
Multiple Artists
Dafnis Prieto: I'm a drummer because I love melody
Published: December 10, 2020 -
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Ingrid Jensen in the Neighborhood
Published: October 16, 2020 -
Multiple Artists
Rudresh Mahanthappa and His Heroes
Published: September 30, 2020 -
Multiple Artists
Antonio Hart
Published: September 02, 2020 -
Multiple Artists
Gary Smulyan, Bebop in the Time of Coronavirus
Published: August 26, 2020