Season 2
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Season 2
Episode 9: “Why Jazz?" - pt. 1
Episode Synopsis
What possesses young musicians to start down the jazz path and keep following it, simply liking the music isn’t nearly enough. Artists including Sheila Jordan, Don Alias, Ron Carter and Flip Phillips attempt to describe their devotion to the music.
Come back on January 24, 2022 to hear the next episode. We release an episode every week throughout the semester.
Episode 10 “Why Jazz?” – pt. 2
Episode Synopsis
The “rich jazz musician” oxymoron is the focus of Part 2. Billy Bauer, Ellis Marsalis, Marshall Allen and others address the issue of money, or lack thereof, that is an ever present concern in the jazz life.
Come back on January 31, 2023 to hear the next episode. We release an episode every week throughout the semester.
Episode 11 “Swing”
Episode Synopsis
Swing is inseparable from jazz, yet remains an elusive quality. Episode 11 takes a deep dive in what makes music swing and calls on Ed Shaughnessey, Steve Allen, Bernard Purdie and Gerald Wilson for expert input.
Come back on February 7, 2023 to hear the next episode. We release an episode every week throughout the semester.
Episode 12 “Jazz Life On the Road”- pt. 1
Episode Synopsis
Musicians need gigs and they need to go anywhere they can find them. The “romance” of the road becomes realistic with tales from Bucky Pizzarelli, Kenny Davern, Carmen Leggio and Jimmy Lewis.
Come back on February 14, 2023 to hear the next episode. We release an episode every week throughout the semester.
Episode 13 “Jazz Life On the Road” - pt. 2
Episode Synopsis
Improvisation is at the core of a jazz performance and we called on Joe Wilder, Dianne Reeves, Bill Charlap and Charles McPherson to describe what it is and how it is done.
Come back on February 21, 2023 to hear the next episode. We release an episode every week throughout the semester.
Episode 14 “Records and Record Dates” – pt. 1
Episode Synopsis
One nighters, life on a bus and minimal salaries may seem worth it when jazz musicians finally find themselves in a recording studio. Doc Cheatham, Toshiko Akiyoshi, John Best and others speak about memorable records and recording sessions.
Come back on February 28, 2023 to hear the next episode. We release an episode every week throughout the semester.
Episode 15 “Records and Record Dates” - pt. 2
Episode Synopsis
A second spin on the recording business with stories from James Moody, Alicia Olatuja, Bela Fleck and Steve Allen.
Come back on March 7, 2023 to hear the next episode. We release an episode every week throughout the semester.
Episode 16 “The Producers”
Episode Synopsis
Helen Dance, George Avakian, Orrin Keepnews and Joel Dorn do their best to describe the role of a jazz producer, the person “behind the glass.”
Now on YouTube
The Fillius Jazz Archive has begun to add its more than 425 interviews with jazz greats onto its YouTube channel.
Contact
Monk Rowe
The Joe Williams Director of the Fillius Jazz Archive
