The Checkout - Interviews Podcast
Summary: Discover Music with The Checkout - new music and the people making it, from WBGO.
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Podcasts:
Pianist Monty Alexander tells the story of his remarkable journey from Jamaica to America with WBGO's Gary Walker.
Tenor saxophonist Yusef Lateef, who died on Dec. 23, 2013, talks with WBGO's Josh Jackson upon being named an NEA Jazz Master in 2010.
Bassist Ben Allison talks with Josh Jackson about his album "The Stars Look Very Different Today."
WBGO's Josh Jackson talks to trumpeter Jeremy Pelt about this new recording, Water and Earth (High Note).
WBGO's Josh Jackson talks to pianist Benny Green about his new recording, Magic Beans (Sunnyside).
WBGO honors guitarist Jim Hall, who died Dec. 10, with excerpts from a 2004 interview with Sheila Anderson, when he was honored as an NEA Jazz Master.
The Patrick Cornelius Octet performs his suite "When We Were Very Young," based on poetry by A.A. Milne, in a live broadcast from the Berklee College Of Music's Cafe 939 in Boston.
WBGO's Josh Jackson talks to jazz matron, archivist and biographer Maxine Gordon about Dex@90, a celebration of saxophonist Dexter Gordon. Pianist George Cables, music director for the Dexter Gordon Society, performs "Polka Dots and Moonbeams," "LTD," and "I Told You So."
WBGO's Josh Jackson talks to bassist Todd Sickafoose about composing, conducting and acting as Charlie Haden's sherpa. Hear an unreleased track from Tiny Resistors.
Drummer Chico Hamilton talks with WBGO's Josh Jackson about his career and experiences as a young drummer in Los Angeles. Hamilton died Nov. 25, 2013 at age 92.
Pianist Bruce Barth and saxophonist Steve Wilson talk with Josh Jackson and perform music from their duo CD "Home" live at WBGO.
WBGO's Josh Jackson talks to impresario Todd Barkan about the Keystone Korner, a new concert series at Iridium, and a Tommy Flanagan/Jaki Byard recording - The Magic of Two (Resonance).
Author Amiri Baraka talks with Josh Jackson about the 50th anniversary of "Blues People," his groundbreaking volume of jazz criticism.
WBGO's Josh Jackson talks with Nicholas Payton about #BAM: Live at Bohemian Caverns (BMF Records).
Josh Jackson revisits favorite moments with saxophone and flute master Frank Wess, who passed away October 30 at age 91.