Podcast Episodes

2013.11.18 Jack DeSalvo on Ronald Shannon Jackson - 1 of 3

Episode 395

Ronald Shannon Jackson's music was open source.  It was not possible to play it correctly without bringing your own voice to it: your background, your proclivities, your vocabulary.  And if you didn'…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

2025.02.17 Steven Bernstein on The Don Cherry Tapes part 2 - 3 of 3

Episode 394

This Monday's (2/17) Deep Focus is on trumpeter Don Cherry, a wonderful and deeply missed friend of WKCR.  Back in the Eighties, Don was a frequent guest on Mitch Goldman's show.  Don would guest DJ,…

Published on 5 months ago

2025.02.17 Steven Bernstein on The Don Cherry Tapes part 2 - 2 of 3

Episode 393

This Monday's (2/17) Deep Focus is on trumpeter Don Cherry, a wonderful and deeply missed friend of WKCR.  Back in the Eighties, Don was a frequent guest on Mitch Goldman's show.  Don would guest DJ,…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

2025.02.17 Steven Bernstein on The Don Cherry Tapes part 2 - 1 of 3

Episode 392

This Monday's (2/17) Deep Focus is on trumpeter Don Cherry, a wonderful and deeply missed friend of WKCR.  Back in the Eighties, Don was a frequent guest on Mitch Goldman's show.  Don would guest DJ,…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

2025.02.01 Eric Person on Arthur Blythe - 3 of 3

Episode 391

On our previous Deep Focus, host Mitch Goldman and his guest, saxophonist Eric Person explored the work of the David Murray Octet of the 1980s.  Here was an ensemble that punched far above its weight…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

2025.02.01 Eric Person on Arthur Blythe - 2 of 3

Episode 390

On our previous Deep Focus, host Mitch Goldman and his guest, saxophonist Eric Person explored the work of the David Murray Octet of the 1980s.  Here was an ensemble that punched far above its weight…

Published on 6 months ago

2025.02.03 Eric Person on Arthur Blythe - 1 of 3

Episode 389

On our previous Deep Focus, host Mitch Goldman and his guest, saxophonist Eric Person explored the work of the David Murray Octet of the 1980s.  Here was an ensemble that punched far above its weight…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

2008.11.03 Eric Person on Herbie Hancock, Beaver Harris - 1 of 1

Episode 388

Here is another episode from the Deep Focus "Prodigal Children" series. 

Mitch Goldman first went on the air at WKCR in 1985 and started Deep Focus in 2008.  Since his primary focus during the broa…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

2025.01.06 Eric Person on David Murray - 3 of 3

Episode 387

In the early 1980s, when saxophonist Eric Person was coming up, one big question that was being addressed was how to combine the free-swinging improv of the Loft scene with the beauty and power of a …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

2025.01.06 Eric Person on David Murray - 2 of 3

Episode 386

In the early 1980s, when saxophonist Eric Person was coming up, one big question that was being addressed was how to combine the free-swinging improv of the Loft scene with the beauty and power of a …

Published on 7 months ago